Psynews BEST OF 2008: The Results

[mars]

On behalf of travbrad01 whom I warmly thank here, the Psynews Best-of 2008 results are now available:

 

http://www.psynews.org/media/bestof2008/

 

Thanks to all those who participated Long live Goatrance!

[Go-Goa Trancer]

Yeah, Ra first, it was obvious

I don't see any particular surprise in the chart, do you?

[The Watcher]

Well, I didn't get a chance to vote this year, but it didn't seem to matter because all my top choices are in there somewhere. Nice picks psynewsers! Looks like The Goa is back! Congrats to Suntrip and all the artists in the top, keep up the hard work.

Love and respect forever! :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

 

Peace,

JP

 

PS. The results were cool and easy to read, and VERY TIMELY! Job well done!

[amphiton]

And travbrad01 gets "The Psynewser of the Year" award Thanks!

[buzzman]

And travbrad01 gets "The Psynewser of the Year" award Thanks!

+1

 

Thanks for taking the time, i wouldn't have done the same

[mystical dragon]

the results were realy coolly done . my both top albums were the best. Im happy!!!!! :clapping:

[psytones]

:o :D :posford: :posford:

 

great work Travbrad01 !! It was an enjoyible scroll ^^ And no huge supprises imo.

[abasio]

Nice that the best of 2008 results have come out before the best off 2007 Still waiting for those ay? I guess they have been binned

 

I'd like to give a special congrats to DAT Records & Par-2 Recordings for filling the number 2 & 3 spots for labels despite only releasing 1 record each! Amazing records they were & deservedly high rankings

[Insejn]

No suprises here. A big pile of goa at the top as usual.

Nice going Suntrip!

[Distant System]

Hey guys, I'm really honored... a big thanks to everyone who cared enough to place a vote and respect/thanks to Travbrad01 for configuring it all. What a nice surprise to wake up to.

[Riton]

cheers guys, always great stuff

[Rotwang]

Nice work, trav.

[buzzman]

Nice that the best of 2008 results have come out before the best off 2007 Still waiting for those ay? I guess they have been binned

I think travbrad also calculated it last year... Not sure though

[Drosophila]

Only 6 days after the voting has stopped, this must be some kind of record?! Well, thanks

 

ED:Correction: 4 days that's near impossible to grasp?!!!

[abasio]

I think travbrad also calculated it last year... Not sure though

But not with the fancy graphs & stuff

[Ormion]

Congratulations to Suntrip and trav for the work! :clapping:

 

Let's hope 2009 will have more participants.

[Insejn]

Congratulations to Suntrip and trav for the work! :clapping:

 

Let's hope 2009 will have more participants.

PoF - Chaos Opera on Timecode Records. It will destroy everything!

[Ormion]

PoF - Chaos Opera on Timecode Records. It will destroy everything!

Any Timecode release will destroy everything!

[DoxaVita]

Where can i see the results from past years?

[Insejn]

Where can i see the results from past years?

You can't, because there is none.

[amphiton]

2007 results are somewhere in the topic.

http://www.psynews.org/media/bestof2006/

http://www.psynews.org/media/bestof2005/

[trancedigital]

Someone asked for previous year results. 2007 can be found here:

http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?s=...st&p=890545

http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?s=...st&p=890546

 

Anyway, I just copied the results below:

 

 

2007 RESULTS

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TOP UPBEAT/TRANCE ALBUMS OF 2007 (Rank-Artist-Album-Points)

 

#1 Solar Fields - Earthshine 49

#2 Goasia - From Other Spaces 46

#3 VA - Twist Dreams 46

#4 Logic Bomb - Sonic Algebra 43

#5 Eat Static - De-Classified 40

#6 Vibrasphere - Exploring The Tributaries 40

#7 Prometheus - Corridor of Mirrors 30

#8 Transwave - Backfire 30

#9 Dimension 5 - Transdimensional 26

#10 Tea Chairs - Tea Chairs 26

#11 D-Nox and Beckers - Left Behind 21

#12 Ace Ventura - Rebirth 20

#13 Mindsphere - Inner Cyclone 20

#14 Trold - Time of Illusion 20

#15 Bigwigs - National Heroes of Sonic Parallel 18

#16 Sound Field - Audio Surfin 18

#17 Penta - Horn Please 17

#18 Xenomorph - Demagoguery of the Obsurants 15

#19 Vishnudata - Dreamforce 15

#20 Cosmosis - Psychedelic Melodia 14

#21 Sattel Battle - Sounds Cool 14

#22 Scorb - Ipso Fvcto 14

#23 Perfect Stranger - Changed 13

#24 VA - Mainspring Motion 13

#25 Furious - Uncanny Beats 12

#26 Gappeq - Speaker Seeker 11

#27 Mr Rogers - Ooze System 11

#28 VA - No Tone Unstirred 11

#29 Sienis - From A Nutter Perspective 10

#30 Sun Control Species - Scienza Nuova 10

#31 Troll Scientists - Useless Science 10

#32 VA - Ultrapop 2 10

#33 AMD - Big Fish 9

#34 Kindzadza - Waves from Inner Space 8

#35 Matenda - Natural Development 8

#36 Protonica - Search 8

#37 Astroschnautzer - Astroschnautzer 7

#38 Braincell - Tranformation of Reality 7

#39 VA - Golden Vibes 2 7

#40 Shadow FX - Direct Influence 6

#41 Talamasca - Obsessive Dream 6

#42 Antix - Wanderers 5

#43 Cujorious One - The Art of Mindfucking 5

#44 ESP - Sensor Overload 5

#45 Hiyarant - Collision 5

#46 ITP - Loose Your Illusion 5

#47 Mr Peculiar - Infinite Evolution 5

#48 Neelix - The Same Thing But Different 5

#49 Opium of the Masses - The Lost Planet 5

#50 VA - Pure Planet 2 5

#51 Vibrasphere - Archipelago Remixed 5

#52 Alien Mental - Mind Hack 4

#53 Electro Sun - Double Troub;e 4

#54 Frozen Ghost - Edible Technique 4

#55 Heterogenesis - Revoluciones Maquinicas 4

#56 Hujaboy - Black Belt 4

#57 Igor Swamp - Metsa Vastaa 4

#58 Lamat - Fearless 4

#59 Ocelot - Psymatix 4

#60 VA - Kaleidoscopic Vision 4

#61 VA - Positive Alchemists 3 4

#62 VA - Set 7 Declivity 4

#63 VA - Vapour 4

#64 Concept - Paranormal 3

#65 Deeper in Zen - Silence 3

#66 Gus Till - Best of the Rhino Year 2 3

#67 Kiwa - On the Frequency 3

#68 Paranoize - In the Lab 3

#69 Pitch Hikers - Sting 3

#70 VA - Dream Theatre 3

#71 VA - Japanhythm 3

#72 VA - No Time No Space 3

#73 VA - Phunk Core 3

#74 VA - The Hidden Dimension 3

#75 Ziki - Eliminator 3

#76 Electrypnose - Where Do We Go Now 2

#77 Gaudium - So Called Life 2

#78 Haldolium - QNT 2

#79 Klopfgeister - Travel Diaries 2

#80 Ocelot - 9 Lives 2

#81 Symphonix - Music Prostitute remix 2

#82 VA - Deep Mental Trauma 2 2

#83 VA - Future Cuts 2

#84 VA - Human Hyperactivation 2

#85 VA - Mysterious Force 2

#86 Vox - Innerpolarity 2

#87 Ajja - Psychogenica 1

#88 Bitmonx and Fabio - Plugged 1

#89 Cosmic Tone - In-Action Remixed 1

#90 Cosmo - Akustical Pollution 1

#91 Funky Dragon - Massive 1

#92 Life Extension - Side Effect 1

#93 Phobium - Future Uncertain 1

#94 Prahlad - Movement of Consciousness 1

#95 Shift - Alternator 1

#96 The Observer - New Born EP 1

#97 Tripswitch - Circuit Breaker Rewired 1

#98 VA - Extrasensory Perception 1

 

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TOP DOWNBEAT/CHILL ALBUMS OF 2007 (Rank-Artist-Album-Points)

 

#1 Younger Brother - The Last Days of Gravity 112

#2 Asura - Life squared 104

#3 Sync24 - Source 39

#4 VA - Oxycanta Winter Blossoms 32

#5 Flooting Grooves - Upsyde Downe 23

#6 Outolintu - Odd Man Out 20

#7 Shulman - Engless Rhythms of the Beatless Heart 18

#8 The Peaking Goddess Collective - Organika 18

#9 Krusseldorf - Smokers Lounge 17

#10 Chronos - Steps to the Great Knowledge 12

#11 Khooman - Life is a Flexible Liquid 12

#12 Pushmipulyu - 133 Thursdays 12

#13 Master Margherita - Mastura 11

#14 VA - Chiller 1 10

#15 VA - Midnight Soul Dive 9

#16 Zero Cult - Ikebana 9

#17 Polyploid - Grow Your Own 8

#18 Sundial Aeon - Apotheosis 8

#19 Kilowatts - Ground State 7

#20 Krill.Minima - Nautica 7

#21 SynSUN - Unstoppable 7

#22 VA - Cosmik Chill Orange 6

#23 Anahata - The Unmade Sound 5

#24 Audela - Audela 5

#25 Bola - Kroungine 5

#26 Cymphonic - Strataradialis 5

#27 Evan Bartholomew - Borderlands 5

#28 Tom Middleton - Lifetracks 5

#29 Kuba - Through A Lense 5

#30 Deep Dive Corp - Undiscovered 4

#31 Dymons - Druids Brew 4

#32 Evan Bartholomew - Caverns of Time 4

#33 Liquid Stranger - The Invisible Conquest 4

#34 Sensorica - The Realm of Fancy 4

#35 VA - Ear Pleasure 4

#36 VA - Kokopelli 4

#37 VA - Moonshadow Beats 4

#38 VA - Bioluminescence 3

#39 VA - Pop Ambient 2008 3

#40 Grey Area - And Then the Clouds 2

#41 Kukan Dub Lagan - Step Ina Rasta Step 2

#42 Outersect - Caldera 2

#43 Proem - A Permanent Solution 2

#44 The Orb - The Dream 2

#45 VA - Bliminal 2

#46 VA - Intermittent Memories 2

#47 VA - The Art of Chill 4 2

#48 Electro 7 - Habanadelic Gozadera Experience 2

#49 Astropilot - Fruit of the Imagination 1

#50 Kettel - Whisper Me Wishes 1

#51 Pan Electric - Conscious Pilot 1

#52 Pitch Black - Rude Mechnicals 1

#53 Secede - Vega Libre 1

#54 VA - Tibet, A Culture in Danger 1

[Melancholyman]

Yeah nothing to surprising, great stuff. Also nice to see that mystical sun made it into the list, since it was a great album kinda overlooked by many.

[Jon Cocco]

Great job everyone, and for the composer of the list.

 

I am not surprised and pleased with the results.

[Sideffect...]

thanx,

 

the outcome was a bit what I expected