Happy New Year 313! In no particular order, here are some of my favourite
singles and albums of 2002...
Singles:
joakim - cotton gun (versatile)
jazzanova - that night (jcr)
ur - transitions (underground resistance)
theo parrish - solitary flight (sound signature)
the other people place - sunday night live at the laptop cafe (clone)
aardvarck - cult copy (rush hour)
pub - derail/film (ampoule)
paradox - paragon of virtue (archive)
brandy - the ritual [chateau flight remix] (yellow)
seiji - loose lips/3dom (bitasweet)
anthony shakir - what, me worry? (seventh city)
double helix - funxtiles (rush hour)
total science - just kisses (skindeep)
john tejada titonton duvante - coax (sonar kollektiv)
atjazz - witchbender (mantis)
justus kohnke - 2 after 909 (kompakt)
no milk - colors (rhapsody)
strand - message iii (delsin)
4hero hold it down [bugz in the attic mix] (talkin loud)
visioneers - 55 dollars (omniverse)
cousin cockroach - this ain't tom jerry (bitasweet)
rednose distrikt - all releases (hum hum)
metro area - miura (environ)
john tejada - timebomb vip (7th city)
terry brookes - breaking cycles (deepart)
private lightning six - look straight [john tejada mix] (pomelo)
domu - save it (2000 black)
future beat alliance - broken promise (project)
Albums:
as one - 21st century soul (ubiquity)
boards of canada - geogaddi (warp)
recloose - cardiology (planet e)
jello - voile (peacefrog)
dabrye - instrmntl (eastern developments)
russ gabriel - into the unknown (out of the loop)
brooks - you, me us (mantis)
phil ranelin - the remixes (hefty)
jazzanova - in between (jcr)
chateau flight - remixent (versatile)
Shouts to the usual gang of friends making and releasing beautiful techno -
Delsin, Rush Hour, Digital Soul, Iridite, Downlow, Keynote, Fabrice Lig,
Titonton, Arne Weinberg, the Moderator; plus a special mention for one of
the year's most prolific and consistently high-quality producers, John
Tejada.
Some general highlights:
- Submerge getting back into serious action
- Theo Parrish for coming with the soulful deepness again and again
- Metro Area getting the wide-scale attention they deserve
- Emoticon keeping up the release pressure
- The absolutely rocking Spatial parties in Glasgow
And finally, I'll remember this year for the passing of James Stinson, who
left behind a wonderful body of work and made an undeniably significant mark
on the history of techno music...
Cheers,
Tom
