Monthly Archives: December 2003

Musical Highs and Lows of 2003

Highs -The Summer of Insanity, Brixton ©™® -The UK scene pulling even closer together, geography meaning less, and so many great local nights pushing forward from their successes in 2002 -Some of the up and coming local live sets we’ve been treated to, especially Orphan, the Werk boys, Plant 43 and Nick Wilson -All that

December Top 10 and 2003 Top 50

December Top 10 1. I:Cube : 3 – Versatile 2. Meg : MGRMX – Joint Records 3. Kelley Polar Quartet : Recital EP – Environ 4. Titonton : Explicit EP – Neroli 5. Lucky & Easy : Pimp Soul Blister EP – Ann Aimee 6. Starfighterz : 4 Flavours Of A Two-Sided Story 7. Fabrice

Bleep 43 @ Public Life with Ryan Blackman and Mike Grant

Here’s my tracklist: 8:15-10:15 ======== Natalie Gardner – Going Down Slow (Flowriders Remix) – 4Lux Spacek – Time – !K7 Dimlite:a/dd – Byrdshot and Bye – Sonar Kollektiv Gangtarr – Just to Get a Rep (Madlib Remix) – No Label Records Four Tet – As Serious as Your Life (Remix 1) – Domino Record Co

Dexter of the Avalanches last night

The place was really full – especially for a Tuesday (who the hell goes out on a Tuesday???), and almost entirely Antipodean from what I could tell. Not a bad thing, but you could tell a lot of people there were not your typical patrons of the underground, if you catch my drift. The music

New Haul

Amp Fiddler : Waltz of the Ghetto Fly [really really limited advanced promo that I am very lucky to have caught (with some help). Went out of stock in an hour or two, by the looks of it. Could be the album of the year, err, next year] Blockhead : Insomniac Olympics – 12″ [Nutty