We wrote down our favourites among albums (max 10), songs (max 5), live artists (max 3), newcomers (max 3) and artists (max 3) of 2004 (mostly from Release genres). No order within the lists. Published January 13, 2005.

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"Best of 98" also contains the Swedish Electronic Music Awards and the readers' foreign poll.




Mikael Kahrle

Albums
Front Line Assembly: "Civilization"
Syntax: "Meccano Mind"
Skinny Puppy: "The Greater Wrong of the Right"
Das Ich: "Lava Glut"
Dimbodius: "While We Fall"
Seabound: "Beyond Flatline"
Silverbullit: "Arclight"
Client: "City"
Rammstein: "Reise Reise"
Keane: "Hopes and Fears"

Songs
Syntax: "Bliss"
Front Line Assembly: "Fragmented"
The Retrosic: "The Storm"
Skinny Puppy: "I'mmortal"
Bodies without Organs: "Living in a Fantasy"

Live artists
Kraftwerk
Skinny Puppy
Klinik

Newcomers
Syntax
Strip Music
Lightbulb Project

Artists
Fixmer/McCarthy
Ministry
Sophie Rimheden



Kristoffer Noheden

Albums
The Legendary Pink Dots: “The Whispering Wall”
Einstürzende Neubauten: ”Perpetuum Mobile”
Lydia Lunch: “Smoke in the Shadows”
Silverbullit: “Arclight”
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: “Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus”
Faust vs. Dälek: “Darbe Respect, Alder“
Liars: “They Were Wrong, So We Drowned”
Two Lone Swordsmen: ”From the Double-Gone Chapel”
Haloblack: “Throb.”
David Thomas & Two Pale Boys: “18 Monkeys on a Dead Man’s Chest”

Songs
LCD Soundsystem: “Yeah”
Foetus: “Not Adam”
The Cure: “Lost”
Watts: “Junky”
Totalt Jävla Mörker: “Gammal svensk arbetsmoral”

Live artists
Lydia Lunch
Silverbullit
Chicks on Speed

Newcomers
-

Artists
Lydia Lunch
Edward Ka-Spel
Silverbullit



Mattias Huss

Albums
Einstürzende Neubauten: "Perpetuum Mobile"
Jääportit: "Uumenissa"
Stina Nordenstam: "The World Is Saved"
Giant Robot: "Domesticity"
Kahimi Karie: "Montage"
Uusi Fantasia: "Top Ten"
Dimbodius: "While We Fall"
Hans Appelqvist: "Bremort"
Pan Sonic: "Kesto (234.48:4)"
Tom Waits "Real Gone"

Songs
Morthem Vlade Art: "Blessingway"
Tommy February6: "Choose Me or Die"
Kings of Convenience: "I'd Rather Dance with You"
Laibach: "Mama Leone"
Morrissey: "First of the Gang to Die"

Live artists
Nieminen & Litmanen
Cranes
Four Tet

Newcomers
I, Synthesist
Dead Combo
El Perro del Mar

Artists
Jhonn Balance/John Balance/Geoff Rushton
Erlend Øye
Merzbow



Niklas Forsberg

Albums
Universal Poplab: "Universal Poplab"
New Concept: "The Outer Gates"
Syntax: "Meccano Mind"
Client: "City"
Dimbodius: "While We Fall"
Rammstein: "Reise Reise"
Seabound: "Beyond Flatline"
Mind.in.a.box: "Lost Alone"
John Alexander Ericson: "Songs for Quiet Souls"
Solvent: "Apples & Synthesizers"

Songs
Neuroticfish: "Bomb"
Bodies without Organs: "Conquering America"
Univaque: "Converted"
Safari on Pluto: "Crazy Dream Crazy Days"
Daybehavior: "Sweetness of My Pain"

Live artist
Mesh

Newcomers
Bodies without Organs
Mind.in.a.box
Peking Laundry

Artists
Universal Poplab
Seabound



Alex Veronac

Albums
Skinny Puppy: "The Greater Wrong of the Right"
Prodigy: "Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned"
Fixmer/McCarthy: "Between the Devil..."
Images in Vogue: "Collection Version 2.0: Chronology"
Peter Murphy: "Unshattered"
Collide: "Vortex"
Meat Beat Manifesto: "In Dub"
Haïku: "Synthese"
Jack Dangers: "Loudness Clarifies + Music From The Tape Lab"
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult: "Diamonds & Daggerz"

Songs
Skinny Puppy: "Ghostman"
Malhavoc: "Human Fly"
New Love Army: "Strange"
Peter Murphy: "Give What He's Got"
Fixmer/McCarthy: "You Don't Know Me"

Live artists
Skinny Puppy
Das Ich
Malhavoc

Newcomer
Maven

Artists
Skinny Puppy
Ministry
Fixmer/McCarthy


 

 


Johan Carlsson

Albums
Syntax: “Meccano Mind”
Front Line Assembly: “Civilization”
Decree: “Moment of Silence”
VAST: “Nude”
Rammstein: “Reise Reise”
Vacuum: “Your Whole Life Is Leading up to This”
U2: “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb”
In Strict Confidence: “Holy”
Keane: "Hopes and Fears"
Seabound: “Beyond Flatline”

Songs
Front Line Assembly: “Dissident”
Syntax: “Bliss (Original Extended Mix)”
Sophie Rimheden/Håkan Lidbo: “Shout”
U2: “Original of the Species”
Keane: “Bend and Break”

Live artists
Keane
Kraftwerk
Skinny Puppy

Newcomers
Syntax
Keane

Artists
Rammstein
Keane


Peter Marks

Albums
In Slaughter Natives: "Resurrection"
U2: "How to Dismantle an Atom Bomb"
In Strict Confidence: "Holy"
Diary of Dreams: "Nigredo"
Thighpaulsandra: "Double Vulgar"
Klinik: "Dark Surgery"
Portion Control: "Well-Come"
Ataraxia: "Saphir"
Ozymandias: "Les Doutes Eternels"
Ophelia's Dream: "Not a Second Time"

Songs
Portion Control: "Onion Jack (Part 2)"
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: "The Lyre of Orpheus"
Coil: "Wraiths and Strays"
Cycloon: "Waterskills"
Skinny Puppy: "Ghostman"

Live artists
Einstürzende Neubauten
P J Harvey
Siouxsie/The Creatures

Newcomers
Destroid
Jonson
Metalob

Artists
Peter Christopherson
Christophe Terrettaz
Ophelia's Dream



Karin Martinsson

Albums
Helium Vola: "Liod"
Skinny Puppy: "The Greater Wrong of the Right"
Einstürzende Neubauten: ”Perpetuum Mobile”
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: “Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus”
Dimbodius: "While We Fall"
Interlace: "Imago"
Chicks on Speed and the Noheads: "Press the Spacebar"

Songs
Helium Vola: "Veni Veni"
Dimbodius: "Not for You"
Chicks on Speed and the Noheads: "Mitte Bitte"

Live artists
Skinny Puppy
Chicks on Speed
Einstürzende Neubauten

Newcomers
-

Artists
Fixmer/McCarthy
Estampie
The Klinik



Mike Whyte

Albums
Depeche Mode: "Remixes 81>04"
Lars Horntveth: "Pooka"
Various Artists: "Grime 2" (compilation)
Backlash: "Heliotrope"
Björk: "Medulla"
Fixmer/McCarthy: "Between the Devil..."
Richard H Kirk: "Earlier/Later"
Large Number: "Spray on Sound"
Squarepusher: "Ultravisitor"
DMX Krew: "The Collapse of the Wave Function"

Songs
Beastie Boys: "Check It out!"
!!!: "Me & Giuliani down by the School Yard (A True Story) (LFO Remix)"
New Order: "Blue Monday (So Hot Mix by 808 State)"

Live artists
Polysics
Jamie Lidell
Kapital Band 1

Newcomers
Lars Horntveth
!!!

Artists
Polysics
Squarepusher
Kapital Band 1