The Best Electronic Albums of 2022

BEST OF 2022

The best Electronic albums of 2022, selected and voted for by the members of TWGEEMA, The World’s Greatest Ever Electronic Music Albums group. TWGEEMA has more than 5000 members. It is made up of collectors, Electronic Music producers, record label owners and other industry insiders. To find out more about TWGEEMA or to join the group yourself, click here.

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1

Sven Kössler ‎

D•bl Stndrds

Genres: Acid, Acid House, Breaks, Techno, IDM

2

Inkipak

Dot

Genres: Acid, Electro, Breaks, Ambient, IDM

3

The Future Sound Of London

Rituals E7.001

Genres: Ambient, IDM

4

Skurken

Dagur

Genres: IDM, Ambient

5

Paddy Thorne

Lost Cause (Part Two)

Genres: Acid, Breakbeat, Electro, Techno

6

Heogen

Oxygen Fields

Genres: Ambient, Downtempo, IDM

7

Various

Mind Maps 3

Genres: Ambient, IDM, Experimental

8

Biosphere

Shortwave Memories

Genres: Ambient, IDM, Downtempo

9

Humanoid

sT8818r

Genres: Acid, Acid House, IDM

10

µ-Ziq

Magic Pony Ride

Genres: IDM, Acid, Drum & Bass

11

Serge Geyzel

Xenophonic

Genre: IDM

12

ReKab

My Reflections

Genres: Ambient, Techno, Electro, IDM, House

13

Karsten Pflum

Camera Obscura

Genre: IDM

14

ReKaB

Lost In Wires

Genres: Techno, Electro

15

Orbital

Thirty-Something

Genres: Breakbeat, Techno, Ambient

16

Drøn

aux4432

Genres: IDM, Breakbeat, Jungle

17

Inkipak

Mighty Force 30th Birthday Original Album Preview Mix

Genres: IDM, Breaks, Acid

18

ReKab

Subtle Beginnings

Genres: Electro, Techno

19

Ambidextrous

Armchair Raver

Genres: IDM, Acid, Breakbeat, Techno

20

Luke Vibert

GRIT.

Genres: Downtempo, Acid, Breaks

21

Keiss

Access Denied

Genres: Ambient, IDM, Downtempo, Drum & Bass, Glitch

22

Florian Förster

Public Retreat

Genres: Ambient, Electro

23

Saafi Brothers

Make Pictures With The Sound

Genres: Downtempo, Dub Techno

24

Various

MO_ACID 303 TAPE

Genres: Acid, IDM, Techno

25

Brainwaltzera

Itsame

Genres: Braindance, IDM

26

Various

A Dove Has Spread Her Wings: Relief for Ukraine

Genres: Ambient, Techno

27

Cult 48

From The Ashes

Genres: Ambient, Downtempo, Experimental, IDM, Techno

28

Various

The Phoenix Project

Genres: Drum & Bass, Techno

29

Mathmatrix

Genres: Ambient, Braindance, IDM

30

Pye Corner Audio

Let's Emerge!

Genres: Synthwave, Experimental

31

Urban Meditation

Headspace

Genres: Ambient, Techno

32

Morphology

Twelve 1

Genres: Electro, Techno, Acid

33

Morphology

Twelve 2

Genres: Electro, Techno, Acid

34

Clatterbox

Liminal Spaces

Genres: IDM, Electro, Synthwave, Techno

35

Various

Tungata

Genre: IDM

36

mōshonsensu

A Strange Dystopian Tundra

Genres: Glitch, IDM, Techno

37

Plastikman & Chilly Gonzales

Consumed In Key

Genres: Techno, Minimal, Acid, Modern Classical

38

Various

029031

Genres: Electro, IDM, Techno

39

Various

The Sonic Landscapes Mission

Genres: Ambient, Downtempo , IDM, Electro, Drum & Bass

40

The OST

Vol. 2

Genres: Ambient, IDM, Downtempo

41

Paul Hierophant

Beyond The Oort Cloud

Genres: Braindance, Electro, Techno

42

Futuregrapher

Graenar Baunir

Genre: IDM

43

Rayspark Industries

Selected Remixes Volume Two

Genres: Ambient, IDM, Breaks, Downtempo

44

_Nyquist

Metawaves

Genres: Acid, Ambient, Electro, IDM

45

Max Cooper

Unspoken Words

Genres: Ambient, Techno

46

Biogen

MOA111

Genre: IDM

47

Dan Armstrong

Numerical Solitude

Genre: Ambient

48

KEDA8

Inertia

Genres: Electro, IDM, Techno

49

Dopplereffekt

Neurotelepathy

Genres: Electro, Experimental

50

Ott

Heads

Genres: Dub, Downtempo, Ambient

51

William Orbit

The Painter

Genre: Experimental

52

Skee Mask

Genres: Downtempo, Ambient, Breakbeat, Techno

53

Darren McClure & James Osland

Pale Blue Slipstream

Genres: Ambient, IDM

54

Futuregrapher

Geirþjófsfjörður

Genre: Ambient

55

Autumn Of Communion & World Circuit

Volume 2

Genres: Ambient, Downtempo

56

Offworld

The Guru Walk

Genres: Future Jazz, Broken Beat

57

Mick Chillage

Variants Of Perception

Genre: Ambient

58

Lovetrip

Synaesthesia

Genres: IDM, Electro

59

Mick Chillage

Hiraeth [Support For Ukraine]

Genre: Ambient

60

SHXCXCHCXSH

Kongestion

Genres: Techno, Experimental

61

Moderat

More D4ta

Genres: Electro, IDM

62

Various

tʌntrə XXIII

Genres: Ambient, Drone, Downtempo, Balearic

63

Various

tantrə xx

Genres: Ambient, Drone, Field Recording

64

UNKLE

Rōnin II

Genres: Breakbeat, Disco, Dub, Trip Hop

65

Tropychs

Genres: Psychedelic, Ambient, Techno

66

Kuba

Relative To The Sun

Genre: Downtempo

67

Ishq

Interzone

Genres: Ambient, Minimal, Experimental

68

Strië, Scanner

Struktura Revisited

Genres: Ambient, Drone, IDM

69

Kangding Ray

ULTRACHROMA

Genre: Techno

70

Various

Bugatun

Genres: Ambient, IDM, Techno

71

PurpleAndroid

Power To The Purple!

Genres: Acid, Ambient, Breaks, Dub, Psychedelic, Techno

72

RSI

Concept EP (album version)

Genres: Ambient, IDM, Techno

73

Echtzeit

Episodes

Genres: Acid, Ambient, IDM, Dub Techno, Electro

74

Funki Porcini

Where The Sauce Is Deluxe

Genres: Ambient, Downtempo

75

Orbital

The Pentaverate (Original Soundtrack From The Netflix Series)

Genres: IDM, Experimental

76

Dominik Eulberg

Avichrom

Genres: Neo Trance, Tech House, Leftfield

77

Bonobo

Fragments

Genres: Deep House, Electro, House, Downtempo

78

Tangerine Dream

Raum

Genre: Berlin School

79

Ishqamatics

Mythological Cycle Volume 1

Genres: IDM, Ambient

80

Röyksopp

Profound Mysteries

Genres: Synth-pop, Ethereal

81

Pitch Black

Mixes + Mavericks

Genres: Downtempo, Breaks

82

Various

tʌntrə XXI

Genres: Ambient, Drone

83

Various

Midtun

Genre: IDM

84

Various

John Tejada Presents Future Stars Three

Genres: IDM, Future Jazz, Techno, House, Ambient, Electro, Experimental

85

Dubsahara

Mycellium Matrix

Genres: Psychedelic, Ambient, Bass Music, Dub

86

Ishq

Koan

Genres: Ambient, New Age

87

user404

Troubled Waterz

Genres: Ambient, IDM

88

Lorenzo Montanà

Aural

Genre: Ambient

89

Sven Laux et Logic Moon

The Unavoidable Death Of Loneliness

Genres: Ambient, Modern Classical

90

Kasio

Poplife

Genre: Electro

91

Ishq

Shandar Summer

Genre: Ambient

92

Silentwave

Bloom

Genres: Ambient, IDM, Techno

93

Aleksi Perälä

Cycles 3 星辰

Genres: Ambient, Tribal

94

SCALPING

Void

Genres: Industrial, Metal, Post-Punk, Techno, Trip Hop

95

Matmos

Regards/Ukłony Dla Bogusław Schaeffer

Genre: Experimental

96

Parallel Worlds

Dark Energy

Genre: Ambient

97

Aleksi Perälä

CYCLES 11 黼

Genres: Ambient, Tribal

98

Various

For Ukraine (Volume 2)

Genres: Ambient, Modern Classical

99

Aleksi Perälä

Cycles 4 山

Genres: Ambient, Tribal

100

Eschaton

Sound & Memories

Genre: Drum & Bass

101

Jeff Mills

Mind Power Mind Control

Genres: Techno, Experimental

102

Whytwo

Ghost

Genres: Drum & Bass, Ambient

103

ASC

Original Soundtrack

Genres: Drum & Bass, Ambient

104

The Fear Ratio

Ratio Sound Trials

Genre: IDM

105

Russ Gabriel

Aonia

Genres: Ambient, IDM, Techno

106

Oh Mama

Hamraborg

Genres: House, Breaks, Ambient

107

Fragile X

Human Condition

Genres: IDM, Glitch, Ambient

108

Greg Hunter And Maurizio Liguori

Cloudcycle ᄅ𐆊ᄅᄅ

Genres: Ambient, Downtempo

109

Max Corbacho

Equinox

Genres: Ambient, Drone

110

Vim

Another Door Opens

Genres: IDM, Downtempo, Chiptune

111

Various

For Ukraine (Volume 1)

Genres: Ambient, Modern Classical

112

Steve Roach

Zones, Drones & Atmospheres

Genres: Ambient, Drone

113

Pendant

Harp

Genres: Trip Hop, Shoegaze, House

114

Hudson Mohawke

Cry Sugar

Genre: Instrumental Hip Hop

115

Billow Observatory

Stareside

Genre: Ambient

116

Tosca

Osam

Genre: Downtempo

117

Loscil

The Sails p.2

Genres: Ambient, Drone

118

D York

Melancholic Gardens

Genre: Ambient

119

Kelly Lee Owens

LP.8

Genres: Experimental, Techno, Ambient, Modern Classical

120

Huerco S.

Plonk

Genres: Ambient, Experimental

121

Sam Prekop & John McEntire

Sons Of

Genre: Experimental

122

Aleksi Perälä

Cycles 5 龍

Genres: Ambient, Tribal

123

Jon Gurd

Phoenix

Genres: Breaks, Downtempo, Deep House

124

Aleksi Perälä

Phantabla III

Genre: Techno

125

Aleksi Perälä

CYCLES 12 黻

Genres: Ambient, Tribal

126

Frequenoid

Analog 73 Sour Excursions Vol. 2

Genres: Electro, Techno, Acid

127

Ishq

Eos

Genres: Ambient, New Age

128

Dan Armstrong

Alt3rn4te P4rt1cl3s

Genres: Ambient, IDM

129

James Bernard

Lost Time Archives

Genres: Ambient, Acid, IDM

130

Various

Portals: Energostatic (For Ukraine)

Genres: Ambient, Drone, Drum & Bass, Dub, IDM

131

Polypores

Prompts

Genres: Ambient, Experimental

132

Alfred Czital

Reality Check

Genre: Deep Techno

133

Aleksi Perälä

UNITY II

Genres: Ambient, Tribal

134

Duenn + Music For Sleep

無限反復 = Infinite Iteration

Genres: Ambient, Drone

135

Ithaki

Cornerstone

Genre: Ambient

136

JK Flesh

New Religions Old Rules

Genres: Industrial, No Wave, Techno

137

Silicon Scally

Field Lines

Genre: Electro

138

Hyboid

Sequencing the Apocalypse

Genres: Synth-pop, Synthwave

139

Axel Bowman

Luz / Quest For Fire

Genres: House, Deep House, Balearic

140

Erasure

Day-Glo (Based On A True Story)

Genre: Synth-pop

141

bvdub

Violet Opposition

Genres: Ambient, Downtempo

142

Blanck Mass

Ted K (Original Motion Picture Score)

Genres: Ambient, Synthwave

143

David Helpling

Genre: Ambient

144

Etienne Jaumet, Fabrizio Rat Ferrero

Etienne Jaumet & Fabrizio Rat

Genre: Experimental

145

Hot Chip

Freakout/Release

Genres: Synth-pop, Electro House, House, Funk

146

Soft Cell

*Happiness Not Included

Genre: Synth-pop

147

DMX Krew

Party Life

Genres: Disco, Electro, Synth-pop, Funk, New Jack Swing

148

Kittin & The Hacker

Third

Genres: Electro, Electroclash, Techno

149

Various

A Speechless Body

Genre: Ambient

150

Info

All Possibilities And Outcomes

Genres: IDM, Electro

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