did metro area do anything this year? the metro area LP is just insanely good, if you dig that retro-disco song. I hope this made the top 20 last year :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Brunton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tom Churchill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "313" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 6:27 PM Subject: Re: (313) Best of 2003 > Can I also just add the mighty Oliver Who Factory from Detroit- a > little bit like Chain Reaction meets Prescription Underground with > vocals and def. giving me hairs standing up on the back of my neck for > a while there. Also almost everything on Crack+Speed from France as > well as I:Cube, some really nice heavy stuff from Tony Rhor in New > York, the return of Orlando Voorn, Jackson- Utopia, everything on Dirk > (soundhack in da house!)Reflex The Tempo 7" on Faith+Hope, Arrest The > President (UK Hip Hop- phenominominominal!), Akufen actually doing some > good tracks as Horror Inc (!), fabrice Lig pushing himself a bit on > Roots Of the Future, and loads, loads, loads more- I think this has > been one of the best years for music in a long time- every time I've > been away somewhere recently (thanks Tristan!) I've found about 20 new > records on labels I've never heard of doing stuff I never imagined was > possible- heads down into next year and hoping for the return of the > Orginator, the Innovator and the other one just to cap it all off. > > Jason Brunton > Iridite > > > On 17 Dec 2003, at 22:45, Tom Churchill wrote: > > > Well, it's that time of year again - inspired by Tristan getting the > > ball > > rolling, here's some of the records that have stood out for me this > > year. > > It's been a particularly good year for techno I think - even though > > all the > > little labels are selling very low numbers, the quality is better than > > ever. > > Loads of new talent coming through, lots of old favourites keeping the > > quality high, and lots of styles and sounds merging. >
