h e a v y

 1 garmarna "gods musicians" omnium

 2 pere ubu "datapanik in the year zero" 5 CD box set DGC

 3 bela bartok "divertimento" deutsche grammophon

 4 the roots "illadelph halflife" DGC

 5 jon spencer blues explosion "now I got worry"  matcap

 6 the bulgarian voices - angelite & huun huur tu 

   "fly fly my sadness" shanachie

 7 "red hot & rio" v/a antilles

 8 frank zappa "lather" 4xcd ryko

 9 a minor forest "flemish ... 1993-1996)" thrill jockey

10 alastair galbraith "morse/gaudylight" 

   emporer jones/trance

11 peter jeffries "a chorus of interludes" ajax

12 dirty three "horse stories" touch & go

13 steve lacy & mal waldron "round midnight"

   2xCD hat art [switzerland]

14 "deep in the heart of tuva" v/a elipsis arts

15 cat power "what would you the community think" matador

16 rex "c" southern

17 scientist "dub in the roots tradition" blood & fire [uk]

18 john parish & polly jean harvey 

   "dance hall at louse point" island

19 omni trio "haunted science" moving shadow / sm:)e



m e d i u m

20 "tibet: the heart of dharma" v/a elipsis arts

21 scrawl "travel on rider" elektra

22 the mountain goats "nothing for juice" ajax

23 "nashville; the other side of the alley" v/a bloodshot

24 jessamine "the long arm of coinidence" kranky

25 "succour" v/a 2xcd flydaddy

26 red aunts "saltbox" epitaph

27 schoolhouse rock! 4CD box set kid rhino

28 ronnie dawson "rockin bones..." 2xcd crystal clear sound

29 creedle "when the wind blows" headhunter

30 22 jacks "uncle bob" usa/side 1

31 thornetta davis "sunday morning music" sub pop

32 steve roach/stephen kent/kenneth newby

   "halcyon days" fathom

33 high noon "stranger things" watermelon

34 smog "the doctor came at dawn" drag city

35 home "xi" jetset

36 the cardigans "first band on the moon" mercury

37 lucious jackson "fever in/fever out" grand royal/capital

38 ditch croaker "secrets of the mule" in bloom/reprise

39 blinker the star "bouegois kitten" a&m

40 silver jews "the natural bridge" drag city



a d d s 

sun ra "the singles" 2xCD evidence

jeru the damaja "wrath of the math" payday

lois "infinity plus" k

moonshine willy "bold displays of imperfection" bloodshot 

ralph simon & magic club "music for the millennium" postcards 

matthew ship duo with roscoe mitchel 213CD 

jali kunda "griots of west africa & beyond" elipsis arta

gentra pasundan "degung group" interra

rachelel vez "g.i. ay, ay! blues" big pop

"radius #3" v/a what next/nonsequiter

sissy bar "statutory grape" sugar fix

"wipeout" v/a astralwerks

jon spencer blues explosion "now I got worry"  matcap

seely "julie only" too pure



R P M :: crush collision / also for Net

 1 Rob Hood "Movable Parts - Chapter II" M Plant (white)

 2 4th Wave "Attention Please" Op Art [uk]

 3 St. Germain "Alabama Blues (revisted)" F Comm [france]

 4 Jeff Mills "The Other Day" Axis 15

 5 Innerzone Orchestra "Bug In The Bass Bin"

   Jazz mix Planet E

 6 Diode "Hexafunk" Erotic City

 7 Love Inc. "Life8 Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman 

   "Spend Some Time" 10" Burial Mix 2

 9 Electronome "bro" Interr-Fered [nl]

10 Low Res "Amuck" remixes Metroplex white

11 Aubrey presents "16th" Solid Groove [uk]

12 v/a "Tension Music 3" Tension white

13 Silent Movie 12" Electro Bunker [germany]

14 Moodymann "I Can15 m.drescher "musik" NTA [germany]

16 Kentolevi "Keimola EP" Cheap {austia]

17 Cron - EP 2122 Corporation (white)

18 Le Car "auto fuel ep" on Monoplasm



j a z z  b o p  t e n

 1 steve lacy & mal waldron "round midnight" 

   2xCD hat art [switzerland]

 2 the songs of mose allison "tell me something" verve

 3 joe morris ensemble "elsewhere" homestead

 4 eddie jefferson "things are getting better" muse

 5 bobby previte "too close to the pole" enja

 6 jayne cortez & the firspitters 

   "taking the blues back home" harmolodic/verve 

 7 eric reed "musicale" impulse

 8 ralph simon & magic club 

   "music for the millennium" postcards

 9 matthew ship duo with roscoe mitchel 213CD

10 sun ra "the singles" 2xCD evidence



w o r l d  t o p  z e n

 1 garmarna "gods musicians" omnium

 2 the bulgarian voices - angelite & huun huur tu 

   "fly fly my sadness" shanachie

 3 "tibet: the heart of dharma" v/a elipsis arts

 4 scientist "dub in the roots tradition" 

   blood & fire [uk]

 5 "deep in the heart of tuva" v/a elipsis arts

 6 benny more "the voice of" milan

 7 iroko "ilu orisha" iterworld

 8 brice wassy

 9 jali kunda "griots of west africa & beyond" 

   elipsis arts

10 gentra pasundan "degung group" interra





b e a t  the  b o x 

reported by Matt  Chicoine

 1 Jeru the Damaja  "Ya Playin Yourself" Payday

 2 The Roots LP Geffen

 3 De La Soul "Stakes Is High" Tommy Boy

 4 A Tribe Called Quest "1nce Again" Jive

 5 Ras Kass "Anything Goes" Priority

 6 Chuck D "Autobiography..." Mercury

 7 Black Moon Remixes Wreck

 8 Heltah Skeltah "Operation Lockdown" Priority

 9 Munk Wit Da Funk "I Blame My Neighborhood" Illadelph

10 Bahamadia "tha Hard Way" Chrysalis