portishead, dummy
available at: everywhereyeah, so it's old. but no it doesn't take away the absolute splendour of this top top top album. there are few cds which you can return to every few months and feel exactly the same as when you heard it first.

mason mesud stevensen, contraband
available at: info forwardingpsychedelic tripedelicaaaaaaahhh... these three german longhairs (ayie ta michael) splice bouncy post-punk indiepop in between guitar effex taking your sonic neurons around a turn in the corner of your head. of course, i think the mushrooms and weed deserve some credit too.

various artists, the rebirth of cool six, 1996
available at: everywhere or polygrammy best album of early 1997 -- bar memorable none!!! every and i repeat, every, song (there are 15) here is fuckin ace! encompassing trip hop, breakbeat and drum n' bass, it includes the hit smoke city song -- underwater love, that top violin-dnb-reggae song by outside -- to forgive but not to forget, lamb, ltj bukem, alex reece, luciano meets the jungle brothers and dave angel.