For the final Spool’s Out of 2016, I play tracks from my top ten tapes of the year as compiled for my annual roundup column on The Quietus. Endless gratitude to everybody for making 2016 a great year in tape – despite everything else that happened…

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Playlist:

Backround: Dino Spiluttini – Christmas Drone for the Sad and Lonesome (TVEI)

1. Skyjelly – Sixes (Doom Trip)
2. Preston Field Audio – Rhythm Tree Fell (Concrète Tapes)
3. Laurie Tompkins – Sweat (Slip)
4. TALsounds – I Am Why (Hausu Mountain)
5. Atlantikwall – Constellation (Sivilised)
6. Heejin Jang – 0101 (Heavy Mess)
7. Charles Barabé – Confession XIV (Orange Milk)
8. Áine O’Dwyer – Keraulophone (Fort Evil Fruit)
9. The Ghost – Apply Pleasure (Tombed Visions)
10. Helado Negro – Young, Latin and Proud
11. Jay Glass Dubs – Late Dub (Seagrave)