best of 2006

[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.

[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.

[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

[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 ;)

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!

[fac]

best label - planet mu

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