best of 2006

[rhythmtech]

best tune - metroline~acetate
best label - hydraulix
best producer - davethedrummer (consistant quality)/cirez d (always sounds fresh)
best dj - simms
best live act - seb marx
best newcomer - distek
one to look out for in 2007 - audioklinik
best club night you've been to - kommunity
best gig you've seen - pounding grooves @ teknowarfare


feel free to add on to it

[The Overfiend]

best label - Audio Assault
best producer - Paul Mac
best dj - Ben Sims
best live act - Patrick Dsp
best newcomer - Concrete Dj'z
one to look out for in 2007 - Zeitgeist

[Miromiric]

best label - none
best producer - almost none
best dj - mimi (again)
best live act - none
best newcomer - none
one to look out for in 2007 - none (yet)

[Buttman]

best label - Type
best producer - dunno
best dj - Surgeon
best live act - none
best newcomer - none
one to look out for in 2007 - none (yet)

[essence]

best label - modern love
best producer - marcellus pittman, andy stott
best dj - ben sims
best live act - none
best newcomer - andy stott, redshape
one to look out for in 2007 - as above + more stuff from usual suspects

[essence]

and yeah t++ is definitely one to watch out for

[basslinejunkie]

what miro said but ad mulero in the dj bit.

for me, an extremley un inspiring year if im blatantly honest.really struggle to find stuff i like thats fresh,its always old.

[conflict]

big up beyer and mad eye

[fac]

best label - planet mu
best producer - chris clark, venetian snares
best dj - deetron
best live act - mouse on mars, chris clark or bitstream (cant decide)
best newcomer - redshape
one to look out for in 2007 - redshape, convextion (hopefully does some more stuff)

[robin m]

Off the top of my head

best label - mastertraxx or 4x4
best producer - glenn wilson
best dj - DAVE the drummer
best live act - not seen too many this year, michael forshaw or cursor miner
best newcomer - no idea
one to look out for in 2007 - hopefully messanger will get a good break

[Buttman]

I agree with Robin S.

[dirty_bass]

FAVE label: City centre offices.
FAVE Producer: Charlie Clouser
FAVE DJ: DJ Boss
Fave Live Act: The Young Gods, by a long long long way.
Fave newcomer: Tough tough decision, will have to be a list....

Rory St John: For amazing production/synth technique.
Villain: For unexpected and very fresh sounds and textures.
Force: Again for artful and original programming technique.
Casual Violence: For taking the dark side away from the rather tedious birmingham model that most seem to follow.

One to look out for in 2007.
Those mentioned above, plus some of the other more original people that have emerged on BOA over the last year or so, and who seem to be trying something different.
Force, Rory St John, Villain, Stoq, Jay Pace (not really a newcomer), Bloodstar spring to mind immediately, but there are also a few others who I hope will forgive me for not mentioning.

All in all a very dissapointing year for techno (well, techno techno, the stuff that sits between minimal and schranze).
Lots of releases by people mimicking their idols.
An increasing stagnation and lack of risk taking in general, it doesn`t surprise me at all that minimal has got so popular, as there seems to be some genuine artistry going on and a genuine spread of diversity within this subgenre.
However, there does appear to me to be a new bunch of rebels emerging who are making interesting sounds and doing it in a different way, which is very encouraging.
I fear however, that 2007 will breed more armies of Dave the Drummer and Glen Wilson clones (which is no discredit to either producer, both lead their fields, rightly so) and more homogonisation within the rather ailing techno scene.
Bring on the diversity and the end of single minded-ness.

[fac]

best label - planet muthats bollocks. must be r&s of course (planet mu is still great tho). thanks for all the fantastic represses :)

[marginmaster]

fave live act= grindviks monuments pa. awesome:cool:

and switchblade for no messin pounding loveliness:ruevil:

[Buttman]

FAVE label: City centre offices.

Good, good.

[echodek]

best label - subject detroit
best producer - claro intelecto, gerald donald
best dj - deetron
best live act - modeselektor
best newcomer - pendle coven
one to look out for in 2007 - http://www.myspace.com/nineninetwo

[Frank Dogshit]

FAVE Producer: Rumenige/Loktibrada, Fanon Flowers.
FAVE DJ: Inigo Kennedy
Fave Live Act: Speedy J

[fac]

Fave Live Act: Speedy Jdidnt he stop to play "real" live gigs?

[Numeric]

fave live act= grindviks monuments pa. awesome:cool:


yeah the Monuments PA is one of the finest...

also Ian Lehman, Radial and Pat DSP...

Pat DSP's Passport is one of my fave DJ sets from this year without doubt, and Dia.chro.na's Fingerprints Vol.12 also...

[v0ins]

LABEL - Hydraulix
PRODUCER - D.A.V.E The Drummer/Alex Calver
DJ - D.A.V.E The Drummer (Fav. DJ by far. attended whole set at W.E.M.F, it was nasty but the stereo kept getting ****ed up.)
TRACK - Dirty Bass -Back On Form EP [Rock the Show

[aallvor]

best label - Trapez
best producer - Jeff Samuel
best dj - Switch
best live act - Cobblestone Jazz
best newcomer - None
one to look out for in 2007 - None

[Trip Head]

Best tune: Eric Sneo - Masters 14a
Best label: Hydraulix
Best producer: Cave
Best DJ: DAVE The Drummer
Best live act: British Murder Boys
Best Newcomer: Adrenaline Records

[Clit Commander]

best tune - Peace Division - Blacklight Sleaze (Radioslave Dub)
best label - Wagon Repair, Podium, Audio Assault
best producer - Martin Buttrich, Par Grindvik
best dj - Joel Mull, Collabs 3000, Luciano, Derrick May
best live act - Mathew Jonson or Jamie Lidell (they actually do stuff!)
best newcomer - Redshape, Radial, Locodice
one to look out for in 2007 - Paco Osuna, SLS (back in top form!)
best club night you've been to - Release
best gig you've seen - awakenings or a 3-day weekend in berlin

my list changes on a daily basis though. I would choose some sort of obscure barely techno references for my boa list, but that would be too predictable and gay.

[robin m]

Off the top of my head

best label - mastertraxx or 4x4
best producer - glenn wilson
best dj - DAVE the drummer
best live act - not seen too many this year, michael forshaw or cursor miner
best newcomer - no idea
one to look out for in 2007 - hopefully messanger will get a good break

Forgot to answer these:

best tune - The Divide - Drop sector or Paul Langley - Jack n juice (tho I'm not sure when they were released tbh)
best club night I've been to - the Interakt birthday party (si begg, ceephax, cursor miner, radioactive man & michael forshaw)
best gig I've seen - too many good ones to choose from... darc marc, DAVE the drummer, Tim Exile, chris lib jump to mind

[eyeswithoutaface]

haha drop sector came out in November 05 ;)

[Dorian Hunter]

Best Label: Audio Assault (& Arms)
Best producer: I think Calvertron has released quite a lot of good stuff
Best track: Truth without pain from Primal, this tune has everything I need, really wikid
Best DJ-set: I really enjoyed Bas Mooy`s set at Tekkno Traxx, really heavy pounding shit, well done m8 :)
Best Live-PA: Dean Rodell @ Tekkno Traxx
Newcomer: J. Walker, DJ Mika, A.P. (Is he "new"? Not sure, but bought the first records from this guy 2006.)

Merry Christmas & a happy new year to all of you!

[robin m]

haha drop sector came out in November 05 ;)

:doh:

Ah well, all 10 points to Paul Langley then.

[z99]

the year G-Man releases 4 records can't be all that bad :)

here's a list of my techno heroes '2006:

Gez Varley
Gerard Hanson
Robert Henke
John Tejada
Anders Ilar

maybe in this very order, or quite possibly not really //

Geoff White's lovely Nevertheless finally saw the daylight as well -- it's produced years ago tho'

keep 'em coming!

[The Overfiend]

Tune: Brad Lee - All The Girls (Clandestine)
No Nepotism involved either, if you heard it you know I speak truth.

[BloodStar]

best tune - many tunez from TechnoProductionFilez section
best label - AAR, ARMS
best dj - Oscar Mulero
best producer - Paul Mac
best live act - Alexander Kowalski, Dirty Bass
best newcomer - Intel Core 2 Duo
one to look out for in 2007 - Pilsner Urquell in nice new bottle
best club night you've been to - Imperium
best gig you've seen - Imperium

[Athar]

best tune - Hydraulix 13.6 - Mark Ankh - 4th Dimension
best label - Sound Evulution
best producer - Dave The Drummer / Extrawelt
best dj - DJ Clodagh
best live act - Lasse "Choose" Steen on Drop The Bomb IV@London
best newcomer - Mark Ankh
one to look out for in 2007 - AP
best club night you've been to - browar mieszczanski@wroclaw/poland
best gig you've seen - not yet!

[audioinjection]

best tune - Thats a tuff one....
best label - Kanzleramt
best producer - Vince Watson
best dj - Ben Simms
best live act - Surgeon
best newcomer - Peter Horrevorts
one to look out for in 2007 - Wetworks
best club night you've been to - Interface
best gig you've seen - Speedy J @ Interface

[fac]

best live act - Surgeon:laughing:

[Roxy Trip]

worse sets of 2006 :laughing:

carl cox at wakestock! because he played complete and utter cheese
and dave clarke at warehouse project , he played one of the worse sets ive ever heard !

two of the highest paid dj's ive seen this year..pfft, what a dissapointment :grr:

[Fan]

best tune - Aaron-Carl - Tears (Subject Detroit)
best label - Subject Detroit
best producer - Carl Craig
best dj - Surgeon
best live act - UR/Los Hermanos
best club night you've been to - Electric City
best gig you've seen - Los Hermanos, Suburban Knight, DJ 3000,
Octave One & Rob Hood @ The Warehouse Project

[holotropik]

Best Producer: Dirty Bass
Best Live-set: Chris Liebing @ old river international
Best DJ: dont care...

I felt that 2006 was pretty good from my perspective as I found out lots of new sounds and people. I ended up focussing on new artists because they had the freshness!

I was impressed by what Beyer came up with and was totally blown away by Liebing's Live PA stuff.

Personally I am moving further away from the mainstream DJ driven yadda and into more obscure Live music.

[Elvio Neto]

one to look out for in 2007 - audioklinik




i have one set of him

i think its the best techno set i ever heard in my life :)

[fac]

was totally blown away by Liebing's Live PA stuffliebing doesnt play live pa's. never did.

[Clit Commander]

liebing doesnt play live pa's. never did.

True, but sadly his Ableton/FinalScratch/Midi Controllers DJ setup (of other peoples tracks) is a lot more live than most original live pa's these days. :(

[eyeswithoutaface]

strange, im sure i saw a few events with Liebing and Speedy doing the Colabs thing live???

[Frank Dogshit]

yep but i dont think liebing ever went live solo....

[fac]

collabs isnt a "real" live thing either

[Buttman]

Actually Liebing is not human but just a sack of skin filled with this:

http://www.icakuriren.se/img/recept/bilder/ik3400marang.jpg

[holotropik]

Yeah I suppose ya'll right in a way.
still reckon his live-remixing set was the best thing i have heard
for a very long time.
I would say it is the closest thing to where techno djing should be right now.

[fatcollective]

best tune: Get some - Distek - Kick the Drum
best label: HZ Trax, Adrenalin Records, Kick the Drum
best producer: Christian Fischer, Dave the Drummer, Wehbba
best dj: Dave the Drummer, Chris Liberator
best live act: ?
best newcomer: Distek
one to look out for in 2007: A.P., Distek, Scott Kemix, Rhythm Technologies
best club night you've been to: Nuclear Audio, Liverpool
best gig you've seen: Misjah @ Nuclear Audio

[robin m]

best label: HZ Trax, Adrenalin Records, Kick the Drum

I forgot about Adrenaline recs, definitely a contender - not many releases yet but all of them banging :cool:

[303Power]

best newcomer - distek



so true. his tunes are amazing

[Aratron]

Best Label - Stay Up Forever
Best DJ (i have seen last year anyway) Johnny Sideways
Best Live Act - Fired Up - OldBugger and Rackem

[303Power]

best dj - Dj bold or Dj rush @ family grooves, coronet, london nov 06