a death (or two or three) in the family



h     e      a     v     y



1 sonic youth "a thousand leaves" dgc

2 panthalassa: the music of miles davis 

  1969-1974 columbia

3 miles davis "the complete birth of cool" capitol

4 radio tarifa "temporal" world circuit/nonesuch

5 farmers manual "explorers we" or/touch

6 william s burroughs box set mouth almighty

7 wingtip sloat "if only for the hatchery" vhf

8 joan of arc "how memory works" jade tree

9 califone CD flydaddy

10 damon & naomi "playback singers"  sub pop

11 mu-zique " brace yourself" astralwerks/planet mu

12 culture "production something" heartbeat

13 fugazi "end hits" dischord

14 massive attack "mezzanine" virgin

15 diamanda galas "malediction and prayer" asphodel

16 plastikman "consumed" mute

17 miss bliss "warm sounds from a cold town" meltdown

18 calexico "the black light" quarterstick

19 john zorn "the circle maker" 2x CD tzadik



m     e     d    i    u    m



20 bernard butler "people move on" columbia

21 pere ubu "pennsyvania" tim/kerr

22 the styrenes "we care so you don't have to" scat

23 money mark "push the button" mowax/london

24 public enemy "he got game" def jam

25 firewater "the ponzi scheme" jetset

26 add n to x "on the wires of our nerves" mute

27 rocket from the crypt "rftc" interscope

28 mimi "soak" luaka bop/warner bros

29 negativland "happy facts" seeland

30 star wars breakbeats CD suckadelic!

31 fela anikulapo kuti "music is the weapon of the

   future" exworks

32 ? & the mysterians "do you feel it baby?" norton

33 pulp "this is hardcore" island

34 cordelia's dad "spine" appleseed

35 cornelius "fantasma" matador

36 pernice brothers "overcome by happiness" sub pop

37 3 minute blunts vol.2 K7

38 derrick may "innovator" 2xCD transmat

39 francoiz breut s/t lithium

40 "super bad@65: a tribute to james brown" zero hour



adds

spyradio CD flunk company

arab strap "philophobia" matador

tricky "angels with dirty faces" island

china "time to listen" 3xCD ellipsis arts

alastair galbraith "mirrorwork" 

  emporer jones/trance syndicate

daau "we need new animals" sony classical

baxter CD maverick

jad and david fair "monster fsongs for children"

  kill rock stars

the bomboras "head shrinking fun" dgc

skatalites and friends at randyUs CD  VP

swearing at motorists "the fear of low flying clouds"

  spare me

white winged moth "ribbon arcade" formacentric disk

dub narcotic "selector" k

don caballero "what burns never returns" touch and go

laddio bolocko "in real time" laddio



wcbn jazz top 20



01 miles davis  complete birth of the cool  capitol

02 john zorn's bar kokhba  circle maker  tzadik

03 soft machine  virtually  cuneiform

04 other dimensions in music  now!  aum fidelity

05 miles davis  panthalassa  columbia

06 matthew shipp trio  multiplication table

   hatology-hat hut

07 lost tribe  many lifetimes  arabesque

08 bluiett baritone saxophone group

   live at the knitting factory  KFR

09 ravi coltrane  moving pictures  RCA victor

10 sonny rollins  global warming  milestone



11 interstring  odahoda  igmod records

12 j street jumpers  is you is or is you ain't my baby

   wildchild

13 orange then blue  GM recordings

14 paul wertico trio  live in warsaw  igmod records

15 kenny wheeler  all the more  soul note

16 john scofield  a go go  verve

17 steve coleman  genesis & the opening of the way

   RCA victor

18 vandermark five  target or flag  atavistic

19 charlie hunter & pound for pound  return of the

   candyman  blue note

20 walt dickey trio  transonic  aum fidelity



ADDS

lalo schifrin & WDR big band  gillespiana  aleph ent.

david sanchez  obsession  sony

VA  finnish jazz '98



RPM   ::   crush collision (vinyl only) 

all 12"es unless otherwise noted

1 Moodymann Presents: Mahogany Brown LP 

  Peace Frog

2 Rhythm & Sound RMango WalkS Rhythm & Sound

3 I-f RFucking ConsumerS LP Disko B [germany]

4 Restaraunt Tracks RPolish Au PairS 12S 

  Cheap [austria]

5 Recloose RSo this is the Dining RoomS

  Planet E

6 Richie Coleman Devine EP Schematic

7 DJ Faust RMan or MythS LP Bomb

8 Shake 12" Frictional 8 (white)

9 Todd Edwards RSacre FrancisS mix

  (Dimitri from Paris) Atlantic

10 Miss Kitten & The Hacker RChampagne EPS 

   DJ Gigolo [germany]



world top zen

1 fela anikulapo kuti "music is the weapon of the

  future" exworks

2 radio tarifa "temporal" world circuit/nonesuch

3 drums of death CD avant (japan)

4 music of indonesia 15: south sulawesi strings

  smithsonian folkways

5 stella chiweshe "the healing tree" shanachie

6 hedningarna "tra" northside

7 carribean voyage: brown girl in the ring  rounder

8 king sunny ade "odu" atlantic / mesa

9 john santos and the machette ensemble 

  "machetazo!" bembe

10 los amigos invisables "the new sound of the 

   venezueleun gozadera" luakabop



beatbox: reported by chill will

1 canibus "second round k.o." universal

2 cocoa brovas "black trump" priority

3 black eyed peas "fallin up" interscope

4 ice cube/dmx "we be clubbin rmx" am

5 craig mack "style" scotti bros

6 d.j. honda "on the mic" relativity

7 charli baltimore "money" epic

8 dr. dre/ll cool j "zoom" interscope

9 iron sheiks "alluminati" 25 to life

10 busta rhymes "turn it up" elektra