End of year poll, charts & Acid Techno awards!

[Si the Sigh]

Ok, the end of 2004 is in sight, and I thought it's about time you guys shared your thoughts on all things acid, by answering the poll, putting up your Top 10 tracks of 2004 & voting in the Acid Techno "awards"

Best producer of 2004?

Producer to watch out for in 2005?

Best label of 2004?

Best tune / release of 2004?

Best remix of 2004?

Best DJ of 2004?

DJ to watch out for in 2005?

Best PA of 2004?

Please add your Top 10 tunes of 2004, as well as your comments & thoughts on how things have been this year. Feel free to comment on anything to do with the acid techno scene, the up's, the down's, etc.

Thanks to everyone who contributes to, posts in & reads this acid techno forum. With out you guys, none of this would exist and we would all be sad lonely acid junkies wandering around cyber space looking for someone, anyone to talk to about interesting 303 patterns, instead of our daily meetings in comfort here with all the other nutters! So once again, thank you all for making this such a great forum.

Respect... :clap:

Si

[fatcollective]

Best producer of 2004? Dave the Drummer, Alex Calver, Ant & Distek.

Producer to watch out for in 2005? Distek from the FAT Collective

Best label of 2004? Kick the Drum and Apex

Best tune / release of 2004? Kick the Drum 2

Best remix of 2004? Burn out misfit on Hydraulix (all 4 were mint)

Best DJ of 2004? Dave the drummer, Distek, A.P. & Triple B

DJ to watch out for in 2005? as above

Best PA of 2004? didnt get to see one, although i have heard some good stuff about Dirty Bass and as ever Dave the Drummer.

im not really into to top 10s, but i will highlight that there has been some excellent stuff produced this year and things are looking really healthy for 2005. ups n downs of this year....Up.. we managed to start our label kick the drum...downs...getting ****ed about with kick the drum 3...but not to worry cause all will ready for december...another down...loosing part of our studio for 2 months....Up...getting it back 10 times better than the last one :lol: ...down...mondays in work this year have been the worst so far...i just cant get my head round em....and the last up so far was having Dave the Drummer in North wales at our local club and also being able to spend all sat night and sunday have a right laugh...you dont often get the chance to have Dave the drummer come back to your house for a mix n a few beers.... :lol: ...also really looking forward to 2005 and seeing how our label progresses!

[Prosac]

Best producer of 2004? Guy "Geezer" Mcaffer

Producer to watch out for in 2005? Darc Marc & Lenny Dee

Best label of 2004? WahWah

Best tune / release of 2004? Cluster 68

Best remix of 2004? RAW020 (Winnebago Warriors Remix)

Best DJ of 2004? Dave The Drummer

DJ to watch out for in 2005? Alex Calver

Best PA of 2004? Guy Mcaffer & Carl Hendrickse

[mr burns]

Best producer of 2004? Guy "Geezer" Mcaffer, alex calver,lars klein

Producer to watch out for in 2005? alex calver

Best label of 2004? WahWah, skankadelic, blipped out, audio assault

Best tune / release of 2004?
Best remix of 2004? acid disco (dave the drummer rmx)

Best DJ of 2004? chris liberator, dave the drummer,mark eg, evil ed ( if you havnt heard this guy get some of his mixes theres loads about, alex calver

DJ to watch out for in 2005? all above

Best PA of 2004? geezer,

[The Germ]

Best producer of 2004? D.A.V.E The Drummer (So Many Sweet Release)

Producer to watch out for in 2005? Alex Calver & Me of course hahaha

Best label of 2004? Hmm... Hazchem made a smashin comeback..

Best tune / release of 2004? Acid Disco

Best remix of 2004? Drummer on chase yer tail

Best DJ of 2004? Patrick Dsp (wicked Skillz)

DJ to watch out for in 2005? (I think Allex S will be blowing up)

Best PA of 2004? prb Steve u dirty bass avin it mutherfunker

[Dabble]

[/b]Best producer of 2004 Ant & Dave The Drummer

Best label of 2004 Getafix & Powertools

Best tune/release of 2004 Oh Superman Xbooty 01

Best remix of 2004 Hydraulix 6 remixes

Best DJ of 2004 Ant

DJ to watch out for in 2005 Anyone who has the nerve & good taste to get behind the decks & give it their best.

Best PA of 2004 Irritant

Oh, by the way Mr Burns, I thought the Acid Disco remix was from 2003 :roll:

[4m8]

Best producer of 2004? Ant, Dave the Drummer and Alex Calver

Producer to watch out for in 2005? Alex Calver

Best label of 2004? Powertools; Racetrax

Best tune / release of 2004? I would say Max Min Blue Black and Tec 66

Best remix of 2004? If Acid Disco is from this year I´ll go with it top quality Dave!!

Best DJ of 2004? Dave the Drummer

DJ to watch out for in 2005? Ant

Best PA of 2004? Dave...got a chance to see it at Sp groove here at it was amazing...

I think that acid techno is in a high at the moment..top quality releases coming out and at least here in Brasil people are a bit more open to the sound....this sunday we have Chris aaron and ant here playing at Sp groove and at least 3000 people are expected (at least)...so I think that the year for acid techno has been very good...well that´s my opinion!!
And congrats on the forum...top quality discussions and tunes of information!!!

Regards,
Alexandre

[AcidTrash]

Best producer of 2004?

Guy Mcaffer without a doubt

Producer to watch out for in 2005?

I would say Alex Calver but I've got a feeling that Jeff Amadeus is going to stun us.

Best label of 2004?

Skankadelic without a doubt. There's been a couple of turkeys on that label but the stormers on skank destroyed everything else on the record market. closely followed by wah wah.

Best tune / release of 2004?

Hydraulix 24

Best remix of 2004?

SUFR29 Dirty Dancing Remix - Ant

Best DJ of 2004?

Easy... DAVE the Drummer closely followed by Aaron Liberator

DJ to watch out for in 2005?

ME!

Best PA of 2004?

Er... ME!

Possibly Antimatter too.

My years top ten most used records

Havok 28 - Geezer
Skank9 - Mr Burns
Smitten is Dead 1 **** Goa - Audio Pancake
Hydraulix 24
Swarfega - Chris Liberator
Murder was the bass - DK8
Feel the Dirty - Ant
Skankadelic 3/7 Mr Burns
Rocket to Hackney - Geezer (Wah Wah)
Fearless - Truelove


Been a good year really. Seen some top acts up North. Very pleased Euphonic has stayed alive. Had some awesome nights at Headcharge (RIP). The last Skankadelic was great fun and I hope to hear more of that stuff. Really pleased with the response to the AcidTrash mixes and really surpised to find that acid techno is as much fun on the web as it is in clubs.

Been a bit disapponted at the rest of the hard dance scene as I like to vary what I use but have been forced to turn into a bit of an acid techno purist because nothing else hits the standard for me anymore.

One nagging doubt is that, much though I adore the works of Guy Mcaffer, I'm a little jaded with everyone jumping on that 909 preset bandwagon. Good arrows to Alex Calver for breaking the mold. It's good to have a standard platform/format we can put out ideas onto but there is more than one way to skin a cat!

Big ups to FAT collective for all their hard work and encouragement and good job to Spawn for filling the void left by the demise of Havok.

Slightly annoyed at henry for ****ing my hearing up for a fortnight after his NYE live PA. Doesn't stop me going to see him 5 times a year though. Still the master!

Well done to Getafix too for making something interesting and different.

Ah **** it. It's all splitting the hair mighty thin. If you're in the game of acid techno then you're brilliant by default. Doesn't matter if you're one of the biggies or not. Theres a standard to hit and loads of you hit it every time you touch the decks so who cares who's in fashion?

Lets hope 2005 sees a whole bunch of new different talent and lets hope pressing vinyl gets cheaper! We all benefit from that!

[AcidTrash]

For me the true star of Acid Techno this year is Richie Freeway at Squatjuice.com for hosting mixes of all you lot. AcidTrash owes everything this year to SquatJuice's MP3 directory and BOA mix forum.

[Scott Kemix]

Best producer of 2004? Okay, got to be henry cullen close 2nd Guy Mcaffer
Producer to watch out for in 2005? Alex Calver & me 'Scott Kemix' heheheh
Best label of 2004? Subsonix.

Best tune / release of 2004? Hydraulix 24!

Best remix of 2004? Ant on vicious circle.

Best DJ of 2004? DJ PHEEVA (MakeShiftStudio/fatcollective) kicks ass on most the lads in North Wales.

DJ to watch out for in 2005? Rakkit & DJ PHEEVA.

Best PA of 2004? Guy Mcaffer.

respect

[AcidTrash]

With out you guys, none of this would exist and we would all be sad lonely acid junkies wandering around cyber space looking for someone, anyone to talk to about interesting 303 patterns, instead of our daily meetings in comfort here with all the other nutters!

Absolutely true and funny.

[mr burns]

Oh, by the way Mr Burns, I thought the Acid Disco remix was from 2003

i think your right, now that ive had time to think about it i would probably say smtrip 1 **** goa rmx by geezer i love that tune

[TeTe303]

Best producer of 2004? Geezer

Producer to watch out for in 2005? Alex Calver

Best label of 2004? Hydraulix

Best tune / release of 2004? Cluster68

Best remix of 2004? hydro 13.4

Best DJ of 2004? Henry Cullen

DJ to watch out for in 2005? all

Best PA of 2004? DAVE Geezer and Carl

[groover'z]

I'll wait for this weekend to post something here...

[Scott Kemix]

kicks ass on most the lads in North Wales.

****in mad shit, i am even quoting myself now. Never mind wales the whole ****in world. wow

[dan the acid man]

Best producer of 2004? henry cullen

Producer to watch out for in 2005? alex calver

Best label of 2004? hydraulix

Best tune / release of 2004? oh superman x booty 01

Best remix of 2004? hydralix 13.4 emerson mix

Best DJ of 2004? henry cullen

DJ to watch out for in 2005? anybody that plays good music

Best PA of 2004? D.A.V.E the drummer/ geezer

[Si the Sigh]

No one going to post up their 2004 charts? :?:

[Rog]

Best producer of 2004? Ant

Producer to watch out for in 2005? any of the underground collectives who have now started output with labels etc.

Best label of 2004? Getafix - independant acid

Best tune / release of 2004? prob route 52 for me, or the intec cheese fest by carl cox

Best remix of 2004? ummm

Best DJ of 2004? jeff amedus - wicked

DJ to watch out for in 2005? i recon mr. burns could have good success wthin the london underground - get your ass down!

Best PA of 2004? seb mark or dirtybass - neither true "acid" techno BUT most definatley from the underground scene.

da da - all involved keep it up!

germ whens your cut out?

;)

[dan the acid man]

No one going to post up their 2004 charts? :?:

let me go and have a think, :hmm: i want to get it right

[fatcollective]

No one going to post up their 2004 charts? :?:

ok mate, im in work, so just off the top of my heaed i've been thinking really hard which tunes really did stick out for me in 2004...so far anyway...here we go, but to be honest there are all with 6 months old...so i will post an earlier in the year chart when i get home:

1. Neonate 1 (dont stop the groove)
2. SUF Remix 26 (Lightspeed)
3. Kick The Drum 2
4. Powertools 20 (feel the dirty)
5. Max Min - (penetration Pink)
6. Apex 6 - (Council Estate)
7. Bugeyed - Jelo-Subscriber (DAVE rmx)
8. Hydraulix 27
9. Apex 11 - both sides
10. Glitch 6

there ya go Si ;)