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Okay, whilst I remember, here's who I've been to see (so far) this year:

808 State (Live)
A Guy Called Gerald (DJ & Live)
Alex Patterson (DJ)
Autechre
Baby Ford (DJ)
Basement Jaxx
Bent (DJ)
Dollboy
Global Communication (DJ)
Phil Hartnoll (DJ)
Hexstatic (Live)
Homelife (featuring Graham Massey of 808 State)
Infusion (Live)
Jim Bob & Jim's Super Stereoworld (ex Carter USM)
Lemon Jelly (Live) x2
London Elektricity
Meat Beat Manifesto
Tom Middleton (DJ)
Mylo (Live) x3
New Order x3 (so far)
Nine Inch Nails
Phil 'n Dog (!)
Plaid
Super Furry Animals
The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain
Ulrich Schnauss
Luke Vibert (DJ & Live)

To see:

Faithless
New Order x3 (!)
Toolshed (featuring Graham Massey of 808 State)

Best Gig (so far):

New Order & 808 State live in Turin

There's probably some I've forgotten....

i cant remember last week

Alkaline Trio
Bullet for my Valentine
Erasure
Iggy and the Stooges
Incubus
Iron Maiden
Lemon Jelly
Marilyn Manson
Niquiteen Queen (does that count? I was on stage..)
Pink Floyd
Sting
The Who
The rest of the Live 8 lineup

In terms of distinct gigs, then just Lemon Jelly in March and Goldfrapp a couple of weeks ago.

Saw plenty much at the Big Chill though...

Hmm. I'm bound to forget a few but...

Lemon Jelly (x2)
NIN
Coldplay
White Stripes
Magic Numbers
Plaid
Atomic Hooligan
London Electricity
The Earlies (x2)
Bloc Party
The Bravery
Bonobo
Hextatic
Mylo (x2)
Infusion
Basement Jaxx
Kaiser Chiefs
Primal Scream
GLC
The Zutons
Roots Manuva (x2)
Soulwax

Loads of DJs too, but cant be arsed recalling them... I dont think I could to be honest.

Didnt enjoy all of them. I think the White Stripes did it for me the most.
Lemon Jelly would have won hands down if it wasnt for the bad sound in both Brixton and the forum... compared to the crisp clarity that they had at the Big Chill the year before...

Got Goldfrapp and the Prodigy to look forward too.

I've been horrifically skint this year so I've been to one paltry gig - The Pixies at Alexandra Palace, London. Bloomin' marvellous.

Dagnabbit, I need gainful employment to get out of this temping rut and earn me some hard cash for gigs, more PC processing power and an upgrade for my music software setup (I want SONAR v5! My v2.2 is all very lovely but I want those swanky extra plugins and shiny new GUI)

Loopz wrote:i cant remember last week

Snap. Seen loads this year, can't remember more than the likes of Hexstatic several times, Exactshit bootlegs sets, Autechre (twice) and christ knows what else...

Finally I can answer one of these threads, since because of my gap (half a) year I've managed to drag my bottom to quite a lot of events. So here:

Live:

The Prodigy (my number one on the list of bands to see before I die!)
Juno Reactor
Mouse On Mars
Brothomstates
Infected Mushroom
Aavikko
Annie
Blamstrain
Bad Loop & Recue
Us3
+Other jazz bands, some weird traditional greek band and probably some band/bands I can't even remember

DJ's (bound to be too many for me to remember and most of them'll be totally unrecognisable for you lot):

Kevin Saunderson
Teebee
DJ Rok
Muffler
Infekto
Apo
Proteus (the guy seems to be everywhere these days, opened for both Prodge and Juno)
Tres
Halo
Orkidea
Tres
Puistokemisti
Eliot Ness
Samuli Kemppi
Tim Duster
Tripteaser
Salakavala
Soma
Kris Kylven
Nemes
Benn
E-Nrg
Bates
De La Rocha
Markus S
+ A bunch of others, mainly ones at your regular clubs (also in Greece and Turkey) where nobody cares about who the DJ is...

An no, I didn't remember all of those DJ's by heart. I checked out the flyers of the places I went to for most of the names. Some of them, like Mr. Saunderson, I only saw for a track or too...

Dog wrote:

Loopz wrote:i cant remember last week

Snap. Seen loads this year, can't remember more than the likes of Hexstatic several times, Exactshit bootlegs sets, Autechre (twice) and christ knows what else...

Bent - DJ
Phil Hartnoll - DJ
Strictly Kev - DJ
Tom Middleton - DJ

(to start you off)

who have I seen this year?

Oh geez, it's been SUCH an uneventful year, didn't even make it to Koneisto...

At least I saw Brothomstates, Blamtrain and some other Finnish electro groups. Oh yea, and this hip-hopper, Sere, rapping with my university lecturer. That was strange.

Plus, some interesting DJ events.

gee, better go out more - or rather: More International Acts To Where I Can See Them Please!

usernick wrote:

Dog wrote:

Loopz wrote:i cant remember last week

Snap. Seen loads this year, can't remember more than the likes of Hexstatic several times, Exactshit bootlegs sets, Autechre (twice) and christ knows what else...

Bent - DJ
Phil Hartnoll - DJ
Strictly Kev - DJ
Tom Middleton - DJ

(to start you off)

Yeah, but most of that lot was at the Big Chill...

I know I've seen Dollboy, Meat Beat Manifesto, a few Xfm remix nights, Infusion and others but I genuinely can't remember all of it.

I've seen and heard a monumental amount of high quality music (plus a fair bit of shite stuff,too) in various locations so far this year and,once again,Danny Howells and King Unique still dishing out the most entertaining nights around (clocked 'em both 6 times and counting in 2005 : ).

Yeah, I've seen shitloads of good live music and DJs this year - been out doing music things probably 80% of weekends since January. Won't bother even thinking about a full list, but I've heard some great stuff... and got plenty more quality gigs lined up for the remainder of the year!

Nine Inch Nails
Atomic Hooligan (although i cant remember this one at all but was there!!!)
London Electricity
The Earlies
Bonobo
Hexstatic
Mylo
Infusion
Roots Manuva
Evil Nine (live)
Breakfastaz x 10+ est
Freestylers x 10+ est
Phil Hartnoll
Stanton Warriors (lots)
Plump Dj's x 10+ est
Krafty Kuts (loads)
Scratch Perverts (a few times)

the list could go on all day where dj's are concerned!!!!

Its been a great year and still got The Prodigy to look forward to in a few weeks time.

Best gig for me this year has to be Nine Inch Nails - was completely blown away by how good they were live.

blimey. tough one.
many at glastonbury.
did i see bent this year? think so.
most recent was four tet, who was superb. he's one intense man. supposed to be seeing him next week too if i feel up to it.
how about lemon jelly? yeah think that was this year.
quantic soul orchestra.
not gonna name djs.