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spend a lot of time on various message boards and i noticed a
brilliant idea run by Nacmat and Wooferattack.
So i stole the idea from them but of course i made sure they knew
about it.
The idea is as below
A list is produced which will contain IDM/Electronica etc artists/groups/people.
Originally i had 76 in my list so the first task was for everyone
to browse the list and suggest any others that are not on there.
We discussed whether we should include Orbital and after a mixed
response we stuck them in. Whether they still in next year is
another question.
When
the agreed qualification list was complete (It grew to 135 enteries!)
we started the qualification round. Everyone was entitled to vote
for their top 10 once and once only. There was an agreed cut-off
date and the points was then counted. 10 points for 1st team in
list, 9 points for 2nd team in list and so on.
The
top 32 artists was then drawn from a virtual hat and placed into
8 groups of 4. The 2nd stage of voting then began.
Everyone
then voted on which two artists/groups from each group should
qualify for the next round.
16 artists were then left and they were drawn out of the virtual
hat to compete in a knockout competition. The third stage of voting
then began.
Within
time the knockout stage went through each round from Knockout
Round 1, Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and then the ultimate Final.
The idea was pitched on the 21st March 2003 and the final was
announced on May 3rd 2003. There were some interesting discussions
inbetween the voting and quite a bit of banter (which we like!).
Its impossible to document everything that was posted as there
were over 500 posts but we have documented the results.
We intend this to be a yearly event...if we are still online and
alive that is :)
Agreed Qualification List
1
808 State
2 a guy called gerald
3 Adrian Sherwood
4 Aedena Cycle
5 Alder & Elius
6 Amon Tobin
7 Aphex Twin (The last winner)
8 Apparat
9 Arovane
10 Autechre
11 Baby Ford
12 Banco de Gaia
13 Beaumont Hannant
14 Bent
15 Biosphere
16 Black Dog
17 Boards of Canada
18 Bochum Welt
19 Bogdan Raczinsky
20 Bola
21 Boom Bip
22 brothomstates
23 capitol k
24 cex
25 Chris Clark
26 CiM
27 Coil
28 Coldcut
29 Console
30 Cornelius
31 Cylob
32 D'Arcangelo
33 Depthcharge/Electron Man (J Saul Kane)
34 Detroit Escalator Co
35 DMX crew
36 Drexcya
37 Eat Static
38 endorphins
39 Esem
40 EU
41 Fennesz
42 Fennesz
43 Fila Brazillia
44 Fingernail
45 FINK
46 Fizzarum
47 Fluke
48 four tet
49 funkstorung
50 Future Sound of London
51 Gary Numan
52 Gescom
53 Global Communication
54 Global Goon
55 Gold Chains
56 Hazard
57 Hellfish & Producer
58 Hexstatic
59 Higher Intelligence Agency
60 Hrvatski
61 Information
62 jan jelinek
63 Jean Michel Jarre
64 Jega
65 Kid 606
66 Kieran Hebden (Fridge/Four Tet)
67 Kippi Kaninus
68 Klf
69 KRaftwerk
70 Kruder and Dorfmeister
71 Lackluster
72 Leila
73 Lemon Jelly
74 Lexaunculpt
75 LFO
76 Luke Vibert
77 Matmos
78 Meat Beat Manifesto
79 Mind Over MIDI
80 Mira Calix
81 monolake
82 Mouse on Mars
83 MuM
84 nautilis
85 Nightmares on Wax
86 Nobukazu Takemura
87 Orbital
88 Oval
89 Ovuca/Astrobotnia
90 pan sonic
91 Passarani
92 Pete Namlook
93 Philip Glass
94 Phonecia
95 Phonem
96 photek
97 Plaid
98 plastikman
99 Plone
100 pole
101 Post Human
102 prefuse 73
103 proem
104 quick & brite
105 quinoline yellow
106 Radioactive Man
107 Red Snapper
108 Richard Devine
109 Richard H Kirk
110 Royksopp
111 Sabres of Paradise
112 Sasha
113 Scanner
114 Severed Heads
115 Solar X
116 Speedy J
117 Spooky
118 Squarepusher
119 Stilluppsteypa
120 Susumu Yokota
121 System 7
122 Tangerine Dream
123 team doyobi
124 Telefon Tel Aviv
125 The Drum Club
126 The Orb
127 Thomas Dolby
128 Thomas Fehlmann
129 Two Lone Swordsmen
130 Ulrich Schnauss
131 Ultramarine
132 Underworld
133 Venetian Snare
134 Woodenspoon
135 Yellow Magic Orchestra
136 µziq
* note Fennesz were entered twice for some bizarre reason
Qualification Results
Top 32 Teams qualified with the top 8 seeded each group followed
by the next 8 as runners up. The next 16 were drawn from a hat
and placed in the relevant group. Scores are shown after the group/artist.
SEEDED
1st. Orbital 191
2nd. Autechre 144
3rd. Boards of Canada 133
4th. Plaid 111
5th. Aphex Twin 94
6th. Underworld 93
7th. The Orb 84
8th. FSOL 70
2nd SEEDED
9th. Lemon Jelly 54
10th. Jega 47
11th. Kraftwerk 43
12th. Bent 33
13th. Amon Tobin 32
14th. Uziq 32
15th. Fluke 30
16th. Bola 29
Final 16 qualified
17th. KLF 28
18th. Arovane 24
19th. Royksopp 23
20th.Brothomstates 22
21st. Hexstatic 21
22nd. HIA 21
23rd. Global Communications 18
24th. Spooky 18
25th. Gescom 17
26th. Sabres of Paradise 16
27th. Sasha 16
28th. 808 State 15
29th. Eat Static 15
30th. Meat Beat Manifesto 14
31st. Nightmares on Wax 14
32nd. Ovuca/Astrobotnia 13
Did Not Qualify
joint 33rd. Kruder and Dorfmeister 12
joint 33rd. LFO 12
joint 33rd. squarepusher 12
34th. Fila Brazillia 11
joint 35th. Beaumont Hannant 10
joint 35th. Console 10
joint 35th. Gary Numan 10
joint 35th. Mouse on Mars 10
joint 35th. Severed Heads 10
joint 36th. Funkstorung 9
joint 36th. Information 9
joint 36th. System 7 9
joint 36th. ulrich schnauss 9
joint 37th. Black Dog 8
joint 37th. Plastikman 8
joint 38th. Photek 7
joint 38th. Prefuse 73 7
joint 38th. quick & brite 7
joint 39th. Banco de Gaia 6
joint 39th. Biosphere 6
joint 39th. Yellow Magic Orchestra 6
joint 40th. Capital K 5
joint 40th. EU 5
joint 40th. Speedy J 5
joint 41st. Cornelius 4
joint 41st. Depth Charge 4
joint 41st. Detroit Escalator co. 4
joint 41st. Esem 4
joint 41st. thomas fehlmann 4
joint 41st. Two Lone Swordsman 4
joint 42nd. Jean Michael Jarre 3
joint 42nd. Kieran Hebden 3
joint 42nd. Mum 3
joint 42nd. Pan Sonic 3
joint 42nd. Richard Devine 3
joint 42nd. Richard H Kirk 3
joint 42nd. Team Doyobi 3
joint 43rd. bodgan razcynski 2
joint 43rd. Endorphins 2
joint 43rd. Four Tet 2
joint 43rd. Jan Jelenik 2
joint 43rd. Kid 606 2
joint 43rd. Nautillis 2
joint 43rd. Quinoline Yellow 2
joint 44th. Boom Bip 1
joint 44th. Cex 1
joint 44th. Coldcut 1
joint 44th. Hellfish and Producer 1
joint 44th. leila 1
joint 44th. Radioactive man 1
Qualification Round - Produced
67 Replies
GROUP
A
Orbital
(top voted - 21 votes)
Lemon Jelly
Arovance
Higher Intelligence Agency
GROUP
B
Autechre
(joint 2nd - 18 votes)
Jega
808 State
Meat Beat Manifesto
GROUP
C
Boards
of Canada (joint 4th highest - 16 votes)
Kraftwerk
Hexstatic
Global Communications
GROUP
D
Plaid
(joint 2nd - 18 votes)
Bent
Gescom
Sabres of Paradise
GROUP
E
Aphex
Twin (3rd highest - 17 votes)
u-ziq
Brothomstates
Eat Static
GROUP
F
Underworld
(joint 4th highest - 16 votes)
Amon Tobin
KLF
Royksopp
GROUP
G
The
Orb
Fluke
Spooky
Sasha
GROUP
H
FSOL
(joint 4th highest - 16 votes)
Bola
Nightmares on Wax
Ovuca/Astrobotnia
Groups
A,B,C and D - Produced 53 Replies
GROUP
A
Orbital took the title quite easily and had the 2nd (yes...not
1st) highest score in the whole round. 2nd place was contended
closely by HIA and Lemon Jelly. Arovane scored quite well but
didnt really leave the bottom.
1st : Orbital 25
2nd : Lemon Jelly 14
3rd : HIA 10
4th : Arovane 7
Winners : Orbital and Lemon Jelly
GROUP
B
Autechre also p***ed on the other members of this group but winning
only as the 7th highest voted artist. Jega and 808 State gave
Meat Beat Manifesto a good run but ended up losing out. Jega was
in third place with one point difference over 808 State.
1st
: Autechre 20
2nd : MBM 13
3rd : Jega 11
4th : 808 State 10
Winners : Autechre and Meat Beat Manifesto
GROUP
C
Two clear winners in this Group. Hexstatic took third from Global
Communications. Both scored well but Boards of Canada just about
beat Kraftwerk to win Group C.
1st
: Boards of Canada 20
2nd : Kraftwerk 17
3rd : Hexstatic 10
4th : Global Communication 9
Winners : Boards of Canada and Kraftwerk
GROUP
D
Plaid scored the third highest out of the Group stages but was
the group with the highest difference between 1st and 2nd. There
was a battle of all battles for 2nd place - Bent lost out by one
point and ended bottom of the group. Gescom and Sabres of Paradise
both had equal scores. The tie break was the score for the Qualifying
rounds which meant Gescom got 2nd place with one single point.
I can see that decision ending in tears :)
1st :
Plaid 24
2nd : Gescom 11 *
3rd : Sabres of Paradise 11 *
4th : Bent 10
* Gescom go through as they scored 17 to 16 in quals
Winners : Plaid and Gescom
Clarification:-
From Group A : Orbital and Lemon
Jelly
From Group B : Autechre and Meat
Beat Manifesto
From Group C : Boards of Canada and
Kraftwerk
From Group D : Plaid and Gescom
Groups
E,F,G and H - Produced 35 Replies
GROUP
E
Aphex Twin totally shined and scored the highest of the round.
No competition whatsoever. Eat Static got a few votes but nothing
worth talking about. u-ziq was always a couple of votes ahead
of Brothomstates.
1st :Aphex Twin 26
2nd : 10 u-ziq 14
3rd : Brothomstates 10
4th : Eat Static 5
Winners : Aphex Twin and u-ziq
GROUP
F
Underworld had a comfortable win but second place ended up being
a battle between the old and the new. KLF historic sillyness was
enough to earn 2nd place from Amon Tobin. Royksopp had a very
disappointing round.
1st :
Underworld 21
2nd : Amon Tobin 14
3rd : KLF 16
4th : Royksopp 5
Winners : Underworld and KLF
GROUP
G
The Orb proved too much for the other three. Again this was a
comfortable win. Spooky nearly created an upset but just got pipped
by the other old timers Fluke. Sasha got the joint worst score
in the round.
1st :
The Orb 22
2nd : Fluke 16
3rd : Spooky 14
4th : Sasha 4
Winners : The Orb and Fluke
GROUP
H
This was the group which involved the most contended 1st and 2nd
place. FSOL and Bola had their own private battle and both scored
very high (FSOL - joint 3rd and Bola joint 7th). FSOL finally
pushed Bola aside as Nightmare on Wax got third and Ovuca/Astrobotnia
was bottom with the joint worst score in the round.
1st :
FSOL 24
2nd : Bola 20
3rd : NoW 7
4th : Ovuca/Astrobotnia 4
Winners : FSOL and Bola
Clarification:-
From Group E : Aphex Twin and u-ziq
From Group F : Underworld and KLF
From Group G : The Orb and Fluke
From Group H : FSOL and Bola
Knockout
Round 1 - Produced 68 Replies
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