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Sorry this is late - I've had some technical and schedule problems over the last week. 125 people voted in the final phase of this year's poll, which is the best response we've had yet. The winner of the $50 Modern Music gift certificate is Sire <jyrkip@freenet.hut.fi>. Without further ado, here are the results. Results: Album of the Year 11 votes: Cylobian Sunset - Cylob (Rephlex) 16 votes: Dead Cities - FSOL (Virgin) 10 votes: Emit Ecaps - Space Time Continuum (Astralwerks) 31 votes: Feed Me Weird Things - Squarepusher (Rephlex) 39 votes: In Sides - Orbital (Internal) 10 votes: Richard D James - Aphex Twin (Warp) 08 abstentions Winner: In Sides - Orbital (Internal) Results: Single of the Year 23 votes: Girl/Boy - Aphex Twin (Warp) 29 votes: Jega - Jega (Skam) 11 votes: Key Nell Remixes - Gescom (Warp) 19 votes: My Kingdom - FSOL (Virgin) 19 votes: Port Rhombus - Squarepusher (Warp) 24 abstentions Winner: Jega - Jega (Skam) Results: Compilation of the Year 08 votes: Alt.Frequencies (Worm Interface) 04 votes: Artcore 2 (React) 52 votes: Blech (Warp) 04 votes: Breakbeat Science (Volume) 09 votes: Headz 2 B (Mo'Wax) 10 votes: It's All Becoming... (Clear) 06 votes: Real Intelligence 2 (Rather Interesting) 07 votes: Tech Steppin' (Emotif) 09 votes: Wipeout 2097/XL (Virgin/Astralwerks) 16 abstentions Winner: Blech (Warp) Results: Chillout Album of the Year 17 votes: Ch-Vox - Seefeel (Rephlex) 33 votes: Dead Cities - FSOL (Virgin) 19 votes: Emit Ecaps - Space Time Continuum (Astralwerks) 12 votes: Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (Thrill Jockey) 19 votes: Polar Sequences - HIA vs Biosphere (Beyond) 25 abstentions Winner: Dead Cities - FSOL (Virgin) Results: Drum & Bass Album of the Year 04 votes: 68 Million Shades - Spring Heel Jack (Rough Trade) 36 votes: Drum & Bass For Papa - Plug (Blue Planet) 41 votes: Feed Me Weird Things - Squarepusher (Rephlex) 12 votes: Richard D James - Aphex Twin (Warp) 05 votes: So Far - Alex Reece (Island) 15 votes: Waveform - T Power (Anti Static) 12 abstentions Winner: Feed Me Weird Things - Squarepusher (Rephlex) Results: Label of the Year 11 votes: Astralwerks 05 votes: Clear 03 votes: Emissions 16 votes: Ninja Tune 25 votes: Rephlex 29 votes: Skam 18 votes: Warp 18 abstentions Winner: Skam Results: Artist of the Year 17 votes: Autechre 25 votes: Luke Vibert 06 votes: Mike Paradinas 28 votes: Orbital 07 votes: Richard James 27 votes: Tom Jenkinson 10 votes: Uwe Schmidt 05 abstentions Winner: Orbital My thanks go out to everyone who voted. I'll try and get this up on the web within the next week. C. -- C.Hilker (cspot@hyperreal.com) "He was mesmerized by the light-pictures, and the music sent him right into dreamland"

quoted 1 line Winner: In Sides - Orbital (Internal)

>Winner: In Sides - Orbital (Internal)

but of course, you knew that without any vote ;)

quoted 1 line 17 votes: Ch-Vox - Seefeel (Rephlex)

>17 votes: Ch-Vox - Seefeel (Rephlex)

I recently heard a couple of their choons on a free tape (BLECH/DJ Food/Warp records) I got with Wax magazine (got it for the tape) , some of it was bleepy rubbish (some people will buy anything just coz it's obscure) but some of it I liked a lot, nice and melodic, chill out stuff, one I remember was called "spangle" (by seefeel) which was great, and another called "tied" which I can't recall (I'm looking on the trax listing 4 the tape) Can I have some info on Link as well please, I heard a couple of their's on the same tape "amazon amenity chameleon remix" which was brilliant, and another..."antacid jedi knights remix" which was also pretty good. also can anyone point me in the direction of an Internal records discography? take it easy _________________ ______ ___________ ___ | / \| \| \ | | | |__ __| | | | |_| | | | | | | |\_ _/ | | | | | | | | |___| \______/|______/|______/ |___|

quoted 2 lines Results: Label of the Year

> Results: Label of the Year > Winner: Skam

Dah...come on! How many records did Skam put out this year? Three? Four? Just to refresh your memory, here's what came out on my vote for this years best label: Chimera - Valley of the Spirits Mu-ziq - Tango N' Vectiff (re-release) Drexcyia - Molecular Enhancement (re-release) Mu-ziq - Bluff Limbo (general release) Bradley Stryder - Bradley's Robot Kinestheisa - Empathy Box Remix EP Kinesthesia - Empathy Box Mike and Rich - Expert Knob Twiddlers X-ASP - Terra Ferma DMX Crew - Sound of the Street Leo Anibaldi - Void Cylob - Loops and Breaks Cylob - Cylobian Sunset Vulva - Birdwatch Seefeel - Ch-vox Squarepusher - Squarepusher Plays... Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things Global Goon - Goon D'Arcangelo Bochum Welt - Module 2 Sorry, but Jega and BoC just can't cut it next to all that.

quoted 2 lines Results: Artist of the Year

> Results: Artist of the Year > Winner: Orbital

Yawn. Come on! Insides and The Box over Feed Me Weird Things, Bubble & Squeak, Squarepusher Plays, Port Rhombus, and all the rest? This IS your father's IDM poll...oh well. Off to see some Woody... _____ / ,-,_) /,_) (/ RESH Live & Direct from the G-Spot, Orange County, California, USA http://www1.linkonline.net/fresh/fresh.htm

Gonzi, would you like me to send you the addresses of all the people who voted for Skam and Orbital so you can personally tell them how much better your taste in music is than theirs? Grow up. C. -- C.Hilker (cspot@hyperreal.com) "He was mesmerized by the light-pictures, and the music sent him right into dreamland"

On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Gonzi (Fresh) wrote:

quoted 7 lines Results: Label of the Year

> > Results: Label of the Year > > Winner: Skam > > Dah...come on! How many records did Skam put out this year? Three? Four? > > Just to refresh your memory, here's what came out on my vote for this > years best label:

Yes, I'd agree with you...if I had voted it probably would have been for Rephlex. Maybe the problem was that there were a few not so hot releases mixed in there that turned some people off. Every Skam release was very good to great. No duds.

quoted 5 lines Results: Artist of the Year

> > Results: Artist of the Year > > Winner: Orbital > > Yawn. Come on! Insides and The Box over Feed Me Weird Things, Bubble & > Squeak, Squarepusher Plays, Port Rhombus, and all the rest?

Definately Orbital over Squarepusher. A no-brainer for me. That US double CD version of In Sides is simply wonderful. Just my belated votes... Tony

On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Gonzi (Fresh) wrote:

quoted 4 lines Results: Label of the Year

> > Results: Label of the Year > > Winner: Skam > > Dah...come on! How many records did Skam put out this year? Three? Four?

Ahh, quality not quantity :). Cid.

quoted 2 lines Results: Artist of the Year

>> Results: Artist of the Year >> Winner: Orbital

quoted 2 lines Yawn. Come on! Insides and The Box over Feed Me Weird Things, Bubble &

>Yawn. Come on! Insides and The Box over Feed Me Weird Things, Bubble & >Squeak, Squarepusher Plays, Port Rhombus, and all the rest?

yeah, that's right, listen to Orbital again and repeat what you just said without blushing, Orbital are the masters beyond all doubt. Suprised to see no Spooky on the poll despite their excellent 1996 releases. I'm also gonna unsub from the list pretty soon, I only joined it a week or two ago and it's not proving useful to me. take it easy _________________ ______ ___________ ___ | / \| \| \ | | | |__ __| | | | |_| | | | | | | |\_ _/ | | | | | | | | |___| \______/|______/|______/ |___|

I personally feel that In Sides is the most varied, and textured peice of IDM/ambient/hardcore when it wants to be album I have yet heard. Maybe this is due to my mainstream ignorance, and my lack of IDM savy, but I love Orbital, and while past works such as Snivilization and "Orbital" may not be wonderful, they try different things, and maintain a creative consistency. Orbital is wonderful. At 06:45 PM 1/5/97 -0800, Chris.Hilker wrote:

quoted 15 lines Gonzi, would you like me to send you the addresses of all the people who

>Gonzi, would you like me to send you the addresses of all the people who >voted for Skam and Orbital so you can personally tell them how much better >your taste in music is than theirs? > >Grow up. > >C. > >-- >C.Hilker (cspot@hyperreal.com) "He was mesmerized by the light-pictures, > and the music sent him right into dreamland" > > > >

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quoted 3 lines Gonzi, would you like me to send you the addresses of all the people who

> Gonzi, would you like me to send you the addresses of all the people who > voted for Skam and Orbital so you can personally tell them how much better > your taste in music is than theirs?

Yeah, I would. Alphabetically please. Who are these people?

quoted 1 line Grow up.

> Grow up.

Geez, no need to get nasty. I was just a bit suprised is all. Nothing wrong with a little healthy discussion, mate. _____ / ,-,_) /,_) (/ RESH Live & Direct from the G-Spot, Orange County, California, USA http://www1.linkonline.net/fresh/fresh.htm

c> Results: Single of the Year c> Winner: Jega - Jega (Skam) xx xx xxxxxx xxxxxx !! xx xx xx xx !! xx xx xxxxxx xxxxxx !! xx xx xx xx xxxxxx xxxxxx !! xx xx xxxxxx xxxxxx !! xx xx xx xx !! xx xx xxxxxx xxxxxx !! xx xx xx xx xxxxxx xxxxxx !! He's done it! sigh ... this calls for a grand celebration ... Helen OnNow: JEGA ... (doing a victory lap)

Gonzi cried ...

quoted 2 lines Results: Label of the Year

>> Results: Label of the Year >> Winner: Skam

f> Dah...come on! How many records did Skam put out this f> year? Three? Four? How many times did you fall in love in 1996? f> Sorry, but Jega and BoC just can't cut it next to all that. Sorry isn't the word I'm thinking of ... Helen -> in love with Skam, loving Rephlex. OnNow: Locust - No-one in the world

Item Subject: cc:Mail Text > From: "Chris.Hilker" <cspot@hyperreal.com> > Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 15:45:08 -0800 > Subject: (idm) IDM Poll 1996 RESULTS As a lurker exclusively until now, I just wanted to thank Chris for hosting the IDM poll. I have only been with the list for a few months, but I have found it quite reliable as a source for new noise. (My orders from EarRational have grown exponentially since discovering previous years' polls.) > Results: Album of the Year > Winner: In Sides - Orbital (Internal) > Results: Compilation of the Year > Winner: Blech (Warp) > Results: Label of the Year > Winner: Skam First of all, I have no problem with these or any other category's results. My two cents merely are the fact that, for the purposes of this poll, there can never be ideal exposure for all entries. Taking another award as an example, I believe that voters for the Oscars must see every movie they can potentially vote for (or against.) (Please resist the urge to attack the result of this specific instance; merely join me in appreciation of the process.) Some of us in poor geographic locations simply do not have access to every CD discussed on this list and can therefore not educate ourselves first hand as well as we might hope. (I believe this to be especially true for the Compilation and Label O-the-Year.) Orbital, I believe, may have won a tight race for the fact that virtually every member of this discussion group owns InSides. (More so than Squarepusher, however narrow the margin.) I'll label that neither as good or bad, merely as likely fact and leave it at that. In any case, I looked forward to this poll not simply to see who wins our virtual award but to check what exceptional disks I missed out on during the year. Now is the time when I am again silent, jtf FYI - I have both InSides and FeedMe... but abstained from voting because I had not yet heard three of the six entries for Album.

In a message dated 06/01/97 00:53:32, you write:

quoted 2 lines Just to refresh your memory, here's what came out on my vote for this

> Just to refresh your memory, here's what came out on my vote for this > years best label:

[Rephlex 1996]

quoted 1 line Sorry, but Jega and BoC just can't cut it next to all that.

> Sorry, but Jega and BoC just can't cut it next to all that.

Good point, but I think the aforementioned Skam releases are the equal of any Rephlex release this year, even Feed Me and Global Goon! (which is marvellous, congrats to whoever came up with that one!)

quoted 2 lines Results: Artist of the Year

> > Results: Artist of the Year > > Winner: Orbital

quoted 2 lines Yawn. Come on! Insides and The Box over Feed Me Weird Things, Bubble &

> Yawn. Come on! Insides and The Box over Feed Me Weird Things, Bubble & > Squeak, Squarepusher Plays, Port Rhombus, and all the rest?

Come now, remember, we have to *share* this list, you know ;-) On Now? The Way - Global Communication