IMHO 2002

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Stephen Ruiz / Zygote / Under The Radar / http://www.undertheradar.net
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IMHO BEST, and not so best, OF 2002

BEST ALBUM
1: Lance Grabmiller - Anthropology - Grinder
2: O.S.T. - Seimlste - Qlipothic
3: Meat Beat Manifesto - R.U.O.K. - Run Recordings
4: Ernesto Diaz-Infante/Chris Forsyth - March - Pax Recordings
5: The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - Warner
6: Wobbly - Wild Why - Tigerbeat6
7: People Like Us - Recyclopaedia Britannica (selected works 1992-2002) - 
Mess Media
8: Boards of Canada - Geogaddi - Warp
9: The Luxury Tax - Eat Garbage - Budget Cuts Music
10: Anything by "I Broke My Robot"
11. hellothisisalex - the canadian spelling program - piehead records

BEST SINGLE or EP
1: de Giere - Diffusion Chamber 10" - Emanate Records
2: The Luxury Tax/Zygote - The Future/Current Transportation 7" (split) - 
(u.t.r./budget cuts music)
3: Vesna - Mone.Aesde.7 - n5MD
4: Sote - Electric Deaf 12" - Warp
5: Anything by "Stephan Mathieu"
6: Sagan - Jabpunplusone (The Wire Tapper 09)
7: Gold Chains - Straight from your radio - Tigerbeat6

BEST VARIOUS ARTISTS COMP
1: lowercase 2.0 (bremsstrahlung recordings)
2: Night Owls 02 (deluxe records)
3: 45 seconds of: (simballrec)

BEST LIVE SHOWS
1: Julien Ottavi - 26 Mix SF
2: Prefuse 73 - Bimbos SF
3: Christopher Willits - Microsound Festival in Eureka
4: Dykehouse - Amnesia SF

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT
1: Electroclash (electro + fashion x hype - soul = a good idea, gone bad)
2: George Bush
3: Future Sound of London's sad attempt at a come back
4: Warp releasing records based on "star power" rather than quality
5: Electronic musicians claming to be punk rock (go ahead and bring a laptop 
to a REAL punk show and see how fast you get your ass kicked)
6: "Serious" IDM-Hop
7: The Eureka Microsound Festival

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