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Jade View member profile	27th February 2023, 07:00 PM Post #1
I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister Pronouns: She/her Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,218 User: 12,810	All votes have been counted and we have a winner. Results will kick off in an hour from now, 8pm U.K. time. In the mean time speculate away! Here is a reminder of all of the entries this edition: 1. LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) 2. The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea 3. Alpha - Back 4. Flowchart - Another Word Explodes 5. Slacker - Your Face (Schizoid) 6. Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself 7. Vapour Space - Gravitational Arch of 10 8. Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L. 9. POiSON GiRL FRiEND - HARDLY EVER SMILE (without you) 10. Morcheeba - Trigger Hippie 11. Jean-Michel Jarre - Ethnicolor 1 12. Isao Tomita - Mars 13. DJ Shadow - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt 14. The Sabres Of Paradise - Smokebelch II (Entry) 15. Boards of Canada - Roygbiv 16. Art Fact - Rain In The South 17. The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel 18. William Orbit - Water from a Vine Leaf


awardinary View member profile	27th February 2023, 07:08 PM Post #2
Here to play, here to stay Pronouns: he/him Joined: 8 February 2015 Posts: 20,333 User: 21,587	Hype for all the entries! I really couldn’t call this one, it’s going to be very close I think who wins.


Brer View member profile	27th February 2023, 07:14 PM Post #3
is my brain across your walls? Joined: 14 February 2009 Posts: 115,112 User: 8,300	Hiipe great that we did get a full house + 1 extra guest voter! Hope I can avoid the bottom 3 this time, my song got a better reception than I expected on SyncTube but still not having particularly high expectations. Going to put on the playlist in the background during the results to remind myself of all the songs ~ Not sure who I'd predict to win. Maybe Orbital?


jimwatts View member profile	27th February 2023, 07:18 PM Post #4
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,744 User: 38,591	Excited for this! Who will be the next recipient of a colourful jukebox widget, or will the host get another win?


Jade View member profile	27th February 2023, 07:30 PM Post #5
I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister Pronouns: She/her Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,218 User: 12,810	Half an hour to go! Here is a reminder of our inaugural winner: fLCXCyZKujo


Jester View member profile	27th February 2023, 07:32 PM Post #6
Right in front of my salad?! Pronouns: he/him Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 82,481 User: 12	Oh dear, another flop beckons for me!


Jade View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:00 PM Post #7
I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister Pronouns: She/her Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,218 User: 12,810	1. awardinary* was behind...* miT8XyMz5t4 LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) QUOTE +12 Jean-Michel Jarre – Ethnicolor 1 +10 Orbital – P.E.T.R.O.L. +8 Morcheeba – Trigger Hippie +7 The Sabres Of Paradise – Smokebelch II (Entry) +6 Electribe 101 – Talking With Myself +5 POiSON GiRL FRiEND – HARDLY EVER SMILE (without you) +4 The Future Sound Of London – Papua New Guinea +3 The Chemical Brothers – The Private Psychedelic Reel +2 Slacker – Your Face (Schizoid) +1 William Orbit – Water from a Vine Leaf I very spectacular top two I must add, I hope the people who sent these are voting because they have true electronic taste! SCOREBOARD 1 12 Jean-Michel Jarre - Ethnicolor 1 2 10 Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L. 3 8 Morcheeba - Trigger Hippie 4 7 The Sabres Of Paradise - Smokebelch II (Entry) 5 6 Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself 6 5 POiSON GiRL FRiEND - HARDLY EVER SMILE (without you) 7 4 The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea 8 3 The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel 9 2 Slacker - Your Face (Schizoid) 10 1 William Orbit - Water from a Vine Leaf 11 0 LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) (awardinary) 12 0 Alpha - Back 13 0 Flowchart - Another Word Explodes 14 0 Vapour Space - Gravitational Arch of 10 15 0 Isao Tomita - Mars 16 0 DJ Shadow - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt 17 0 Boards of Canada - Roygbiv 18 0 Art Fact - Rain In The South Wardy was not only first in the running order but also our very first voter! He was behind LFO, who join other electronic icons such as Mr Blobby and Doop, to have an eponymous song title. This reached #12 in the U.K. chart back in 1990. In music publications LFO have been named as pioneers in the world of bleep techno music. These votes are very legend heavy, as well-respected electronic names Jean-Michel Jarre, Orbital and Morcheeba take our first podium spots of the night.


awardinary View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:07 PM Post #8
Here to play, here to stay Pronouns: he/him Joined: 8 February 2015 Posts: 20,333 User: 21,587	Ooh the early reveal! Thank you Jade, I had to reconfirm back to this after my other entry was vetoed, but this felt much more suited to the theme, so no hard feelings. Thank you to all for such great music sent to this contest!


JulianT View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:09 PM Post #9
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 20 April 2009 Posts: 8,570 User: 8,705	Excited for these results! Not sure how much I’ll catch though.


Jade View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:10 PM Post #10
I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister Pronouns: She/her Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,218 User: 12,810	2. Chez Wombat* was behind...* PneAIfv30jA William Orbit - Water from a Vine Leaf QUOTE 12; POiSON GiRL FRiEND - HARDLY EVER SMILE (without you) 10; Jean-Michel Jarre - Ethnicolor 1 08; Isao Tomita – Mars 07; The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel 06; Slacker - Your Face (Schizoid) 05; Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L. 04; DJ Shadow - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt 03; Vapour Space - Gravitational Arch of 10 02; Art Fact - Rain In The South 01; Flowchart - Another Word Explodes ...And all the others could've got points too tbh, but particular apologies to The Future Sound of London & LFO </3 SCOREBOARD 1 22 Jean-Michel Jarre - Ethnicolor 1 2 17 POiSON GiRL FRiEND - HARDLY EVER SMILE (without you) 3 15 Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L. 4 10 The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel 5 8 Morcheeba - Trigger Hippie 6 8 Slacker - Your Face (Schizoid) 7 8 Isao Tomita - Mars 8 7 The Sabres Of Paradise - Smokebelch II (Entry) 9 6 Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself 10 4 The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea 11 4 DJ Shadow - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt 12 3 Vapour Space - Gravitational Arch of 10 13 2 Art Fact - Rain In The South 14 1 William Orbit - Water from a Vine Leaf (Chez Wombat) 15 1 Flowchart - Another Word Explodes 16 0 LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) (awardinary) 17 0 Alpha - Back 18 0 Boards of Canada - Roygbiv These results are in order of receipt and our first two voters were those behind the opening and closing entries! 'Water from a Vine Leaf' was the only song in the contest to be double confirmed. William Orbit's highest peaking credited singles are P!nk collab 'Feel Good Time' (#3) plus 'Barber's Adagio For Strings' (#4), an electronic flip on a classical beauty. He is also well-known for providing ambient beats for some of the best work by the likes of Madonna and All Saints. 'Water From A Vine Leaf' is a less well known moment from his catalogue, charting at #59 back in 1993. The vocals are provided by Beth Orton, who also appears on the same Chemical Brothers album as fellow entry here 'The Private Psychedelic Reel'. Chez's votes strengthen Jean-Michel Jarre's hold at the top and keep Orbital on the podium too. The gold medal for POiSON GiRL FRiEND allows her to race up to second place now.


Brer View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:14 PM Post #11
is my brain across your walls? Joined: 14 February 2009 Posts: 115,112 User: 8,300	Think the LFO song sounded a little familiar to me but not sure where I had heard it before if anywhere, nonetheless a banger so a solid start to both the running order and the reveals, nice one Wardy! And a good one from William Orbit that I hadn't heard before too from Chez ~ Ooh nice at POiSON GiRL FRiEND off to a good start, I wanted to predict that to do well too but not quite sure, was a great inspired pick anyway. (and now putting the playlist on so jamming to LFO as we speak x)


King Rollo View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:15 PM Post #12
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 3 January 2017 Posts: 10,171 User: 23,961	I thought Chez might have sent Poison Girl Friend which turns out to be the song he gave 12 points to.


Jade View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:15 PM Post #13
I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister Pronouns: She/her Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,218 User: 12,810	3. Brer* was behind...* y_juOMQkjSY Flowchart - Another Word Explodes QUOTE Aloha, thanks Jade for another high quality edition of this contest, here are my votes ~ 12 The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel 10 Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L. 8 Vapourspace - Gravitational Arch Of 10 7 DJ Shadow - Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt 6 The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea 5 POiSON GiRL FRiEND - Hardly Ever Smile (Without You) 4 William Orbit - Water From A Vine Leaf 3 Slacker - Your Face (Schizoid) 2 LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) 1 Art Fact - Rain In The South The Sabres Of Paradise just missing out, really wanted to squeeze that in too but alas. The Chemical Brothers is a pretty predictable 12 from me but I have to atone for somehow only giving it 3 points in the BJSC spinoff it appeared in before (since that I have experienced the song live and it is glorious). Lots of really good stuff here though, Orbital and DJ Shadow delivering fantastic songs that I hadn't heard before (actually the DJ Shadow song was a little familiar I think but not sure where from x) while Vapourspace and POiSON GiRL FRiEND were brilliant finds from obscure artists (and ofc the former not even being on Spotify so I'll need to find a local file for it for my Spotify playlists). Hopefully Flowchart managed to hypnotise enough of you for it to do at least a little better than our debut entry! SCOREBOARD 1 25 Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L. 2 22 Jean-Michel Jarre - Ethnicolor 1 3 22 POiSON GiRL FRiEND - HARDLY EVER SMILE (without you) 4 22 The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel 5 11 Slacker - Your Face (Schizoid) 6 11 DJ Shadow - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt 7 11 Vapour Space - Gravitational Arch of 10 8 10 The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea 9 8 Morcheeba - Trigger Hippie 10 8 Isao Tomita - Mars 11 7 The Sabres Of Paradise - Smokebelch II (Entry) 12 6 Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself 13 5 William Orbit - Water from a Vine Leaf (Chez Wombat) 14 3 Art Fact - Rain In The South 15 2 LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) (awardinary) 16 1 Flowchart - Another Word Explodes (Brer) 17 0 Alpha - Back 18 0 Boards of Canada - Roygbiv Bré is behind the haunting, fairly obscure entry by Flowchart, who originate from Philadelphia. 'Another Word Explodes' is taken from their sophomore album Cumulus Mood Twang, which was better received than their debut from critics. They went through a line-up change by this point, with new addition Erin Anderson being welcomed into the fold by founding member Sean O'Neal - the two even dated for a period. These votes provide us a new winner in Orbital! It looks like 'P.E.T.R.O.L.' may have been a smart replacement for the vetoed 'The Box' so far. There is then a three way tie for both 2nd and 5th which looks satisfying on the scoreboard


awardinary View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:16 PM Post #14
Here to play, here to stay Pronouns: he/him Joined: 8 February 2015 Posts: 20,333 User: 21,587	QUOTE(Brer @ Feb 27 2023, 08:14 PM) Think the LFO song sounded a little familiar to me but not sure where I had heard it before if anywhere I can reveal that I played the song as a preview to another listenthrough I hosted a week or two before this contest started, and you were in the SyncTube room when it was played (though I don’t think I had decided that it was my chosen entry at that time).


Brer View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:18 PM Post #15
is my brain across your walls? Joined: 14 February 2009 Posts: 115,112 User: 8,300	Ooh I kind of forgot I was so early in the voting order, makes a change from me usually being near the end in recent contests due to sitting on sending my votes for ages Another pretty lengthy instrumental entry from me (following both my entry to the first edition of this and my current BJSC entry!) that I wasn't sure would necessarily be many people's cup of tea but I find this one progresses really nicely and has quite a hypnotic quality to it. Yay for already having one point at least, thanks Chez QUOTE(awardinary @ Feb 27 2023, 08:16 PM) I can reveal that I played the song as a preview to another listenthrough I hosted a week or two before this contest started, and you were in the SyncTube room when it was played (though I don’t think I had decided that it was my chosen entry at that time). Oh that might just be it then! (although I do sometimes have SyncTube muted ahead of the start of listenthroughs)


King Rollo View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:19 PM Post #16
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 3 January 2017 Posts: 10,171 User: 23,961	Another Word Explodes was a very good discovery.


Jade View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:20 PM Post #17
I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister Pronouns: She/her Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,218 User: 12,810	4. Jester* was behind...* goAJ-_yNgzU Alpha - Back QUOTE Hello! 12 Boards of Canada - Roygbiv 10 Morcheeba - Trigger Hippie 08 The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea 07 DJ Shadow - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt 06 The Sabres Of Paradise - Smokebelch II (Entry) 05 LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) 04 Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself 03 Isao Tomita - Mars 02 William Orbit - Water from a Vine Leaf 01 The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel SCOREBOARD 1 25 Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L. 2 23 The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel 3 22 Jean-Michel Jarre - Ethnicolor 1 4 22 POiSON GiRL FRiEND - HARDLY EVER SMILE (without you) 5 18 DJ Shadow - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt 6 18 The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea 7 18 Morcheeba - Trigger Hippie 8 13 The Sabres Of Paradise - Smokebelch II (Entry) 9 12 Boards of Canada - Roygbiv 10 11 Slacker - Your Face (Schizoid) 11 11 Vapour Space - Gravitational Arch of 10 12 11 Isao Tomita - Mars 13 10 Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself 14 7 William Orbit - Water from a Vine Leaf (Chez Wombat) 15 7 LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) (awardinary) 16 3 Art Fact - Rain In The South 17 1 Flowchart - Another Word Explodes (Brer) 18 0 Alpha - Back (Jester) Jester is the first 20th Century Retro mod to be unveiled! His choice was the downtempo 'Back' by Alpha. This was taken from the 1997 album Come From Heaven, which was released on Massive Attack's label, so they were in very good company indeed. The introduction of 'Back' incorporates the Sylvia Plath poem 'The Ghost's Leavetaking' and elsewhere the instrumental samples 'A House Is Not A Home' by Ronnie Carroll. That song was originally written by the late, great Burt Bacharach alongside Hal David, so an unintentional tribute in a roundabout kind of way. This 12 to Boards of Canada lifts 'Roygbiv' off 0 in style but unfortunately leaves Jester's own entry as the last one to remain on nil points. Elsewhere, The Chemical Brothers are freed from that three-way 22 pointer tie and advance to 2nd in the process. The Sabres Of Paradise are now back in the top 10 after slipping out in the previous vote. DJ Shadow also rises into the top 5.


awardinary View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:22 PM Post #18
Here to play, here to stay Pronouns: he/him Joined: 8 February 2015 Posts: 20,333 User: 21,587	These early voters aren’t fairing too well so far…


Jester View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:22 PM Post #19
Right in front of my salad?! Pronouns: he/him Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 82,481 User: 12	Oh dear, looks like I’ll be left on 0 At least I helped out the lovely Roygbiv


Jade View member profile	27th February 2023, 08:25 PM Post #20
I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister Pronouns: She/her Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,218 User: 12,810	5. AH Gold* was behind...* g5pJwtpbgO0 The Sabres Of Paradise - Smokebelch II (Entry) QUOTE 12 The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea 10 LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) 08 Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself 07 Slacker - Your Face (Schizoid) 06 The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel 05 Art Fact - Rain In The South 04 Jean-Michel Jarre - Ethnicolor 1 03 Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L. 02 POiSON GiRL FRiEND - HARDLY EVER SMILE (without you) 01 Flowchart - Another Word Explodes SCOREBOARD 1 30 The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea 2 29 The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel 3 28 Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L. 4 26 Jean-Michel Jarre - Ethnicolor 1 5 24 POiSON GiRL FRiEND - HARDLY EVER SMILE (without you) 6 18 DJ Shadow - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt 7 18 Morcheeba - Trigger Hippie 8 18 Slacker - Your Face (Schizoid) 9 18 Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself 10 17 LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) (awardinary) 11 13 The Sabres Of Paradise - Smokebelch II (Entry) (AH Gold) 12 12 Boards of Canada - Roygbiv 13 11 Vapour Space - Gravitational Arch of 10 14 11 Isao Tomita - Mars 15 8 Art Fact - Rain In The South 16 7 William Orbit - Water from a Vine Leaf (Chez Wombat) 17 2 Flowchart - Another Word Explodes (Brer) 18 0 Alpha - Back (Jester) AH Gold is behind one of the entries that clocked in at over 10 minutes! The Sabres Of Paradise were a trio consisting of Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns. Weatherall may be familiar to some due to his involvement on the classic Primal Scream album Screamadelica. Kooner also worked with the band, co-producing their version of 'Some Velvet Morning' (originally by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood) which also featured Kate Moss. 'Smokebelch II (Entry)' is taken from the group's debut album Sabresonic, released in 1993. We have a new leader! Top marks to The Future Sound Of London allows them to pip The Chemical Brothers to the post. AH Gold knocks himself out of the top 10 while LFO and Electribe 101 rise in there, thanks to silver and bronze medals respectively.