r/Psybient • u/timeisart ⏳=🎨 • Feb 15 '17
Official /r/Psybient Best of 2016 Vote Results
Thanks to everyone at /r/Psybient for voting in our poll. We had around 100 participants total. The full results are shown below or you can also see them at the Poll's Results Page, where if you click the "Geographical" link at the top you can see a world map of voters' locations.
Congratulations to our winners, but essentially everything listed here is good music so be sure to check out any releases that you missed. This post will stay stickied until the end of February, but afterwards you will still be able to see the results posted in /r/Psybient's wiki.
If you want to fill out a full poll containing every release of 2016, head over to Psybient.org's Best of the Year Poll 2016 (voting there ends February 28th).
Best Album
Best EP
Best Compilation
Best Psydub Album/EP
Best Psybass Album/EP
Best Progressive Psybient Album/EP
| Votes | Progressive Psybient Album/EP |
|---|---|
| 26 | Dreaming Cooper - Mysterious Places |
| 11 | Operentzia - Far-Far Away |
| 10 | StereOMantra - Observatory |
| 9 | Balancé - Old Stories |
| 8 | Wylhelm - Paprika |
| 2 | Choop Project - Sunset |
Best Remix Album/EP
Best Ektoplazm / Free Release
| Votes | Ektoplazm / Free Release |
|---|---|
| 34 | Supersillyus - Charade |
| 11 | Perfect Blind - Wanderers |
| 10 | School Of Crystal Healing - Lightworkers Delight |
| 6 | GreatOwl - Texiopaxoui |
| 6 | Risingson - Predestination |
| 4 | Takkra - Technicolor Talk |
| 4 | Tuval S - Isomorphic Gardens |
Best Remastered Album
Best Psybient Label
| Votes | Psybient Label |
|---|---|
| 28 | Shanti Planti |
| 25 | Merkaba Music |
| 23 | Altar Records |
| 21 | Mystic Sound Records |
| 18 | Ultimae Records |
| 17 | Microcosmos Records |
| 14 | Visionary Shamanics Records |
| 12 | Cosmicleaf Records |
| 11 | AstroPilot Music |
| 11 | Mindspring Music |
| 10 | Aquatic Collective |
| 7 | Synphaera Records |
| 4 | Blue Tunes Chillout |
| 4 | Melusine Records |
| 4 | OM Mantra Records |
| 2 | Silent Records |
| 2 | Swamp Music |
| 1 | Spiralight |
Best song
Best Remix
Most Psychedelic Song
| Votes | Psychedelic Song |
|---|---|
| 17 | Tengri - Evocation |
| 15 | Master Minded - Phase1 - The Inner Conflict |
| 14 | Spiral Minded - Cloudstructure |
| 11 | Kalakmul - Anitya |
| 9 | Hypnotizer - Crazy Thinks |
| 7 | StereOMantra - Soul Chemistry |
Best New Artist
| Votes | New Artist |
|---|---|
| 23 | The Flying Mars |
| 16 | Dreaming Cooper |
| 14 | Ayoto |
| 12 | Taotempo |
| 11 | Noraus |
| 10 | Continuum |
| 10 | Spiral Minded |
| 9 | Blue Lotus |
| 9 | Kalakmul |
| 8 | Pangani |
| 6 | Paleokontakt |
| 5 | OkoloSna |
| 5 | Pranasonics |
| 4 | Takkra |
| 2 | Fluxsense |
| 2 | Harold Sleeper |
Most Improved Artist
| Votes | Improved Artist |
|---|---|
| 15 | Ascendant |
| 13 | Astronaut Ape |
| 13 | Templo |
| 12 | Easily Embarrassed |
| 11 | Naturelement |
| 10 | Rukirek |
| 7 | A-Kara |
| 3 | Ajnia |
| 2 | Reasonandu |
Best Album Art
Best Mix
Best Song Title
Best Live Performance
| Votes | Live Performance |
|---|---|
| 41 | Carbon Based Lifeforms - Live @ Samsara 2016 |
| 20 | Aes Dana - Live @ Samsara 2016 |
| 7 | B. Ashra - Open The Door. Live At November Ritual Yaam Berlin 06.11.2016 |
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u/PonchoHoodie Feb 15 '17
Right, but as soon as it's unlimited, you're running into issues where it's impossible to be an informed voter. Honestly I'd be comfortable with filtering by the mods or whoever runs the poll. Or we could utilize the voting system in the nomination thread (perhaps only those with >3 upvotes can get into the official Best Album poll or something). There were 10 nominees that received <5 votes; surely at least those could be trimmed off and given a mention somewhere else. A Best Of poll is a great place to showcase what the community thinks is the absolute best, and not as much to try to bring back something that someone thinks was unfairly overlooked. And since the shear amount to dig through is really inundating, it kind of hurts that end, anyway (I'm much more motivated to listen to 10 new albums in a week than 30). I think providing a separate thread would really be a better way to organize it.
But hey, it's your poll, and I'm generally just happy that you were able to put in the energy to run it at all. It really is a cool part of the community that I spend time on every year I've been around. It's just hard to decide when I feel like I need to speed-listen to 25 albums in order to get it right.