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1. Wenn es sein muss - dann aber sofort (0:37)
2. Hans Zimmer - Leaving Wallbrook, On The Road (2:53)
3. DT 64 - O-Ton DT 64 (1:29)
4. Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung - Neandertal (3:45)
5. Morgue - Chain Reaction (4:21)
6. Altern 8 - Frequency (5:27)
7. Sara Noxx - Colder And Colder (Dust Of Basement Remix) (4:14)
8. Finntroll - Eliytres (3:46)
9. Claire - Freunde (4:05)
10. In-D - Virgin In-D Sky (4:05)
11. Ljungblut - Facades (4:26)
12. Accept - No Time To Lose (4:36)
13. Freak Style - Electric Boogie (3:44)
14. Psy'Aviah - Broken Child (IC434 Remix) (4:51)
15. Love Decade - So Real (Massive Mix 7'' Version) (3:22)
16. Moonsorrow - Sankaritarina (13:50)
17. Veljanov - In My Room (2:55)
18. Beastie Boys - She's On It (4:18)
19. Ladytron - Discotrax (Lamacq Live 12-Nov-01) (3:55)
20. Abwärts - Aufruhr (4:58)
21. Frühstyxradio - Sampler Werbung (1:11)
22. The KLF - 3 A.M. Eternal (The Original Edit) (3:38)
23. Static Threshold - The Foreign Land (Dust-Mix) (4:58)
24. Chris & Cosey - Haunted Heroes (3:16)
25. The Soundlovers - Run-A-Way (3:09)
26. Walls Have Ears - Morgen (3:47)
27. Kirlian Camera - The Fourth Lake (Carpatia) (5:20)
28. Carl Cox - I Want You (Forever) (Full On Mix) (6:13)
29. Totenmond - Steinkopf (1:47)
30. Coinside - Das Parfüm (5:29)
31. First Aid 4 Souls - Wings Of Morpheus (5:00)
32. Teen-Rock - Set Me Free (Dub) (7:11)
33. The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies (3:59)
34. Bit Max - Dance (Just Dance For Me) (Violenza Mix) (3:58)
35. Freestyle - It's Automatic (5:41)
36. Severe Illusion - Beautiful (4:15)
37. Hape Kerkeling - Hurz!!! (Habicht Mix Featuring MC Lurch) (5:31)
38. Bathory - Destroyer Of Worlds (4:51)
39. Gridlock - Metro (Sickness Demo) (4:34)
40. And Also the Trees - Slow Pulse Boy (5:12)
41. Data Bank A - Static Song (5:44)
42. R.J.'s Rule - Rave This Nation (5:04)
43. Madness - In The City (3:01)
44. Hubert Kah - Wenn Der Mond Die Sonne Berührt (3:33)
45. Clock DVA - Eternity (4:37)
46. Hithouse - Jack To The Sound Of The Underground (Acid Mix) (6:57)
47. Vomito Negro - The Man Factory (3:44)
48. House Arrest - House Arrest (Pumpgunkillamix) (5:56)
49. Beborn Beton - Im Innern Einer Frau (4:30)
50. Position Parallele - Hotel Du Nord (4:01)
51. Vaya Con Dios - Nah Neh Nah (2:56)
52. Abscess - Slinking Shadows (4:05)
53. Bryan Ferry - Kiss And Tell (Dub Mix) (5:40)
54. In the Nursery - Blueprint (5:03)
55. Ghentlon - Cheebala (Jolly Boy Mix) (5:05)
56. modern mannequins - The Story (3:50)
57. royksopp - This Must Be It (4:46)
58. Last Delay - Fire (6:45)
59. Westbam feat. Marusha - The Mayday Anthem (5:38)
60. Der Expander des Fortschritts - Fremdgeh'n Durchs Land (5:51)
61. Amanda Lear - The Sphinx (X-Tended UltraTraxx Mix) (7:51)
62. Various Artists - ALT USSR Megamix (15:48)
63. Dies Natalis - Ein Wanderer Also Am Ende Seiner Reise (6:01)

Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.01a: 200 to 181
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.01b: 180 to 161
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.02a: 160 to 141
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.02b: 140 to 121
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.03a: 120 to 101
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.03b: 100 to 81

80
Consolidated
You Suck
You Suck / Crackhouse (The Tim Simenon Remixes)
1993

Rude, crude, and something of a dancefloor smash, Consolidated's ultra-political output took a neat turn into sexual politics with this track, when they got The Yeastie Girls in to provide a rap detailing the delights of cunnilingus. Aside from it's headline-grabbing vocals, it's not hard to see why it became a dancefloor favourite - it's thumping beat is somewhat infectious...

79
Marilyn Manson
Angel With The Scabbed Wings
Antichrist Superstar
1996

Back in the 90s, Brian Warner's alter-ego was actually something thrilling to listen to: particularly on this staggering concept album, the album that made him an arena-level rockstar and offended an awful lot of people along the way, too (both religious types and sneering alternative types - he must have been doing something right to get them both on the same side...). This track was initially, perhaps, lost in the torrent of fury and hate that this album brought forward, but once a few listens passed, it finally revealed itself as one of the highlights of the album - with much of the electronic effects stripped away, this was a raw, feral four-minutes that gets better and better with every listen.

78
Beastie Boys
Sabotage
Ill Communication
1994

Just in case you needed reminding, the Beastie Boys weren't always about hip-hop - they could rock too, as this awesome funk-rock pastiche (and soundtrack to imaginary cop show) showed in spades. Obviously best appreciated in conjunction with the legendary video...

77
Kill II This
Crucified
Deviate
1998

Amid the stampede of nu-metal bands in the late 90s, some more interesting bands did appear. Kill II This were one of those, owing more to the industrial metal of earlier in the decade than anything else. Not all of their material was great, it has to be said - the band all-but-disowned the first album other than the title track, and the last album wasn't up to much either - but the two in between were certainly of interest. The standout on second album Deviate was this monster - opening with scratching and heavy-duty techno, before a thunderous industrial metal juggernaut storms through it all. A rather unusual touch were the quasi-gospel backing vocals, which while they didn't always work on other tracks, sure as hell did here. Random fact: main man Mark Mynett nowadays is a senior lecturer in the music technology department at the University of Huddersfield...!

76
The Mad Capsule Markets
Tribe
OSC-DIS(OSCILLATOR IN DISTORTION)
1999

No, I had no idea what the hell this lot were on about, either. They had apparently been around for some years in Japan before they first broke through in Europe with this fantastic, techno-metal beast, with impenetrable lyrics but one hell of a groove. They subsequently gained quite a fanbase over here, too, even if they were never quite as impressive as this again.

75
Mansun
She Makes My Nose Bleed
Attack of the Grey Lantern
1997

Is this where I admit to being something of a Mansun fanboy back in the day? At one point, I had everything - including the white label CD release of Egg-Shaped Fred - released up to the third album, although a large proportion of my CD collection being stolen a long time ago meant I don't have it any more. I still listen to the band with some fondness, though, particularly the lofty aims of the first album. One of the later singles from that album is my choice here, one of the more straight-up indie rock tracks here but still with some glorious harmonies and those quite odd lyrics about a dominant lover...

74
Sonic Youth
100%
Dirty
1992

I've no shame in admitting that my interest in Sonic Youth's output ceased in 1994 or thereabouts, having found just about everything they've done since profoundly boring. The reason is tracks like this - a searing, thundering tribute to a roadie of theirs who was murdered, and the storming opener to their most commercial album by far.

73
Pantera
Mouth For War
Vulgar Display of Power
1992

One album where the cover summed up exactly what was going on - this was thrash/groove metal that was like repeated punches to the face, such was the aggression contained within. And this was the first of those - seemingly a challenge by Phil Anselmo to whoever was talking shit about him to come and say it to his face. Good luck, folks...

72
The Afghan Whigs
Fountain and Fairfax
Gentlemen
1993

Greg Dulli's band were never quite like other "alt-rock" bands. With a clear love of soul/R&B music from decades past, their sound stood out to say the least. None more so than on their finest album, Gentlemen, where Greg Dulli's frank honesty about his and male failings in general made for some brilliantly observed songs. This one - about trying to give up the booze, apparently - was one of many highlights on the album, and Dulli's vocals on this track are simply awesome - the wracked emotion in his voice clearly from personal experience of what he was singing about...

71
Suede
Killing of a Flash Boy
Sci-Fi Lullabies
1997

One of few bands able to release a B-sides compilation that was easily the equal of the "A-sides", hearing them all together on Sci-Fi Lullabies perhaps made a convincing case that the first CD at least was the best album they ever released. And one of the centrepieces of that first CD was this track, a snarling, spiky glam-rock stomp with all of the sexual ambiguity and darkness that Suede did so well in the early years. It was also an astoundingly good live track, too.

70
Liberty 37
Pig
When We Say EP
1999

One of a handful of Tool-esque bands that appeared around this time, Liberty37 played it less deliberately obtuse, hard-rocking in sound at times but with clear, intelligent lyrics for the most part (and frequently referencing Bill Hicks and Tool in their lyrics and themes, too). Their second album sank without trace, but the first album was a joy to listen to. Better still was this B-side, a slow-burning missive of anger that had vocalist Ishmael Lewis calming enunciating every single syllable clearly of lyrics that screamed revenge. By some considerable distance their most powerful live track, too...

69
Idlewild
Captain
Captain
1998

And yes, I know this sits above the track that it is more than a little bit of a nod to (Slint's Good Morning Captain, if you needed to ask). Back in the days when Idlewild were still a small band from somewhere in Scotland, they were also still interesting, a spiky, rough'n'ready post-rock-influenced punk band who were yet to turn into a dull R.E.M. clone. This EP - all 19 minutes of it, of which six minutes were the last track of six - flew by in a flurry of youthful energy, but it was the title track that was king here. A bit slower, but all angular rhythms and Roddy Womble's rasping, partly-screamed vocals adding to the excitement. The biggest shame is that Idlewild seemed to be trying to erase this from their history: quite why it wasn't on their best-of a few years ago I have no idea.

68
Therapy?
Knives
Troublegum
1994

The finest one minute and fifty-six seconds Therapy? ever recorded, this is a short, pounding metal track of tongue-in-cheek hatred and self-loathing (it's tempting to suggest this was a pisstake of the grunge scene) that opened their most successful - and best - album by miles.

67
The Beta Band
Dry The Rain
Champion Versions
1997

The Beta Band's first single, a marvellous, shambling electronic-folk track that quite rightly caused something of an indie sensation (and initially was an absolute bitch to get hold of until The Three EPs compilation followed eighteen months or so later). I'm not exactly sure what it is that made me love this track so much - maybe it's the pure simplicity of it, maybe it's just that it's a brilliant song, plain and simple.

66
My Bloody Valentine
Only Shallow
Loveless
1991

The glorious, in-turns-screeching-then-dreamy opener to one of the critic's favourite albums of the 90s, this track took the whole idea of quiet-LOUD to insane extremes - opening with a cacophony of squalling guitars (multitracked and through god only knows what effects pedals), before settling into a mellow feather bed for Bilinda Butcher's vocals to float on - and the two sections trade places for the rest of the song. It's bloody marvellous, and really, it lives up to the hype. Honestly.

65
Fear Factory
Demanufacture
Demanufacture
1995

It really is hard to overstate just how revolutionary this sounded when it first dropped. The first really seamless attempt at bringing together extreme metal and industrial electronics, the whole album is a masterpiece, but more than anything it's the opening (title) track that left jaws on the floor. The machine-like riffing, the tool-like precision of the drumming...this really was cybermetal, and the band have spent fifteen years unsuccessfully trying to better it.

64
One Minute Silence
Brainspiller
Available In All Colours
1998

Presumably a comment on the salivating mass media when it comes to another serial killer on the loose, this was a marvellously tongue-in-cheek track that even went to the lengths of creating fake news reports and station idents to back up the subject matter. Musically, of course, it's what OMS always did so well - chunky, riff-tastic funk-rap-metal...

63
Rammstein
Bück Dich
Sehnsucht
1997

Long-since removed from R+ live sets, this track (it translates as Bend Over, by the way) was at one point the climax, so to speak, of the live set, where Till would lead out a be-gimped Flake onto the stage, unveil a dildo from his trousers, and I'm sure you can guess the rest. The track itself is great on record - rampaging industrial metal that R+ do so well - but live it really is something else (and is about ten times heavier, too). Need I remind you that this (live) video is not especially worksafe?

62
dEUS
Hotellounge (Be The Death Of Me)
Worst Case Scenario
1994

One of dEUS' most majestic songs, a musing on getting old, and reflecting on the past with a rueful smile, it's also one of their most tender songs, too. Much of the first dEUS album was reflective, but never quite like this. It's weird, bluesy-rock feel is gradually chipped away and replaced by fuzzy, surging rock, before returning to the original calm to close. Older live versions used to add an additional verse at the end, and I was never sure why this wasn't kept in for the recorded version...

61
Add N to (X)
Metal Fingers in My Body
Avant Hard
1999

This band's endearingly retro take on electro - only using analogue synths, not to mention their image - certainly made them stand out among the legions of other electro bands at the turn of the century. It also helped that they wrote a number of spectacularly odd tracks, too, of which this was certainly the wierdest. The robot-fetishism only hinted at in the repeated (robotic voiced) title refrain of this otherwise (kinda) straightforward electro-rock track was made really bloody obvious by the ultra-not-worksafe video...of a girl ordering a robot, umm, escort, and then being, er, pleasured. A lot.

Shortly: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.04b: 60 to 41

Best Live Acts I've Seen In The 2000s (random)



Tom Waits



The Arcade Fire


Calexico



Drive-By Truckers



Radiohead


dEUS



The Flaming Lips


Beastie Boys




Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds


LCD Soundsystem

(zelfgemaakt, jazekerss)

Wilco

Panic! At the Disco 18.10.06
Razorlight 26.01.07
The Sounds
My Chemical Romance 07.04.07
Hurricane 22.06.-24.06.07:
Beastie Boys
Incubus
Marilyn Manson
Placebo
Queens of the Stone Age
Bloc Party
Deichkind
Die Fantastischen Vier
Five O´Clock Heroes
Arctic Monkeys 28.06.07
Die Ärzte 12.12.07
Jimmy Eat World 30.01.08
Hurricane 20.06.-22.06.08:
Billy Talent
Foo Fighters
Kaiser Chiefs
NOFX
The Kooks
Beatsteaks
Donots
Kettcar
Rise Against
The Subways
Die Ärzte 23.08.08
Sportfreunde Stiller
Mando Diao
Panteón Rococó
Farin Urlaub 20.12.08
Hurricane 19.06.-21.06.09:
Clueso
Faith No More
Franz Ferdinand
Keane
The Wombats
Die Ärzte
Editors
Fettes Brot
Kings of Leon
Ska-P
The Sounds
Tomte

F-Word - Guest Mix For Breakbeat Session Radioshow @ sintez.fm 12-11-09

Duration:60:37

01. Beastie Boys - The Sounds Of Science
02. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
03. Jim Sharp - Champion Junglist
04. OH SNAP! - Bill Cosby Sweater (Kazey & Bulldog Remix)
05. DJ Icey - Juice Krew
06. F-Word - Baby On Board (Yreane Remix)
07. Cirrus - Break In (Transatlantic Move Mix)
08. Afghan Headspin - Bang Spanner
09. Basement Jaxx - Feelings Gone (Rusko's Stadium Rock Remix)
10. Uffie - Ready To Uff
11. Parov Stelar - Rock For (Club Mix)
12. F-Word - Maybe
13. High Rankin - Sitting In The Wet
14. Evil Nine - Crooked (Bassbin Twins Mix)
15. Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On (Acapella)
16. Fatboy Slim - Star 69 (Timo Maas Remix)
17. Noisia - Gutterpump
18. Grandmaster Flash - The Message (Acapella)
19. Phetsta - Four: Eight: Three
20. Aaren San - Osc Low Nyzz (Blende Remix)
21. Ivory - Blow (Affinity Remix)
22. Deekline & Wizard - Keep It Pushing (Specimen A Remix)
23. Freestylers - Fast Life
24. The Subways - Rock'n'Roll Queen (F-Word Remix)
25. Dirtyphonics - Vandals
26. F-Word - The Masks
27. Buddy Rich - The Beat Goes On

After these English alphabets I've put some of my favorite bands.

When you have read through this journal, you're supposed to write at least one (but max. 4) band after every letter. You can put bands that you don't listen to anymore but you once listened to a lot, or bands that you've just started diggin' and of course; your all time favorites.

A: Asa, Arctic Monkeys
B: Beastie Boys, Big Daddy Kane, Billy Talent, Bloc Party
C: Coldplay, The Chemical Brothers, Cobra Starship, The Cab
D: Dr. Dre, The D.O.C., Dizzee Rascal, Doug E. Fresh
E: Eric B. & Rakim, Egotrippi, EPMD, Eazy-E
F: Fintelligens, The Fray, Family Force 5, Franz Ferdinand
G: GZA, Gnarls Barkley, Gym Class Heroes
H: Hannibal & Soppa, Hieroglyphics, Heikki Kuula
I: Immortal Technique, Ice Cube, Innerpartysystem
J: Jay-Z, Jamiroquai, Jamie Cullum, James Brown
K: Kanye West, The Killers, Keane, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
L: Lupe Fiasco, Loost Koos
M: Mika, Muse, Michael Jackson, Mobb Deep
N: N*E*R*D, Naughty by Nature, Nas, Norah Jones
O: OutKast
P: Panic at the Disco, Proof, Petter, Pharrell
Q: -
R: Run-D.M.C., Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ray Charles
S: Secondhand Serenade, Snoop Dogg, Snow Patrol, Slick Rick
T: Talib Kweli, T.I., A Tribe Called Quest
U: Usher
V: -
W: Wu-Tang Clan, The White Tie Affair, Wale
X: Xzibit
Y: -
Z: -

1. What's your favorite song by 15? The Damned
so messed up.. 1 of the 2.. love song.. i love their first three records but thats about it
2. How did you get into 20? Tom Waits
jim jarmusch
3. Who is your favorite member in 1? The Beatles
john lennon
4. What’s your favorite lyric bit by 29? Motörhead
"love me like a reptile shock you like an electric eel" hahaha
no seriously how can you pick a favorite lyric?
5. Have you ever seen 22 live? Jimi Hendrix
no.. he died 8 years before i was born
6. What's your favorite album from 10? Black Sabbath
it depends.. right now i think its sabbath bloody sabbath
7. Do you own any merchandise from 3? The Doors
um..i own cds, dvds, and even a book if thats what you mean by merchandise
8. What is a good memory you have of 7? Slayer
sneaking off during work to drink beer in my future husbands car..
plus all the times ive seen them live
9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2? Syd Barrett
no..hes dead..and he was older than my parents
10. When did you first get into 8? Nine Inch Nails
when i heard head like a hole way back in middle school
11. Who likes 4 along with you?Ramones
most of south america?
12. Which song did you first hear from 16? The Breeders
probably safari
13. What song made you fall in love with 5? The Who
magic bus
14. Which song do you not like by 18? Babes in Toyland
i dont like any of the ones the drummer sings.. shes not very good
15. Why do you like 14's songs? AC/DC
bon said theyre all about either sex drugs or rock and roll.. and thats why they rock
16. Where did you first hear 6? Led Zeppelin
at home.. my dad played their lps a lot
17. How long was 19 a band before you liked them? Faith No More
a few years i guess.. i know the real thing came out when i was in like 7th grade
18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory? The Rolling Stones
no..but i hate you cant always get what you want
19. When did you get into 17? Death
1999
20. How long have you been into 9? Nirvana
hmm..18 years..christ
21. If 11 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them? Misfits
only if danzig was there.. and i wouldnt drive.. id take the metro
22. How many CDs do you own of 12? Pink Floyd
all of them..plus too many bootlegs to count
23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry? Type O Negative
my girlfriends girlfriend.. i cry because its the worst song ive had to endure live about 15 times
25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile? Alice in Chains
smile? i dont know.. but they make me sing along
26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28? Bob Marley And The Wailers
um..i give up
27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times? Mark Lanegan
in my whole life? maybe
28. Any song by 50 that you've only listened to once? The Clash
maybe
29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24? Beastie Boys
nope
30. What song got you into 40? Cream
i dont remember..my dad played them a lot too.. white room?
31. What is your favorite single by 25? Bob Dylan
i dont know any singles.. i like isis a lot..shelter from the storm.. visions of johanna.. theres too many to name
32. If 49 hated you, what would you do? The Mummies
tell them to join the club
33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out? Metallica
i would have to say no..unless it was jason..and it was like 1990..
34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend? The Jimi Hendrix Experience
umm..no? but two of them are dead so..
35. Who has the best voice in 46? KISS
space ace!
36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking? Primus
theyre ok i guess.. but herb is bald now so im giving him a thumbs down
37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36? Circle Jerks The Cramps
how the hell would someone know the answer to that?
38. How many CDs do you own of 30? Creedence Clearwater Revival
all of them
39. Is there a song from 33 that makes you mad? Dinosaur Jr
it makes me mad that ive never heard the leper live yet
40. Which member from 31 do you want to see go solo? Black Flag
robo hahah
41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of? Venom
schizo..it reminds me to buy more weed
42. Did you hate 43 at first? Bob Marley
no! no one can hate bob
43. Does your best friend also listen to 27? Ghetto Ways
i dont have a best friend
44. Do you think your parents would like 7? Slayer
no..in fact i think they have told me that they do not like slayer.
45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance? Oblivians
sure
46. Have you ever seen 34 in person? Screaming Trees
yes when i was a grungy teen
47. Do you like 44's name? Iron Maiden
yes i do. i like the song too
48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with? Megadeth
no..christ no.
49. Do you know anyone that hates 52? The Kinks
i doubt it
50. Have you ever danced to a song from 55? The Amps
yes i have.

TehSpiral's top albums (overall)
1. Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas (137) 2. Madvillain - Madvillainy (131) 3. Jaylib - Champion Sound (127) 4. The Beatles - Revolver (107) 5. Quasimoto - The Unseen (100) 6. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (98) 7. The Bees - Octopus (95) 8. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (94) 9. Slum Village - Fantastic, Vol. 2 (93) 10. Method Man & Redman - Blackout! 2 (91) 11. Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends (88) 12. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (88) 13. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (84) 14. J Dilla - Donuts (82) 15. The Beatles - Abbey Road (81) 16. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (81) 17. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (79) 18. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (76) 19. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free (76) 20. Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches (74) 21. Mos Def - The Ecstatic (74) 22. Talking Heads - Remain in Light (70) 23. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 (70) 24. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (69) 25. eMC - The Show (65)


Can't stop! Won't stop!