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| Another year has gone by in the music industry, so it's time again to look back on what happened
during the so much hyped Y2K year. Well, first of all, the Y2K year was as much a non-event as
it was hyped. What did it bring in music ? Y2K made Napster & MP3 as popular as the president
elections in the USA. Euh, that says it all, doesn't it ? Nonsense discussions about nonsense!
Now that every fourteen year old girl is downloading her favourite worthless hits instead of
giving her precious money to a worthless compilation CD, the record companies go bezirk for sure. These same record companies have neglected for so many years to provide real value in their products and are now wondering why people find it normal not to pay a penny for this crap. Why pay for a hit song that only lasts for 3 weeks ? A hard disk is most ideal for this type of music as it is definitely read-write, so you can delete the MP3 file after discovering that tune you downloaded is as cheap as the wash machine powder advertising tune. For anyone into real music, Napster & MP3 are doing quite the inverse of what record companies claim. So much music gets exchanged, discovered and explored, much more than you can discover during a record hunt in a record shop. Unknown artists have an unlimited outlet for their creations and when one really loves a track, you'll end up buying it anyway as you want the real deal with full dynamics in the sound. What other things happened ? Well, unfortunately, the demise of several styles that flourished during the past years. There is deephouze, most likely bringing more releases than ever of meaningless cheap rehearsals of everything we already know and heard. It's getting really hard these days to find a deephouzer that touches more than skin deep. Another one is lounge music, or Ibiza whatever. Our commercial dudes did it again with an overflow of CDs with sofas or beaches on the cover and for sure all featuring that Nightmares On Wax track. Well, yes, it's also getting hard these days to find a good lounge album as well. Not much happened in techno or drum'n'bass as well, mostly releases under the motto, the harder the better. Now, you'll wonder, what was cool in Y2K ? It was the year of the blend of garage and deephouze, with Naked Records at the forefront releasing attractive covers as well as tracks. It was the year of nu-jazzfunk, with energetic funky warm vibes for chilling of which Unforscene or Pat Barry made some of the best during the past year. But, perhaps most of all, it was the year of the ambient-chilly-electro revival. Slightly experimental, with both a look into the future as well as the past sounds of '93- '94, this music popped up from all over the world. The Focus, Neo Ouija, Pitchcadet label and so much more all brought bleepy masterpieces for the real intelligent chill. Well, we let you discover all interesting outlets we collected with so much pleasure during the past year in the following lists compiled by Howie, Bartie, Outspan and Ez. Enjoy. |
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Celebrate Life /Large 2000 Glenn Underground: Lounge Excursions/Guidance 2000 Various artists of People: People.... make the world go round/ People 2000 The Rurals: The Rural life E.P. /Peng 2000 Petalpusher (Miguel Migs): Surrender /Naked Music 1999 Pete Moss: Softshoe EP /Ovum recordings 1999 Solar House :The Roots /Large 2000 Glenn Underground: Essentials part 3 / Dust Traxx 2000 Dino & terry: Croque Monsieur / Guidance 2000 Glenn Underground: Operation Jaz House // Nite Life Collective 1999 Glenn Underground: Society Rules / City People // Guidance 2000 Glenn Underground featuring Terence FM: Don't stop feelin' / Cajual 1996 Deep Water: Session #1 (WGW 018) / Wally's Groove World 1999 Jullius Papp & Dave Warrin: Excursions / Large 1997 Glenn Underground presents: sounds of the windy city / Nite Life Collective n°1)1997 Flying Disc Federation: make our shadow smile /Wha?(004) Roots Rec. (WGW) 2000 Boo Williams: Big Fat Women / Nite Life Collective 2000 STP feat.Kevin Yost: Sister / I-records 1999 Solaris Heights: Fusique / Paper Recordings (1999) The Persuador: Stockholm / Svek (1999) Attaboy: Busted Wagon / Toko 8 (1997) Tim Harper: I feel a groove / lake shore drive // PeaceFrog 1996 Boo Williams: Mistic Dream / Chrissy jazz //Ovum Recordings 2000 Boo Williams: Nuclear transit EP //Residual Recordings 2000 Callisto: the Paradigm EP /Guidance (17) 1997 Stacy Kidd: Jazzy Days / Dust Traxx 2000 Kevin Yost: Another World / I recordings 1999 Glenn Underground: Nothing But a Groove / Nite Life Collective 2000 Stacy Kidd: Chicago Meets Minneapolis EP / Celebrity records ???? Groove Collective: Everything is changing / Naked Music Recordings 1999 Dance Motifs: low gravity dance / Needs 2000 Lisa Shaw: Always /Naked music 2000 Nightsource (Rasoul & Miguel Migs):Nocturnal Elements /Large 2000 Deep Water: Session #2 (WGW 020) /Wally's Groove World 2000 Marius: Balance /Wally's Groove World 1999 Dino & Terry and DJ Deep: the lane EP /Basenotic rec.2000 Teddy G.: Brazilian 6# Pole / Rotax 2000 Pépé Bradock: Burning /KIF 1999 Jesper Dahlbäck : Sand & Vatten /Svek 2000 Pat Barry: Crazy legs Vol.2. / Guidance (075) 1999 DJ Rasoul feat.Shanan: Soul searching Vol.3 /Large 1999 Hanna : Sunday / Papper recordings 2000 Classen Collective : Close To Greatness / JCR(Jazzanova Compost Rec.) 1999 Koenie & Frederik Meet Spanner : Storm - Glitter - No Romance / Wally's groove World 1999 Circulation : The Return / Heard 1997 The children we were : House of 909. Pagan 1998 Alex Kid: What I did on my Holidays / F-Communications 2000 Aquanote: Only / Naked Music 2000 The Wikkamen Project feat. Jenny B. :Down On It / Soundman on Wax 2000 Come & See: Deep Soul Brother / Oliver 'Livo' Gaudin /Rotax 1999 Dino & Terry: Crowd Control E / earthtones recordings 1999 Kerri Chandler: Excursions 01 / Obsessive 2000 Naked Music "Volume One": Carte Blanche / Naked Music 2000 Mixmaster Morris: Abstract Funk theory / Obsessive (Logic rec.) 2000 Château Flight: Frontal Funk - Prism /Versatile 2000 Naked Muisc presents: Bareil Essentials Volume One / Naked Music 2000 Crazy Penis: Summer Bummer / Paper recordings 1997 Those Norvegians: Kakao / never Been to N.Y. /Papperrecordings (61) 2000 Seafoam: Mile High EP / Guidance (065) 1999 Masters at Work: Tenth anniversary collection Part One 1996-2000 /BBE 2000 Masters at Work: Tenth anniversary collection Part Two 1996-2000 /BBE 2000 Leggo Beast: A Selection of cuts from the CD album... / Pork 2000 Jazzanova : The Remixes 1997-2000 / JCR (Jazzanova Compost rec.) 2000 |
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| Cwichlo: Cwichtracks / Pleemobil 2000 Bochum Welt: Program 11 / Elypsia 1998 Tek jam and Inzekt: Premiere/ Random Acoustics 1999 B.Low: Croustillant Leger / Cheap (www.cheap.at) (1999) Tim Tetlow: Beauty walks a razor's edge /Planet Mu 2000 Clatterbox an Metamatics : Project Unison / Neo Ouija 2000 Metamatics: Neo Ouija /Hydrogen Dukebox 1999 Vapour Space : Sweep / Knob 1998 Willie : Seek Mas / Musik aus strom 2000 Electric Sheep : locust lunch EP / Musik aus strom 2000 AEMIC : Aleph / Musik aus strom 2000 Freeform : Glob / Musik aus strom 2000 Metamatics: SpookTinselShoalDuke76djv / Neo Ouija 2000 Lackluster: Suntrap/ etc... /Focus 2000 Snert: audiomontage / freerange records 2000 Lackluster: Container / Focus 2000 Friedman Burnt: Love Songs /Noneplace rec. 2000 Kid Spatula : Jega / Planet Mu rec. 1999 CIM : Reference /Focus 2000 Mira Calix : Pin Skeeling /Warp 1998 Seefeel : CH-Vox /Rephlex 1996 Beige (Promo) : I Don't Either /The Leaf Label (SDR) 2000 Kinesthesia : Emphathy Box / Rephlex 1994 Flanger : EP2 / ninja tone 1998 CIM: Warm Data /Focus 2000 Lackluster: r u oho? /Defocus 2000 Styrofoam: The point misser / morrmusic 2000 Orchard Mimicry / ........ / Hobby Industries 2000 Microstoria: Improvisors / Sonig 2000 Seidensticker: Schwraz vom Harz / Out To Lunch 2000 Potuznik &......: The Showroom Recording Series #1 / Cheap 1996 Anker Field Simonsen /...... /? /Mainpal Inv. 2000 cottage industries: neo ouija compilation / neo ouija 2000 The Audiolounge Move D - Pete Namlook / FAX 2000 atol scrap : Arovane EFA 1999 John Tejada : the matrix of us / Defocus 2000 |
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| Pan Am (Yoshinori Sunahara): The Sound of the '70 / Bungalow rec. 1999 Sven Van Hees: Gemini 'Cosmic Lovegrooves' /News dec.1999 Atjazz: Wind & Sea (remixes #2) / Diversions 1998 Dzihan & Kamien :Freaks and icons /Couch records 2000 (double vinyl) Ronny Jordan: A Brither Day / Blue Note 2000 St Germain: Tourist / Blue Note 2000 Soulfood / Cookin' records 1999 Serve Chilled: Sample #1 / Diversions 1999 Syrop: Different Flavours /Compost records 2000 Ian O'Brien: Les Cordes Sensibles/ PeaceFrog 1999 Greyboy: Freestylin'/Ubiquity 1993 Earth Volume Four : LTJ BUKEM /Good Looking rec. 2000 Masters at Work :Tenth anniversary collection /BBE 2000 DJ Food : Kaleidoscope /Ninja Tune 2000 Louise Vertigo : Femme Fin De Siécle / Yellow 1998 Omni Trio : Byte Size Life / EFA 1999 Funki Porcini : Hed Phone Sex / Ninja Tune 1995 Trio deicado : Roomservice / Wha? Roots Recordings (WGW) 2000 Mega Soft Office 2000 / F-Communications 2000 The Future sound of jazz Vol.7 / Compost 2000 P'Taah: Compressed Light / Ubiquity 2000 Universal principles: Inspiration & Light / Soma rec. 2000 Hi:Fidelity Lounge 2 : Various / Guidance (EFA) 2000 Abstract Funk Theory : Ian O'Brien / Logic Rec. 2000 The Soul of Science : Comp. by Kirk D. & ian O'Brien / Logic Records 2000 Glüklich 4 : Compiled by Rainer Trüby / Compost rec. 2000 Kyoto Jazz Massive : Eclipse / Silent Messenger Compost 2000 |
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| Bar-Keys : Soul Finger / Volt Rec. 1965 The Fatback Band : Keep On Steppin' / Event (Polydor) 1974 The Crusaders : Free As the Wind / MCA rec. 1977 Brass Construction : Brass Construction 5. / United Artists Music 1979 Leon Haywood : Keep it in the family / 20th Century rec. 1974 Lonnie Smith Finger Lickin' Good Columbia 1967 Roy Ayers (Lifeline) Ubiquity Polydor 1977 Wes Montgomery: A day in the life / AM records 1967 Brass Construction: Brass Construction 4. / United Artists Music 1978 |