D'Arcangelo - Shipwreck (1999)

Really enjoyed this release, it's a collection of their works from 96-99 and still stands up well in today's market of hyper glitched electronic; the opener is a sweeping slice of 808-induced techno before blasting off into full on broken beats and catchy hooks. Recommended!

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Drexciya - Neptune's Lair (1999)

Together with Grava 4 this must be the greatest Drexciya album. It features more, rather short, tracks than the other albums. Due to these short tracks Drexciya allowed themselves to expose a great diversity in electronic sounds to the world. It turned out great!

Neptune's Lair begins with a very dark intro, a good way to get in the mood. The first real track is 'Andreaen Sand Dunes' a great deep magical track to start things off. "Andreaen Sand Dunes" - a smooth moment of simplistic beauty. "Organic Hydropoly Spores" - what a feeling! "Surface Terrestrial Colonisation" - an electro-funk workout of breathtaking originality. "O to the power of..." - closes the album by bringing you into new realms. Really a monumental album of electro! What a legacy Drexciya created!

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Gramm - Personal Rock (1999)

Personal Rock is Jan Jelinek's debut album. Right from the start it creates an incredibly deep and warm atmosphere. This is contemporary electronic music on the leap into the next millenium. Technical, skillful and at the same time organic and seamless. Crackles, digital noises, cool harmonies and sublime shuffling grooves, ever shifting and floating . Minimal, experimental, streaming a tranquility that grows with every listen. The perfect ambience for some easy living, adding comfort and color to the change of season. One of my favorite albums as of late, pick it up!

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Mira Calix - One on One (1999)

The wife of Sean Booth, one half of a little electronic group called Autechre. Her first full album, One on One seems to follow the output of Autechre during that point in time, but with just a bit more of an organic feel to it. The actual production rating is quite high, and it should be so, considering who her husband is. Songs like "Skin With Me" and my personal favorite "Sparrow" are great examples of Ms. Booth's penchant for organic and nature-based sounds, mixed in with abstract rhythms that hang tight enough to still tap your feet to. For people who couldn't stand Ae's genre-breaking sounds of Confield, but enjoyed how LP5's rhythms sounded, this would be a great release to check out.

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Squarepusher - Selection Sixteen (1999)

Incredibly underrated album by Mr. Tom Jenkinson, one of his few forays into acid-based music. "Square Rave", "Dedicated Loop", "Acid Tape Track" and "Snake Pass" are all songs that will rock the dancefloor the second they are played, immense, ridiculously funky music. It may not be the most complex album released by Squarepusher, but it's definitely up there! Also includes a remix by Ceephax.

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