The GrEEN DoLPHiN's PoLL – 12

Best albums, bands / solo artists & musicians of 2003

King Crimson's photo from Trey Gunn's website. © by Bill Munyon


B e s t   b a n d s / s o l o   a r t i s t s (225)
  1. King Crimson (UK/USA) (66)
  2. Mogwai (UK) (34)
  3. Radiohead (UK) (32)
  4. Do Make Say Think (Canada) (24)
    Sigur Rós (Iceland) (24)
  5. No-Man (UK) (20)
    The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band With Choir (Canada) (20)
  6. Yes (UK) (19)
  7. Porcupine Tree (UK) (18)
  8. Explosions In The Sky (USA) (17)
  9. Hope Of The States (UK) (15)
    The Mars Volta (USA) (15)
  10. Four Tet (UK) (14)
    The Workhouse (UK) (14)
  11. Godspeed You Black Emperor! (Canada) (13)
  12. John Greaves (UK) (12)
    Rachel's (USA) (12)
    The Microphones (USA) (12)
  13. Peter Gabriel (UK) (11)
    Thinking Plague (USA) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 12. "Best bands/solo artists of 2003"

King Crimson: The Power To Believe

Do Make Say Think: Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn

ASMZ: This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,

B e s t   a l b u m s (232)
  1. King Crimson "The Power To Believe" (Sanctuary) (61)
  2. Do Make Say Think "Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn" (Constellation) (43)
  3. The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band With Choir "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,"  (Constellation) (38)
  4. Explosions In The Sky "The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place" (Temporary Residence/Bella Union) (36)
  5. Mogwai "Happy Songs For Happy People" (Rock Action/Play It Again Sam/Matador) (31)
  6. No-Man "Together We're Stranger" (KScope/Snapper Music) (28)
  7. Dizzee Rascal "Boy In Da Corner" (XL) (25)
    David Sylvian "Blemish"  (Samadhi Sound) (22)
    The Mars Volta "De-Loused In The Comatorium" (Gold Standard Laboratories/Universal) (22)
  8. Radiohead "Hail To The Theif" (Capitol) (19)
  9. Four Tet "Rounds"  (Spunk/Domino) (18)
  10. Sin Ropas "Trickboxes On The Pony Line" (Sad Robot) (17)
  11. Anekdoten "Gravity"  (Virta) (16)
    Giardini Di Miro "Punk... Not Diet!" (2.nd Rec/Homesleep/Sony) (16)
  12. Jonny Greenwood "Bodysong" (EMI/Capitol) (15)
  13. American Analog Set "Promise Of Love" (Tiger Style) (12)
    Fog "Ether Teeth"  (Ninja Tune) (12)
    Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia "My Elixir, My Poison" (Truck) (12)
    The Postal Service "Give Up" (Sub Pop) (12)
  14. The Darkness "Permission To Land" (Must Destroy Music/Atlantic) (11)
    Jeff Beck "Jeff" (Epic) (11)
    Molasses "A Slow Messe"  (Fancy/Alien 8 Recordings) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 12. "Best albums of 2003"
B e s t   f e m a l e   v o c a l i s t s (68)
  1. Ami Yoshida (19)
  2. Haco (Hoahio) (16)
    Joan La Barbara (16)
  3. Nina Nastasia (13)
  4. Alison Goldfrapp (Goldfrapp) (12)
    Trish Keenan (Broadcast) (12)
  5. Stella Vander (Magma/Offering) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 12. "Best female vocalists of 2003"
B e s t   m a l e   v o c a l i s t s (87)
  1. David Sylvian (28)
  2. John Greaves (18)
  3. Cedric Bixler Zavala (The Mars Volta) (17)
  4. Peter Hammill (16)
    Robert Wyatt (16)
    Tim Bowness (No-Man/Centrozoon/ Bowness & Chilvers/Henry Fool) (16)
  5. Adrian Belew (King Crimson) (15)
    Justin Hawkins (The Darkness) (15)
    Mike Patton (Fantomas/Tomahawk) (15)
    Peter Gabriel (15)
    Phil Minton (4 Walls) (15)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 12. "Best male vocalists of 2003"
B e s t   g u i t a r   p l a y e r s (83)
  1. Robert Fripp (King Crimson) (41)
  2. Derek Bailey (27)
  3. Fred Frith (22)
  4. Adrian Belew (King Crimson) (20)
  5. John McLaughlin (19)
  6. Steve Hackett (16)
  7. Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple) (15)
  8. Marc Ducret (14)
    Mike Johnson (Thinking Plague/Science Group) (14)
  9. Jeff Beck (13)
  10. Elliott Sharp (12)
    Tetuzi Akiyama (12)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 12. "Best guitar players of 2003"
B e s t   b a s s   p l a y e r s (69)
  1. Trey Gunn (King Crimson/Trey Gunn Band) (42)
  2. Hugh Hopper (Bone) (27)
  3. Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel/Tony Levin Band/King Crimson) (22)
  4. Bill Laswell (Massacre/Material) (21)
  5. Sean Malone (Gordian Knot/OSI) (19)
  6. Phillipe Bussonnet (Magma) (14)
  7. William Parker (12)
  8. Enrique Jardines (Absolute Zero) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 12. "Best bass players of 2003"
B e s t   k e y b o a r d   p l a y e r s (65)
  1. John Tilbury (16)
    Keith Tippett (Mujician) (16)
    Matthew Bourne (16)
  2. Jamie Saft (Dave Douglas/John Zorn) (15)
    Keith Jarrett (15)
    Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree) (15)
  3. Emmanuel Borghi (Magma) (14)
  4. Steve Hamilton (13)
  5. Keith Emerson (12)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 12. "Best keyboard players of 2003"
B e s t   d r u m m e r s (78)
  1. Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson) (35)
  2. Christian Vander (Magma/Offering/Christian Vander Trio) (24)
  3. Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins/Daimonji) (23)
  4. Chris Cutler (Science Group) (22)
  5. Bill Bruford (Earthworks) (20)
  6. Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) (14)
  7. Charles Hayward (Massacre) (11)
    Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree) (11)
    Martin Bulloch (Mogwai) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 12. "Best drummers of 2003"
B e s t   m i s c e l l a n e o u s   i n s t r u m e n t  p l a y e r s (50)
  1. John Zorn - saxophone (25)
  2. Otomo Yoshihide - turntable, sampler (16)
  3. Sachiko M - empty sampler (16)
  4. Toshimaru Nakamura - no-input mixing board (13)
  5. Stuart Gordon (Peter Hammill) - violin/loops (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 12. "Best miscellaneous instrument players of 2003"
T h e  P a r t i c i p a n t s (36)


(Are from 14 countries: Canada, England, France, Iceland, Latvia, Macedonia, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and USA.)

  1. Victor Mcsurely (USA) (Musician: The Sweepers, Blue Man Group)    The Sweepers    Blue Man Group
  2. Alex Botten (Scotland) (Writer, Musician: Thee Moths)    Thee Moths.co.uk
  3. Henry Potts (England) (Critic, Collector)    Where Are They Now?
  4. Jacob Felix Heule (USA) (Musician, Radio)    Breakthrough in Grey Room
  5. Stéphane Colle (France) (Critic)    Autres Directions    Autres Directions
  6. Weasel Walter (USA) (Composer, Producer, Mastering engineer, Musician: The Flying Luttenbachers, XBXRX, Curse Of The Birthmark etc.)    ugEXPLODE
  7. David Sheppard (England) (Critic, Producer, Musician: State River Widening)    State River Widening
  8. Dmitry Krasnoperov (Russia) (Critic, Collector)    Evermusic
  9. Stu Hood (Canada) (Critic, Editor of SHZine)    SHZine
  10. Duncan Harris (England) (Critic, Collector)
  11. Jeffrey Thames (USA) (Radio disc jockey)    Sound Awake
  12. Nathan Amundson (USA) (Critic, Musician: Rivulets)    Rivulets     Pretty Bruises
  13. Geno Thackara (USA) (Musician, Critic)   
  14. Fivian Thomas (Switzerland) (Producer, Record label, Musician: ad`absurdum)    instrumental-psychedelic-space-postrock-music
  15. Dominique Leone (USA) (Critic)    Ground And Sky     Pitchforkmedia.com
  16. Mark Cook (USA) (Musician: 99 Names Of God)    99 Names Of God
  17. Peter Maizitis (USA) (Musician, Producer)    CDBABY   Tower Records   IUMA
  18. Carlos Tavares (Portugal) (Promoter)    Gouveia Art Rock
  19. Brian Holm (USA) (Writer/Critic)    30music.com
  20. Harm van Baar (The Netherlands) (Musician)
  21. Dann Chinn (England) (Critic)    Misfit City    Evophonic
  22. Yuri Chernenok (Latvia) (Collector)
  23. Arnaud Lemoine (France) (Musician: For The Chosen Few)    Excowboy     For The Chosen Few
  24. James Vella (UK, Kent) (Musician: Yndi Halda, Burning Kingdom, Smile, Hiroshima!, Programming: A Lily, Burning Kingdom)    Yndi Halda    A Lily
  25. Stephane Fougere (France) (Critic)     TRAVERSES (The "other" progressive musics)
  26. Ben Groom (UK) (Record store worker, Musician, Producer, DJ)     Digital Fish
  27. Yuri Kulishenko (Ukraine) (Musician)     The Moglass
  28. Ólafur Josephsson (Iceland) (Musician: Stafrænn Håkon)     Stafrænn Håkon
  29. Edgars Smits (Latvia) (Collector)
  30. Aigars Cervinskis (Latvia) (Critic, Musician: Holy Lamb)    Holy Lamb     Nokturnal Palace in Latvian
  31. Mats Rydström (Sweden) (Musician, Critic, Radio)    backdraft.web.com
  32. Antonio Dimitrov (Macedonia) (Musician: Every Kid On Speed, Every Kid On Acid, Sound_00, Microsound_00;
    Critic: Urban magazine, Student word; Record label owner; Radio programme: Post globhal music, Post global sound scape)    Acid Fake Recordings     Zine for new and modern music     Music radio channel 103     Fakezine: [zine for contemporary experimental music and [sub]culture]
  33. Jãnis Zilde (Latvia) (Musician: Satellites lv, Kuba; Radio, Critic)    Satellites lv in Latvian     Satellites LV in Latvian     Kuba in English     Kuba in Latvian     TV Net par CD     Gala [Radio Naba]: playlists
  34. Renars Zivers (Latvia) (Radio, Critic)    Raidijums [Radio Naba]: playlists
  35. Charles Imperatori (England) (Critic)    Evophonic
  36. Stephen Dohnberg (Canada) (Musician: White Star Line; Critic, Industry consultant, Writer, Collector, Radio, Home recorder, Political activist)    White Star Line    Stephen Dohnberg    Complete Chaos    Department of Peace    Dennis J. Kucinich

This poll was compiled by Dainis Bushmanis, March 14th-19th, 2004.

The Green Dolphin's Poll, © Dainis Bushmanis, P.O. Box 345, Riga, LV-1050, LATVIA.
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