12 sound events from 2012 that I really enjoyed. (In chronological order)

1. Keiji Hano and Steve Noble. Café Oto, 28^th February.*
2. Freedom of the City, Cecil Sharp House, 5^th/6^th May.
3. Scritti Politi. Bush Hall, 24^th April.
4. Einstein on the Beach, Philip Glass. Barbican, 11^th May.*
5. Fred Frith, Christian Marclay. Café Oto, 7^th July.
6. The Cherry Thing. Village Underground, 15^th July.*
7. John Tilbury, Oren Ambarchi. Café Oto, 3^rd September.
8. Star-shaped Biscuit, David Toop, Snape Maltings. 15^th September.
9. Peter Brotzmann Tentet + 1. Café Oto, 9^th November.
10.   Extended Play, Janek Schaefer. Installation at CCA Glasgow. 14^th November.
11. The Ex and guests. Café Oto, 29^th November.
12.  Touch 30, night one (Hildur Gudnadottir, David Toop, Philip Jeck, People Like Us, BJ Nilsen, Chris Watson, Fennesz). Beaconsfield Art Centre, 5^th December.

*If I had to choose a favourite from this list it would be one of these.

And there were other highlights:

Gino Robair and John Butcher at the London Review Bookshop. Remembering Lol Coxhill at Cecil Sharp House, Thurston Moore and Matts Gustafson at Oto, Robert Wyatt in conversation at Oto, Anker, Taborn and Cleaver at Vortex, Mary Halvorson at Vortex, 2 nights of Miss Havisham Presents at Old Cholmeley Boys Club, Night of the Unexpected at Bishopsgate Institute, Little Feat at Islington Town Hall, Godspeed You! Black Emperor at the Forum, Crispell, Prévost, Smith at Oto, Supersilent at the Arches, Glasgow (and Swans the following evening), Mike Cooper and friends at Oto, the Martin Creed Band in the Purcell Room…

…the sound of the Atlantic waves coming in on the beach the day after a storm at Scarastavore, Isle of Harris, 23^rd July.