113 valid ballots were submitted this year, up from 109 last year.
An individual attempted to skew the results by submitting multiple ballots
using services such as hotmail, yahoo, etc. No votes from this person were
counted, and I may choose not to accept votes from users of these services
in the future.
Here are the results:
Album of the Year
11 votes: Amon Tobin: Permutation (Ninja Tune)
23 votes: Autechre: Untitled (Warp)
48 votes: Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children (Skam/Warp)
11 votes: Bola: Soup (Skam)
10 votes: Pole: CD1/LP1 (Kiff SM)
04 votes: Squarepusher: Music Is Rotted One Note (Warp)
06 abstentions
Winner: Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children (Skam/Warp)
Single of the Year
14 votes: Bola: Aguilla (Skam)
14 votes: Gescom: This (Skam)
15 votes: Jake Mandell: Midwest (Lucky Kitchen)
17 votes: Lexaunculpt: Oh Heres Some Noises (Isophlux)
14 votes: Richard Coleman: Devine (Schematic)
39 abstentions
Winner: Lexaunculpt: Oh Heres Some Noises (Isophlux)
Compilation of the Year
09 votes: alt.frequencies 3 (Worm Interface)
11 votes: Blip, Bleep (Lucky Kitchen)
19 votes: Funkungfusion (Ninja Tune)
17 votes: Highways Over Gardens (Carpet Bomb)
07 votes: Psychogeographic X+Y (Diskono)
20 votes: We Are Reasonable People (Warp)
30 abstentions
Winner: We Are Reasonable People (Warp)
Chillout Album of the Year
44 votes: Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children (Skam/Warp)
19 votes: Bola: Soup (Skam)
14 votes: Irresistable Force: It's Tomorrow Already (Ninja Tune)
21 votes: Plastikman: Consumed (Novamute)
15 abstentions
Winner: Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children (Skam/Warp)
Drum & Bass Album of the Year
27 votes: Amon Tobin: Permutation (Ninja Tune)
09 votes: Dom + Roland: Industry (Moving Shadow)
13 votes: Jega: Spectrum (Planet Mu)
21 votes: Photek: Form and Function (Science)
14 votes: Squarepusher: Music Is Rotted One Note (Warp)
29 abstentions
Winner: Amon Tobin: Permutation (Ninja Tune)
House or Techno Album of the Year
06 votes: Fatboy Slim: You've Come a Long Way Baby (Skint)
08 votes: Herbert: Around the House (Phono)
12 votes: Mannequin Lung: The Art of Travel (Plug Research)
16 votes: Plastikman: Consumed (Novamute)
21 votes: Pole: CD1/LP1 (Kiff SM)
13 votes: Two Lone Swordsmen: Stay Down (Warp)
37 abstentions
Winner: Pole: CD1/LP1 (Kiff SM)
Label of the Year
10 votes: Chocolate Industries
18 votes: Ninja Tune
13 votes: Phthalo
31 votes: Skam
21 votes: Warp
20 abstentions
Winner: Skam
Artist of the Year
09 votes: Atom Heart
23 votes: Autechre
40 votes: Boards of Canada
04 votes: Bola
14 votes: v/vm
23 abstentions
Winner: Boards of Canada
My thanks go out to everyone who voted!
C.
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Chris.Hilker (cspot@hyperreal.org)