1998 playlist index

h e a v y

1. "tommy boy's greatest beats" tommy boy 38
2. squarepusher "music is rotted one note" nothing 34
3. stereolab "aluminum tunes" drag city 32
4. spiritualized "live" arista 31
5. nuggets box set rhino 30
6. melt banana "charlie" a-zap 30
7. his name is alive "ft. lake" 4ad 28
8. 4 hero "two pages" mercury 27
9. talvin singh "ok" island 26
10. the gourds "gogitchershinebox" watermelon 24
11. bombay the hard way "guns, cars and sitars" motel 24
12. plastikman "artifakts" novamute 24
13. macha "indonesian recordings" jetset 23
14. the jon spencer blues explosion "acme" matador 23
15. astor piazzolla "tango: zero hour" nonesuch 23
16. p.j. harvey "is this desire?" island 22
17. gang of four "100 flowers bloom" rhino 22
18. eric b & rakim "paid in full (10th anniversary edition)" 2xCD island 21
19. scott 4 "recorded in state" v2 21

m e d i u m

1. harriet tubman "i am a man" knitting factory 20
2. number one cup "people people whay are we fighting" flydaddy 20
3. "from beyond" interdimensional transmissions 19
4. portishead "roseland nyc live" london 19
5. matthew shipp horn quartet "strata" hatology 19
6. afghan whigs "1965" columbia 18
7. hovercraft "experiment below" mute/blast first 18
8. the great kat "bloody vivaldi" tpr 17
9. bare jr. "boo-tay" epic 16
10. boxhead ensemble "the last place to go" atavistic 16
11. hayseed "melic" watermelon 15
12. einsturzende neubauten "ende neu" nothing 14
13. belle and sebastian "the boy with the arab strap" matador 14
14. john fahey "deathchants, breakdowns, and military waltzes" takoma 14
15. jeb bishop "98 duets" wobbly rail 14
16. sean lennon "half horse half musician" grand royal 13
17. del mccoury, doc watson, & mac wiseman "mac, doc, & del" sugar hill 12
18. david s. ware "go see the world" columbia/crg 12
19. vic chesnutt "the salesman and bernadette" capricorn 11
20. jad fair & yo la tengo "strange but true" matador 11
21. the residents "wormwood" east side digital 10

adds

• squabteen s/t squabteen
• harry partch "enclosure 5" innova
• william hooker "hard time" squealer
• boredoms "super ar" birdman
• kristen hersh "murder, misery and then goodnight" 4ad
• steve wynn "advertisements for myself" poison brisket
• prince charming "fantastic voyage" wordsound
• the buddyrevelles "september,november" motorcoat
• ninetynine "767" endearing

wcbn jazz top 20

1. art ensemble of chicago coming home jamaica atlantic
2. living daylights 500 pound cat liquid city
3. eskelin/parkins/black kulak 29 & 30 hatology
4. derf reklaw from the nile ubiquity
5. oranj symphonette the oranj album rykodisc
6. ibarra/charles drum talk wobbly rail
7. matthew shipp horn quartet strata hatology
8. herbie hancock gershwin's world verve
9. pyramid trio ancestral homeland no more records
10. ekstasis wake up and dream higher octave
11. jarman/don moye calypso's smile aeco/sothport
12. david s. ware go see the world columbia
13. randy weston khepera verve
14. zony mash brand spankin new knitting factory
15. london/sklamberg/caine nigunim tzadik
16. rent romus' lords of the outland adapt. . . or die jazz heads
17. va critics picks vol. 3 black saint/soul note
18. miles davis bitches brew columbia
19. sabir mateen divine mad love eremite
20. kerry strayer jeru blue palmetto

ADDS

• william parker's in order to survive the peach orchard aum fidelity
• joe morris quartet a cloud of black birds aum fidelity
• ensemble duchamp etant donnes sachimey
• greg osby banned in new york blue note

RPM :: crush collision (vinyl only) all 12"es unless otherwise noted

1. moodymann "sunday morning/track four" planet e
2. urban tribe LP mo' wax
3. theo parrish "sound signatures part one" peace frog
4. grooverider "mysteries of funk" LP columbia
5. sluts`n`strings & 909 "carrera remixed-vol.2" cheap (austria)
6. bolz bolz music ep world electric (germany)
7. ernst "erika" ernst (germany)
8. "dark side of the sword vol 3" v/a plasmek (italia)
9. UR instellar fugitives 3xlp UR
10. kruder & dorfmeister "the k&d sessions" studio k7

world top zen

1. bounty killer "next millennium" tvt
2. linton kwesi johnson "independant intavenshan" 2xCD island
3. jahmali "el shaddai" penthouse
4. buju banton "til shiloh" penthouse/vp
5. "a native american odyssey" va CD putumayo
6. horace andy "mr. bassie" heartbeat
7. barrington levy "best of" vp
8. boukman eksperyans "revolution" tuff gong
9. "ragga ragga ragga 11" v"a greensleeves
10. grupo afro cuba "raices africanas" shanachie

beatbox: reported by chill will

1. the high & mighty "b-boy document" eastern con
2. 7 l & escoteric "def rhymes" direct
3. jayz "hard knock life" rockafella
4. blackstarr "redefinition" rawkus
5. phelon ` "i see u partyin" interscope
6. demastas "ain't no sunshine" london
7. tragedy "blood type" 25 to life
8. pete rock "tru master" loud
9. d.v. alist khrist "new testement" tommy boy
10. mood "secrets of the sands" blunt