Rotwang

Here are the results from the "Psynews Best of the Noughties" poll: Best uptempo albums 1: Infected Mushroom - Classical Mushroom (YoYo 2000) 48 points from 7 votes 2: Ra - To Sirius (Blue Moon 2000) 36 points from 4 votes 3=: Khetzal - Corolle (Suntrip 2005) 35 points from 5 votes 3=: Filteria - Sky Input (Suntrip 2004) 35 points from 4 votes 5: Ra - 9th (Suntrip 2008) 26 points from 4 votes 6: Atmos - Headcleaner (Spiral Trax 2000) 24 points from 4 votes 7: Crop Circles - Tetrahedron (DAT 2008) 22 points from 4 votes 8: Fraggletrollet - Playground of Spirit (Shaman Films 2009) 21 points from 4 votes 9=: Derango - Tumult (Inpsyde 2005) 20 points from 5 votes 9=: Texas Faggott - Petoman's Peflett (Exogenic 2000) 20 points from 2 votes 11: Tamlin - Spectrogram (Faerie Dragon 2008) 19 points from 2 votes 12=: Dark Nebula - The 8th Sphere (Digital Psionics 2003) 18 points from 2 votes 12=: Spirallianz - Blast Food (Spirit Zone 2000) 18 points from 2 votes 14=: E-Mantra - Arcana (Suntrip 2009) 17 points from 4 votes 14=: Scatterbrain - Infernal Angel (Digital Psionics 2003) 17 points from 2 votes 16: Toï Doï - Technologic (Avatar 2000) 15 points from 3 votes 17=: Hunab-Ku - Magik Universe (Blue Moon 2000) 14 points from 2 votes 17=: Squaremeat - Wave Soup (Exogenic 2000) 14 points from 2 votes 17=: Talpa - The Art of Being Non (Sundance 2004) 14 points from 2 votes 20=: Chi-A.D. - Infinitism (Out of Orion 2001) 13 points from 2 votes 20=: Kino Oko - Alphabetically Divided Highway (Tribal Vision 2008) 13 points from 2 votes 20=: Solar Fields - Earthshine (Ultimae 2007) 13 points from 2 votes 23=: Principles of Flight - Night Time Lullabies (BooM! 2006) 12 points from 3 votes 23=: VA - Boldly Audio (Sanaton 2005) 12 points from 3 votes 23=: Shift - Excession (Crystal Matrix 2005) 12 points from 2 votes 23=: VA - Musica Discordia (Gi'iwa 2006) 12 points from 2 votes 27=: Kindzadza - Waves from Outer Space (Parvati 2004) 11 points from 2 votes 27=: Psykovsky - Debut (Vertigo 2005) 11 points from 2 votes 29=: Jaïa - Fiction (Digital Structures 2005) 10 points from 3 votes 29=: Crazy Astronaut - Renegade (Osom 2009) 10 points from 2 votes 29=: Logic Bomb - Unlimited (TIP.World 2002) 10 points from 2 votes 29=: VA - The Mystery of the Thirteen Crystal Skulls (TIP.World 2001) 10 points from 2 votes 29=: Dimension 5 - Second Phaze (Blue Moon 2000) 10 points from 1 vote 29=: Double Dragon - Continuum (Phantasm 2000) 10 points from 1 vote 29=: Jikkenteki - The Long Walk Home (PAR-2 2006) 10 points from 1 vote 29=: Loud - Some Kind of Creativity (Drive 2006) 10 points from 1 vote 29=: Man With No Name - Interstate Highway (Dragonfly 2003) 10 points from 1 vote 29=: Mandalavandalz - Poisonmachine (6-Dimension Sound 2005) 10 points from 1 vote 29=: Sandman - Psycho Toons (Hadshot Haheizar 2000) 10 points from 1 vote 29=: Zen Mechanics - Holy Cities (Neurobiotic 2008) 10 points from 1 vote 29=: VA - Nitz-Ho-Goa! (Sita 2009) 10 points from 1 vote 42=: Filteria - Daze of our Lives (Suntrip 2009) 9 points from 3 votes 42=: Scorb - Scorb (Ambivalent 2003) 9 points from 3 votes 42=: Artifakt - Artifakts II (Timecode 2005) 9 points from 2 votes 42=: Atriohm & Encephalopaticys - Ukalen (Parvati 2009) 9 points from 1 vote 42=: Man With No Name - Teleportation (Dragonfly 2000) 9 points from 1 vote 42=: Overdream - Wonderwise (Avatar 2008) 9 points from 1 vote 42=: Sienis - From a Nutter Perspective (Gi'iwa 2007) 9 points from 1 vote 42=: The Delta - Send In ...Send Back (d.Drum 2001) 9 points from 1 vote 42=: Twisted System - The Dealers (Timecode 2004) 9 points from 1 vote 42=: VA - Schlabbaduerst 005 (Schlabbaduerst 2003) 9 points from 1 vote 52=: Electric Universe - Cosmic Experience (Spirit Zone 2004) 8 points from 1 vote 52=: Gappeq - Speaker Seeker (Wirikuta 2007) 8 points from 1 vote 52=: Igor Swamp - Metsä Vastaa, Kuuleeko Suomi (Antiscarp 2007) 8 points from 1 vote 52=: Nystagmus - The Immaculate Perception (Sundance 2005) 8 points from 1 vote 52=: Promon - Funky Fumes (Inpsyde 2002) 8 points from 1 vote 52=: Protoculture - Circadians (Nano 2006) 8 points from 1 vote 52=: Psykovsky - Da Budet (Tantrumm 2009) 8 points from 1 vote 52=: Psysex - Hardcore Blastoff (Balloonia 2001) 8 points from 1 vote 52=: Transwave - Backfire (3D Vision 2007) 8 points from 1 vote 52=: Twisted System - Core (Timecode 2006) 8 points from 1 vote 52=: Younger Brother - A Flock of Bleeps (Twisted 2003) 8 points from 1 vote 52=: VA - No Possible Soundz (6-Dimension Sound 2006) 8 points from 1 vote 64=: Central Processing Unit - Central Processing Unit (3D Vision 2003) 7 points from 2 votes 64=: VA - The Secret Of The Thirteen Crystal Skulls (TIP.World 2003) 7 points from 2 votes 64=: 12 Moons - Solid State (Candyflip 2004) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: 1200 Micrograms - 1200 Micrograms (TIP.World 2002) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: EvsY - Virtuosi Di Quosi (Faerie Dragon 2009) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: Jikkenteki - Flights of Infinity (PAR-2 2008) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: Ka-Sol - Fairytale (Suntrip 2006) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: Kindzadza - Waves from Inner Space (Osom 2007) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: Logic Bomb - Headware (Spiral Trax 2000) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: Prometheus - Robot.O.Chan (Twisted 2004) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: Rinkadink - Rabbit from Darkside (Alchemy 2004) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: Skyhighatrist & Galactic Monkey - Strangely Obtuse (Catawampus 2009) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: Spectral - Diffuse (Blue Room 2000) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: Tristan - Audiodrome (Twisted 2000) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: Trold - Time of Illusion (Glowing Flame 2007) 7 points from 1 vote 64=: Vibrasphere - Lime Structure (Digital Structures 2003) 7 points from 1 vote 80=: Silicon Sound - Pure Analog (Moon Spirits 2003) 6 points from 2 votes 80=: Acidrockers - Mind Set (Blue Room 2001) 6 points from 1 vote 80=: Altöm - Hologram (Neurobiotic 2002) 6 points from 1 vote 80=: Battle of the Future Buddhas - Demonoizer (BooM! 2002) 6 points from 1 vote 80=: Cosma - Nonstop (HOM-Mega 2003) 6 points from 1 vote 80=: Cosmosis - Contact (Transient 2002) 6 points from 1 vote 80=: C-P-C - Double Bouble (Manic Dragon 2006) 6 points from 1 vote 80=: SynSUN - Full Power of Goa (Phototropic 2009) 6 points from 1 vote 80=: Talamasca - Beyond the Mask (3D Vision 2000) 6 points from 1 vote 80=: The Antidote - Antidotcome (Solstice 2001) 6 points from 1 vote 80=: Tron - Existence (Liquid 2006) 6 points from 1 vote 80=: Vibrasphere - Echo (Spiral Trax 2000) 6 points from 1 vote 80=: VA - Midnight Storm (Nexus 2005) 6 points from 1 vote 80=: VA - Vibraspirit 23 (Sundance 2002) 6 points from 1 vote 94=: Audialize - Wanted (Ketuh 2003) 5 points from 1 vote 94=: Bamboo Forest - Random Future (Flying Rhino 2002) 5 points from 1 vote 94=: Four Carry Nuts - Mechanical Age (Aurinko 2004) 5 points from 1 vote 94=: Krumelur - Minimal Animal (Crotus 2002) 5 points from 1 vote 94=: Mindsphere - Inner Cyclone (Metapsychic 2007) 5 points from 1 vote 94=: Process - One Drop or Two? (Creamcrop 2000) 5 points from 1 vote 94=: Protoculture - Refractions (Nano 2003) 5 points from 1 vote 94=: The Delta - Scizoeffective (d.Drum 2000) 5 points from 1 vote 94=: The Nommos - Primal Meltdown (Avatar 2006) 5 points from 1 vote 94=: Torakka - Far Out Express (Thirteen 2004) 5 points from 1 vote 94=: Troll Scientists - Sir Eel (Exogenic 2009) 5 points from 1 vote 94=: VA - Schlabbaduerst 002 (Schlabbaduerst 2000) 5 points from 1 vote 94=: VA - Twist Dreams (Suntrip 2007) 5 points from 1 vote 107=: Ace Ventura - Rebirth (Iboga 2007) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: Agneton - Horizon in your Head (Phototropic 2008) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: Fractal Glider - Digital Mandala (BooM! 2003) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: Gus Till - Best of the Rhino Years vol. 1 (Sonic Dragon 2007) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: Kraft - The Mysteries of the Sacred Universe (Insomnia 2009) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: Masa - Why? (Hypnodisk 2006) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: MFG - The Message (Phonokol 2001) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: Ocelot - Dream Selector (Vertigo 2006) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: Planet B.E.N. - Silver (Flying Rhino 2001) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: Rastaliens - Freestyle (Balloonia 2002) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: Son Kite - Minilogue (Liquid Audio Soundz 2000) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: Texas Faggott - Pilluminati Cunt Roll (Exogenic 2004) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: Yamabikaya - The Arrival (Shiva Space Technology 2000) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: Zirkin - Dance Show (U.S.T.A. 2001) 4 points from 1 vote 107=: VA - Arc de Triumph (Deja Vu 2005) 4 points from 1 vote 122=: Subconsciousmind - Gfühlsweid (Fiin 2004) 3 points from 2 votes 122=: Antix - Lull (Iboga 2003) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: Beat Bizarre - Lewd (Iboga 2001) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: Bodhisattva 13:20 - Equations (2to6 2009) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: Etnoscope - Drums from the Dawn of Time (Digital Structures 2003) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: Filteria - Heliopolis (Suntrip 2006) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: Fünf D - No Promises (Spirit Zone 2002) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: Grapes of Wrath & Meteloids - Tits on Fire (Parvati 2004) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: Mr. Peculiar - Mind-Dala (Sonic Dragon 2005) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: OOOD - Fourthought (Phar Psyde 2008) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: Pleiadians - 7even Sister7 (Harmonia 2006) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: Talamasca - Musica Divinorum (Spiral Trax 2001) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: Talpa - When the Somberness Becomes a Game (Sundance 2008) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: VA - Opus Iridium (Suntrip 2008) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: VA - Peace for the Wicked (Tantrumm 2006) 3 points from 1 vote 122=: VA - Schizm (Gi'iwa 2004) 3 points from 1 vote 138=: AKD - ProgresinG... (Soulectro 2008) 2 points from 2 votes 138=: Bigwigs - The National Heroes of Sonic Parallel (Horns and Hoofs Entertainment 2007) 2 points from 1 vote 138=: California Sunshine - Wonderland (Phonokol 2000) 2 points from 1 vote 138=: Electric Universe - Divine Design (Spirit Zone 2000) 2 points from 1 vote 138=: Prometheus - Corridor of Mirrors (Twisted 2007) 2 points from 1 vote 138=: Vibrasphere - Archipelago (Digital Structures 2006) 2 points from 1 vote 138=: Xenomorph - Qlippoth (Gnostic 2003) 2 points from 1 vote 138=: VA - Karmageddon (Avatar 2005) 2 points from 1 vote 138=: VA - Russian Connection (Panorama 2002) 2 points from 1 vote 138=: VA - The Turning (Timecode 2004) 2 points from 1 vote 148=: Absolum - Inside the Sphere (3D Vision 2004) 1 point from 1 vote 148=: Delirious Noon - Launch for Lanctus (Vertigo 2009) 1 point from 1 vote 148=: Logic Bomb - Sonic Algebra (Solstice 2007) 1 point from 1 vote 148=: Miraculix - The Arrival (Alchemy 2004) 1 point from 1 vote 148=: Sensient - Pressure Optimal (Zenon 2005) 1 point from 1 vote 148=: Space Tribe - Religious Experience (Spirit Zone 2000) 1 point from 1 vote 148=: The Misted Muppet - From the Legend (Translucent 2004) 1 point from 1 vote 148=: VA - Multiple Personalities 3 (Manic Dragon 2008) 1 point from 1 vote 148=: VA - Light in Motion (Suntrip 2008) 1 point from 1 vote Best downtempo albums 1: Shpongle - Tales of the Inexpressible (Twisted 2001) 86 points from 10 votes 2: Carbon Based Lifeforms - Hydroponic Garden (Ultimae 2003) 45 points from 6 votes 3: Hallucinogen - In Dub (Twisted 2002) 39 points from 6 votes 4: Androcell - Efflorescence (Celestial Dragon 2006) 38 points from 5 votes 5: Carbon Based Lifeforms - World of Sleepers (Ultimae 2006) 32 points from 7 votes 6: Ott - Blumenkraft (Twisted 2003) 31 points from 5 votes 7: Solar Fields - Leaving Home (Ultimae 2005) 30 points from 5 votes 8: Distant System - Spiral Empire (Celestial Dragon 2008) 27 points from 4 votes 9: Solar Fields - Movements (Ultimae 2009) 26 points from 5 votes 10: Shulman - In Search of a Meaningful Moment (Aleph Zero 2003) 22 points from 4 votes 11=: Psyfactor - Endless Universe (Ajana 2006) 20 points from 3 votes 11=: Shulman - Endless Rhythms of the Beatless Heart (Aleph Zero 2007) 20 points from 3 votes 13: Ishq - Orchid (Dakini 2001) 19 points from 5 votes 14=: Orbit Constructions - Androneda (Demon Tea 2008) 18 points from 2 votes 14=: Satumnaisuus - Kaleidoskopedelia (Oletustila 2008) 18 points from 2 votes 16=: Galaxy - Science of Ecstasy (Chillcode 2004) 17 points from 4 votes 16=: Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... But Nothing is Lost (Twisted 2005) 17 points from 3 votes 18: Entheogenic - Entheogenic (3D Vision Relax 2002) 16 points from 2 votes 19=: Androcell - Emotivision (Celestial Dragon 2004) 15 points from 2 votes 19=: Khooman - Is a Flexible Liquid (Ajana 2007) 15 points from 2 votes 21=: Aes Dana - Season 5 (Ultimae 2002) 14 points from 2 votes 21=: Easily Embarrassed - Idyllic Life (Cardamar 2008) 14 points from 2 votes 23=: Asura - Life2 (Ultimae 2007) 13 points from 5 votes 23=: Shpongle - Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland (Twisted 2009) 13 points from 3 votes 23=: Aes Dana - Memory Shell (Ultimae 2004) 13 points from 2 votes 23=: VA - Oxycanta (Ultimae 2006) 13 points from 2 votes 27=: Younger Brother - The Last Days of Gravity (Twisted 2007) 12 points from 4 votes 27=: Phutureprimitive - Sub Conscious (Waveform 2004) 12 points from 3 votes 27=: Bluetech - Elementary Particles (Native State 2004) 12 points from 2 votes 30=: Puff Dragon - Sazanami (Dakini 2005) 11 points from 2 votes 30=: Deviant Electronics - Blunt Instruments (Blue Room 2000) 11 points from 2 votes 32=: Solar Fields - Extended (Ultimae 2005) 10 points from 2 votes 32=: Nodens Ictus - Spacelines (Stretchy 2000) 10 points from 1 vote 32=: Ozric Tentacles - The YumYum Tree (Snapper 2009) 10 points from 1 vote 35=: Argaman - My Little Forest (FairyTales 2009) 9 points from 1 vote 35=: Asura - Code Eternity (Infinium 2000) 9 points from 1 vote 35=: Aural Float - Freefloat (Elektrolux 2001) 9 points from 1 vote 35=: Ozric Tentacles - The Hidden Step (Stretchy 2000) 9 points from 1 vote 35=: Tripswitch - Circuit Breaker (Liquid Sound Design 2005) 9 points from 1 vote 35=: VA - Schlabbaduerst 006 (Schlabbaduerst 2004) 9 points from 1 vote 41=: Dub Trees - Nature Never Did Betray The Heart That Loved Her (Liquid Sound Design 2000) 8 points from 1 vote 41=: Jikkenteki - The Long Walk Home (PAR-2 2006) 8 points from 1 vote 41=: Near the Parenthesis - Of Soft Construction (n5MD 2007) 8 points from 1 vote 41=: Tripswitch - Circuit Breaker - Rewired (Liquid Sound Design 2007) 8 points from 1 vote 41=: Zero Cult - Ikebana (Cosmicleaf 2007) 8 points from 1 vote 46=: Unstable Elements - Technical Illusions (Not On Label 2004) 7 points from 2 votes 46=: VA - Broken (Timecode 2004) 7 points from 2 votes 46=: Anesthesia - State of Mind (Katarsis Lab 2005) 7 points from 1 vote 46=: Cell - Phonic Peace (Indica 2005) 7 points from 1 vote 46=: Normal Feller - Frameless Structure (Elektrolux 2003) 7 points from 1 vote 46=: Solar Fields - Reflective Frequencies (Ultimae 2001) 7 points from 1 vote 46=: Ten Madison - Trip Illusion (Beats and Friends 2000) 7 points from 1 vote 46=: VA - Butterfly Dawn (Liquid Sound Design 2003) 7 points from 1 vote 46=: VA - Raindrops in the Forest (Psyber Tribe 2008) 7 points from 1 vote 55=: Shakatura - Shakatura (Ceiba 2001) 6 points from 2 votes 55=: Abakus - That Much Closer to the Sun (Liquid Sound Design 2004) 6 points from 1 vote 55=: Easily Embarrassed - Planet Discovery (Cosmicleaf 2009) 6 points from 1 vote 55=: Hol Baumann - Human (Ultimae 2008) 6 points from 1 vote 55=: Ishq - Timelapse in Mercury (Virtual 2008) 6 points from 1 vote 55=: Kaya Project - Elixir (Interchill 2005) 6 points from 1 vote 55=: Ras.Al.Ghul - Sonic Yonic (Aquatica 2000) 6 points from 1 vote 55=: Younger Brother - A Flock of Bleeps (Twisted 2003) 6 points from 1 vote 63=: Bluetech - Prima Materia (Waveform 2003) 5 points from 1 vote 63=: Galaxy - Solar Synthesis (Blue Room 2000) 5 points from 1 vote 63=: Gus Till - Dub Shadows (Cyan 2004) 5 points from 1 vote 63=: Saafi Brothers - Midnight's Children (Blue Room 2000) 5 points from 1 vote 63=: Zvuki Belovodya - Zvuki Belovodya (??? 2003) 5 points from 1 vote 68=: Blowfish - Puffed Up (Surreal Audio 2003) 4 points from 1 vote 68=: Bluetech - Phoenix Rising (Somnia 2008) 4 points from 1 vote 68=: DownHill - Silent City (Gravity Plus 2003) 4 points from 1 vote 68=: Gel-Sol - Gel-sol 1104 (em:t 2004) 4 points from 1 vote 68=: Indigo Egg - Ixland (Celestial Dragon 2008) 4 points from 1 vote 68=: Krusseldorf - Smokers Lounge (Sofa Beats 2007) 4 points from 1 vote 68=: Vibrasphere - Archipelago (Digital Structures 2006) 4 points from 1 vote 75=: The Peaking Goddess Collective - Organika (Peak 2007) 3 points from 2 votes 75=: Aes Dana - Leylines (Ultimae 2009) 3 points from 1 vote 75=: Colourform - Visions of Surya (Virtual 2008) 3 points from 1 vote 75=: Cymphonic - Strataradialis (Databloem 2007) 3 points from 1 vote 75=: EN Voice - Hall of Dreams (Millenium 2006) 3 points from 1 vote 75=: Gaudi - Bass, Sweat & Tears (Interchill 2004) 3 points from 1 vote 75=: Gus Till - Electric Oceans (Thirtieth 2004) 3 points from 1 vote 75=: Jairamji - Kindred Spirits (Dakini 2003) 3 points from 1 vote 75=: Kaya Project - And So It Goes (Interchill 2008) 3 points from 1 vote 75=: VA - Kokopelli (Conscious Dreams 2007) 3 points from 1 vote 85=: Krill.Minima - Nautica (Native State 2007) 2 points from 2 votes 85=: H.U.V.A. Network - Distances (Ultimate 2004) 2 points from 1 vote 85=: Mac Mavis - Gatefinder (Exogenic 2003) 2 points from 1 vote 85=: Makyo - Swara Mandala (Dakini 2005) 2 points from 1 vote 85=: Toirés - Sanäti (Backroom Beats 2002) 2 points from 1 vote 90=: Kuba - Bringing It All Back Home (Chillcode 2009) 1 point from 1 vote 90=: Ooze - Where the Fields Never End (Spirit Zone 2001) 1 point from 1 vote 90=: Vataff Project - Kalitz (Aleph Zero 2008) 1 point from 1 vote 90=: VA - Natural Born Chillers (Aleph Zero 2004) 1 point from 1 vote 90=: VA - Surrender to the Vibe 3 (Phantasm 2001) 1 point from 1 vote Thanks to everyone who voted, and congratulations to the artists. Further statistics to follow later. (Yes, I'm aware that some albums appear in both categories. I thought it simpler to just treat them as different releases than to try figuring out where they belong and how votes should be redistributed.)

^ Damn, I've seen BSF's movie, I just can't remember what it was called or who was in it.

Ariane MacAvoy (aka Nimba, aka half of the Nommos) and Olga Rabotnyova (aka Dana Do, aka half of Overdream) are good examples.

The second series of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle is one of the funniest things I've seen in years.

Yes. GO BUY IT! DO IT NOW!

Well despite the small number of votes I think the results are pretty representative of psynews's taste. I don't think the same will be said of the decade vote unfortunately...

It has Lucy Liu in it.

Here are the results from the Psynews "Best of 2010" poll: Best uptempo albums 1: Artha - Influencing dreams (Cronomi) 63 points from 7 votes 2: Crossing Mind - The Holographic Paradigm (DAT) 48 points from 8 votes 3: Cybernetika - The Scythe of Orion (Ektoplasm) 43 points from 6 votes 4=: Alienapia - Goapocalipsis (Space Baby) 40 points from 7 votes 4=: VA - Temple of Chaos (Suntrip) 40 points from 6 votes 6: Psykovsky - Tanetsveta (Tantrumm) 38 points from 5 votes 7: Kiriyama - Reach Escape Velocity (Devil's Mind) 36 points from 6 votes 8: Goasia - Dancing with the Blue Spirit (Kagdila) 33 points from 6 votes 9: VA - Energy Waves (Suntrip) 26 points from 5 votes 10: Kindzadza - Insoluble (Osom) 23 points from 3 votes 11: Battle of the Future Buddhas & Ka-Sol - Masters of Outhouse (Devil's Mind) 17 points from 2 votes 12=: Mood Deluxe - Hot Points (Liquid) 13 points from 2 votes 12=: VA - Cycle of Secrets (Not on label) 13 points from 2 votes 14=: Laughing Buddha - Sacred Technology (Nano) 10 points from 2 votes 14=: Frost-RAVEN - Thee Olde Ones (Goa) 10 points from 1 vote 14=: Full Face - In Every Place (Pixan) 10 points from 1 vote 17=: VA - Dimensional Gateway (Neogoa) 9 points from 2 votes 17=: VA - Midnight Storm 4 - Acid Rain (Nexus) 9 points from 2 votes 17=: Amithaba Buddha - Myself in the Mirror (Phototropic) 9 points from 1 vote 17=: Axis Mundi - One Foot in Fantasy (Anomalistic) 9 points from 1 vote 17=: Kino Oko - Colours Hate Themselves (Tribal Vision) 9 points from 1 vote 17=: VA - Freaks United (Echo Vortex) 9 points from 1 vote 17=: VA - Tokoloshe Tales (Timecode) 9 points from 1 vote 24=: Audiopathik - Over the Edge (Pleiadian) 8 points from 1 vote 24=: Onionbrain - 10.192 A.D. (Uroboros) 8 points from 1 vote 24=: Red - Audio Drama (Mighty Quinn) 8 points from 1 vote 27=: VA - BooM ShivA FreakS (Digital ShivA Power) 7 points from 1 vote 27=: VA - Jupiter Toadstool (Quantum Frog) 7 points from 1 vote 29=: Eddie Mis - Rabbit Dream (Acix) 6 points from 1 vote 29=: VA - Goatronika (Phototropic) 6 points from 1 vote 31=: Artha - Fluori Dolby (Cronomi) 5 points from 2 votes 31=: Etnoscope - Way Over Deadline (Ektoplazm) 5 points from 2 votes 31=: VA - Spiritual Rising (Ezel-Ebed) 5 points from 2 votes 31=: Antix - Cavalier (Iboga) 5 points from 1 vote 31=: Dissociactive - Total Transformation (Sun Station) 5 points from 1 vote 31=: VA - Lucas Presents Tales of Heads (Tip) 5 points from 1 vote 37=: VA - Protozoa (Sita) 4 points from 1 vote 37=: VA - Somatic Frenzy (Mighty Quinn) 4 points from 1 vote 37=: VA - Urban Forest (Skygravity) 4 points from 1 vote 40=: Wizack Twizack - Pathogenesis (Digital Drugs Coalition) 3 points from 1 vote 40=: Artifakt vs. Poison - Versus (Timecode) 3 points from 1 vote 40=: VA - Audiogenic Forces (Sanaton) 3 points from 1 vote 40=: VA - Brainzcrew (Parvati) 3 points from 1 vote 40=: VA - Danse Macabre (Sonic Chakras) 3 points from 1 vote 45=: Aphid Moon - Super Collider (Aphid) 2 points from 1 vote 45=: Chynacid - Tofu (Acid Chemical Plant) 2 points from 1 vote 45=: Electrypnose - Magnetic Memoirs (Goa) 2 points from 1 vote 45=: Hoodwink - Sound Mirros (Wildthings) 2 points from 1 vote 45=: Minimal Criminal - Minimus Maleficarum (Cosmic Conspiracy) 2 points from 1 vote 45=: Nolax - Turning Point (Phototropic) 2 points from 1 vote 45=: VA - Leisha (Omveda) 2 points from 1 vote 52=: Avalon - Distant Futures (Nano) 1 point from 1 vote 52=: Etic - Statistics (Digital Nature) 1 point from 1 vote 52=: VA - Beach Atmosphere (Iono) 1 point from 1 vote 52=: VA - Lyserg Lesson 2 (Noise Poison) 1 point from 1 vote 52=: VA - Pure Planet 4 (Kagdila) 1 point from 1 vote Best downtempo albums 1: Carbon Based Lifeforms - Interloper (Ultimae) 72 points from 8 votes 2: Galaxy - Everlasting Tone (Chillcode) 52 points from 7 votes 3: Solar Fields - Altered - Second Movements (Ultimae) 47 points from 5 votes 4: Ishq - Sama (Electronic Soundscapes) 41 points from 6 votes 5=: Androcell - Entheomythic (Celestial Dragon) 30 points from 4 votes 5=: VA - Earth (Altar) 30 points from 4 votes 7: Asura - 360 (Ultimae) 29 points from 4 votes 8: Electrypnose - Sweet Sadness (Suntrip) 25 points from 5 votes 9: Psyfactor - Futurised (Ajana) 21 points from 3 votes 10: GMO vs. Dense - Through Other Glasses (Altar) 20 points from 2 votes 11: VA - Vital Signs (Celestial Dragon) 14 points from 2 votes 12: Uth - Distant Instincts (Neogoa) 13 points from 2 votes 13: Astropilot - Solar Walk (Altar) 12 points from 2 votes 14=: Enichkin - Enichkin's Guide to Musical Dimensions of Space and Time (Acidsamovar) 10 points from 2 votes 14=: Suns of Arqa - Scared Sacred (Liquid Sound Design) 10 points from 1 vote 14=: Thomas Köner - Nunatak • Teimo • Permafrost (Type) 10 points from 1 vote 17=: Hybrid Leisureland - Scroll Slide (Ultimae) 9 points from 1 vote 17=: Steve Roach - Sigh of Ages (Projekt) 9 points from 1 vote 19=: David Abrgel - Reverse Universe (Freeance) 8 points from 1 vote 19=: Seamoon - A Twisted Downbeat Adventure (Chillbasement) 8 points from 1 vote 19=: Steve Roach & Mark Seelig - Nightbloom (Projekt) 8 points from 1 vote 22=: VA - Ether (Altar) 7 points from 2 votes 22=: Gel-Sol - K8ema (Psychonavigation) 7 points from 1 vote 22=: Mathias Grassow & Tomas Weiss - Farewell - In Hommage to Klauss Weise (Musical Philosophy) 7 points from 1 vote 22=: Squarefeet - Flat Foot (Exogenic) 7 points from 1 vote 26=: Astropilot - Here and Now (Altar) 6 points from 1 vote 26=: Robert Rich - Ylang (Soundscape) 6 points from 1 vote 26=: Starcade - Les Introvertis Chroniques (Kahvi Collective) 6 points from 1 vote 29=: Alio Die - Horas Tibi Serenas (Hic Sunt Leones) 5 points from 1 vote 29=: Kaya Project - Desert Phase (Remixes) (Interchill) 5 points from 1 vote 29=: Scann-Tec - Facial Memories (Celestial Dragon) 5 points from 1 vote 29=: Zero Cult - Where Rivers Have No Name (Chillcode) 5 points from 1 vote 33=: Elve - Emerald (Virtual) 4 points from 2 votes 33=: Invisible Allies - Hyperdimensional Animals (Native State) 4 points from 1 vote 33=: Slackbaba - Perverting Mankind (Liquid) 4 points from 1 vote 33=: VA - Made of Dawn - Chapter One (Blue Hour Sounds) 4 points from 1 vote 37=: Bonobo - Black Sands (Ninja Tune) 3 points from 1 vote 37=: Kaya Project - Desert Phase (Interchill) 3 points from 1 vote 37=: Sysyphe - Running Up That Hill (Hadra) 3 points from 1 vote 40=: Bluetech - Love Songs to the Source (Interchill) 2 points from 1 vote 40=: Mathias Grassow & Tomas Weiss - Electric Angels (Databloem) 2 points from 1 vote 40=: VA - Dark Room Beats (Aleph Zero) 2 points from 1 vote 43: Cymphonic & Vintage H - Post Mortem Investigations (Databloem) 1 point from 1 vote Thanks to everyone who voted, and congratulations to the artists.

I don't think it means that - Wittgenstein explicitly refers to the possibility of a proposition being false (e.g. 3.24). But then I don't think I'd take anyone's word for what Wittgenstein really meant, since Russell himself had completely misunderstood it according to Wittgenstein. My own reading of the distinction between propositions and statements are that propositions are supposed to be atomic whereas statements can be built from propositions using logical connectives. But his writing is so horribly unclear that I could be completely wrong about that.

Nope. I'll give it a few more hours and then tell you.

I recently finished Torkel Franzén's Godel's Theorem: An Incomplete Guide to Its Use and Abuse and can thoroughly recommend it. I'm now trying to read Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico Philosophicus for the nth time. I've made it further than on previous attempts, but I still think it's a load of crap.

Can't think of any right now. If you'd seen the film I'm pretty sure you'd recognise it though.

Surely someone else here has seen that movie. It's awesome!

Dune.

I feel the same way about Shpongle as you, KT. Tales... is my favourite of their albums (mainly for the first two tracks).

No idea. Clue?

Thonks.

Nice covers, what are they?

That's true. I wonder why. All the acts you mention are (I would guess) a lot more well-known than any psytrance artist, so the usual explanation that scenes turn to crap when they get too popular and attract insincere people is clearly lacking something.

Glad to hear. Indeed it's nothing like The Nommos' work, except for the common element of tribal percussion.

Your loss.

That's awfully narrow-minded of you.

TBH I noticed it too. I was just didn't want to be the first to mention it.