1998 playlist index

h e a v y

1. harry partch "enclosure 5" innova 33
2. john coltrane "the classic quartet" 8xCD impulse 31
3. rollie tussing iii "blow whistle blow" one man clapping 29
4. melt banana "charlie" a-zap 28
5. takako minekawa "cloudy cloud calculator" emperor norton 27
6. marmoset "today its you" secretly canadian 26
7. "miles ahead" v/a giant step 24
8. muslimgauze "hussein mahmood jeeb tehar gass" soleilmoon 23
9. boredoms "super ar" birdman 22
10. 4 hero "two pages" mercury 22
11. sidesofacube "first grade" mothball eyes 21
12. squabteen s/t squabteen 21
13. alan licht/loren mazzacane-connors "hoffman estates" 21
14. don caballero "singles breaking up" touch and go 20
15. in order to survive "the peach orchard" aum fidelity 20
16. "mississippi river of song" v/a smithsonian folkways 20
17. bottle rockets "leftovers" doolittle 20
18. bombay the hard way "guns, cars and sitars" motel 19
19. his name is alive "ft. lake" 4ad 19

m e d i u m

1. stereolab "aluminum tunes" drag city 18
2. spiritualized "live" arista 18
3. nuggets box set rhino 18
4. jd crowe & the new south "come on down to my world" rounder 17
5. william hooker "hard time" squealer 17
6. kristen hersh "murder, misery and then goodnight" 4ad 16
7. astor piazzolla "tango: zero hour" nonesuch 16
8. mojave 3 "out of tune" 4ad/sire 15
9. scott 4 "recorded in state" v2 15
10. "tommy boy's greatest beats" tommy boy 14
11. squarepusher "music is rotted one note" nothing 14
12. harriet tubman "i am a man" knitting factory 14
13. gang of four "100 flowers bloom" rhino 13
14. buckminster fuzeboard "how to make c60br24 in under an hour" slabco 12
15. maschina "live at the gold dollar" off woodward 12
16. psychic tv "origin of the species" invisible 12
17. ninetynine "767" endearing 12
18. beaver nelson "the last hurrah" freedom 12
19. belle and sebastian "the boy with the arab strap" matador 11
20. "from beyond" interdimensional transmissions 11
21. matthew shipp horn quartet "strata" hatology 11

adds

• towel "anthology" vmfm
• mourmourika "songs of the greek underworld" rounder
• huun-huur-tu "where young grass grows" shanachie
• "pop romantique-french pop classics" v/a march/emperor norton
• "yoyo a gogo july 15-20, 1997" v/a yoyo recordings
• coldcut "let us replay" ninjatune
• t-model ford "you better keep still" fat possum/epitaph
• ricky skaggs "ancient tones" skaggs family.
• imperial teen "what is not to love" slash
• "postpunk chronicles scared to dance" v/a rhino
• "together as one" v/a moonshine

wcbn jazz top 20

1. john coltrane complete impulse studio impulse
2. in order to survive the peach orchard aum fidelity
3. wm hooker hardtime squealer
4. bluiett baritone saxophone nation libation . . . justin time
5. greg osby banned in ny blue note
6. eskelin/parkins/black kulak 29 & 30 hatology
7. joe morris a cloud of black birds aum fidelity
8. malachi thompson freebop now delmark
9. gianluigi trovesi around small fairy tales soul note
10. ny hardbop quintet a whisper away
11. joe chambers mirrors blue note
12. arwulf arwulf reproductive rights for all women nicht schleppen
13. wm parker/leandre bass duets leo lab
14. gianni gebbia h portraits rastascan
15. david murray creole justin time
16. ibarra/charles drum talk wobbly rail
17. matthew shipp strata hatology
18. fully celebrated orch right on bolide
19. adam kolker crazybird a records
20. living daylights 500 lb cat liquid city

adds

• VA blue valentines blue note
• pachora unn knitting factory
• wm hooker distance between us knitting factory
• hagans animation imagination blue note

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

1. supercollider LP loaded
2. "oralolio" ersatz audio
3. moodymann "sunday morning/track four" planet e
4. urban tribe "the collapse of modern culture" mo' wax
5. theo parrish "sound signatures part one" peace frog
6. sluts`n`strings & 909 "carrera remixed-vol.2" cheap (austria)
7. bolz bolz music ep world electric (germany)
8. ernst "erika" ernst (germany)
9. "dark side of the sword vol 3" v/a plasmek (italia)
10. UR interstellar fugitives 3xlp UR

world top zen

1. mourmourika "songs of the greek underworld" rounder
2. mr. vegas "heads high" greensleeves
3. frisco kid "finally" vp
4. "dancehall crazy" v/a jamdown
5. "the music of islam and sufism in morocco" v/a rounder
6. huun-huur-tu "where young grass grows" shanachie
7. glen washington "get next to me" vp
8. astor piazzolla "tango: zero hour" nonesuch
9. "a native american odyssey" va CD putumayo
10. grupo afro cuba "raices africanas" shanachie

beatbox: reported by chill will

1. the roots "adrenaline" mca
2. d.j. clue "thug shit" rockafella
3. busta rhymes "tear the roof off" elektra
4. the bad seed "grits/shits hot" makin
5. sauce money "middle finger u" mca
6. bad meets evil "nuttin to do" makin
7. defari "liquid connection" tommy boy
8. geto boys "gangsta put me down" rapalot
9. unspoken heard "better butter" 7heads
10. afu ra "worldwind through cities" 7heads