Holy fuck this must have taken some time!
Agree with Hugo about Desyn. I chanced seeing him a year later and the sound coming out of him and Omid 16b around then was something new for sure.
I also loved Neil Quigley around 06/07 who wasn’t the same as Desyn but the difference in the sound paired with the way it just worked for people loving Prog/House reminded me of this and I wished I was exposed to more back then.
Two deep dish pizzas LOL
Hey I solved Covid one dead person at a time in the Bay Area.
As for Masiello, I ranked the mix third. That’s very high praise. I put Black Strobe ahead because it sounds ahead of its time. I put Zabiela ahead because it did the most you could do with two hours.
Swap out any of the top three and I have no problem with it.
That said, having going though all of these, the top two stood out. Not boring. Not dated. This is a RANKING so I have to make some tough decisions.
jonattonyeah I’m not criticising your work Jonathan.
And personally I would definitely rank you top two North American poster, just above Loopstick but below Veja Horseface.
Still number 
Fair play I would say it must taken some amount of time!
Listen to Pongwater, oh woe is me, I had to listen to 100-odd hours of essential mixes, when everyone on the fucking board listens to mixes all the time, probably whenever they’re at home, doing work, on the subway or whatever.
It’s not like he had to stick a needle in his japper every time Pete Tong did a voiceover.
Basically, even when doing something decent, Mongwater can’t do it without being a moany cunt: “look at the burden I had to bear for you”
jonattonyeah
Top work bud
Used to hammer this one by him.
I’m late to this but has Jon gone through all this work just to let everyone know what his fave EM of 2004 is? Bloody hell, mate, why did you do this to yourself? A similar thread will be started by some plug in a few months again anyway or this one will descend into ‘Post your favourite EM’ in no time at all. Hugo debating him on the choices then as per fucking Christ, lol
Anyway, I don’t remember the Zabiela one so I’ll check it I suppose.
I sent Zabiela the Björk-remix he played on the essential mix. KLANG. Introvert pressed a small patch of 12 inches of the remix and gave me a copy to thank me. He got a lot of publicity out of it being on an essential mix. No idea what he’s doing these days, lost touch with him over the years.
Part owns a Salon in Southampton Zabiela.
Does hair, nails and beauty treatments.
Brilliant thread mate. Can see you put a lot of work into it. Think Desyn would have made it to the top for me followed by Zabiela as a close second place.
It’s been mentioned here already, but I think Desyn and other similar DJs really contributed to the evolution of the sound lifting the scene out of its recession in the early 2000s. Obviously this is what tends to happen anyway the sounds change and you get different trends but I think without it, prog wouldn’t have been able to evolve as it did. Not the only factor of course but a big factor from my perspective.
The other ones that I think of apart from Desyn, SOS etc are Luke Fair and Add2Basket, both were quite underrated in my opinion but just revitalised the sounds and took it in a different direction. The Rogue Show, that Luke and Add2Basket did was just incredible.
Nice one mate. Hoping to see other EM reviews for different years.
Desyn wasn’t afraid of unleashing classics either. Remember him dropping Pennies from heaven in room 2 at Bedrock as we was swigging from his carton of Tropicana
I did 1999 some time ago. Started this one and 2000 as something to do while working solo on covid. Help pass the time given it was just me in my house for weeks on end. Despite Dave’s misunderstanding, it’s a fun exercise for me all things considered. Even when the music is bad there’s usually something amusing or redeeming. Interesting to hear how things have changed and what holds up. But it does take time. Can only listen to so much in a day before it all starts sounding the same. All in all no complaints! Not that I’d expect anyone else to bother with such a useless exercise.
Current attendees at Bants School?
MC, Si and Hugo.
One tough gig I cannot lie.
A lol MC, the teaching is paying off!
Top effort @jonattonyeah
A right old pile o’shite you’ve waded through there. FIr play. Might want to consider self immolation before embarking on another one?
The category association / name-check might just be my finest moment of internet.
#humbled
jonattonyeah Fair play, mate. Wasted on here though as some bucket of monkey spunk will post a “Best EM of 2004” thread within the next 6 months which will morph into “Post your Favourite Sasha Mix” within 4 days of that.
I love my banger infused brethren.
Did someone say favourite Sasha mix?!
hugopal resistance is futile!
Working my way through a pack of West Coast IPAs, thinking of our ole mucka JonnyTyeah
What a guy 
Legend
RIP to a real one.
You guys will be pleased to know I made contact with @jonattonyeah whilst stateside. He’s alive and well thankfully, but I’m sure he won’t mind me saying he’s had a pretty tough time of it in the last year or so.
