I'll follow this up with some of my fav's of the year in no particular
order and i'll be as wordy as i wanna be. i will say that i spent more
time going back than foreward as there is so much crap to wade through
these days everytime i picked up something "new" to me, it was actually
released some other year.
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2004 favs
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Soulseek Records : 24 Hour Massacre :
http://www.soulseekrecords.net/gods/releases/release.php?id=7
This stuff not only rocks the body it'll clean your head off too with
sounds from staple beats, fat bass, munched madness you name it. and
it's free. and the concept is cool as hell - each track was made in
40mins and mixed to the others. funkinell!
Squarepusher (!that's right fan-boys!) : Ultravisitor :
I know it's not the hippest thing to say but I broke through on this one
after a healthy night of booze. And now i have access to it's fruits
forever you suckers! That flamingo guitar track is off the hizook.
Amunition : that planet mu mix : ZIQ095
what can you say - this pretty much takes every techno masshup ragga
drill and amen break rude boy boomba clot space time thing and suttfs it
into a most obnoxious 80 min mix. i can't tell if it's good because my
brain speeds from one fuggin moment to the other so fast i barely catch
my breath on some gorgeous deep end tracks before racing off. road-trip
essential - though it will damage your hearing. i'll never forget.
Global Goon : Family Glue
Why is everyone so angry - listening to goon's albums is better than
family theorpy. Lush, thematic well produced stuff that has you caught
at track 1 and pulls on thru. Would never be ashamed to have my
grandparents listen along on this one! Real clean johnny!
7 Untitled tracks in ogg format in a curiously named directory :
I don't know anything about these - haunting broken piano melodies with
frantic drill and tin-can beats with steam whistle snares. and then the
bass! braindance for sure!
John Tejada : Logic Bank Memory Center :
This has been given enough + marks i don't feel like going into it.
just get it. Straight Ahead, no stopping.
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new to me favs
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Isan : meet next life (ya i know it's from 2003 but i missed it ;-)
Lush warm chillout textures - perfectly balacned with the lightest of
rythyms - guaranteed to bring a warm feeling to any room.
Merck Mix 2
Another awewsome display! i hear there is a vol 3, but what the hell -
this compilation alone is gonna have me buying more merck in the future.
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remember when :
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Children of the Bong : Serious Sounds :
a couple years this sounded dated. this year it became friendly again.
old school at one of it's high points
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not "idm" :
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Oysterhead - a bizzare collection of rock music somewhere between primus
, ween, phish and good ol fashioned cool.
The "New Metaphysics" MP3's - check google - spoken word, idm, and
prophets and nutters to feed your head. from Gary Geiserman @
newmetaphysics.com
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