RA Poll: Top 5 producers of 2007

Who have been your favourite producers in 2007?

Completey agree with the choice of Efdemin. No one else came close this year. Slightly surprised though that you did not mention Lohn & Brot re him and Mariposa vis-a-vis DJ Koze which easily one of the best records of the year.

good summary pete...

Aril Brikha had a nice year...

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Posted by alika
Aril Brikha had a nice year...

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i agree
his set in cream Bs As was amazing
the best of that night

Great round-up Pete.

Efdemin has had a huge year in the studio - fully deserved.

Why a top 5 and not a top 10?!?!??

Definitely Efdemin, would be very interested to see what he plays, his chart on Phonica.com a while ago was a lot of Pigon stuff that was really good too..... really liking this stuff, anyone got any similar recommendations?


Jamie Jones not get a mention?
Harajuku, Panama City, the Should Have Gone Home EP, Strangers?
all pretty darn good.. like nothing else you here IMO.

My My?
soem really good remixes and a lot of their production has been really good too...

Efdemin was a revelation this year for me, and good to see him getting the top spot. Also fits in with with the trend of house coming back. His  podcast was incredible! I still can't stop listening to it and it's been six months.

I would just mention 2000 And One, but all of them are acceptable

Good wrap up, although I dont see why Radio Slave is that high.

I miss Bodzin in top 5.

Gui Boratto was my n#1

i applaud the  award. the clever transformation of  into a statute is clever as all get-out!

dunno which one of us did it, but to you kind sir/madame:

can't disagree with anyone mentioned so far, a few others that deserve mention are stefan goldmann, sebo k, and sascha dive

ill second goldmann. and mymy. boomplus on the write-up

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Slightly surprised though that you did not mention Lohn & Brot re him and Mariposa vis-a-vis DJ Koze which easily one of the best records of the year.

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'Mariposa' by DJ Koze on Kompakt:
if stefan kozalla's pseudonym is dj 'throwup', "mariposa" is the best tasting regurgitation my ears have ever eaten!

matthew dear/audion/false:
my personal favorites from this year: "i'm a man" (audion's donation remix), "noiser" by audion (spectral), "i feel speed" dubfire (audion remix), "do it again" by chemical brothers (audion's house arrest mix), "indy 3000" by false on '2007'(m-nus), and last but not least "give me more" by matthew dear on 'asa breed'(ghostly int'l).

Radioslave, Mathew Dear, Mathew Jonson, Carl Craig.

Hmmm...I really enjoyed the Efdemin album and his podcast but besides that which of his remix' or other productions this year really blew people's minds? If someone could give me a nice list to track down I'd appreciate it...At the same time could that list be anywhere as long and interesting as the individual output's of Matthew Dear and Villalobos this year??? Seriously both of them dropped so much amazing work I find it hard to rank Efdemin above them...I think Efdemin's "deep house" sound is very beautiful but is it really as revolutionary as an 'Asa Breed' or 'Fabric 36' (+ a ton of ridiculous remixes and singles?!)...Ultimately its all up to individual opinions but overall its a nice list.

i agree with your article.
we need a musical revolution!

Bigbernado, check:

Pigon - Promises & Cottonwood
Pigon - Little Albio Street
Till Von Sein - Gestern (Efdemin Remix) [My favourite]
Sascha Funke - The Acrobat (Efdemin mix)
Staffan Linzatti - Quibble (Efdemin remix)

Maybe if you compare Efdemin's productions to Radio Slave or Matthew Dear, it doesn't have the same 'charttopping anthem' kinda thing going on, and its not as rad as Villalobos, but if you're after warm, modern house music that just works, then his output is really worth checking. Plus I voted in all of these polls with my heart not my brain & I think there is a lot of heart in his tracks!

Aril Brikha deserves a 2nd mention for a breakout 2007... Mark August, Redshape, and Jamie Jones are right there too. What about Martin Buttrich and Gui Boratto? Every record they put out is special for me.

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Why a top 5 and not a top 10?!?!??

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i agree, i like the top 5 but i'm missing sascha dive, john daly, andomat 3000 and petre inspirescu

I can't believe I didn't rec Move D. Great year, and not enough people have heard Live @ Johanneskirche. And dub techno phenom Rod Modell & Stephen Hitchell as Echospace. And... damn this was a great year for electronic music!

the Timewriter and Gui Boratto anyone??

nice to be mentioned in such an article guys!

dj koze was the one for me this year

mariposa and naked rmx totally blew my mind
he has that isolee-esque strangeness/quality goin on

big up

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Bigbernado, check:

Pigon - Promises & Cottonwood
Pigon - Little Albio Street
Till Von Sein - Gestern (Efdemin Remix) [My favourite]
Sascha Funke - The Acrobat (Efdemin mix)
Staffan Linzatti - Quibble (Efdemin remix)

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Thank you very much for this! I'll hunt them down and check it out!

one more samim !

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Bigbernado, check:

Pigon - Promises & Cottonwood
Pigon - Little Albio Street
Till Von Sein - Gestern (Efdemin Remix) [My favourite]
Sascha Funke - The Acrobat (Efdemin mix)
Staffan Linzatti - Quibble (Efdemin remix)

Maybe if you compare Efdemin's productions to Radio Slave or Matthew Dear, it doesn't have the same 'charttopping anthem' kinda thing going on, and its not as rad as Villalobos, but if you're after warm, modern house music that just works, then his output is really worth checking. Plus I voted in all of these polls with my heart not my brain & I think there is a lot of heart in his tracks!

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right on jeremy. efdemin's definitely got a different aesthetic, and it's a lovely one. 'promises' by pigon is brilliant. definitely one of my favourites for the year. also, for those that havent listened to much efdemin, use it as an excuse to explore the whole dial label/sound. they've had an amazing run, of late.

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nice to be mentioned in such an article guys!

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you deserve it buddy. i've been very impressed with your productions and livepa. keep it up!

I would have put Ricardo first and probably Sebo K or Chymera instead of Efdemin. Also radio Slave has had once again an amazing year. The guy's output is incredible, i mean to be able to be so consistent wether its his own productions, remixes, label, etc...is incredible!

Hey guys, I just want to put forward Diverted and Mr No Hands, who have been putting out some of the best breaks this year we feel, including the hit:

Mr No Hands Vs Bassbin Twins - Adrenaline Ltd

Which comes complete with a Diverted Remix.

good article but Martin Buttrich should of been mentioned

echospace
villalobos
efdemin
dennis ferrer
cobblestone jazz

burial
shackleton
pinch

could agree with you more on the list (maybe moving Dear a bit up) but only 5 producers

consider making a Top10 list for next year!

anyone who thinks Aril Brikha had a good year obviously hasn't heard "Deeparture In Time". or they have no ears.

personally, i am so very entertained by ricardo "alpaca eyelashes" villalobos. that shit is funny, i'll never be able to look at him the same way.

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anyone who thinks Aril Brikha had a good year obviously hasn't heard "Deeparture In Time". or they have no ears.

personally, i am so very entertained by ricardo "alpaca eyelashes" villalobos. that shit is funny, i'll never be able to look at him the same way.

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i totally agree! "Winter" is simply atrocious! For me it's the point where Kompakt lost the plot. They had always been on the good side of trance but that track was a horrible mistake. A few releases apart it has been a very disappointing year for Kompakt IMHO. And yes Ricardo is a funny guy....

Uh.... what about Carl Craig?

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Posted by jeremy_a
Bigbernado, check:

Pigon - Promises & Cottonwood
Pigon - Little Albio Street
Till Von Sein - Gestern (Efdemin Remix) [My favourite]
Sascha Funke - The Acrobat (Efdemin mix)
Staffan Linzatti - Quibble (Efdemin remix)

Maybe if you compare Efdemin's productions to Radio Slave or Matthew Dear, it doesn't have the same 'charttopping anthem' kinda thing going on, and its not as rad as Villalobos, but if you're after warm, modern house music that just works, then his output is really worth checking. Plus I voted in all of these polls with my heart not my brain & I think there is a lot of heart in his tracks!

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Exactly, the warm bassline of "Acid Bells" is rich and brooding at the same time. It's dark but not too dark, it's definitely one of the best tracks I've heard over the last couple of years.

I also voted with my heart.

cobblestone jazz
carl craig
stefan goldmann
efdemin
ame

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anyone who thinks Aril Brikha had a good year obviously hasn't heard "Deeparture In Time". or they have no ears.

personally, i am so very entertained by ricardo "alpaca eyelashes" villalobos. that shit is funny, i'll never be able to look at him the same way.

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i totally agree! "Winter" is simply atrocious! For me it's the point where Kompakt lost the plot. They had always been on the good side of trance but that track was a horrible mistake. A few releases apart it has been a very disappointing year for Kompakt IMHO.

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yeah, i dont understand why so many people arent willing to see 'winter' for what it is - dodgy trance. just because brikha made some good music in the past (but perhaps not enough to quite justify his rep), doesnt excuse the crap he is putting out now. ugh.

and for me the kompakt slide started quite some time ago. the new burger and voigt (despite the title) it is actually a nice change - the first kompakt in ages i've liked.

where is redshape?

hey...... efdemin is #1 this year...no doubt!

in my world #2 would have been ONUR ÖZER (VAKANT) with his "kas,mir" Album, because it is so well produced, has such a huge amount of heart and honesty! Other than that, the way he treats the base drum is very unique and you will have a hard time finding deeper darker danceable music ("Innervoices")!

And PANTHA DU PRINCE would have been in my top 5 defenitly, because he creates sounds compareable to Efdemins in another darker maybe more "churchy" way...a track like "Florac" is just tellin me a story! Its not hard to realize, Efdemin is a "DIAL RECORDINGS" member just like Pantha du Prince!

So...Much love, recpect and thanks to DIAL and VAKANT!


Have a nice end of the year all of you!
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By the way..I have no idea why  does not allow html links...

amazing the words of Mr.Peter Chambers

for my :

Boris Brejcha
Cobblestone Jazz
Gui Boratto
Peter Horrevorts
Solomun & Stimming
Pär Grindvik
Robert Babicz
Tigerskin
3 Channels
Minilogue

well ! i think efdemin deserves all the praise and attention . great dj with knowledge about music old and new . this is self evident in his dj sets . him and lawrence played a blinder in london over the weekend !
i have one big big bone to pick with resident advisor . there has been a lot house mentioned on these pages and yet significant house producers who are making the freshest and dopest music are missing on these pages ???
i really hope people would stop to be fad led and rather genuinely support dance music . for this music to survive people need to really stop fads and take the fashion out of the music because it doesn't belong there ! listen and talk to the likes of lawrence and efdemin and they play and are inspired by the very people that are missing on these pages . i really hope that if you guys are gonna genuinely write about house music ....then the real players will be included on those lists and maybe do get someone who understand the roots of house music instead of writing about mobilee and the likes as house ! ???
anyway my list which would be longer than five will look like this :
dj jus ed
patrice scott
omar s
lerosa
move d
lawrence
efdemin
sasha dive
3 chairs
ovatow
scott ferguson
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I'm pretty stggered that Gui Boratto didn't receive a mention or a top 5 position. Not just because he's a damn fine and idiosyncratic producer but also because he has received so many positive mentions on  over the past year. It's also pretty nuts that none of the Innervisions crew (Dixon, Ame, Henrik Schwarz, Alex from Tokyo, etc) get a mention.

Where's cobblestone, pantha du prince, timewriter, gui borrato?

Should really have been a top ten, really. No really.

Are  just getting lazy in there old age??

oh babicz, romboy and bodzin too. Ouchems.

it's a poll!

is democracy getting lazy in its old age?

i dont know if you can call this democracy whene only 29 ppl voted in this poll

well it's still a vote...hard to blame anyone in particular for the results.

the reality is a vote will never put more marginal artists at the top, nor is that the fault of the people voting.

yeah ok but who voted???
i'm not against the list or anything in fact i think it's ok, but i think this poll would have different results if half of the ra subscribers have a vote, but lets take it as any of the ra reviews sometimes you agree, some times you dont

btw that solomun mix pretty fing good, thnx 2nd time im playn' it

glad you like the solomun mix, been enjoying it on my commute the last week alright!

Also yeah I totally see your point there, it is a contributors poll and the readers didn't get a say, which isn't ideal.

But I suppose all I was saying is that even the contributors aren't all 110 per cent behind it because it's the aggregate of everyone's views, and we are all really petty fascists.

well, not really, but you know what I mean! I can only speak for myself but I find it very hard to pick any category except best singles to be 100 per cent honest.