top picks in december, 2008
- portishead : third
- ratatat : LP3
- standeg : ultra high tech violet
- stendeck : faces
- tzolk'in : haab'
- vector lovers : vector lovers
top picks in august, 2007
- cheb i sabbah : various
- edge of dawn : enjoy the fall
- front line assembly : artificial soldier
- haujobb : various
- hecq : bad karma
- skinny puppy : various
top picks in april, 2007
- amon tobin : foley room
- covenant : skyshaper
- haujobb : various
- skinny puppy : mythmaker
- trentemoller : last resort
top picks in august, 2006
- covenant : skyshaper
- dj cheb i sabbah : various
- haujobb : various
- massive attack : 100th window
- seabound : various
- skinny puppy : greater wrong of the right
top 8 picks in february, 2004
in alphabetical order:
- amon tobin : out from out where
- covenant : northern light / atom heart
- cut.rate.box : various
- front line assembly : civilization
- haujobb : vertical theory
- shinjuku thief : the witch hammer
- spylab : this utopia
- trial of the bow : ornamentation
top 7 picks in january, 2003
in alphabetical order:
- amon tobin : bricolage / permutation / supermodified
- dj cheb i sabbah : krishna lila
- conjure one : conjure one
- flunk : for sleepyheads only
- haujobb : polarity
- jedi mind tricks : violent by design
- supreme beings of leisure : divine operating system
top 10 picks in june, 2002
in alphabetical order:
- download : effector
- dryft : cell
- front line assembly : epitaph / reclamation
- haujobb : polarity
- nwa : best of / straight outta compton
- pearl jam : ten + some various
- pixies : various
- shpongle : tales of the inexpressible
- skinny puppy : various
- u2 : various boy through zooropa
top 10 picks in sept, 2000
:
- coil : love's secret domain
- covenant : sequencer
- forma tadre : navigator
- haujobb : freeze frame reality
- noise unit : decoder
- numb : blood meridian
- pearl jam : ten
- project pitchfork : eon:eon
- shpongle : are you shpongled?
- skinny puppy : too dark park
Where do I find all these weird albums? The better known and more popular mail-order shops for electronic music are Metropolis Records' mail order and Isolation Tank. Another decent place I've found online is CD Universe.