top five... yes, i'm bored

[aeroplano]

top five sets of the year...

1. kruder + dorfmeister @ the surfcomber hotel (miami wmc 2001)

2. satoshi tomiie (def mix, august 11th) @ pacha (ibiza)

3. slacker (old school renaissance set) @ space (miami)

4. deep dish (president's day set) @ space (miami)

5. circulation (elements, december 8th) @ turnmills (london)

top five compilations of the year...

1. craig ricahards - fabric 01

2. ashley casselle - deviations

3. sander kleinenberg - nubreed 4

4. danny howells - renaissance revelation

5. cass - prologue

top five tunes of the year...

1. science dept. featuring erire - 'breathe (lexicon avenue vocal mix)'

2. ben shaw featuring adele holness - 'so strong (soul mekanik mix)'

3. solid sessions - 'janeiro (original mix)'

4. nat monday - 'waiting (john creamer + stephane k remix)'

5. plato - 'nothing from this (echomen mix)'

i can't think of anything else right now, but feel free to add anything.

ciao,

marcos

[digital7]

Top five sets of the year:

Danny Tenaglia @ Space (Labor Day Weekend)

Deep Dish @ Space (02/01)

Audio Therapy @ Crobar (WMC 01)

Parks & Wilson @ Space (Renaissance Party)

Lee Burridge @ Crobar (11/01)

Top five comp's of the year:

Cass - Prolouge

Craig Richards - Fabric 01

Jimmy van Malleghem - Bedrock 2

Danny Howells - Nocturnal Freq 3

John Digweed - GU Los Angeles

Top tracks of the year:

John Johnson - London

Velvet Girl - Velvet (Yoogie van Bellen's velvet beach dub)

Trancentral Station - Mothership (Steve Porter's remix)

Halo - Dark Clouds (Dirty Soil EP)

Motive feat. Mark Hunt - Inner Depth

New Order - True Faith (Morel's shifty dub)

Brethren - Reservation

[aeroplano]

five most disappointing sets this year...

1. james holden (elements december 8th) @ turnmills (london)

2. timo maas @ crobar (miami wmc 2001 bliss/therapy... completely ruined what would have otherwise been a perfect night)

3. john digweed @ space (miami, this summer)

4. erick morillo @ we love sundays / space ibiza (august 12th)

5. jimmy van m @ crobar (miami, this summer)

five most disappointing compilations this year

1. darren emerson gu 20 @ singapore (i'm one of the few who actually thought uruguay was good, so i had high expectations for this one... it's sitting i don't even know where, collecting dust)

2. aural pleasure mixed by john creamer + stephane k (a ministry magazine release... definitely expected more from what i think to be the most incredible producers of 2001)

3. james lavelle - fabric live (this seems to be rather popular... not my cup of tea. i guess it may need a couple of more rotations)

4. nick warren - renaissance revelation (it's not incredibly bad, but once you've heard the howells disc, they just can't be part of the same compilation... i never thought warren was suitable for renaissance)

5. jimmy van m - bedrock (used to really like it at the beginning, but now i barely hear it)

i don't know... we can't really complain this year... we've had a huge number of amazing compilations... MUCH more than last year i would say.

[georgeacasta2]

Aero - I totally agree with you about the DH renaissance compilation.

The Danny Howells renaissance CD is my favorite of the year! I'm glad someone else on the board finally acknowledges how good that compilation is!

I have to disagree with you about Jimmy Van M Bedrock I think that's a solid comp.

Nocturnal Frequencies 3 was another solid comp.

[phrankadelic]

too much to think of...and my brain hasn't been functioning properly these past couple days. but here are some sets that stuck out from this past year:

1. K&D sessions - WMC (surfcomber party)

2. Lee Burridge - crobar

3. DT - space (labor day)

4. Slacker - renaissance/bliss

5. DD - space (prez day)

6. layo & bushwacka! - wmc crobar (subliminal party)

disappointments

1. armand van heldon - crobar wmc subliminal party - totally BLEW!!! gave me a headache.

2. erick morillo - read above.

3. om party - wmc - WAY TOO crowded in there. if they wouldn't have let the whole conference in there, it would've been the sickest party. although soulstice (full band) made up for it.

4. DD - space (renaissance/bliss) - sorry, but they sucked that day.

5. timo maas - anytime he plays. although the first 30 mins of his sets are usually great. like i said before - yo yo.

[loraine]

yes a lot of comps released this year don't have time to check my collection so I'll agree w/ most of ya

Although, I've found that live mixes are a lot better and interesting than the ones released by record labels this year.

Top sets (chronological order):

Deep Dish @ Space (Feb)

JVM @ Crobar (Feb)

Danny Howells @ Shadow (yes sound system was horrible

but his set was kick ass!)

Slacker + Parks & Wilson @ Space

Danny Tenaglia @ Space (Summer)

Lee Burridge @ Crobar

[pod]

Top sets this year (my view)

1. Deep Dish - October 01 @ Space

2. Lee Burridge at crobar November 01

3. Paul Van Dyk October 12th @ Space

4. Dave Seaman May and November sets @ crobar (tie)

5. Danny H. @ Shadow Lounge during WMC

Honorable Mention: being put up at the Surfcomber for 2 days to hear the OMW party featuring Saeed and Palash (Deep Dish stopped in to hang out, it rocked..) and then K & D the next day.

Bottom Sets:

1. Digweed at Space Late June 01

2. Timo Maas at crobar early June

3. Deep Dish at Space September 22nd

4. Junior Vasquez at Level (any time)

5. can't think of one here.

Top Five venues as of now (factoring in talent, technical, and customer service...)

1. crobar

2. Liquid

3. Rain

4. Space

5. Level

Top Five Talent (locals)

1. Oscar G.

2. Edgar V. ties with Drew (both have phenomenal skills)

3. Ariel Baund

4. Luis Diaz

5. George Acosta (commercial yeah, but he's skilled at it...)

Top Five Kids to watch in 2002 (local)

1. Eddie S.

2. DJ Iggy

3. Shane and Annmiek

4. DJ Sage M.

5. Sean Bauzay

Places to watch 2002

1. Liquid (I have faith in them!)

2. Rain

3. Living Room Downtown (something else to do downtown?)

4. Steam

5. Lola

Top Five local Dead Tree publications we care to read

1. DVOX

2. Ego Trip

3. Wet

4. New Times

5. Street

Top Five Disappointments

1. Fuel (nuff said)

2. Clubplanet guestlist sign-up thing

3. The season so far, where's the crowds, we need the money!

4. My fashion shooting career (I haven't done a studio session in months!)

5. "Reformed" cops outside of Space.

Top Five Clubplanet Adventures

1. Independence Day at Space

2. Breakfast with Burridge at crobar

3. Deep Dish in September at Space

4. Parks and Wilson at crobar

5. Shadow Lounge closing party (I pretty much got arrested that night...)

[aeroplano]

let's see...

top five venues (i'm hoping my semester departure from miami hasn't changed these too much)...

1. nikki beach on sundays

2. bed on wednesdays

3. crobar (only when they bring in the talent or OFF COURSE, back door bamby)

4. blue

5. space (only when they bring in the talent AND it's not a friday or saturday OR the terrace afterhours even though the crowd can get rather sketchy)

although from what i hear, rain might kill all these

worst five venues...

1. level

2. space (on a saturday, @ the blue room, one of the residents is spinning, you've just been treated like shit in the door, by a doorman, after all... this is i have definitely decided the worse crowd in miami... yikes!)

3. shadow lounge (all i have to say is thank god it closed)

4. pearl (bad music, REAL bad crowd)

5. opium (i STILL can't believe they think they're all that)

most underrated venue...

jazid (upstairs)... for those into downtempo... you really need to get your ass over there.

ps... oye ga2... que carajos haces con una foto de walter mercado... ahora mas que nada me hace reir ya que todas las mujeres puertorriqueñas van corriendo a ver su horoscopo en vispera del año nuevo a ver que dice "walter" de como se tienen que vestir para la noche de año nuevo.

ciao,

marcos

[bbflux]

Aeroplano said. . .

...most disappointing compilations this year

... 2. aural pleasure mixed by john creamer + stephane k (a ministry magazine release... definitely expected more from what i think to be the most incredible producers of 2001)...

It wasn't as good as I thought it would be but you gotta LOVE that first track!!! VERY SEXY!!!! (Human by Digby and Oliver)

[shroomy]

Originally posted by aeroplano

most underrated venue...

jazid (upstairs)... for those into downtempo... you really need to get your ass over there.

I have to thank Atomic for cluing me in to this one, I agree it is a very fun place to kick back. But damn sometimes they really need to turn down to volume a bit.

[phrankadelic]

and drinks aren't exactly cheap in that place. well...i know it's the beach we're talking about, but how bout givin me a bigger glass w/less ice in it? i mean they're as thin as pencils and packed full of ice. it's like taking a shot down.

[aeroplano]

you do have a point barbie... i don't think the track selection is bad... if you notice in my top five tracks of the year, two of them are in this compilation. the problem is 5 out of the 8 tracks i have in other compilations (most of those in SEVERAL compilations). There are several sketchy mixes, and NO vocal on the lexicon avenue vocal mix of 'breathe' (BIG MISTAKE). it also ends alla jimmy van m bedrock 2 cd 2 (not smoothly... kind of like when they turn off the music in crobar when it's 5am). i don't know... i expect optimal quality when it comes to these two.

here's more of that five bullshit...

5 tunes everyone liked and you hated this year...

1. slam - 'lifetimes' (i still can't understand what is it about this song that people like... i absolutely HATE it)

2. john creamer + stephane k - 'i wish you were here - 16b mix' (don't get me wron, i think the original is a masterpiece, but i think 16b ruined it with his mix)

3. depeche mode - 'i feel loved - danny tenaglia mix' (i'm not to crazy about the song, i'm not to crazy about his mix of the song... it's not too bad, it's just that i think people overrate it)

4. madam - 'penetration' (it's ok i guess, but rather monotonous)

5. roland klinkenberg - 'inner laugh - james holden mix' (it doesn't do much to me... holden has much better mixes in my opinion)

[Nolimit]

best set of 2001

1-danny howells @ twilo in january 6 hr set that put me in my place.

2-lee burridge after party in nov

3-danny howells @ loft party in may

4-danny tenaglia & john digweed @ twilo

5-tigerhook corp @ shine, nyc july

[staceyg5]

top 6 miami sets

1. danny tenaglia @ space-labor day (made it til noonish and watching james954/monica still drink'n beer @ 10am was ever so lovely-lol)

2. danny howells @ space-conference (too short but he's the man)

3. lee burridge @ crobar (became ms. miami nice #2 and no lee i'm not the naughty version)

4. parks & wilson @ space-july 4th (mostly wilson tho)

5. dave seaman @ crobar-may (pleasantly surprised!)

6. deepdish@ space-oct (stayed til the very end. ahh, the few; the proud. the rest missed one wicked a** set!)

THE BEST NIGHT THAT NEVER WAS-->

tenaglia vs. howells

book'd my ticket b/4 we went to seaman. ~speechless~

someone...anyone PLEASE still make this happen!

[joshua2k]

okay, i will keep mine simple

2001

best comp:

gu19 john digweed LA

best album:

bjork, vespertine

best fla night out:

sasha digweed jvm @ hard rock live

most overrated:

timo mass

silliest trend:

hard house

most improved:

sandra collins

stupidest new drink:

vodka & red bull

best producers:

jon creamer & stephanie k

thats my 2 cents - peace

[bbflux]

Originally posted by aeroplano

...and NO vocal on the lexicon avenue vocal mix of 'breathe' (BIG MISTAKE). ...

I know!!!! That totally pissed me off...I kept waiting for the vocals to creep in but it never happens!!! That WAS a disappointment.

it also ends alla jimmy van m bedrock 2 cd 2 (not smoothly... kind of like when they turn off the music in crobar when it's 5am). i don't know... i expect optimal quality when it comes to these two...

I gotta agree with you there too.

here's more of that five bullshit...

5 tunes everyone liked and you hated this year...

1. slam - 'lifetimes' (i still can't understand what is it about this song that people like... i absolutely HATE it)

2. john creamer + stephane k - 'i wish you were here - 16b mix' (don't get me wron, i think the original is a masterpiece, but i think 16b ruined it with his mix)

3. depeche mode - 'i feel loved - danny tenaglia mix' (i'm not to crazy about the song, i'm not to crazy about his mix of the song... it's not too bad, it's just that i think people overrate it)

4. madam - 'penetration' (it's ok i guess, but rather monotonous)

5. roland klinkenberg - 'inner laugh - james holden mix' (it doesn't do much to me... holden has much better mixes in my opinion)

You forgot that hiddeous track by Deep Swing (I think) that Ministry of Sound seems to think is the coolest thing since sliced bread. The one called "It's Yours". I don't understand why everyone likes that song!!!

[staceyg5]

Originally posted by bbflux

You forgot that hiddeous track by Deep Swing (I think) that Ministry of Sound seems to thing is the coolest thing since sliced bread. The one called "It's Yours". I don't understand why everyone likes that song!!!

feel'n on that one too

it's sorta like that annoy'ng smoke machine track

crowd pleaser at best