Introduction
Welcome to the TBC annual review for 2018, it has been a quiet front in regards to TBC this year with only the 2017 annual review being posted on the website and one event in July (NY Muscle). In 2019 however, we continue to look for new ways to bring you more events and articles, this has already included our first podcast posted in January 2019 that included a mix and some words from Nick O Teen. Our last event in 2018 was exceptional, so many of our friends attended, made a great effort on the costume front, partied hard and gave us some great feedback to help TBC grow and develop in the future.
2018 was a very busy year for TBC, as ever and it included a number of big clubbing events. 303 in Liverpool in February at the awesome Invisible Wind Factory venue with Charlie May, Nick Warren, Guy J, Henry Saiz and Quivver (John Graham). The highlight being the basement room at the end with Quivver playing his moody progressive techno style and Nick Warren absolutely smashing it with a superb progressive set. Techno for Humanity in Antwerp (Belgium) in April for our wedding anniversary (how romantic!) with Danny Howells b2b Dave Seaman b2b Darren Emerson on their 3D tour, Hernan Cattaneo b2b with Nick Warren, Radioslave, Martin Buttrich, Gary Beck b2b Marcel Fengler and finally Amelie Lens b2b Pan-Pot. This event was top draw, DJ proceeds go to charity and you enjoy a massive rave by a lake in Antwerp with some of the best music and DJs across a multitude of genres. We finally got to attend Printworks in London on October 6th for Maceo Plex’s Mosaic night with Maceo himself, Len Faki, Ellen Allien and Silent Servant to name just a few. Printworks is an out of this world venue in, you guessed it, an old print works South of the river in London, it is simply ginormous and such an audio and visual spectacle. Room 237 at Club Loco in Bristol on October 13th for Bjarki and Randomer at a rave in a tunnel! As you can guess this was a totally insane event from a prestigious dark horse of a night called Room 237 that has been going for some time, check it out. Lady H also went raving in Vienna and had a ball at Grelle Forelle and Pratersauna. We attended Hybrid’s UK tour that came to Sheffield at Plug in November, this was a trip down memory lane back to the late 90’s and early noughties along with their new materials released in 2018 which is excellent and features on our playlist. Our last clubbing event of the year was a cheeky little outing to the Harley in Sheffield in December to see one of our all time favourite DJ’s and previous playlist winner Helena Hauff playing at Pretty, Pretty Good. We also managed to squeeze in 3 family weddings, one of which we DJ’d at, and a bonkers mini-festival that our friends threw in Welshpool in August called Brooskfest. I need a rest having just typed that out, we never do things by halves, all in or all out at TBC.
This year we are trying to better previous years articles on two fronts; posting the article as near to the start of 2019 as possible and changing up the format of the article to provide a fresh approach. We are posting the first part of the article in early March 2019 so we have definitely achieved on the former and the latter will see the results of the annual review revealed on our latest podcast later in March 2019 with some samples of the albums, compilations, podcasts or live mixes.
Playlist
This years list has 80 entries with 52 albums and compilations, 12 radio shows or podcasts and 16 classic albums or mixes. We have techno, house, progressive, disco, break beat, drum & bass, electro and even some dubstep. Our top picks are highlighted in bold and the shortlist will be presented on our podcast soon.
Berghain 08 by Fiedel – Various Artists
Balance 029 by James Zabiela – Various Artists
Nick Warren, Henry Saiz and John ‘Quivver’ Graham live from 303V (Liverpool, Invisible Wind Factory) – Various Artists
Clarian – Television Days
Oliver Schories – Blitzbahn
Dj Kicks by Deetron – Various Artists
Dax J – Offeding Public Morality
Fabric 88 by Maceo Plex – Various Artists
John Hopkins – Singularity
Dj Koze – Knock Knock
Balance 030 mixed by Max Cooper – Various Artists
Naif by Efdemin – Various Artists
Eskimo Recordings presents The Purple Collection – Various Artists
Skee Mask – Compro
Gui Boratto – Pentagram
Blawan – Wet Will Always Dry
Schneeweiss 9 presented By Oliver Koletzki – Various Artists
Bedrock XX mixed and compiled by John Digweed – Various Artists
Hybrid – Light of the Fearless
Permanent Vacation Selected Label Works 6 – Various Artists
Chronika V – Various Artists
Djrum – Portrait with Firewood
Hidden Empire – Mind Palace
Chris Liebing – Burn Slow
Djedjotronic – R.U.R
Orbital – Monsters Exist
A-Sides Vol.7 – Various Artists
Max Cooper – One Hundred Billion Sparks
Stil Vor Talent pres. Tempelhofer Feld – Various Artists
ReKonstruct mixed by Quiver – Various Artists
Balance presents Uone – Various Artists
Dj Kicks by Mount Kimbie – Various Artists
Global Underground Nu:Breed by Denney – Various Artists
Live at Cocoon Ibiza by Kink
Marie Davidson – Working Class Woman
Michael Klein – Snapshot
Mariel Ito – 2000 to 2005
Redshape – A Sole Game
Adriatique – Nude
Prodigy – No Tourists
Watergate 025 mixed by Adana Twins – Various Artists
Miss Kittin – Cosmos
Elke Kleijn – Moments of Clarity
The World of Monnom Black – Various Artists
Dj Kicks by Robert Hood – Various Artists
Sound of the 19th Season mixed by Sven Vath – Various Artists
Thomas P Heckmann – Body Music
Gary Beck – Dal Riata
Tribology by Ben Sims – Various Artists
Anthony Rother – 3L3CTRO COMMANDO
Foundations Vol.1 – Various Artists
Panorama Bar 07 mixed by Nd Baumecker – Various Artists
Essential Mix
Palms Trax January 2018
Charlotte De Witte February 2018
Dax J April 2018
Blawan May 2018
Eagles and Butterflies July 2018
Le Fleur August 2018
Avalon Emerson August 2018
Haai September 2018
Mariel Ito October 2018
Agoria November 2018
Resident Advisor Podcast
Amelie Lens June 2018
Alienata April 2018
Classics
Hybrid Back Catalogue – Wide Angle, Morning Sci-Fi, I Choose Noise, Disappear Here 1999 – 2010
A1 People – Fresh Juice 2000
Layo & Bushwaka – Night Works 2002
Balance 005 – James Holden 2003
Warp20 present Chosen – Various Artists 2009
FabricLive 44 by Commix – Various Artists 2009
Chase and Status – Beginnings and More Than A Lot 2010
Commix – Recall to Mind 2010
Chase and Status – No More Idols 2011
Commix – Dusted 2012
Andy C presents Nightlife Vol.6 – Various Artists 2013
Tuff City Kids – Adolescent 2016
Kink – Playground 2017
We hope you can find some new favourite albums, mixes and artists from our playlist. Check out their online content and of course support them by purchasing their latest releases.
See you soon for part two.
TBC
