Excession - Altitude (Bonzai UK)
Sexual - Amber (Substance)
Around The World - Aqua (MCA/Universal-Island)
New Way, New Life - Asian Dub Foundation (ffrr)
Girls Like Us - B15 Project feat. Crissy D. & Lady G. (Relentless)
Fade To Grey - Babe Instinct (Volume)
Runnin' [rm] - Basstoy (Neo)
Voices - Bedrock (Bedrock)
Hello World - Belle Perez (EMI)
El Barrio - George Benson (Verve)
Day & Night - Billie (Innocent/Virgin)
Bleachin' - Bleachin' (Boilerhouse!/Arista)
Dance Naked - Aaron Carl (Kickin')
Impossible - The Charlatans (MCA/Universal-Island)
The Big Legs EP - Chicken Lips (Kingsize)
Let's Ride (EP) / Barte Witness / Rubbin' / Young Gunz - Choclair (Virgin)
I Already Miss You - Ronald Clarke (Liquid Groove)
Jerusalem - Classic Renaissance (-)
Feeling This Way - The Conductor & The Cowboy (Serious)
Busted On The Job EP - Johnny Corporate (Defected)
Starlight [rm] - Desiderio (Code Blue/East West)
My True Colours - DJ Disciple (Catch 22)
Forget About Dre - Dr. Dre feat. Eminem (Aftermath/Interscope)
Too Much Of Heaven - Eiffel 65 (Eternal/WEA)
Hitman's Paradise - Estima (WEA)
Jerusalem - Fat Les 2000 (-)
Terra Nova - Flightcrank (Copasetik)
Don't Play That Song Again - Nicki French (Logic/Arista)
Hustle Espanol - Full Intention (Dtension)
When A Woman - Gabrielle (Go.Beat/Polydor)
Soldier - Gay Dad (London)
The Last Night - Gloria Gaynor (Logic/Arista)
Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye - Vince Gill (-)
[tba] - Goldfrapp (Mute)
Babylon [rm] - David Gray (IHT)
[tba] - Macy Gray (Epic)
If I Told You That [rr] - Whitney Houston & George Michael (Arista)
You Can Do It / Until We Rich - Ice Cube (Priority/Virgin)
Get Gone - Ideal US (Virgin)
Caribbean Affair - Ikon (-)
The Games We Play - Andreas Johnson (WEA)
End Of The Day - Lucy Kaplansky (-)
Somebody's Baby - Keesha (RCA)
Misunderstood - Kick Angel (1st Ave./Mercury)
What's Your Name - Angel Lee (360ř/WEA)
Flying Elvis - Leilani (ZTT)
Fixation [rm] - Andy Ling (Hooj Choons)
Masterblaster 2000 - DJ Luck & MC Lyte feat. JJ (Red Rose)
I Don't Wanna Kiss You Goodnight - Lyte Funkie Ones (Logic/Arista)
Walking On Water - Madasun (V2)
Desanitize - Mara (Acetate)
Jammin' - Bob Marley & MC Lyte (Universal)
Wish This World - Mash (Halo)
Carmen Queasy - Maxim Reality (XL)
Ride On Time 2000 - Melted Artists (ZYX)
Old Fashioned - Me:One (Island Studios/Universal-Island)
Wish This World - Mesh (Halo)
Access [rm] - DJ Misjah & DJ Tim (Tripoli Trax)
Higher - Moca feat. Deanna (Azuli)
Disco Downtown - Mooloodjee (Poumtchak)
She Was Nothing - Mucho Macho (Wiiija)
Unintended - Muse (Taste Media/Mushroom)
Angry Skies - Maria Nayler (Arista)
Moments Of Space - Odessi (Baroque)
You Can't Go Wrong - The Police (-)
Where The Heart Is - Prefab Sprout (Kitchenware/Columbia)
Turn It Up - Dylan Dyla & Katie (Blue Black)
I Need You - LeAnn Rimes (Curb/The Hit Label/London)
Closer To Heaven / Starlight - Rocco & Heist (-)
Bring U Up - Romanthony & DJ Predator (Glasgow Underground)
Fool For Love - Russell (Rulin)
I Like It - Sammi (Freeworld/Capitol-Parlophone)
Overdrive - DJ Sandy vs. Housetrap (Additive/Positiva)
Moody - Sessomato (Junior Boy's Own)
Sing-A-Long - Shanks & Bigfoot (Chocolate Boy/Pepper/Jive)
Volume Four - Sharp Tools (Sharp)
Taken For Granted - Sia (-)
It's Too Late - Lucie Silvas (-)
Champs Elyses - Bob Sinclair (Defected)
Proud - Heather Small (Arista)
The Rhythm Slave - DJ Sneak (Classic)
It Feels So Good [rm] - Sonique (Serious)
Luvstruck [rm] - Southside Spinners (AM:PM)
Da Virus (EP) - Stanton Warriors (Mob)
2 Much Happened - Junior O pres. Starchild (RSenal)
Kali Yugg - Subtle By Design (Boogieman)
Rise Up - Sunkids (Yellorange)
The Young MC - Superfunk (Distinct'ive/Virgin)
(I Need Some) Happy Days - Sweet Mercy feat. Joe Roberts (Boo)
The Wolf - Terra Firma (Platipus)
Get Wicked - Perfect Phase pres. Those 2 (Two Play/Positiva)
(Put Your) Hands Up - Trevor & Simon (Substance)
Black Widow - berzone vs. Rennie Pilgrem (TCR)
Ace Of Spades - Union Avenue (-)
The Return (Time To Say Goodbye) - DJ Visage feat. Clarissa (-)
Feel The Need - Weird Science (NuLife/Arista)
Nothin Going On But The Rent - Yana (Urbanstar)
May 1st :
Sweet Surrender - Bellatrix (Fierce Panda)
After Love - Blank & Jones (Nebula)
Autophilia (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love My Car) - The Bluetones (Superior Quality/A&M/Mercury)
I Am The Sun [ri] - Dark Star (Harvest/EMI)
The Out There EP - Departure Lounge (Meek Giant)
Radar Intruder - Derrero (Big Noise)
No Me Dejes De Querer - Gloria Estefan (Epic)
Inside Job - Don Henley (Warner Bros.)
Breathe - Faith Hill (Warner Bros.)
~ [tba] - Whitney Houston (Arista)
Blackman Know Yourself - Femi Kuti (Sound Of Barclay)
Mondo `77 - Looper (Jeepster)
Dirty Water - Made In London (RCA)
Any Day Will Be Fine - Mojave 3 (4AD)
* Ventimiglia 120899 EP - Salako (Jeepster)
The Return Of Nothing - Sandstorm (Renaissance/Pioneer)
Ysbeidiau Heulog - Super Furry Animals (Placid Casual)
Heart Of Asia - Watergate (Positiva)
He's The Keeper - Paul Weller (Island)
Raised Ranch Revolution - Wheat (City Slang)
May 8th :
Found A Way Out - Birth (Hut/Virgin)
Every Woman Needs Love - Stella Browne (Perfecto)
I (Friday Night) - Dubstar (Food/EMI)
Tell Me Why (The Riddle) - Paul van Dyk feat. Saint Etienne (Deviant)
Koochy - Armand van Helden (ffrr)
Breathe - Faith Hill (WEA)
The Wicker Man - Iron Maiden (EMI)
Friendly Fire EP - Matthew Jay (Food/Parlophone)
Shorty - Donell Jones (LaFace/Arista)
Sex Bomb - Tom Jones & Mousse T. (Gut)
Up With People - Lambchop (City Slang)
Don't Call Me Baby [rm] - Madison Avenue (VC/Virgin)
Disco Science - Mirwais (Naive/Epic)
Nothing As It Seems - Pearl Jam (Epic)
Day & Night - Billie Piper (Innocent/Virgin)
I Don't Know - Slim Village (Wordplay/Source UK)
Coming Around - Travis (Independiente)
Funky Music - Utah Saints (Echo)
May 15th :
Summer Moved On - A-ha (WEA)
Theme From Gutbuster - Bentley Rhythm Ace (Skint/Parlophone)
American Trilogy - The Delgados (Chemikal Underground)
Free To Go - Folk Implosion (Domino)
Sleeping With Victor - Lynden David Hall (Cooltempo-Chrysalis)
Swords - Leftfield (Higher Ground/Hard Hands/Columbia)
May 22nd :
Legal Man - Belle & Sebastian (Jeepster)
It's My Life - Bon Jovi (Mercury)
[tba] - Broadcast (Warp)
Catch The Sun - Doves (Heavenly/EMI)
Cryptic Souls Crew - Len (Work/Columbia)
Munk Funk - Muki (Mantra/Beggars Banquet)
Reach - S Club 7 (Polydor)
May 29th :
Dreaming - B.T. (Headspace/Pioneer)
Get Off - The Dandy Warhols (Capitol)
New Beginning - Stephen Gately (Polydor)
[tba] - Lulu (Rocket/Mercury)
June (date unknown) :
Embrace - Agnelli & Nelson (Xtravaganza)
It's My Turn - Angelic (Serious)
Too Dead For Me - Atari Teenage Riot (Digital Hardcore)
Lovely Now - Beenie Man (Virgin)
Monica - Before Dark (RCA)
I Don't Smoke - DJ Dee Kline (Warner Bros.)
See The Light - Dumonde (Nebula)
Desire - DJ Eric (Distinct'ive/Virgin)
Donnez-moi Le Chocolat - Fantastique (V2)
Just Because - F.A.T.E. (Warner Bros.)
Last Ones Standing - Girl Thing (Cowell)
Flash - Green Velvet (F1-11)
Music Is Life - Groove Junkies (Champion)
Don't Push - Jazmin (Edel)
Sacred Cycles - Peter Lazonby (Hooj Choons)
Step Away - Marlaine (Universal)
Burnin' - Mirrorball (Multiply)
Porcelain - Moby (Mute)
Pumpin' [rm] - Novy vs. Eniac (Additive)
[tba] - Pulp (Island/Universal-Island)
Maria Maria - Santana (Arista)
Don't Stop [rm] - Soul Vision (Fluential/Defected)
Anybody's Guess - Tin Tin Out (VC/Virgin)
Defected Sampler: Bad Habits [ATFC] / ... - v.a. (Defected)
United - Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)
The Beach -- Original Score - Angelo Badalamenti (London)
The Facts Of Life - Black Box Recorder (Nude)
Loa Me Te Project - DJ Cam (Columbia)
Living In The Present Future - Eagle-Eye Cherry (Polydor)
Machismo EP - Gomez (Hut/Virgin)
This Time Around - Hanson (Mercury)
2000 Years: The Millennium Concert - Billy Joel (Columbia)
Lonely Girl - Lonestar (Grapevine/BNA)
Thankful - Mary Mary (Columbia)
Animals, Suns & Atoms - Tarwater (Kitty-Yo)
The Second Coming - T.Q. (Epic)
May 8th :
Art & Life - Beenie Man (Virgin)
Mystery White Boy - Jeff Buckley (Columbia)
Hot Rail - Calexico (City Slang)
Living In The Present Future - Eagle-Eye Cherry (Polydor)
The Best Of ... -- Vol. 2 - Bob Dylan (Columbia)
Songs Of Yesterday - Free (Island/Universal-Island)
The Sophtware Slump - Grandaddy (Will/V2)
Beauty In Madness - Hobotalk (Hut/Virgin)
The Geometrid - Looper (Jeepster)
I Wanna Be With You - Mandy Moore (Epic)
Ambrosia - A Reminicscent Drive (F Comm.)
The Filth & Fury OST - The Sex Pistols (Virgin)
Dream Sequence -- The Best Of ... - Tangerine Dream (Virgin)
White Pepper - Ween (Mushroom)
May 15th :
Science & Nature - The Bluetones (Superior Quality/Mercury)
Alma Caribena - Gloria Estefan (Epic)
Take A Look Inside - Folk Implosion (Domino)
Breathe - Faith Hill (Warner Bros.)
Greastest Hits - Whitney Houston (Arista)
~ [tba] - Roni Size/Reprazent (Talkin Loud)
Oops, I Did It Again - Britney Spears (Jive)
Mwng - Super Furry Animals (Placid Casual)
Check My Ears - Turn (Infectious)
May 22nd :
~ Movement In Still Life [ri] - B.T. (Headspace/Renaissance/Pioneer)
The Master: 1961--1984 - Marvin Gaye (Motown/Polydor)
Inside Job - Don Henley (Warner Bros.)
The Unreleased Mixes - Whitney Houston (Arista)
You Can't Stop The Bumrush - Len (Columbia)
[tba] - LL Cool J (Def Jam/Mercury)
Binaural - Pearl Jam (Epic)
The Sound Of Water - Saint Etienne (Mantra/Beggars Banquet)
Apple Venus - Vol. 2 - XTC (Cooking Vinyl)
May 29th :
Minor Earth, Major Sky - A-ha (WEA)
For Your Ears Only - Bentley Rhythm Ace (Skint/Parlophone)
Crush - Bon Jovi (Mercury)
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (Aftermath/Interscope/Polydor)
The Other Side - Lynden David Hall (Chrysalis/EMI)
Killing Puritans - Armand van Helden (ffrr)
Brave New World - Iron Maiden (EMI)
The History Of Rock - Kid Rock (Lava/Atlantic/East West)
Rhythm & Stealth -- The Stealth Mixes - Leftfield (Hard Hands/Higher Ground/Columbia)
The Notorious K.I.M. - Lil' Kim (Atlantic/East West)
Proud - Heather Small (Arista)
June (date unknown) :
[tba] - The Animalhouse (Boilerhouse/Arista)
Mermaid Avenue II - Billy Bragg & Wilco (Elektra/East West)
[tba] - Gay Dad (London)
[tba] - Ronan Keating (-)
[tba] - R. Kelly (Jive)
[tba] - Maxim Reality (XL)
[tba] - Radiohead (Parlophone)
Agoetis Byrjun - Sigur R˘s (Fat Cat)
[tba] - Spice Girls (Virgin)
June 5th :
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant - Belle & Sebastian (Jeepster)
Quality Control - Jurassic 5 (Pan-Polydor)
Invincible Summer - kd Lang (Warner Bros.)
[tba] - Lulu (Mercury)
The Trouble With Relationships - Mansun (Parlophone)
Delicious - Thunderbugs (1st Ave./Epic)
June 12th :
Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia - The Dandy Warhols (Capitol/Parlophone)
Bow Down To The Exit Sign - David Holmes (Go.Beat/Polydor)
La Noche De Cuatro Lunas - Julio Iglesias (Columbia)
Seven - S Club 7 (Polydor)
Classic Sinatra - Frank Sinatra (Capitol/Parlophone)
June 19th :
New Beginning - Stephen Gately (Polydor)
How To Steal The World - Helicopter Girl (Instant Karma)
June 26th :
Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy (Twisted Nerve/XL)
Making No.7 in April last year, this was the first single from their
"Equally Cursed and Blessed" No.1 album, and isn't the happiest of tunes
but then when are any of their tracks happy-happy songs?
It was followed up by Londinium (No.20, July 99) in which
"London never sleeps, it just sucks" and Karaoke Queen (No.36, Nov 99).
The end bit :
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Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
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