my favourite records of 2005...

afx - analord series - rephlex
sleep archive - research ep & infrared glow - sleeparchive
burial - south london burroughs - hyperdub
monolake - plumbicon versions 1 - imbalance
marc houle - restore - minus
mathew jonson - followed by angels - itiswhatitis
the forgemasters - track with no name - warp
jackie mittoo - ayatollah - wackies
u-roy & francois kevorkian - rootsman - deep space media
arthur russell - world of echo - audika
rhythm & sound - see mi yah - burial mix
richie hawtin – de9/transitions – novamute
isolée – we are monster – playhouse
audion – suckfish – spectral
various production – hater/byker – various production
carl craig – darkness (radio slave remix) – planet e
kraftwerk – minimum – maximum cd/dvd – kling klang
false – river camping – minus
heart throb – time for ensor – minus

kulturama/artefact

next year's kulturama/artefact festival promises to be simply enchanting..
a whole week of high quality electronic music from some of the main players in the scene
i myself am playing a dub-reggae set before ricardo villalobos' live set and a more minimal techno set after paul st. hilaire and scion
two days earlier, after the apparat concert, i will do a special (experimental) electronic set
check out the full line-up below

~Scape labelnight: Pole, Jan Jelinek & band, Andrew Pekler
15/02/2006, 20.30 Labozaal @ Stuk Leuven
7 euro

Apparat + Rotorscoop (+visuals)
16/02/2006, 21.30 Labozaal @ Stuk Leuven
free

Ricardo Villalobos, live
Paul St. Hilaire, live (Rhythm & Sound) with Scion
Sensu
18/02/2005, 20.30 Labozaal @ Stuk Leuven
7 euro

Carsten Nicolai aka Alva Noto
+ aMute
18/02/2006, 20.30 Soetezaal @ Stuk Leuven
7 euro

also...

Maryanne Amacher
Michael J. Schumacher
13/02/2006, 20u30 Soetezaal @ Stuk Leuven
7 euro

Chris Watson
Olivia Block
14/02/2006, 20u30 Cinema Zed @Stuk Leuven
7 euro

NEW YEARS EVE - (RE)MIXED#4

NEW YEARS EVE - (RE)MIXED#4
presents Live, dj & vj sets from Berlin's finest dance labels
BPITCH CONTROL VS. SHITKATAPULT
with
MODESELEKTOR (D)
PHON.O (D)
FEADZ (F)
PFADFINDEREI (D)
dj SENSU (B)
dj JULES X (B)
TOKAMAT FUSION TEST REACTOR (LIVE, B)
+ AUDIO/VISUAL CHILL OUT BY:PANOPTICA RHYTHM BOX (B)
www.kunstencentrumbelgie.com

(picture by ronny wertelaers, wertel@plain.be)

de:bug*

one of the best electronic music magazines in the world, the German De:Bug, now has a special page where you can download MP 3's, the Lusine live set is very cool
De:Bug* POD