Albums:
1. Gridlock- Trace
2. Skinny Puppy- Doomsday
3. Brothamstates- Claro
4. Proem- Negativ/Among Others
5. Young Gods- Second Nature
Comps:
1. Men with Boxes
2. md2 on n5MD
3. American Breakbeat on Klangkrieg
Honorable mentions:
1. Somatic Responses
2. OST
3. Neutronic
Biggest disappointments:
1. Confield
2. Brownout
3. didn't even bother to hear Aphex, Squarepusher, Plaid
Best live shows:
1. Scanner, Knitting Factory LA
2. Autechre, El Rey LA
3. Phoenecia/R. Devine, Sugar Santa Monica
4. any of the many Babyland shows, but especially the November show at the
Smell LA
Best Webcasts:
1. Venetian Snares, Montreal
2. Not Breathing, Halloween in Tucson and November in NY
3. Kid 606, Berlin and Montreal
Eagerly anticipating:
1. Phonem
2. Meat Beat Manifesto
3. Underworld
4. Speedy J
5. Not Breathing