From: BRIAN (bbaltin@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Dec 30 2002 - 23:57:51 CET
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January.
Respectfully,
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Aesthetic Rejuvenator
Liquidator Graphics
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Best LPs of '02:
1. Little Louie Vega, Elements of Life (MAW) (No, it isn't out yet, but
there have been listening parties for it going on for 4 months; I reserve
the right to call it the best of '03 as well, because it's just that good.
The rightful heir to the Nuyorican Soul LP in every respect; that's to say
not remotely just a house album, but rather an ineffably stunning and
lustrous transmigration through true live bossa, Afro-Cuban, Cape Verdean
et. al., sounds‹a potent and heady sun-drenched cocktail that it just
happens you can break a hip to. What more could any sensible boy possibly
need?)
2. Quantic, Apricot Morning (Tru Thoughts)
3. Tom + Joyce, Partir (Yellow Productions)
4. John Beltran, Sun Gypsy (Ubiquity)
5. Patricia Marx, Respirar (Trama)
6. Julie Dexter, Dexterity (Ketchavibe)
7. Cleveland Watkiss, Victory's Happy Songbook (Infra:Com)
8. Cinematic Orchestra, Everyday (Ninjatune)
9. Paul Weller, Illumination (Independiente)
10. Suba, Tributo (Ziriguiboom/Six Degrees)
Best Singles of '02:
1. Muro, Bohemian (Bah Samba Main Mix) (Yellow Productions)
2. DJ Marky + XRS, L.K. (Carolina Carol Bela)(V)
3. Drumagick, Easy Boom (Trama)
4. Tom + Julie, Like Ours (Yellow Productions)
5. Landslide + Alison Crockett, It's Not Over (Hospital)
6. Little Louie Vega + Jay 'Sinister' Sealee + Julie McKnight, Diamond Life
(Distance)
7. Bah Samba, And It's Beautiful (Estereo)
8. Nature's Plan + Ed Motta, Without Words (Far Out)
9. Vaceo, Time to Take (Chilli Funk)
10. Susana Baca, La Noche y El Dia/Afro-Blue (Ananda Project/Koop Mixes)
(Giant Step)
Sides I Haven't Been Able to Afford/Hear Yet That Could've Been Viable
Contenders for the Best of '02 List:
Max De Castro, Orchestra Klaxon (Trama)
Paula Lima, Dive Paulista (Mr. Bongo)
Chris + Nina, "Mash Banana" 12" (Especial)
Hajime Yoshizawa, "I Am With You" 12" (Especial)
Bebe, Perdita EP (Flavour)
Favela Chic Postonove 2 (BMG France)
Soul Bossa Trio, Dolphins (Moonbeat)
Dancefloor Killers of '02 Guaranteed to Obliterate All Comers:
Tenth + Parker, Rollin' Like Thunder (Tenth + Parker Rollin Mix) (Disorient)
Mr. Hermano, Jugando Con Fuego (Disorient)
Best MAW Mix of '02:
Tom + Joyce, Quixeme (Yellow)
Best Labels of '02:
Trama
Yellow
Best Reissue Label of '02:
Whatmusic
Best Comps of '02:
Mandarin: Wicked Wan Tan Tunes Volume 2 (Universal Germany)
Groovin High Brazil (Flavour)
Patrick Forge, Trust the DJ PF01 (Trust the DJ)
Joe Claussell, Music: A Reason to Celebrate (BBE)
Best Reissue Comps/Anthologies:
Style Council, Café Blue Café Best (Universal Japan)
Silent Poets, Once in a Lifetime (3D Japan)
Best Music Documentary of '02 (Audio or Video):
Gilles Peterson's Brazilian Beats Sonic Travelogue (Radio1): a lovely,
distilled-sunlight Ipanema beach excursion through the frenetic and mighty
albeit still fragile and immaculately burnished
drum-and-bass-cum-revisionist-bossa sounds taking over the Brazilian scene
to supplant the disposable tenth-rate glossy MPB pop and beer-commercial
samba-reggae of the past two decades. If these recountings (by DJ Marky, et.
al., at Gilles Peterson's questioning/directive) of
massive-as-all-Cinemascope/saturated-as-all-Technicolor drum and bass bossa
sounds traversing the sky in colossal sessions over sunrise @ Ipanema don't
make you ache to make the trip, I'm sorry to say you must have no soul.
[link available on the Liquidator Graphics links page]
Most Sublime US Television Appearance of '02:
Jill Scott + The Roots on MTV2's $2Bill Broadcast: Jill, looking like
Shirley Hemphill in goth drag, proceeds to go off on some serious,
deep-as-hell Fontella-Bass-circa-prime-Art-Ensemble-of-Chicago sh*t, and
demonstrates still once again that she holds claim to the most miraculous
vocal instrument working today.
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Religious Experiences of ''02:
1. Eddie Palmieri + Huge Masekela careening into orbit on the entire
8-minute El Sonido Nuevo arrangement of Puente's "Picadillo" @ the Hollywood
Bowl (July)
2. Samba-ing to Little Louie Vega's entire "Elements of Life" LP @ Deep
until nearly breaking a hip (October)
3. Another matchless, colossal and incontrovertibly brilliant sonic trip
with The Boredoms @ All Tomorrow's Parties @ UCLA (March)
Best DJ Sets of 02:
Llorca @ The Echo (November)
DJ Yellow @ Deep (July)
Bonobo @ The Echo (October)
Best Breaks gig of 02:
Amon Tobin @ The Echo (October)
Best Rock gig of 02:
The Boredoms @ UCLA (March)
Best Jazz set of 02:
Hugh Masekela @ The Hollywood Bowl (July)
Best Latin set of 02:
Eddie Palmieri y La Perfecta II @ CSULB (January)
Best Brazilian set of 02:
Flora Purim + Airto Moreira @ CSULB (January)
Live Acts I'm Most Aching to See @ the End of '02:
Monday Michiru
Bah Samba
Quantic
Cinematic Orchestra
Grupo X
Sirius B
DJs I'm Most Aching to See @ the End of '02:
DJ Marky
Shinichi Osawa
Patrick Forge
Sound That Needs to Come Stronger and Mightier Worldwide in '03:
Brazilian Drum + Bass
Sound That Needs to Go Away Once and For All in '03:
Broken Beat
Best Music Magazine of '02 [Incumbent for As Long As It Exists]:
Straight No Chaser
Best Art Direction for a Music Mag in '02 [Likewise Incumbent}:
Swifty for SNC
Disappointments of '02 from People I Still Love Just the Same:
Leny Andrade @ The Hollywood Bowl
United Future Organization, V (Exceptional Records)
Jorge BenJor, Acustico sets (Universal Brazil)
Saint Etienne touring without a full band
The Jill Scott/MAW six-track remix EP never materializing
[On the Same Note] Records That Were Fine But Could've Been Much Better in
'02 (from People I Still Love Just the Same):
Monday Michiru, Episodes in Color (Sony Japan)
Incognito, Who Needs Love (Universal Japan)
Kyoto Jazz Massive, Spirit of the Sun (Compost)
Salome de Bahia, Cabaret (Yellow)
Loveliness to Look Forward to in '03:
Little Louie Vega's Elements of Life LP finally being released
Quantic Soul Orchestra LP
Sleepwalker LP
Nuyorican Soul's 2nd LP (hopefully)
Loveliness to Look Forward to in '03 (Gigs):
Llorca/Fredric Galliano + the African Divas (March Tour)
Paul Weller (February Tour)
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Loveliness That Passed On in '02:
Peggy Lee
Juan Garcia Esquivel
Hildegard Knef
Rosemary Clooney
Ray Conniff
Roy Kral
Arthur Lyman
Ray Brown
Lionel Hampton
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