The best Russian-language album in 2018 under the version of Layfhakera

Some albums from our collections hardly ever met in one list. Compare completely different releases are not quite right, so we chose 10 of those were remembered, and gave each of the prize in the category sometimes accidentally invented.

Best Pop Album of the Year: Dakooka - «Form»

Simple and easy, to the best of dance and at the same time quite sad mini album of Ukrainian singer Katie daquq "Form" is not the only of its work in 2018. Earlier released more solid, serious and even just the long "Hero".

Listen, you can absolutely everything: in music daquq combines bright pop melodies are not always predictable chord progressions, of course, house beats and vocal refrains, periodically reminding mantric reading.

"Form", according to the singer, has written a couple of weeks. The result was a great pop release - the one that cost exactly listen to in the past year, and the one with which you can start to get acquainted with Katie daquq discography.

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Best rap album of the year: "Krovostok" - "B & W"

Full length of the main underground hip-hop project has not brought new zero hits level "Kurtetsa" or "biographies", but still no one was disappointed. Cruel stories fictitious characters, dark and rocking beats, the most charismatic in Russian rap netsenzurschina and distinctive flow Sheila remained in place.

Whether to consider "Krovostok" musicians of the old school rap, and any school at all - is unclear. But the fact is that this album is listened to and remember, but most of the shots freshmenov releases in recent years - is unlikely.

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Most discussed album of the year: Monetochka - "Coloring for adults"

2018 was marked by Monetochki, including on Layfhakere. We have included more recent album of this singer in compilation May releases, write material about it when the "coloring" began to say everything. Made test "Monetochka or buckwheat?" And chose the winner in the release nomination "The best musical album in 2018 under the version of Layfhakera".

All that could be said about the "coloring", has already been said. Only once again recall: there is every reason to say that this is the most interesting, varied and professionally-produced pop album of the year. And, with its tenacious melodies and lyrics, memes - the most discussed explicitly. You can not love, but almost no one could hear.

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Best dance album of the year: Cream Soda - «Beautiful»

Group Cream Soda, despite its long history, began in 2018 as a ward of Ivan Dorn: a mention of the protectorate in the face of the main Ukrainian pop singer started any article or review. By the end of the year the group became an independent unit of the music with their audience, large full-fledged solo album, and serious work behind.

"It is beautiful" - is quite different 11 tracks with references to the sound and the aesthetics of the 80s and 90s of the last century. When this veil of nostalgia here is just icing on the cake: Cream Soda music sounds uncompromisingly true, and the album It is an excellent accompaniment as a lonely dance in the twilight of the room, as well as to large-scale party in dancehall night clubs.

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The most romantic album of the year: Bicycles for Afghanistan - «Foam Days"

One of the best guitar releases of the year in the national music. He compose, record, overwritten, boiled and master for several years. This is partly why the songs on "Pins days" turned out so different from emo youth anthems like "Happiness" and "Youth" to pop-punk thriller "051" and the lyrical synthetic "We do not exist."

I would like to quote a sentence from our annotations to the album, published in September collection"This music carries the listener on a certain number of years, forcing again feel young, naive and in love." That, in principle, more important than genre affiliation.

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Most summer album of the year: "Komsomolsk" - "Dear Muscovites"

"Dear Muscovites" - seemingly frivolous guitar-synth pop, under which wants only to dance and fall in love in a summer park. Girl's duet "Komsomolsk" - is a group of "High School", only a little more playful, modern and ironic topical lyrics, hidden behind colorful wigs and sonorous voices. The music, of course, there is the off-season, and you can always listen to it, at least to regain a little bit of summer mood.

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The most unusual album of the year: "GS" - "Benefits"

Despite the fact that only six songs, "good" - not a mini-album. Known for concerts the title track became here a 12-minute to the same elevation approaching surreal and lively "nedolzhen" and almost entirely constructed on dissonance, "Something will happen."

The main author of the music and the band's guitarist Evgeny Gorbunov has repeatedly said that 2018 is not the first time for tags and genres, and assign the "benefit" of some shortcut, not meaning "avant-garde" in addition to nothing, really difficult. It is better to listen to. Pre discarding any expectations, because they will definitely be disappointed.

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The best punk album of the year: JARS - «DZHRS II»

Punk - it's only nominally: from JARS has a characteristic of the style of cause, and similar texts with the subculture of views, but the music is more interesting and closer, rather, to the noise-rock.

The album is perceived and even listen in one gulp. At the same time he starts the game with unpretentious rhythm in the opening riff "E", and ends with a long avant-garde brass solos by guitar postmetalnye. New colors to the already aggressive music bring the concrete and direct promises in the texts. No uncertain and safe "open your eyes", but in general no morals, which often suffers from severe social and music - only rage and desire for her loudly.

If you've heard something from JARS earlier, it is advised to read, if only because "DZHRS II» written much better than previous releases.

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Best Emo Album of the Year: "Source" - "So I'm still a child and represented"

Genre is also only nominally specified. There is also the very heart-breaking emotions, and guitar strumming, referring to the alternative rock Midwestern '90s, but the "Source" a little closer to Emo music than the same above-mentioned Bicycles for Afghanistan. Sometimes the group would like to compare with the popular Moscow band "Pasosh". And not only because of the participation of Petar Martic guest in one of the tracks, but also because of the characteristic style of performance vocalist Andrey Tarasov.

"So I'm still a child and represented '- quite sad and honest youth release. It will appeal especially to teenagers who are looking for answers in music. Teenagers of all ages.

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The most nostalgic album of the year: "CHAPTER" - "Fatality"

When one recreate the sound of drum machines 80, while others mimic the pop music of 90th in the texts, and others do it all together. This uncompromising retro on the domestic scene is not there. Group "LAVA" focuses on authenticity, which is evident even in the choice of tools for recording and song information. As a result, leaves very believable simulation rave-pop comes from the 90s with covers of Vetlickaya silly dances in the chorus. It turns out very interesting, but what's next - is unclear. There is a feeling that once work such experiments.

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