yeah yeah i know, its el cheapo journalism, what was your best 5/10/X of 20XX? Usually these things wait until journos are actually on holiday ie when content is otherwise absent… but…. whatever… I started writing it & here it is… and bear in mind some of these things were not specifically 2008, but they were part of my 2008:
5 favourite films of 2008
- The Butterfly & The Diving Bell
- No Country for Old Men
- Wall E
- Sukiyaki Western Django
- Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
5 favourite documentaries of 2008
- In The Shadow Of The Moon
- Up the Yanghtzee
- Note By Note
- Helvetica
- Genius of Photography
5 favourite new beaty albums of 2008
- A Mutual Antipathy by Scuba
- Underwater Dancehall by Pinch
- Wikid Times by Beat Pharmacy
- Slime and Reason by Roots Manuva
- Vantage Isle Session by Deepchord
5 favourite beatfree albums of 2008
- EP1 by Music For Bears
- Two Point Discrimination by Goldmund
- Forest Full of Drums by Mapstation & Paul Wirkus
- Do Nothing ‘Til You Hear From Me by V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble
- 24 Postcards in Full Colour by Max Richter
5 most memorable sounds of 2008
- torrential rain, while in a swimming pool, on Nyepi day, Bali
- my doepfer modular
- kids playing on the Cat-Bus at the Ghibli Museum, Tokyo
- my piccolo snare
- the first cicada of summer
5 favourite/most used VSTi in 2008
- Reaktor
- Time Freezer
- Korg Analogue Edition
- Sylenth
- Olga
5 favourite/most used VST FX in 2008
- Massey Tape Delay
- Effectrix
- Lucifer
- Augustus Loop
- SoundToys FilterFreak
5 favourite/most used RTAS/TDM in 2008
- Waves Doppler
- Lowender
- Massey L2007
- TL Space
- SoundToys FilterFreak
5 favourite/most used stompbox/desktop FX in 2008
- Roland Space Echo 201
- Metasonix TM6
- Moogerfooger LPF
- JMox T-Resonator
- Sherman Filterbank
5 favourite/most used eurorack modules in 2008
- Polivoks Filter
- Doepfer A105 SSM Filter
- Doepfer A137 Wave Multiplier
- Livewire AFG
- Analogue Solutions SQ8
5 favourite/most used Sound&Music Apps in 2008
- ProTools HD
- ableton LIVE
- SoundMiner
- AudioSculpt
- Kyma
5 best/most used non-Music Apps in 2008
- Voodoo Pad Pro
- Now Up To Date
- Aperture
- MarsEdit
- Freedom
5 best/most used music/sound websites in 2008
- Gearslutz Post Forum
- Boomkat
- Matrixsynth
- The Stretta Procedure
- BBC Radio 1: Giles Peterson & Mary Anne Hobbes shows
5 best/most used non-music websites in 2008
- flickr
- metafilter
- delicious
- ffffound
- notcot
5 most consumed drinks in 2008
- V
- moscow mule
- kirin beer
- absolut vodka
- macs rockhopper pilsener beer
Now about the sponsorship deal for that last category…
