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glitch / electronica / idm / dubstep

1 Xerrox Phaser Acat 1 Alva Noto
2 Blown Glass Typewriter Mountains
3 Black Sea Fennesz
4 Sketch Of Sounds ... Liik Viktorija Cop Viky
5 Black Light BJ Nilsen
6 Lightworks Astrobotnia
7 paralel Suns Autechre
8 Forgive Burial
9 All Is Full Of Love Bjork
10 We Share Our Mothers' Health The Knife
11 Lose You Peaches
12 when i grow up Fever Ray
13 My Girls Animal Collective
14 Agoraphobia Deerhunter
15 Bunker DJG
16 Kemancheh Moving Ninja
17 Hamas Rule Shackleton
18 Under The Dancing Feet Clouds
19 The Time Is Now (Bambino Casino Remix) Moloko
20 Suddenly is Sooner than You Think Dntel
21 Sweet Love For Planet Earth Fuck Buttons
22 In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country Boards of Canada
23 Analyse (Acoustic xfm) Thom Yorke
24 Time to find me Seefeel
25 Point and Gaze Thriller
26 Fever Eliot Lipp
27 Hubble Thriller
28 Swarm Thriller
29 Freak For You Thriller
30 Birds Of Prey (Kelpe remix) Architeq
31 Machine Gun Portishead
32 Smartbanging Fulgeance
33 Murder Us feat. Jahcoozi King Cannibal
34 Mmm Skyscraper I Love You Underworld
35 Autobahn Kraftwerk
36 J.W. On A Good Night Martyn
37 Rain Breakage
38 Dominion Benga
39 Rise Up (DJ Pinch Remix) Henry & Louis featuring Steve Harper
40 In for the Kill [Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix] La Roux
41 DVNO (robot koch Remix) Justice
42 Police feat. Mikey Murka (Disrupt Remix) Mahanee
43 Blinded By The Lights (Nero Remix) The Streets
44 Soles Sweat (feat 215TFK & Stray - Reso remix) DeBruit
45 My Own World Synkro
46 Kontrol 2562
47 Saints 'N' Sinners DJ Distance
48 Attack Of The Giant Robot Spiders Pinch
49 Hide and Seek (Enigma Remix) Imogen Heap
50 Debbitx Marcus Intalex
51 Watch We (Pinch Mix) Ashley Beedle & Horace Andy
52 You & I Pangaea
53 I'm Not A Sound (Akufen Rmx) Sieg uber die Sonne
54 Again The Addiction Actress
55 Piano dust Vector Lovers
56 Drone 1 The Rollercoaster Project

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
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.04a: 80 to 61
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.04b: 60 to 41
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.05a: 40 to 21

20
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Dead Flag Blues
F# A# (Infinity)
1996

The sound of a world slowly decaying and descending into the apocalypse, this was like some kind of future prophecy recorded to tape, as the three-part, sixteen minute epic took in bleak spoken word, cinematic soundscapes, quasi-orchestral movements, and the sound of the world rushing past in slow motion. This wasn't post-rock, it was post-apocalypse rock. It needs a description of it's own as, simply, no-one else sounds like this.

19
Massive Attack
Inertia Creeps
Mezzanine
1998

This Massive Attack album was more than a bit of a change from the mellow electronics of the previous albums - a suffocating darkness took hold of the whole album, of paranoia and fear, of which one of the few deviations from that was this - a track of after-dark, sultry tones that was clearly about sweat-drenched sex. I'm not sure I want to know how many, er, liasons this has soundtracked over the years, but I bet it's a lot.

18
Rico
Smokescreen
Sanctuary Medicines
1999

As the air-raid siren heralds the slow, trudging beats, and the track hauls itself into life as Rico details another song of fear and loathing, all the memories of the time around it that I went through come flooding back. This first album was one of those that became seriously personal to me, and the intense claustrophobic feel of this track more than any other.

17
Whale
Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe
We Care
1995

Formed by a couple of TV presenters, as I recall, and I'm not exactly sure how serious they were, but whatever happened, this track blew up in a big way, although we in the UK were later to the party than everyone else (this was being played wall-to-wall on MTV Europe a long time before it was a hit in the UK). What they were on about, none of us ever had any idea, really, but the track ruled. Female-fronted, psuedo-rap rock with a massive, massive chaotic chorus - and a fun video - was always going to be a hit in the days when music channels actually realised that alternative music was popular. Incredibly, footage exists on Youtube of the performance of this on TOTP, although what the comedy outfits are for, I have no idea.

16
VAST
Here
Visual Audio Sensory Theater
1998

A song so radically different to anything that came before it that it still, eleven years hence, sounds unique, it serves as a reminder that small artists can still break through to wider success, even for a short while, with actual talent. This track, the opening track to the striking debut album by Jon Crosby (for he is VAST), introduced itself on the back of string sample that continued to weave it's magic for longer than you'd perhaps expect, before the track proper kicked in - pounding, skyscraping rock that should really have been sung back by stadium crowds, such was it's magnificence. That it never quite worked out like that is a testament to how short-sighted that the music industry can be.

15
Emperor
Ye Entrancemperium
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
1997

For me Emperor's finest single track, this is a technically astonishing whirlwind of sound that is somehow surprisingly accessible at the same time (and is also reasonably melodic, too, something you don't always expect from Black Metal). It's still satisfyingly extreme, though, don't worry about that...

14
Machine Head
Davidian
Burn My Eyes
1994

Has metal, really, ever got much better than this? It may be endlessly overplayed nowadays, but there is a good reason for that - it's awesome. From the lengthy tease of the riffing opening, the bellowed chorus, the solos, and that breakdown to close...this is all but metal perfection.

13
Girls Against Boys
Bulletproof Cupid
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
1993

Unconnected to the Placebo track of the same name (other than that the Placebo one could be suggested to be a nod to this band), one of the greatest (and unheralded) alt.rock tracks of the early nineties. But then, GVSB never did adhere to fashions, instead preferring to go for a melodic, hardcore-esque sound with Scott McCloud's distinctive, smoky vocals and of course the twin-bass sounds. This track is from their revered Venus Luxure No.1 Baby album, a long-time live favourite and probably featuring Alexis Fleisig's best-ever drumming, too...

12
Front 242
Happiness
Re.Boot. Live
1998

The only live track I even considered for entry into this listing, this was the track that, when released on Re:boot, reminded us that 242 were indeed still very, very vital and very much alive. Much changed from the slightly-dull album version, the way this builds is a textbook lesson in how to do so and raise the tension of the crowd. Perhaps this is why a studio version of this track never materialised in this form: let's be honest, it works best in the live arena, even if this has become a rare live track that DJs are willing to use!

11
White Zombie
Super-Charger Heaven
Astro-Creep: 2000
1995

My girlfriend and I reckon a graph showing number of "Yeeeaaah"s uttered by Rob Zombie in each song compared to how popular/great they are would show a pretty strong correlation. And here's proof. The skull-crushing, rampaging second track on the last White Zombie album, they never got better than this. You know the song by now, right? Surely I need say no more...

10
The Breeders
Cannonball
Last Splash
1993

Who could have predicted that it would be Kim Deal that got the big success post-Pixies? It took a few years, and the albums never were that consistent, but when her new band got it right, the results were astonishing. And exhibit A? This immortal track, that starts slowly, before blossoming into a garage-surf-punk-sixties revival track that still brings a smile to my face every time I hear it...

9
Spiritualized
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
1997

The beautiful, aching lullaby that opens Jason Pierce's tour de force of drug-infused/related space rock, this is music that really had a soul. And soul, as it turned out. A lament to lost love, or drug addiction, it's difficult to separate them in this context, let's be honest, but either way this is gorgeous. The "proper" version, including the Elvis Presley lyrics so cruelly removed the first time around, has been played live this year at least (and was even better than the original at the RFH gigs), and is finally released properly on the new release of the album next week.

8
Swans
Failure
White Light From the Mouth of Infinity
1991

Probably the bleakest song about human nature that I will ever include in any list, ever, I'm not sure what this says about me that it's in my top ten songs of the 90s. When Michael Gira reined in the extremities of the sound of Swans as the 90s dawned, he didn't rein in the lyrical themes of darkness, despair and hate one bit. Here's proof - this track is little more than Gira and a guitar, but emotionally is heavier and more draining than just about anything else he did, an extraordinary musing on the titular subject. Just recently, too, the astonishing power of the track has been harnessed by My Dying Bride, whose cover is equally brilliant.

7
Misery Loves Co.
Kiss Your Boots
Misery Loves Co.
1995

The first Misery Loves Co. album was, to put it mildly, somewhat unsubtle. For the most part, it was rampaging industrial metal, with more of an emotional core than the machine-orientated themes of the like-minded Fear Factory, but it didn't come up short on heaviness, either. Kiss Your Boots was a perfect example, made to sound all the heavier by the whispered intro before the chorus bursts into contention. Oh, and that breakdown in the middle was immense, too...

6
Garbage
Vow
Garbage
1995

The song that started Garbage on the way to being big, big stars, and it remains their peak (and that's not to say that the first two albums, at least, weren't brilliant). Channeling elements from various sources (not least Curve, whose earlier style they purloined somewhat), this was a thrilling, chilling track with Shirley Manson delivering a devastating vocal performance that suggested it was, to say the least, best to stay on her good side. And that phased guitar intro still gives me the shivers.

5
Machines of Loving Grace
Butterfly Wings
Concentration
1993

A band that only ever gained real recognition thanks to their musical inclusion in The Crow, their material otherwise really did merit further listening - one of the many bands experimenting with industrial rock during the decade, their dark, seedy take on the genre resulted in some really interesting and unusual songs, and in particular this one - a track that I first heard thanks to the wonders of 120 Minutes on MTV Europe (oh for the days when MTV still covered real alternative music). A strange, dark but poppy(ish) track with lyrics referencing chaos theory, and something of a contempt for humanity, this was as about as commercial as the band ever got...

4
Alice in Chains
Would?
Dirt
1992

The final track on Dirt, and by some considerable distance the greatest song of the grunge era, I'm not really sure what else to say about this. For one, it always struck me lyrically as Layne Staley exorcising his demons in song, a plea for those criticising his lifestyle to look at things from his perspective for once. Musically, it's chorus is chillingly moving, but it's the sudden key shift at the end, as the track changes tack entirely, that always leaves a lump in my throat.

3
Dark Star
Vertigo
Twenty Twenty Sound
1998

An album that has been far, far, too precious to me for over ten years now, there was something about Dark Star's spaced-out and taut alt.rock that got me from the off - it may well, frankly, have "Bic" Haye's confessional lyrics that really got their claws in. The slightly messy, confused state-of-mind that the lyrics hinted out certainly resonated with my head at the time, but in particularly the scratchy, muscular beats of Vertigo dug their claws in that little bit deeper than the rest - a track about dusting yourself down, and moving on. The final refrain, of course, became my website domain (and my username here, too).

2
Underworld
Cowgirl
Dubnobasswithmyheadman
1994

The single greatest electronic track ever from probably the greatest of all of the electronic acts, this is eight of the most thrilling minutes to listen to. It doesn't initially sound like a lot - the whirling vortex of the electronics start things off, before Karl Hyde's stream of conciousness helps the track to get going, and then the beats kick in and we're off on a ride to the stratosphere. Even more astonishing is the live version of this - I saw them close with it late into Sunday evening at V98 and it remains one of the greatest live "moments" of my life.

1
Brainiac
I Am a Cracked Machine
Hissing Prigs in Static Couture
1996

The sheer oddness of this band really cannot be overstated. So far ahead of their time they were in space before most of their so-called peers were rubbing sticks to make fire, their ascent to the top of the pile was cut short by Tim Taylor's death - and it's tempting to wonder exactly how much further they could have pushed the envelope. While the last EP was a curious, electronic beast, this mighty track was the robotic snarl that closed their last full-length album, with a sound somewhere in the realms of Nine Inch Nails, if they had instead been armed with a Moog and a sonic template closer to new-wave - and where Tim Taylor admits he is flawed, but frankly couldn't give a fuck, as he was a rock star in waiting. A shame that latter bit was never realised.

Coming Soon: My top 100 albums 1990-99

DJ Lee Chaos
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
Bloc Party - The Prayer (Break & Silent Witness Mix)
Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don't Stand A Chance (Miike Snow Remix)
Junkie XL - Billy Club
Tommy Reilly - Grab Me By The Collar (Unicorn Kid Remix)
Claude VonStroke - Who's Afraid Of Detroit?
Benny Benassi - Illusion
Pendulum - Spiral
Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea (High Contrast Mix)
Sub Focus - Special Place
Aphrodite & Beverley Knight - Sometimes
Mistabishi - No Matter What
Chase & Status With Plan B - Pieces
DJ Fresh - Submarines
The Qemists - Lost Weekend
Freestylers With Pendulum & Sir Real - Painkiller
TC - Rockstar
Panacea - Chartbreaka
The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (TC Remix)
DJ Fresh - Nervous
Combichrist - This Shit Will Fuck You Up
Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy, Hey Girl (Soulwax Remix)
BOY'S NOIZE - &Down
The Prodigy - Warrior's Dance
Pendulum - Blood Sugar
TC - Raise The Roof
Sub Focus- Rockit
Drumsound & Simon Bassline Smith - Harder
John B - Tainted Love
Panacea - Found A Lover
Human Resource - Dominator
Mistabishi -Printer Jam
TC feat. Sub Focus - Borrowed Time (VIP)
The Prodigy- Omen
Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy
Ultraviolence - Hardcore Motherfucker
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (Boy's Noize Remix)
N-Trance - Set You Free
2 Unlimited - No Limits
Underworld - Born Slippy
VNV Nation - Perpetual
KMFDM - Juke Joint Jezebel
CJ Bolland - Sugar Is Sweeter
Stealer's Wheel - Stuck In The Middle
Fatboy Slim - The Rockerfella Skank
CSS - Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
Erasure - A Little Respect
Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Fatboy Slim Remix)
Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
The Prodigy - Out Of Space
Trashmen - Surfin' Bird

and you can listen to the alternative spotify playlist HERE

and for the ALTERNATIVE tracklisting please visit the officially unofficial blog @ ALTJUDDERPLAYLISTS

This is a fresh feature on the blog where, instead of just the regular monthly NC mixtapes, you can hear mixes that some of our favorite artists put together for us. This time it's Transformation Surprise, the solo project of Mary Pearson from High Places.

Regarding the theme of the mixtape she says it's "music that inspires my solo music by process and intent. This is the kind of stuff I listen to when my inspiration well is running a little dry."
Maybe you'll find it inspiring too. Who'd have thought Underworld and Cat Power would go so well together?

NC GUEST MIX #2: TRANSFORMATION SURPRISE

01. Tom Waits - Hoist That Rag
02. Bow Ribbons - Let Me Down Easy
03. Underworld - Something Like a Mama
04. Cat Power - I Don't Blame You
05. Portishead - Hunter
06. Buffy Sainte-Marie - He's a Keeper of the Fire
07. The Dead Weather - I Cut Like A Buffalo
08. Marnie Stern - Patterns Of A Diamond Ceiling
09. Broadcast - Tears in the Typing Pool
10. Violeta Parra - De Cuerpo Entero

She hopes to put a release together sometime in 2010 and she also might be doing a film score. We'll keep you posted. Check her out at Myspace.

Lee Chaos
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Nine Inch Nails - All The Love In The World
UNKLE - Safe In Mind
Young Gods - Secret
Akira the Don - Clones
One Inch Punch - Pretty Piece Of Flesh
I Am X - Bring Me Back A Dog
Flesh Field - Haven
Covenant - Like Tears In Rain
DJ Fresh - Immortal
Adrenalin Junkies - Outcry
Icon Of Coil - Shelter (According To Combichrist)
Nitzer Ebb - Shame (Mix 2)
Pendulum - Coma
DeathBoy - Change
Depeche Mode - I Feel Loved
VNV Nation - Entropy
Rotersand - Exterminate, Annihilate, Destroy
Combichrist - Blut Royale
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DJ Crispygoth
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Ayria - My Revenge On The World (Implant Mix)
Grendel - Soilbleed (Vs)
Diskonnected - Natural (V2 Dance)
Apoptygma Berzerk - End Of The World (Dark Club Mix)
Neuroticfish - Velocity
VNV Nation - Beloved (Grey Dawn Mix)
God Module - Resurrection
The Azoic - Conflict (Combichrist Mix)
Stromkern - Stand Up (Extended)
Skinny Puppy - Pro-Test
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Lee Chaos
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Alec Empire - Addicted To You
mad capsule markets - Pulse
Mindless Self Indulgence - Bitches
The Prodigy - Spitfire
Pendulum - Slam
Panacea - Chartbreaka
Subfocus - X-Ray
Spor - Way Of The Samurai
CJ Bolland - Sugar Is Sweeter
Chemical Brothers - Hey Girl Hey Boy
Mindless Self Indulgence - Straight To Video
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DJ Crispygoth
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Combichrist - This Shit Will Fuck You Up
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Freeland - We Want Your Soul
Icon of Coil - Thrillcapsule (Moonitor Mix)
Underworld - Born Slippy
The Prodigy - Voodoo People
Neuroticfish - They're Coming To Take Me Away
Avenue D - Do I Look Like A Slut?
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Lee Chaos
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No Bra - Munchausen
Infected Mushroom - I'm The Supervisor
Nine Inch Nails - Closer (Super Mario Mix)
Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy
Tom Jones VS Exitboy - Unusual
Nasenbluten - Shaftman
Ultraviolence - Hardcore Motherfucker
N-Trance - Set You Free (Hixxy Mix)
Panacea - Found A Lover
Pendulum - Blood Sugar
White Stripes - Blue Orchid (High Contrast Mix)
The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (Subfocus Mix)
DJ Tripp - We Will Select You
Slayer vs Atari Teenage Riot - No Remorse
Pitchshifter - Genius
Snake River Conspiracy - Lovesong
Mindless Self Indulgence - Faggot
Utah Saints - Mortal Kombat Theme
Fatboy Slim - Gangsta Trippin
Fischerspooner - Emerge
Goldfrapp - Strict Machine
Jackie O - Filthy Gorgeous
The Prodigy- Out Of Space
Pendulum - Fasten Your Seatbelt
Lab 4 - Hellboy
Ultraviolece - Adultery
Combichrist - Get Your Body Beat
VNV Nation - Chrome
Leftfield/Lydon - Open Up
Scooter - Sex Dwarf
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe

listen to the
alternative playlist on Spotify

And then visit my blog for the alternative tracklisting and more playlists

ALTJUDDERPLAYLISTS

Total Weeks: 71.
Last Week: 22 Nov. - 29 Nov. 2009.
Last Artist: Robbie Williams with 37 Plays.
Last Song: Starstruck with 5 Plays.




Weekly Top Artists
| ## | Artist : [ Weeks ] :

| 01 | Underworld : [ 41 ] :
| 02 | Capsule : [ 12 ] :
| 03 | Perfume : [ 9 ] :
| 04 | Belanova : [ 2 ] :
| 05 | Gus Gus : [ 2 ] :
| 06 | The Ting Tings : [ 1 ] :
| 07 | Kinky : [ 1 ] :
| 08 | Pnau : [ 1 ] :
| 09 | Fase : [ 1 ] :
| 10 | Saori@destiny : [ 1 ] :
| 11 | Robbie Williams : [ 1 ] :

Weekly Top Songs
| ## | Song : [ Weeks ] :

| 01 | Two Months Off : [ 8 ] :
| 02 | edge (⊿-mix) : [ 7 ] :
| 03 | Sound Of Silence : [ 4 ] :
| 04 | Speed of Sound : [ 3 ] :
| 05 | Holding The Moth : [ 2 ] :
| 06 | David : [ 2 ] :
| 07 | Comin' Around : [ 2 ] :
| 08 | チョコレイト・ディスコ : [ 2 ] :
| 09 | I Hate This Part : [ 2 ] :
| 10 | Superheroes : [ 2 ] :
| 29 | I Can Talk : [ 2 ] :
| 11 | ロスト : [ 1 ] :
| 12 | ジェニーはご機嫌ななめ : [ 1 ] :
| 13 | GAME : [ 1 ] :
| 14 | I still love U : [ 1 ] :
| 15 | WONDER (RimmiX) : [ 1 ] :
| 16 | Glider : [ 1 ] :
| 17 | Out of Touch : [ 1 ] :
| 18 | NIGHT FLIGHT : [ 1 ] :
| 19 | Shoes : [ 1 ] :
| 20 | It Means Nothing : [ 1 ] :
| 21 | Take Me Baby : [ 1 ] :
| 22 | Wild Strawberries : [ 1 ] :
| 23 | Lluvia En Desierto : [ 1 ] :
| 24 | Muerte En Venecia : [ 1 ] :
| 25 | Secret Paradise : [ 1 ] :
| 26 | JUMPER : [ 1 ] :
| 27 | jinrui no shinpo to chouwa : [ 1 ] :
| 28 | 020202 (New Mix) : [ 1 ] :
| 30 | Jumping then Cran : [ 1 ] :
| 31 | Another Planet : [ 1 ] :
| 32 | Y... : [ 1 ] :
| 33 | Parc : [ 1 ] :
| 34 | Stakeout : [ 1 ] :
| 35 | Twist : [ 1 ] :
| 36 | In Love With Myself : [ 1 ] :
| 37 | ポリリズム : [ 1 ] :
| 38 | Avión : [ 1 ] :
| 39 | Chrome : [ 1 ] :
| 40 | Luetin : [ 1 ] :
| 41 | Great DJ (7th Heaven Remix) : [ 1 ] :
| 42 | Crocodile : [ 1 ] :
| 43 | Spiralling : [ 1 ] :
| 44 | Marcha Atrás (Viaje a la Semilla) : [ 1 ] :
| 45 | That's Not My Name : [ 1 ] :
| 46 | Soñar : [ 1 ] :
| 47 | What A Shame : [ 1 ] :
| 48 | Glam Bucket : [ 1 ] :
| 49 | Sorda DJ : [ 1 ] :
| 50 | Best Mamgu Ever : [ 1 ] :
| 51 | Less Talk More Rokk : [ 1 ] :
| 52 | Hold You : [ 1 ] :
| 53 | We Call It Love : [ 1 ] :
| 54 | Economical Animal Superstar : [ 1 ] :
| 55 | LIES : [ 1 ] :
| 56 | ワンルーム・ディスコ : [ 1 ] :
| 57 | Starstruck : [ 1 ] :

Mo., 9. Nov. – Nils Petter Molvaer
Endlich, endlich hab ichs mal geschafft Nils Petter Molvaer live zu sehen. Obwohl das beinahe an der unglaublich irreführenden Besucherführung des Forums in Leverkusen gescheitert wäre. Zuerst sind die Türen im Parkhaus alle abgeschlossen und nur mit dem Vermerk bedacht: Bitte Haupteingang benutzen, doch wo der sich befindet...kein Pfeil, keine Angaben nix.

Egal...ich habs ja schließlich mit halbstündiger Vespätung - schönen Dank nochmal an die schlechte Führung - geschafft.

Den Anfang machte Three Fall, ein Trio aus Köln, das den Future Sounds Wettbewerb letzten Jahres gewonnen hat. Die beiden Bläser und der Schlagzeuger spielten teils sphärische teils ausgefallene, lautere Melodien und erzeugten auch mit anderen Hilfsmitteln wie z.B. dem plätschern aus einem Wassereimer ausgefallene Klangspiele.

Die zweite "Vorband" bot der Norweger Karl Seglem mit seiner Band. Der Saxophonist improvisierte zwar stellenweise ganz passabel und auch die anderen Musiker überzeugten zwar durch beherrschen Ihrer Instrumente, jedoch wirklich beeindruckt oder vom Hocker gehauen hat mich die Jazz-Pop-Folk-Mischung der Formation nicht. Posen konnten aber alle Herrschaften recht gut.

Dann endlich trat Nils Petter Molvaer auf die Bühne und begann mit ausgefallenem Trompetenspiel und mit und um die Trompete erzeugten Geräuschen, die er live einsampelte und zu neuen Tonabfolgen zusammenmischte eine experimentelle, abgedrehte aber dennoch melodisch angehauchte Klangwelt zu schaffen. Kurze Zeit später gesellte sich Stian Westerhus dazu, der mit ähnliche Spielereien an seiner Gitarre einsetzte. Zuerst, ohne seine Gitarre angerührt zu haben, nur durch die Schwingungen auf den Seiten und seine Effektgeräte. Mit Geräuschen die an Gewehrschüsse im Krieg erinnerten oder Motorendröhnen wurde eine faszinierende aber auch bedrückende Stimmung generiert. Als Vergleich fällt dient vielleicht der maschinelle industrial Sound von Nine Inch Nails. Dazu trommelte Audun Kleive mit elegantem mal schnellen, mal gedehnten aber immer ausgefeilten Paukenschlägen, Rythmen die an treibende, elektronsche Musik wie z.B. Underworlds Moaner erinnerten. Nach dem ca. 1 1/2 stündigen Konzert gab es, nach zwei begeisterten Standing Ovations, noch zwei Zugaben. Letztere schien ein Gewitter in der Halle zu simulieren und ich vermute die Musiker wollten dann auch langsam mal nach Hause.

Ein einducksvoller Auftritt. Vielleicht ergibt sich ja mal die Zusammenarbeit mit Musikern anderer bereits erwähnter Genres. Über das Ergebnis wäre ich sehr gespannt. Selbst Underworld versuchen sich mit Ihrer neuesten Veröffentlichung www.underworld-misterons-athens.com im Jazzbereich.

Bis zum nächsten Mal und Danke für den tollen Abend...