{"id":208,"date":"2008-12-30T17:15:14","date_gmt":"2008-12-30T06:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/discontentblog.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"2021-01-31T22:48:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T22:48:15","slug":"wheres-your-mate-in-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2008\/12\/30\/wheres-your-mate-in-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Where&#8217;s Your Mate In 2008?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/discontentblog.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/12\/ellenallien-bymichaelmann-plus1.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"ellenallien_bymichaelmann_PLUS.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"408\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had to write it down somewhere for posterity &#8211; the obligatory &#8220;best of&#8221;, in no particular order, for the last tropical year (including many 2007 releases that rolled in late).  Slate clean, here&#8217;s to &#8217;09.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>pic:<\/strong> Ellen Allien by Michael Mann<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ELLEN ALLIEN<\/strong> &#8216;Sool&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>THE BUG<\/strong> &#8216;London Zoo&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>ITAL TEK<\/strong> &#8216;Cyclical&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>LEILA<\/strong> &#8216;Blood, Looms &amp; Blooms&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>2562<\/strong> &#8216;Aerial&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>TUSSLE<\/strong> &#8216;Cream Cuts&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN <\/strong>&#8216;Fire Escape&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>DFA \/ SUPERSOUL<\/strong> &#8216;Nobody Knows Anything: DFA Presents SuperSoul&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>DUSK &amp; BLACKDOWN <\/strong>&#8216;Margins Music&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>EL REMELON<\/strong> &#8216;Pibe Cosmo&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>ZOMBY<\/strong> &#8216;Where Were U In 92?&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>RONG MUSIC \/ DFA<\/strong> &#8216;Notwave&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>STATIC DISCOS<\/strong> &#8216;Safety Stock&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>FIRST AID KIT<\/strong> &#8216;Drunken Trees&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>FLYING LOTUS<\/strong> &#8216;Los Angeles&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>FANTASTIKOI HXOI<\/strong> &#8216;Kyriarxoi Tou Sympantos&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>SKULL DISCO<\/strong> &#8216;Soundboy&#8217;s Gravestone Gets Desecrated By Vandals&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>BURAKA SOM SISTEMA<\/strong> &#8216;Black Diamond&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>ACTRESS<\/strong> &#8216;Hazyville&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>FREE BLOOD <\/strong>&#8216;Singles&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>MEGASOID<\/strong> &#8216;Speed Knots Vol.1&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>EL GUINCHO<\/strong> &#8216;Alegranza&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>GHISLAIN POIRIER<\/strong> &#8216;No Ground Under&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>SAUL WILLIAMS<\/strong> &#8216;The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>PORTISHEAD<\/strong> &#8216;Third&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>KIM HIORTHOY<\/strong> &#8216;My Last Day&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>MOCHIPET<\/strong> &#8216;Microphonepet&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>APPARAT<\/strong> &#8216;Things To Be Frickled&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>DJC &amp; ZULU<\/strong> &#8216;Gods &amp; Robots&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had to write it down somewhere for posterity &#8211; the obligatory &#8220;best of&#8221;, in no particular order, for the last tropical year (including many 2007 releases that rolled in late). 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