I have work I should be doing today, so of course I'm procrastinating instead. So . . . for your consideration: here's my first pass at a longlist, to be whittled down later, of music I like with noteworthy surround/immersive mixes released in 2022. (Doesn't include artists/albums that I don't especially like, even if they did have noteworthy new surround mixes. I'm also leaving off high-res reissues of previously released mixes.) I've inevitably forgotten or overlooked some things, and since "2022" = Oct. 1, 2021 - Sep. 30, 2022, no doubt I'll have to remove a few titles on the technicality that they were released after the end of September.
Streaming-only – New Releases:
Adams, John Luther – Sila: The Breath of the World (Nathaniel Reichman)
Amos, Tori – Ocean to Ocean
Beyoncé – Renaissance
Björk – Fossora (Heba Kadry and Bergur Borisson)
Butcher Brown - Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey featuring Tennishu and R4ND4ZZO BIGB4ND
Cunningham, Madison - Revealer
Drexler, Jorge – Tinta y Tiempo
FKA Twigs – Caprisongs
Greentea Peng – Greenzone 108
Hart, Mickey with Zakir Hussain & Planet Drum – In the Groove
Jeremiah, Jonathan – Horsepower for the Streets
Lake Street Dive – Obviously
Lanois, Daniel – Player, Piano
Lapid, Lyn – The Outsider
Liniker – Indigo Borboleta Anil (Ao Vivo)
London Grammar – Californian Soil
Lovett, Lyle – 12th of June (Michael Romanowsi)
M.I.A. – MATA
O’Donovan, Aoife – Age of Apathy
Phair, Liz – Soberish (Brad Wood)
Snarky Puppy – Empire Central
Spektor, Regina – Home, Before and After
Stromae – Multitude
Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen
Tank and the Bangas – Red Balloon
VA (OST) – Minions: The Rise of Gru
Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Weyes Blood – And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Streaming-only – Reissues:
Badu, Erykah – Mama’s Gun
D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
Fitzgerald, Ella – Irving Berlin Songbook
Gainsbourg, Serge – multiple albums (Poussin)
Grateful Dead – American Beauty (Steven Wilson)
John, Elton – multiple albums (Greg Penny)
Jones, Grace – Inside Story (David Frangioni)
Mitchell, Joni – multiple albums (Ken Caillat)
Petty, Tom and the Heartbreakers – Greatest Hits (Ryan Ulyate)
Pixies – Doolittle
Ronstadt, Linda – Canciones de mi Padre
Temptations – Wish It Would Rain (Juro “Mez” Davis)
Traffic – The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (Richard Whittaker)
Physical/downloadable releases with new and/or previously unreleased mixes:
Air – 10000 Hz Legend
Ambrosetti, Franco – Nora (Jim Anderson)
Eno, Brian - Foreverandevernomore
Fahl, Mary – Can’t Get It Out of My Head (Ronald Prent)
Fripp, Robert – Exposures (Steven Wilson & David Singleton)
Gentle Giant – Free Hand (Steven Wilson)
Guðmundsson, Hugi – Windbells (Daniel Shores)
Monkey House – Remember the Audio (John “Beetle” Bailey)
Pink Floyd – Animals 2018 remix (James Guthrie)
Shakspears Sister – Hormonally Yours
Tears for Fears – The Tipping Point (Steven Wilson)
Thoresen, Lasse – Lyden av Arktis (Morten Lindberg)
Williams, Alan – Currents
xPropaganda – The Heart Is Strange
Zappa, Frank – Waka/Wazoo
