Boomkat & Associated IDM/ Electronic artists End of Year Lists

I have just received the end of year list from Boomkat via e-mail. I thought i'd pass the info on to ILM. [I suppose these thread can be extended to discuss the best experimental electronics/ IDM/ microhouse/ underground hip-hop of the year etc ]

Boomkat

Boomkat

Evening one and all. Welcome to the last Boomkat newsletter for 2002 - and it's a special one. Listed bellow you'll find a selection of our favoured Boomkat listening for 2002, followed by a gargantuan compilation of charts from friends and colleagues around the world.

Boomkat Top Selection of 2002

1. MURCOF - Martes - Leaf

2 ARDISSON - Ardisson EP - Seed

3 SUPERCOLLIDER - Raw Digits - Rise Robots Rise

4 THE OTHER PEOPLE PLACE / MYSTIC TRIBE - Sunday Night Live At The Laptop Café
Clone

5 BITSTREAM - Crab Nebula - City Centre Offices

6 PAN AMERICAN / KIM HIORTHOY / ISO 68 / CORKER / CONBOY - Pro Bono Publico - Vertical Form

7 RHYTHM AND SOUND W/THE CHOSEN BROTHERS - Making History - Burial Mix

8 MORGAN CANEY & KAMAL JOORY - Magic Radios - City Centre Offices

9 KLIMEK - Milk & Honey - Kompakt

10 SMYGLYSSNA - We Can Fix It - Vertical Form

11 LUSINE ICL - Sustain - Delikatessen

12 STATIC - Turn On Switch Off - City Centre Offices

13 KHAN - Say Goodbye - Playhouse

14 MODESELEKTOR - Death Medley EP - Bpitch Control

15 TRIPLE R - Friends - Kompakt

16 POPULOUS - Quipo - Morr Music

17 VARIOUS - Produce LP - Ai

18 BITSTREAM - Radiotherapy - Modern Love

19 DONNA REGINA - Northern Classic - Karaoke Kalk

20 SOUNDHACK - Soundkit EP - Soundhack

21 MCENROE - Billy's Vision - Peanuts & Corn

22 THE REMOTE VIEWER - Here I Go Again On My Own - City Centre Offices

23 DABRYE - One / Three - Ghostly International

24 FYM & S-MAX - Bingo Bubble Burner - Boogizm

25 WECHSEL GARLAND - Liberation Von History - Karaoke Kalk

Accute Home Treatment Selection
compiled by: The Listening Room
from: Manchester

1 ALBERTO IGLESIAS / Hable Con Ella
Editions Milan Music
2 PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE + MATS GUSTAFSSON / I Love it When You Snore
Smalltown Supersound
3 DENZEL & HUHN / Time Is A Good Thing
City Centre Offices
4 JOHN ZORN / Secret Lives
Tzadik
5 NIOBE / Radioersatz
Tomlab
6 NO NECK BLUES BAND / Sticks and Stones...
Revenant
7 DAVID SHEA / Classical Works II
Tzadik
8 SONGS OHIA / Didn't It Rain?
Secretly Canadian
9 VARIOUS / Darker Than Blue (Soul From Jamdown 1973-1980)
PK / Blood And Fire
10 TRANSLLUSION / L.I.F.E.
Rephlex
11 LUC FERRARI / Cycle Des Souvenirs
Blue Chopsticks
12 USTAD MOHAMMAD OMAR / Virtuoso From Afghanistan
Smithsonian Folkways
13 FENNESZ, O'ROURKE, REHBERG / The Return Of FennO'Berg
Mego
14 SONIC YOUTH / Murray Street
Goofin'
15 CARSTEN NICOLAI / Auto Pilot
Raster Noton
16 JACKIE - O - MOTHERF**KER / Change
Textile

Styrofoams Top 20 for 2002
compiled by: Styrofoam
from: Belgium
One of Morr Music's original crew, veteran of two albums and one 7", Arne is due back in 2003 with a new album and a change of direction. Keep yr eyes peeled!

1 BUCK 65 / Square
Warners Canada
2 MS. JOHN SODA / No P. Or D.
Morr Music
3 NOBOKAZU TAKEMURA / Animate
Childisc
4 MATTHEW HERBERT / Second Hand Sounds
Peacefrog
5 EL P / Fantastic Damage
Def Jux
6 THE NOTWIST / Neon Golden
City Slang
7 SAGE FRANCIS / Personal Journals
Anticon
8 ATMOSPHERE / God Loves Ugly
Rhymesayers
9 RJD2 / Dead Ringer
Def Jux
10 SIXTOO / Duration
Cease and Desist
11 OPIATE / Possible
Vertical Form
12 ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM / Ghostlawns
Warp
13 PANDA ONE / The Essence
Counterflow
14 BOOM BIP / Mannequin Hand Trapdoor I Reminder
Lex
15 THE CLIENTELE / Lost Weekend
Earworm
16 STATIC / Turn On Switch Off
City Centre Offices
17 PERCY X / Time To Jack (Radioactive Man Remix)
Soma
18 MUMMY FORTUNA'S THEATRE COMPANY / Born of Man and Flies
Lex
19 SUPERSOUL w/ PUSH BUTTON OBJECTS / Backa Wall
Metatronix
20 RHYTHM AND SOUND W/THE CHOSEN BROTHERS / Making History
Burial Mix

Kompakt's Top Ten Chart for 2002
compiled by: Michael Mayer / Kompakt
from: Cologne
The legendary Michael Mayer is head of the equally legendary Kompakt imprint. He the man!

1 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE / Justified
Jive
2 LUCIANO / La Capricciosa
Bruchstuecke
3 JUSTUS KOEHNCKE / 2 After 909
Kompakt
4 Kylie / All Singles
Various
5 BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE / Black Earth
Wonder
6 ADA / Blindhouse
Areal
7 CLOSER MUSIK / After Love
Kompakt
8 LYNCH / BADALAMENTI / Mullholland Drive OST
9 MATTHEW JOHNSON / ?
It Is What It Is
10 OUTCAST / Whole World

Mitchell Akiyama's Top 10 for 2002
compiled by: Mitchell Akiyama
from: Canada
Mitchell has made a name for himself as one of Quebec's finest operators, running his Intr_Version label, as well as releasing his own material for the Raster Noton label, Eat This, Force Inc and many others.

1 DICTAPHONE / M.= Addiction
City Centre Offices
2 DO MAKE SAY THINK / & Yet & Yet
Constellation
3 VARIOUS / Classic Mountain Songs
Smithsonian Folk
4 FLY PAN AM / Ceux Qui Inventent N'ont Jamais Vecu
Constellation
5 POLMO POLPO / The Science Of Breath
Substractif
6 HRSTA / L'clat Du Ciel Tait Insoutenable
Fancy
7 LOSCIL / Submers
Kranky
8 PETEY PABLO / Diary Of A Sinner : 1st Entry
Jive
9 SUTEKH / Fell
Orthlorng Musork
10 VITAMINS FOR YOU / Ecologie + Histoire
Sfeericle

NMB Allstars Top 20 for 2002
compiled by: NMB Allstars
from: Manchester
Erm, we could tell you who these guys are, but why spoil the fun!?!

1 MODEL 600 / Update
Metroplex
2 TEAM DOYOBI / DF0 : BAD
Skam
3 ULTRADYNE / Unknown Works
Scsi
4 ARDISSON / Yes
Seed
5 DR DEREK F / D.F.I.
SKAM / 33
6 ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM / Ghostlawns
Warp
7 OTTO VON SCHIRACH / Pandemonium Intelligence
Mass transit / Beta Bodega
8 QUINOLINE YELLOW / L.M.W Motors
Skam
9 BRANDY / What About Us?
Atlantic
10 EOG / Cim Shift
DUB
11 VESNA / Mone.Aesde
N5MD
12 NELLY / Hot In Here (X-Cutioners Mix)
Universal
13 SHIFTED PHASES / The Cosmic Memoirs of the late great Rupert J. Rosinthorpe
Tresor
14 TEAM SHADETEK / Swoon
Shadetek
15 PHON.O / Mokkastubchen
Shitkatapult
16 SQUAREPUSHER / Do You KNow Squarepusher
Warp
17 MISSY ELLIOT / Work It
Electra
18 OLA BERGMAN / The Great Family Hotel
New Speak
19 MODESELEKTOR / Death Medley EP
Bpitch Control
20 PENDLE COVEN BREAKERS / Biatches Bru
NorthMancBeds

Chris Coco's Top 10 Singles of 2002
compiled by: Chris Coco
from: London
Radio One DJ, Presenter of the much Coveted Blue Room show.

1 ERLEND OYE / Ghost Trains
Source
2 STATIC / Turn On Switch Off
City Centre Offices
3 LAMBCHOP / Is A Woman
City Slang
4 ASA CHANG & JUN RAY / Hana
Leaf
5 THE FLAMING LIPS / Do You Realise?
Warner Bros
6 SONDRE LERCHE / Dead Passengers
Source
7 THE KILLS / Black Rooster EP
Domino
8 AKUFEN / Deck The House
Force Inc
9 FLUNK / Blue Monday
Beat Service
10 CRAIG ARMSTRONG / Wake Up In New York
Melancholic

Chris Coco's Top 10 Albums of 2002
compiled by: Chris Coco
from: London
Radio One DJ, Presenter of the much Coveted Blue Room show.

1 THE FLAMING LIPS / Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Warners
2 SIGUR ROS / ()
Fat Cat
3 ANTHONY ROTHER / Hacker
Psi49net
4 DOVES / The Last Broadcast
Heavenly
5 VARIOUS / Blue Skied An' Clear - A Morr Music Compilation
Morr Music
6 LAMBCHOP / Is A Woman
City Slang
7 FARBEN / Starbox
Klang Elektronik
8 CHRIS COCO / Next Wave
Distinctive
9 THIEVERY CORPORATION / The Richest Man in Babylon
18th Street Lounge
10 ELLIS ISLAND SOUND / Ellis Island Sound
Heavenly

DMX Crew's Top 10 for 2002
compiled by: DMX Crew
from: London
Head honcho of the ace Breakin' imprint, as well as luminary of labels like Rephlex, Ersatz, Ghostly International and many more.

1 ARPANET / Wireless Internet
Source
2 DOLLAR SIGN / Stush
Social Circles
3 UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE / Analog Assassin
Underground Resistance
4 BLACK FUTURE / Unfriendly
Mo Tech
5 SOL_DAT / Make Yr Car Look Extremely Pretty
Breakin'
6 313 BASS MECHANICS / >From Belle Isle To Seven Mile EP
Breakin'
7 MISSY ELLIOTT / Work It

8 BRANDY / What About Us? (Instrumental)
Atlantic
9 KEITH TUCKER / Alien Radio
Twilight 76
10 METRO AREA / Metro Area
Source

Datathief's top 10 for 2002
compiled by: Brian Datathief
from: Manchester / Miami
Brian's a busy guy, recording material under both Datathief and Gique guises, running his Device Electronic Entertainment label, travelling back and forth between Manchester and Miami writing computer games and running his Studio Moo design project, responsible for some sleeves on the Skam label. Phew.

1 JOHN CARPENTER / Assault On Precinct 13 Soundtrack
Bootleg
2 IT & MY COMPUTER / Sur Une Cigarette
Creme
3 V.U.L.V.A. / The Synthesiser Greatest Vol 1
Ural 13 Records
4 SILICON SCALLY / Mr Machine
Scsi
5 DREXCIYA / Grava 4
Clone
6 GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR / Yanqui U.X.O
Constellation
7 PROSWELL / Konami
Merck
8 AUTECHRE / Gantz_Graf
Warp
9 DREDG / El Cielo
Interscope
10 DJ OVERDOSE / Trust Me
Murder Capital

SCSI's Top 10 Singles for 2002
compiled by: Scsi Daz Quayle
from: Leeds
Daz has run the UK's foremost electro label - SCSI - since 1998, responsible for Carl Finlow's finest output, Plus releases from Ultradyne, Wee DJ's, Dez Williams, Scape One and more. Daz also works with us in the Pelicanneck shop.

1 ULTRADYNE / Unknown Works
Scsi
2 TELEFON TEL AVIV / Immediate Action #8
Hefty
3 TWINNIE / Absolution
Cheap
4 DATATHIEF / VARIOUS / Miami Internal Affairs
Mass Transit
5 CARL.A.FINLOW / Electrilogy Part 3
Device
6 FASTGRAPH / ../../
Klakson
7 SILICON SCALLY / Request
Gasoline
8 DER ZYKLUS / Der Zyklus 2
Gigolo
9 EOG / Master
DUB
10 STERAC / Interpersonal
Interpersonal

DJ Ennui's top 20 vinyl selection for 2002
compiled by: DJ Ennui
from: Manchester
DJ Ennui runs the Listening Room in Manchester, working through the spectrum of audio and visual materials and mixed applications. His work will be exhibited at some point in 2002 in the Like Galleri, Manchester.

1 TRANSLLUSION / Don't Be Afraid Of Evolution
Rephlex
2 ANTHONY SHAKIR / What, Me Worry?
Seventh City
3 DIMENSION 5 / Music Box
Delsin
4 SHIFTED PHASES / The Cosmic Memoirs of the late great Rupert J. Rosinthorpe
Tresor
5 DJ BONE / The Funk / The Haunting
Metroplex
6 BITSTREAM / Radiotherapy
Modern Love
7 DREXCIYA / Grava 4
Clone
8 T.RAUMSCHMIERE / Anti
Hefty
9 JEFF MILLS / Actual (Axis009 C/D)
Axis
10 OPTIC NERVE / Optical
Delsin
11 RHYTHM AND SOUND / All Activity
Rhythm and Sound / Burial Mix
12 ULTRADYNE / Unknown Works
Scsi
13 JAN JELINEK / Avec The Exposures
Scape
14 SND / Tender Love
Mille Plateaux
15 THEO PARRISH / Saga Of Resistance
Sound Signature
16 ERRORSMITH / 2
Errorsmith
17 ROBERT HOOD / Method
Peacefrog
18 FASTGRAPH / ../../
Klakson
19 DARK ENERGY / Dark Paradise EP
Underground Resistance
20 CRISTIAN VOGEL / Dungeon Master
Tresor

Errorsmith Top 10
compiled by: Erik Errorsmith
from: Berlin
One half of Berlin's legendary MMM crew, as well as Soundhack collaborator on Smith N Hack and veteran of collaborations with the likes of DJ Scud and I-Sound.

1 WASTELAND / Amen Fire
Transparent
2 SOUNDHACK / Soundkit EP
Soundhack
3 VARIOUS / Studio One Scorcher Instrumentals
Soul Jazz
4 EMBEDDED STUDIOS / Bedford Files Archives EP
Embedded
5 SPICE / Talk Up On Living Colours Riddim 7"
Fat Eyes
6 SIZZLA / A Wah Sun On Judgement Riddim
Brat Productions
7 SIZZLA / Karate On Fly Robin Fly Riddim
Special Remix
8 ELEPHANT MAN / Bun Him a Gi Yuh on Engine Riddim
CJ Records
9 CLIPSE / Grindin (Instrumental)

10 CAMU TAO / Hold The Floor
Def Jux

Bola's Top 10 Chart for 2002
compiled by: Darrell Fitton
from: Rochdale
Darrell Fitton is better known as Bola. He is one of the key figures with Skam, and has exerted his influence on the electronic community ever since his contributions to the seminal Artificial Intelligence compilations back in the early 90's. The last year has also seen Darryl release material under the Jello moniker for the Peacefrog imprint.

1 PAT METHENY / CHARLIE HADEN / Beyond The Missouri Sky

2 ENNIO MORRICONE / Il Etait Une Fois La Revolution

3 STINA NORDENSTAM / And She Closed Her Eyes

4 SOFT MACHINE / 7

5 VILLA LOBOS / Bachianas Brasileiras No.4

6 MARTIN GRECH / Open Heart Zoo

7 VARIOUS / The Fire This Time
Hidden Art
8 ISAO TOMITA (Ravel) / Daphnis and Chloe

9 PAT METHENY GROUP / Offramp

10 JONI MITCHELL / God Must Be A Boogie Man

Rob Hall's Top 20 Releases for 2002
compiled by: Rob Hall
from: Manchester
Rob Hall. International DJ. Part of the Skam Crew. Part of the Gescom collective. Spins tunes in Pelicanneck every other Saturday. Nuff said.

1 DR DEREK F / D.F.I.
SKAM / 33
2 ARDISSON / Ardisson EP
Seed
3 BITSTREAM / Radiotherapy
Modern Love
4 MODEL 600 / Update
Metroplex
5 NMB ALLSTARS / Bug EP
NorthMancBeds
6 FREEFORM / Human
Skam
7 DECAL / Forget The 80's
Satamile
8 ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM / Ghostlawns
Warp
9 ULTRADYNE / Unknown Works
Scsi
10 TEAM DOYOBI / DF0 : BAD
Skam
11 AUTECHRE / Gantz_Graf
Warp
12 SILICON SCALLY / Mr Machine
SCSI
13 QUINOLINE YELLOW / L.M.W Motors
Skam
14 OLA BERGMAN / The Great Family Hotel
New Speak
15 SOLOTEMPO / Ocd : Ten
Spezialmaterial
16 WEVIE STONDER / Drawing On Other People’s Heads
Skam
17 UNIVERSAL INDICATOR / Part 5 - Ultraviolet
Beta Bodega
18 SHIFTED PHASES / The Cosmic Memoirs of the late great Rupert J. Rosinthorpe
Tresor
19 VARIOUS / Miami INternal Affairs
Mass Transit Vs Beta Bodega
20 ANALOG ASSASIN / EP
Underground Resistance

Thaddi's Top 20 Chart for 2002
compiled by: Thaddi Herrmann
from: Berlin
Thaddi is co-owner of the City Centre Offices imprint, as well as one half of recording duo Herrmann and Kleine. He's been a long time honourary member of the crew and part of the family.

1 BOARDS OF CANADA / Twoism
Warp / Music 70
2 DICTAPHONE / M.= Addiction
City Centre Offices
3 AKUFEN / My Way
Force Inc
4 INTERPOL / Turn On The Bright Lights

5 VARIOUS / Pop Ambient 2003
Kompakt
6 JOHANN JOHANNSSON / Englaborn
Touch
7 BOOM BIP / Seed To Sun
Lex
8 VARIOUS / Instrumentals : Staedtizism 3
Scape
9 DOMOTIC / Bye Bye
Active Suspension
10 GIARDINI DI MIRO / Rise and Fall Of Academic Drifting
Friction Friction
11 EATER / T.O.E. / Flower Of Life
Progressive Form
12 CYNE / African Elephants
Rice and Beans
13 CRUNCH / Boy.Rek
Delikatessen
14 MODESELEKTOR / In Loving Memory
Bpitch Control
15 KLIMEK / Milk & Honey
Kompakt
16 CHRISTIAN KLEINE / Firn EP
City Centre Offices
17 ALGORITHM / El Grito
Botanica Del Jibaro
18 DUB TRACTOR / Hum / Press Button For Music
Hobby Industries
19 ROBERT LIPPOK AND BARBARA MORGENSTERN / Seasons
Domino
20 SUPERPITCHER / Yesterday
Kompakt

Heiko Hoffmann's Top 10 for 2002
compiled by: Heiko Hoffmann
from: Berlin
Heiko is an ex-DHR affiliate, Editor-in-Chief of Germany's Groove magazine and head honcho at Mobile Records - who just recently gave us the excellent 'Asthmatic Worm' and 'Seasons Greetings' compilations.

1 THE STREETS / Original Pirate Material

2 MUM / Finally We Are No One
Fat Cat
3 BETH GIBBONS & RUSTIN MAN / Out Of Season

4 METRO AREA / Metro Area
Source
5 MASHA QRELLA / Luck
Monika
6 MISSY ELLIOTT / Under Construction

7 BROOKS / You, Me & Us
Mantis
8 TOO MANY DJ'S / As Heard On Radio Soulwax Vol 2

9 MÄRZ / Love Streams
Karaoke Kalk
10 THE NOTWIST / Neon Golden
City Slang

Post Human top 5 Albums and Top 5 Tracks for 2002
compiled by: Post Human
from: London
Responsible for releasing Boomkat's absolute favourite 12" of 2002 - Ardisson's devastating EP, the Post Human boys have been nurturing their Seed imprint and London Underground raves over the last 12 months. Expect much more for the double 03.

1 CURSOR MINER / Explosive Piece Of Mind
Lo Recordings
2 ROYKSOPP / Melody AM
Wall Of Sound
3 DIGITONAL / 23 Things Fall Apart
Toytronic
4 VENETIAN SNARES / Higgins Ultra Low Glue Funk Hits
Planet Mu
5 BOARDS OF CANADA / Geogaddi
Warp
6 ARDISSON / Yes
Seed
7 AALIYAH / More Than A Woman
Blackground
8 SYSTEM OF A DOWN / Toxicity
Columbia
9 BOARDS OF CANADA / 1969
Warp
10 DR FILBERT F / Track 1

I-Sound's Top 10 for 2002
compiled by: Craig Willingham I-Sound
from: United States
Craig first came to public attention with his 'Full Watts' dubplate imprint and the release of the awesome Jah Vengeance and Bloodclaat Gangsta Youth 45's. He's collaborated with To Rococo Rot, Errorsmith and, most recently, with DJ Scud on the long awaited 'Wasteland' album, due to be released in January 2003.

1 TWEET / Southern Humming Bird

2 WILCO / Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

3 ERRORSMITH / 2
Errorsmith
4 EL P / Fantastic Damage
Def Jux
5 AESOP ROCK / Daylight
Def Jux
6 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE / Justified

7 THE BOOKS / Thought For Food
Tomlab
8 P.DIDDY / I Need A Girl Part 2

9 CLIPSE / Grindin'

10 STREETS / Original Pirate Material

Ai Top 24 for 2002
compiled by: Area Industries
from: International
One of our favourite new labels, Ai promise to deliver some of the most exciting and varied electronic music for 2003 and beyond. Trust us, this lot are gonna be huge.

1 VARIOUS / The Usual Suspects
Sativae
2 CRISTIAN VOGEL / Dungeon Master
Tresor
3 MS. JOHN SODA / No P. Or D.
Morr Music
4 STEREO TOTAL / Musique Automatique
Bungalow
5 BABY FORD AND THE IFACH COLLECTIVE / Sacred Machine
Klang Elektronik
6 VARIOUS / Detroit Beatdown Volume One
Third Ear
7 CONVEXTION / Dicext1
Downlow Music
8 SAGE FRANCIS / Personal Journals
Anticon
9 Q AND NOT U / Different Damage
Dischord
10 SCION / Arrange And Process Basic Channel Tracks
Tresor
11 ARPANET / Wireless Internet
Source
12 EL P / Fantastic Damage
Def Jux
13 DICTAPHONE / M.= Addiction
City Centre Offices
14 IYUNX PRODUCTIONS / How To Create An Explosion
Isophlux
15 BOARDS OF CANADA / Geogaddi
Warp
16 STEADY P / I Play All EP
Mercurochrome
17 TIM WRIGHT / Going Down
Novamute
18 THE OTHER PEOPLE PLACE / MYSTIC TRIBE / Sunday Night Live At The Laptop Café
Clone
19 PMT / Gyromancer
Acetate Ltd
20 VARIOUS / Area Industries
Ai
21 DIE / Detroit In Effect
Clone
22 CHRISTIAN KLEINE / Firn EP
City Centre Offices
23 FLAMING LIPS / Do You Realise
Warners
24 CHRIST / Pylonesque
Benbecula

Claro Intellecto's Top 10 for 2002
compiled by: Claro Intellecto
from:

1 THE OTHER PEOPLE PLACE / MYSTIC TRIBE / Sunday Night Live At The Laptop Café
Clone
2 BABY FORD AND THE IFACH COLLECTIVE / Sacred Machine
Klang Elektronik
3 VARIOUS / Detroit Beatdown Volume One
Third Ear
4 VARIOUS / Produce LP
Ai
5 RICHIE HAWTIN / DE9 Closer to the edit
Novamute
6 HASHIM / Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)
Cutting
7 CHRISTIAN KLEINE / Firn EP
City Centre Offices
8 JAPANESE TELECOM / Virtual Geisha
International Deejay Gigolos
9 ASTROBOTNIA / Part One
Rephlex
10 VARIOUS / Quatermix
Quatermass

Robin Isan's Top 11 for 2002
compiled by: Robin Isan
from: England
One half of the ever-endearing Isan, creators of some of the most beautiful, delicate, tinkling analogue electronic music you'll ever hear. Bloody nice blokes too.

1 TOMCATS IN TOKYO / Fish & Butterflies
Static Caravan
2 DOMOTIC / Bye Bye
Active Suspension
3 PAN AMERICAN / KIM HIORTHOY / ISO 68 / CORKER / CONBOY / Pro Bono Publico
Vertical Form
4 DNTEL / Life Is Full Of Possibilities
Plug Research
5 TOWN AND COUNTRY / C'Mon
Thrill Jockey
6 MORGAN CANEY & KAMAL JOORY / Magic Radios
City Centre Offices
7 FLOTEL / Bowd
no label
8 KIM HIORTHOY / Melke
Smalltown Supersound
9 CHARLES ATLAS / Felt Cover
Static Caravan
10 MUM / Finally We Are No One
Fat Cat
11 CARPET MUSICS / Weekday
ADR

Toe Isan's Top 10 for 2002
compiled by: Toe Isan
from: England
One half of the ever-endearing Isan, creators of some of the most beautiful, delicate, tinkling analogue electronic music you'll ever hear. Bloody nice blokes too.

1 ANTI POP CONSORTIUM / Arrhythmia
Warp
2 DOMOTIC / Bye Bye
Active Suspension
3 MONTAG / Are you a friend?
Goom Disque
4 THE POYPHONIC SPREE / Begining Stages Of....
Good Records
5 SKANFROM / Soothing Sounds For Robots
ADSR
6 VARIOUS / Studio One Scorcher Instrumentals
Soul Jazz
7 TOMCATS IN TOKYO / Fish & Butterflies
Static Caravan
8 HULK / Fixed Star Day
Static Caravan
9 GILLIAN WELCH / Hell Among The Yearlings
Agony

Matt Default's Top 10 Chart for 2002
compiled by: Matt Johnson
from: London
Matt is the technical genius who brought Boomkat to life, and who makes things like this charts page possible. He is, well, the Don!

1 MR LIF / I Phantom
Def Jux
2 SLEATER KINNEY / One Beat

3 HERRMANN AND KLEINE / Our Noise
Morr Music
4 EL P / Fantastic Damage
Def Jux
5 TOM WAITS / Blood Money

6 JEAN GRAE / Attack Of The Attacking Things

7 EDAN / Primitive Plus
Lewis
8 MUM / Finally We Are No One
Fat Cat
9 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE / Songs For The Deaf

10 MCENROE / Billy's Vision
Peanuts & Corn

Rhys's Welsh Bakers Dozen
compiled by: Rhys Jones
from: Liverpool / Manchester
Rhys is the latest adition to the Baked Goods crew, running the F.K.S. operation from his bedroom on weekends and selected weeknights.

1 BITSTREAM / Radiotherapy
Modern Love
2 ARDISSON / Ardisson EP
Seed
3 MORGAN CANEY & KAMAL JOORY / Magic Radios
City Centre Offices
4 NELLY / Hot In Here
MCA
5 THE OTHER PEOPLE PLACE / MYSTIC TRIBE / Sunday Night Live At The Laptop Café
Clone
6 EATER / T.O.E. / Flower Of Life
Progressive Form
7 MODESELEKTOR / Death Medley EP
Bpitch Control
8 MS. JOHN SODA / No P. Or D.
Morr Music
9 DREXCIYA / Grava 4
Clone
10 SOFT PINK TRUTH / Promo Funk
Soundslike
11 SOUNDHACK / Soundkit EP
Soundhack
12 DUPLEX / Rebuild
Clone
13 ASTROBOTNIA / Part Two
Rephlex

Vertical Form Top 15 Albums for 2002
compiled by: Mark Kirby
from: London
One of the UK's most exciting and continuously excellent imprints. Albums from Corker / Conboy and Sixtoo already promise to be two of the best for 2003.

1 JIM O ROURKE / Insignificance
Domino
2 WILCO / Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Nonesuch
3 JAMES YORKSTON / Moving Up Country
Domino
4 MIGHTY FLASHLIGHT / Mighty Flashlight
Jadetree
5 NINA NASTASIA / The Blackened Air
Touch and Go
6 MICHAEL HURLEY / Sweetkorn
Trikont
7 THE FLAMING LIPS / Yoshima Battles The Pink Robots
Warner Brothers
8 PEGGY HONEYWELL / Honey For Dinner
Galaxia
9 SONGS OHIA / Didn't It Rain?
Secretly Canadian
10 JAMES LUTHER DICKINSON / Dixie Fried
Sepia Tone
11 UNCLE TUPELO / 89/93 : An Anthology
Columbia / Legacy
12 NIKOLAI DUNGER / Tranquil Isolation
Dolores
13 LOW / Trust
Rough Trade
14 JOHNNY CASH / The Man Comes Around
American Recordings
15 BLACK HEART PROCESSION / Amore Del Tropico
Touch & Go

Casino Versus Japan's Top 10 for 2002
compiled by: Erik 'Casino Versus Japan' Kowalski
from: USA
Erik is responsible for one of our favourite albums, the sublime 'Go Hawaii'. His long-awaited follow-up 'Whole Numbers Play The Basics' was released earlier this year on Car Park Records to high acclaim. Roll on 2003.

1 MORGAN CANEY & KAMAL JOORY / Magic Radios
City Centre Offices
2 FREESCHA / Slower Than Church Music
Shingle Street
3 ISAN / Clockwork Menagerie
Morr Music
4 BITSTREAM / Crab Nebula
City Centre Offices
5 LOW RES / Blue Ramen
Plug Research
6 SYSTEM / System
Scape
7 LOAM / Versions 2002
Self Released
8 BOARDS OF CANADA / Geogaddi
Warp
9 GREG DAVIS / Arbor
Carpark
10 LOSCIL / Submers
Kranky

Lali Puna Top 10 for 2002
compiled by: Valerie Lali Puna
from: Berlin
Valerie Trebeljahr is the sublime singer / songwriter with longtime Boomkat favourites Lali Puna. Look out from some new material from the Lali's very soon..on Morr MUsic.

1 BOOM BIP / Seed To Sun
Lex
2 THE STREETS / Original Pirate Material
Locked On
3 BRIGHT EYES / Lifted or....
Saddle Creek
4 YEAH YEAH YEAHS / Bang EP
Wichita
5 JEAN GRAE / Attack Of The Attacking Things
Third Earth
6 THEMSELVES / The No Music
Anticon
7 SONIC YOUTH / Murray Street
Goofin'
8 TARWATER / Dwellers On The Threshold
Kitty Yo
9 ALIAS / The Other Side Of The Looking Glass
Anticon
10 MS. JOHN SODA / Drop = Scene
Morr Music

Lex Records Top 20 Chart for 2002
compiled by: Tom Brown Lex Records
from: London
As well as working for the illustrious Warp label, Tom's Lex imprint has gone from strength to strength, reaching its highest point with the release of Boom Bip's acclaimed 'seed To Sun' album earlier this year.

1 NAS / Made You Look
Sony
2 NORE / Nuthin
Def Jam
3 VARIOUS / Lexoleum Volume Two
Lex
4 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM / Losing My Edge
DFA
5 SUBTLE / Summer
Purple
6 EL-P / Dead Disnee
Def Jux
7 BJORK / It's In Our Hands - Soft Pink Truth Mix

8 METRO AREA / Miura

9 AUTECHRE / Gantz_Graf
Warp
10 BOOM BIP / Seed To Sun
Lex
11 BECK / Sea Change
Geffen
12 BOARDS OF CANADA / Geogaddi
Warp
13 THEMSELVES / The No Music
Anticon
14 SAGE FRANCIS / Personal Journals
Anticon
15 EDAN / Primitive Plus
Lewis
16 REQ / Sketchbook
Warp
17 VENETIAN SNARES / Winter In The Belly Of A Snake
Planet Mu
18 T.RAUMSCHMIERE / Anti
Hefty
19 JEL / 10 Seconds
Mush

Robert Lippok's Top 10
compiled by: Robert Lippok
from: Berlin
Founder member of To Rococo Rot, more recently acclaimed for his solo material on the Raster Noton label and his collaborations with Barbara Morgenstern.

1 WASTELAND / Amen Fire
Transparent
2 SAVATH AND SAVALAS / The Rolls And Waves EP
Hefty
3 HANS APPELQVIST / Tonfilm
Escudre
4 MITCHEL AKIYAMA / Temporary Music
Raster Noton
5 EKKEHARD EHLERS / Plays John Cassavetes
Staubgold
6 THE REMOTE VIEWER / Here I Go Again On My Own
City Centre Offices
7 KOMEIT / Falling Into Place
Monika / Lok
8 MÄRZ / Love Streams
Karaoke Kalk
9 KUUSUMUN PROFEETA / Kukin Kaappiaan Selassaan Kantaa
Sahko
10 ERRORSMITH / 2
Errorsmith

Manual's Top 10
compiled by: Jonas Munk Manual
from: Denmark
Morr Music's youngest member, with 2 highly acclaimed LP's already under his belt, plus a release for Hobby Industries and collaborative material with his friends - known as Limp.

1 DJ KRUSH / The Message at the Depth

2 BARBIERI / RODELIUS / CHIANURA / T'ai

3 SYSTEM / System
Scape
4 CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS / Model 91

5 MOTORPSYCHO / It's a Love Cult

6 FLIM / Give You Nothing

7 EL P / Fantastic Damage
Def Jux
8 L'ALTRA / In The Afternoon
Aesthetics
9 THE REMOTE VIEWER / Here I Go Again On My Own
City Centre Offices
10 CHRIS DE LUCA AND PEABIRD / Deadly Wiz Da Disko
K7

Warpmart's top 24 for 2002
compiled by: Warp Mart
from: London
Online store for the mighty Warp imprint. Nuff said!

1 BOARDS OF CANADA / Geogaddi
Warp
2 EDAN / Primitive Plus
Lewis
3 FUJIYA AND MIYAGI / Electro Karaoke IN A Negative Style
Massive Advance
4 CASSETTEBOY / The Parker Tapes
Barry's Bootlegs
5 SUPERCOLLIDER / Raw Digits
Rise Robots Rise
6 FENNESZ / Endless Summer
Mego
7 EL P / Fantastic Damage
Def Jux
8 JIM O'ROURKE / I'm Happy, and I'm Singing, and a 1,2,3,4
Mego
9 DABRYE / Instrmntl
Eastern Developments
10 VARIOUS / Disco Nouveau
Ghostly International
11 VARIOUS / Donnie Darko OST

12 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM / Losing My Edge
DFA
13 DR DEREK F / D.F.I.
SKAM / 33
14 BLACK PHUTURE / Unfriendly
Motech
15 JAKE MANDELL / Nocha De Luna
Etihad
16 SAVATH AND SAVALAS / The Rolls And Waves EP
Hefty
17 PLANET MU ALLSTARS / Criminal '02
Planet Mu
18 OSBOURNE / Bout Ready To Jak
Spectral
19 ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM / Ghostlawns
Warp
20 AUTECHRE / Gantz_Graf
Warp
21 MUMMY FORTUNA'S THEATRE COMPANY / Born of Man and Flies
Lex
22 K-ROCK / New Deal EP
Rephlex
23 THE ACE OF CLUBS / Classid Traxx
Paperplane
24 OSYMYSO / Intro Inspection
Radar

Howie's Top 10 Singles for 2002
compiled by: Howard Mather
from: Manchester
Our resident b-boy and partner, 'H', as he's known to his friends, splits his time between spinnin' '83 electro and being all-round vinyl doctor for his company - Baked Goods Distribution.

1 STATIC / Turn On Switch Off
City Centre Offices
2 EL-P / Dead Disnee
Def Jux
3 CHRISTIAN KLEINE / Firn EP
City Centre Offices
4 MR LIF / New Man Theme
Def Jux
5 ULTRADYNE / Unknown Works
Scsi
6 MONSTA ISLAND CZARS / Escape / Mic Line
Rhymesayers
7 BUS DRIVER / Imaginary Places
Temporary Whatever
8 CYNE / Movements
Botanica DEl Jibaro
9 MAX TUNDRA feat BECKY JACOBS / Lysine
Domino
10 LUSINE ICL / Sustain
Delikatessen

Howie's Top 10 Album's for 2002
compiled by: Howard Mather
from: Manchester
Our resident b-boy and partner, 'H', as he's known to his friends, splits his time between spinnin' '83 electro and being all-round vinyl doctor for his company - Baked Goods Distribution

1 KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN / Playthroughs
Kranky
2 MR LIF / I Phantom
Def Jux
3 SIXTOO / Duration
Cease and Desist
4 QWEL / The Rubber Duckie Experiment
Galapagos 4
5 NEW FLESH / Understanding
Big Dada
6 BRAD MEHLDAU / Largo
Warner Brothers
7 DONNA REGINA / Northern Classic
Karaoke Kalk
8 TWEET / Southern Hummingbird
Elektra
9 SAGE FRANCIS / Personal Journals
Anticon
10 RADIOBOY / The Mechanics Of DEstruction
Accidental

Morr Music Top 10 Albums for 2002
compiled by: Thomas Morr
from: Berlin
Little introduction necessary, Thomas Morr's imprint is growing from strength to strength, expect big things for 2003!

1 MUM / Finally We Are No One
Fat Cat
2 BOOM BIP / Seed To Sun
Lex
3 SONIC SUM / Plasterman
Ozone
4 THE NOTWIST / Neon Golden
City Slang
5 MASHA QRELLA / Luck
Monika
6 SIXTOO / The Whole Back-Catalogue
Various Labels
7 ALIAS / The Other Side Of The Looking Glass
Anticon
8 MÄRZ / Love Streams
Karaoke Kalk
9 THE OPUS / Fisrt Contact 001
Ozone
10 VARIOUS / Seasonal Greetings - A Compilation of 13 Christmas And Winter Songs
Mobile

Morr Music Top 10 Singles for 2002
compiled by: Thomas Morr
from: Berlin
Little introduction necessary, Thomas Morr's imprint is growing from strength to strength, expect big things for 2003!

1 CLOUDDEAD / The Sound Of A Handshake
Mush
2 SOLE / Salt On Everything
Anticon
3 THE AMERICAN ANALOG SET / Updates
Tigerstyle
4 ALIAS / The Final Act
Anticon
5 FIVE DEEZ / TORTOISE / Sexual For Elizabeth
Counterflow
6 FORTDAX / The Cream Inside Your Spine
Static Caravan
7 MEATY OGRE / DREAS / Bell Of The Beast
Heardrums
8 ALGORITHM / All Counterflow and Botanica Del Jibaro 12"s

9 RJD2 / June
Def Jux
10 DNTEL / (This Is) The Dream Of Evan and Chan
Plug Research

Tom Mugridge - Top 10 for 2002
compiled by: Tom Mugridge Muzik Magazine
from: London
London-based journalist, Reviews editor at Muzik magazine.

1 CASSETTEBOY / The Parker Tapes
Barry's Bootlegs
2 XINLISUPREME / Murder License
Fat Cat
3 RHYTHM AND SOUND / Compilation
Rhythm And Sound
4 TOKYO WINDBAG / Subway Lung
Control Tower
5 AKUFEN / My Way
Force Inc
6 JAGA JAZZIST / Livingroom Hush
Ninja Tune
7 ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE FAMILY / Do Whatever You Want....
Earworm
8 TONY CONRAD WITH FAUST / Outside The Dream Syndicate
Table Of The Elements
9 BOYD RICE PRESENTS / Music For Pussycats
Caciocavallo
10 THE BUG Vs THE ROOTSMAN Ft THE MEXICAN / WWW
Razor X

Scape One Top 10 for 2002
compiled by: Scape One
from: Bognor Regis
What a hectic year for Kurt, more tracks and 12"s out then we could possibly count now, and lots more to follow. The man has totally asserted his dominance over British electro in a very short space of time.....watch out for a new Scape One 12" on Scsi early on in 2003!

1 ARPANET / Wireless Internet
Source
2 VARIOUS / We Still Kill The Old Way
Clone
3 VOLSOC / Comphuphonic Intelligence
World Electric
4 VARIOUS / Control Series
Remote Audio
5 LOWFISH / Maintain The Tension
Suction
6 RADIOACTIVEMAN VS TRANSPARENT SOUND / Beatz Clash Volume 1
Longhaul
7 SILICON SCALLY / Mr Machine
SCSI
8 DYNAMIX II / Sedona
Monotone
9 ANTHONY ROTHER / Hacker
Psi49net
10 DECAL / Forget The 80's
Satamile

Marco Passarani's Top 7 for 2002
compiled by: Marco Passarani
from: Italy
Head honcho of the Final Frontier collective, running the mighty Nature imprint, as well as new addition Pigna Recordings. Luminary of releases for Skam, Hyman and Nature, among others.

1 VARIOUS / Disco Nouveau Volume 1
Ghostly International
2 BOARDS OF CANADA / Geogaddi
Warp
3 FASTGRAPH / ../../
Klakson
4 ARPANET / Wireless Internet
Source
5 THE PARALLAX CORPORATION / Cocadisco
Disko B
6 JOLLYMUSIC / Talco Uno Prefuse 73 Remix
Iluustrious
7 PREFUSE 73 / The '92 Vs '02 Collection
Warp

Progressive Form's Top 15 Album's for 2002
compiled by: Form Progressive
from: Tokyo
Japan's most advanzed and innovative new electronic label, collaborating with the likes of Jan Jelinek, Robert Henke, Kit Clayton and their very own Aoki Takamasa and Indopepsychics.

1 AOKI TAKAMASA / Indigo Rose
Progressive Form
2 SHUTTLE 358 / Understanding Wildlife
Mille Plateaux
3 VARIOUS / Open Source. Code
Source
4 ELECTRIC BIRDS / Gradations
Mille Plateaux
5 SND / Tender Love
Mille Plateaux
6 SYSTEM / System
Scape
7 YOSHIHIRO HANNO / 9 Modules +
Progressive Form
8 DEADBEAT / Wild Life Documentaries
Scape
9 OPIATE / While You Were Sleeping
April Records
10 THE REMOTE VIEWER / Here I Go Again On My Own
City Centre Offices
11 TEN AND TRACER / An Hour Brighter
U Cover
12 AKUFEN / My Way
Force Inc
13 RECLOOSE / Cardiology
K7
14 TRIPLE R / Friends
Kompakt
15 LOWTEC / Secret Corner
Source (Germany)

Lackluster's top 10 for 2002
compiled by: Esa 'Luckluster' Ruoho
from: Finland
Esa has built himself a solid following over the last couple of years with releases for Zeal, Inc.Us, Merck, Rykos and Defocus, who at long last released his much delayed 'Wrapping' album some weeks ago.

1 SUPERCOLLIDER / Raw Digits
Rise Robots Rise
2 HERBERT / Bodily Functions
K7
3 MACHINE DRUM / Half The Battle
Merck
4 PUB / Do You Ever Regret Pantomime?
Ampoule
5 JELLO / Voile
Peacefrog
6 BOARDS OF CANADA / Twoism
Warp / Music 70
7 LUSINE ICL / Iron City
Hymen / Mad Monkey
8 CEEBROLISTICS / 0 EP
Ceebrolistics
9 BROTHOMSTATES / Live @ Default Response

10 SPOOKY / Found Sound
Generic

DJ / Rupture's Top 10 Tunes for 2002
compiled by: DJ Rupture
from: Spain
Jace Clayton, aka DJ/Rupture, has had a busy year. Releasing 2 mix CD's to the highest acclaim on Tigerbeat 6 and Violent Turd has brought in a series of global live dates, together with releases under the Nettle moniker, lots of remix work and the excellent 'Mutamassik' 12" on his own Soot imprint.

1 TOK / Galang Gal (Diwali Riddim)
Greensleeves
2 THE BOOKS / Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again
Tomlab
3 CLIPSE / Grindin'
Star Trak
4 KHIA / The K Wang
Dirty Down
5 MALI MUSIC / Bamako City
Astralwerks
6 KNIFEHANDCHOP / Noizecreator´s remix
Tigerbeat 6
7 THE BUG / Politicians and Paedophiles
Morpheus
8 NETTLE / Firecamp
The Agriculture
9 TOK / Wap Them And Done
Greensleeves
10 MALA RODRIGUEZ / Yo Marco El Minuto
Sogecable

Ulrich Schnauss Top 20 for 2002
compiled by: Ulrich Schnauss
from: Berlin
Mr Schnauss has had a phenomenal success with his 'Far Away Trains Passing By' album for CCO. His next album is due with us in the spring, 2003.

1 ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE / Holes In The Wall

2 GOLDRUSH / Don't Bring Me Down

3 MANUAL / Ascend
Morr Music
4 THE WARLOCKS / Phoenix Album

5 JOHNNY CASH / American IV - The Man Comes Around

6 BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB / BRMC

7 NEIL HALSTEAD / Sleeping On Roads
4AD
8 JONI MITCHELL / Travelogue

9 ULLA MEINECKE / Die Luft Ist Rein

10 DOVES / The Last Broadcast

11 LONGVIEW / Further

12 OCEANSIZE / Relapse EP

13 MELATON / Falling Star EP

14 COLDPLAY / The Scientist

15 MAGNET / Where Hapiness Lives

16 HOPE SANDOVAL / Suzanne

17 BRITISH SEA POWER / Childhood Memories

18 PETE YORN / Strange Condition

19 MS DYNAMITE / Dy-na-mi-tee

20 THE MUSIC / Take The Long Road And Walk It

Sonia's Limited Edition Chart
compiled by: Sonia Stott
from: Manchester
Sonia. Is the best.

1 NO ARTIST / NO Title
Toytronic 10
2 TRIKE / Rock It (Taken From Gemeinsam Bpitch Compilation)
Bpitch Control
3 RHYTHM AND SOUND W/LOVE JOY / Best Friend
Burial Mix
4 TRIPLE R / Friends
Kompakt
5 LUCIANO / Live @ Weetamix
Max Ernst

Team Shadetek Top 10 for 2002
compiled by: Sozer.Sht Team Shadetek
from: New York
Expect big things from teh Shadetek in 2003. New York's finest beat manglers come correct with some heavy wax on their own Shadetek imprint, while they're own material will drop on some serious imprints. Watch out!

1 LENKY / Diwali Riddim
Greensleeves
2 MF GRIMM / I Hear Voices
Metal Face Records
3 DJ / RUPTURE / High Resolution
Koolpop
4 AUTECHRE / All Tomorrow's Linoleum
ATP
5 NAS / Do Rags
Columbia
6 L'USINE / Upcgrigr
Eat This
7 BABBLETRON / Dope
Lotion
8 LOGREYBEAM / XedAut
Shadetek
9 MISSY ELLIOT / Slide
Gold Mind
10 50 CENT / Bad News
Aftermath

Simon's Baked Top 20 for 2002
compiled by: Simon Tonkinson
from: Manchester
Simon is another central member of the Baked Goods/Boomkat/Pneck crew, and is, simply put, our fountain of knowledge. Walking encyclopedia styles. Respect is due.

1 DJ OVERDOSE / Trust Me
Murder Capital
2 EVOLVER / State Of The Nation
Botanica Del Jibaro
3 FARBEN / Don't Fight Phrases
Klang Elektronik
4 JAMES STINSON / Anything. R.I.P.

5 JUSTUS KOEHNCKE / 2 After 909
Kompakt
6 NEW FLESH / Stick And Move
Big Dada
7 SOFT PINK TRUTH / Promo Funk
Soundslike
8 THEO PARRISH / Anything
Various labels
9 ULTRADYNE / Unknown Works
Scsi
10 CODY CHESNUTT / Serve This Royalty - taken from Dublab Sampler
Hefty
11 BILLY BANG / Vietnam : The Aftermath
Just In Time
12 BOUNTY KILLER / The Art Of War
VP
13 HOMELIFE / Flying Wonders
Ninja Tune
14 LUSINE ICL / Iron City
Hymen / Mad Monkey
15 MS. JOHN SODA / No P. Or D.
Morr Music
16 NORAH JONES / Come Away With Me
Blue Note
17 POSITION NORMAL / Goodly Time
Rum Records
18 RICHARD BUCKNER / Impasse
Fargo
19 SOLARIUM / Part I - XIV
Spezialmaterial
20 TAKAGI MASAKATSU / Eating
Karaoke Kalk

Miles' Lancashire Top 20 for 2002
compiled by: Miles Whittaker
from: Burnley
Miles has had a good year, after a totally life-affirming set at Sonar, his activities with Baked Goods, Boomkat, Pneck and the mysterious Pendle Coven set. Who knows what 2003 brings?

1 AROVANE / Untitled 7" Test Pressing
CCO
2 ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM / Ghostlawns
Warp
3 BITSTREAM / Radiotherapy
Modern Love
4 LUSINE / Track on Kaihosa 3
Eat THis
5 MISSY ELLIOT / Work It

6 THE OTHER PEOPLE PLACE / MYSTIC TRIBE / Sunday Night Live At The Laptop Café
Clone
7 RHYTHM AND SOUND W/THE CHOSEN BROTHERS / Making History
Burial Mix
8 ULTRADYNE / Unknown Works
Scsi
9 THEO PARRISH / Ugly Edit Vol.1

10 VARIOUS / Produce LP
Ai
11 VARIOUS / Watch How The People Dancing
PK / Honest Jon's
12 PHILIP COHRAN AND THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE / S/T
Aestuarium
13 SAGE FRANCIS / Personal Journals
Anticon
14 MORGAN CANEY & KAMAL JOORY / Magic Radios
City Centre Offices
15 JEFF MILLS / Every Dog Has Its Day Volume 3
Axis
16 RADIOBOY / The Mechanics Of Destruction
Accidental
17 SMYGLYSSNA / We Can Fix It
Vertical Form
18 T.RAUMSCHMIERE / Anti
Hefty
19 MR LIF / I Phantom
Def Jux
20 MCENROE / Convenience EP
Peanuts And Corn

Xela's Top 20 Singles and Albums for 2002
compiled by: John Xela
from: Birmingham
Mr Xela is without any shadow of a doubt our big big tip for 2003! His debut album, due out at the end of January, is quite simply one of the loveliest records we've come across in the last couple of years. Keep your eyes peeled! John also records for Musik Aus Strom, and is working on material for CCO with writing partner Gabe, under the Yasume moniker.

1 METAMATICS / From death to passwords where you're a paper aeroplane
Hydrogen Dukebox
2 MANUAL / Ascend
Morr Music
3 HELIOS / Parable
Unreleased
4 SIGNER / Low Light Dreams
Car Park
5 DENZEL & HUHN / Time Is A Good Thing
City Centre Offices
6 DERU / Din
Neo Ouija
7 DABRYE / One / Three
Ghostly International
8 VINCENT GALLO / Recordings Of Music For Film
Warp
9 APPARAT / Tttrial And Error
Shitkatapult
10 VARIOUS / MAS Confusion
Musik Aus Strom / K7
11 STATIC / Turn On Switch Off
City Centre Offices
12 DUB TRACTOR / Hum / Press Button For Music
Hobby Industries
13 HERRMANN AND KLEINE / Kickboard Girl EP
Morr Music
14 ANDREAS TILLIANDER & JAY JAY JOHANSON / Rescue Me Now
Mille Plateaux
15 PREFUSE 73 / The '92 Vs '02 Collection
Warp
16 VARIOUS / Lexoleum Volume 1
Lex
17 CHRISTIAN KLEINE / Firn EP
City Centre Offices
18 SAVATH AND SAVALAS / The Rolls And Waves EP
Hefty
19 MAX DE WARDENER / Stops
Accidental

Zorn's Top 16 for 2002
compiled by: Michael Zorn
from: Berlin
Zorn was responsible for one of our favourite 12"s of all time, the mighty 'Tower Park' EP on the Lux Nigra imprint. He has also recorded a 7" for CCO, and is currently working on new material for both labels.

1 AROVANE / Cycliph
Din
2 BOOGIZM / Anything on the label!
Boogizm
3 RHYTHM AND SOUND WITH CORNELL CAMPBELL / King in my empire
Burial Mix
4 RHYTHM AND SOUND FEATURING SHALOM / We Been Troddin
Burial Mix
5 CARL FINLOW / Anything by Mr Finlow!
Scsi / Various
6 THEO PARRISH / Roots Revisited
Sound Signature
7 VARIOUS / Pop Ambient 2003
Kompakt
8 MURCOF / Martes
Leaf
9 THE STREETS / Original Pirate Material

10 VARIOUS / Documenta 1.0
Peacefrog
11 AKUFEN / My Way
Force Inc
12 LUSINE ICL / Iron City
Hymen / Mad Monkey
13 SND / Tender Love
Mille Plateaux
14 MORGAN CANEY & KAMAL JOORY / Magic Radios
City Centre Offices
15 XELA / For Frosty Mornings And Summer Nights
Neoouija
16 HERRMANN AND KLEINE / Our Noise
Morr Music