Seismic Shift

Comradely Objects

Nightports w/ Tom Herbert

Wingform

Topical Dancer

WEMA

LUANJE PT. 1

Sila: The Breath of the World

Where's The One?

Limen

Music for Magnesium_173

I get along without you very well

Blind

As every year, I'll be attempting to catch up on releases I've missed after checking out others' AOTY lists, and probably adding new discoveries to this Spotify playlist: <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7zXTUbCdq2nvtTM3rvnan1?si=afa82e37fa3f42df">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7zXTUbCdq2nvtTM3rvnan1?si=afa82e37fa3f42df</a>With thanks to the artists &amp; labels above for soundtracking my 2022.

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2022 favourites

Out for Stars

Ultrasonic

Dusk Tempi

Kaloli

Black Kaveera

Ajaeng Ajaeng

Reckon

New Love Music

Long Weekend EP

Guerrilla

Emanate

All Thoughts Fly

Persefone

Kistvaen

Mareld

emerge entangled

NEGRO

bebe's kids, APOLLO ft Moor Mother

Visions of Bodies Being Burned

'96 Neve Campbell (feat. Cam & China)

RZZ1

Simulacrum

Intro

Warmer Than Blood

Red Sun Through Smoke

Mountains Astray

Lithium Blast

Brocken

The Deceptive 4

Between Land and Sea

Peel

Klang

Rose Golden Doorways

græ

In Bloom

Redundance

Top pick: ﻿Yair Elazar Glotman &amp; Mats Erlandsson – EmanateNot on Bandcamp: Afel Bocoum – Lindé ﻿Ambrose Akinmusire –&nbsp;on the tender spot of every calloused moment Bill Frisell – Valentine Charles Lloyd –&nbsp;8: Kindred Spirits (Live from The Lobero) Colin Stetson – Color Out of Space (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Fiona Apple – Fetch The Bolt Cutters ﻿James Blake – Covers ﻿Ron Miles –&nbsp;Rainbow Sign Run The Jewels – RTJ4

My favourite records of 2020 (plus a few of my own), listed alphabetically by artist

2020 favourites

Splatter

SERUS

Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis

Konono N°1 meets Batida

From the Cave to the World

LESS IS MOOR

ZAD DRUMZ

Dirt... And More Dirt

LORDSHIP AND BONDAGE: THE BIRTH OF THE NEGRO SUPERMAN

Eghass Malan

Gnosis

Verisimilitude

Jaime

There Existed an Addiction to Blood

Slip B

USINGIZI

CLEPSYDRA

SOUND IS FOSSIL POETRY

5 June recommendations

The Unknown City

Monochrome Pyramids

Alive in the Empire

Face to Face

LUME Kestrel Online

Eternity's Antechamber

Das Unheimliche

Zoom In Zoom Out

Don Quijote

The Coandă Effect

Mervitzah

COMPOSITION 2020.12 (ANNE TRUITT)

WOOD / GUTS

La Serena

Walabur EP

On Being Observed

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

RESOLUTE

Impossible Remixes | V.1

Live at BEAST

Dwell

09/01/20

A Trip Through Unknown Territory

Bernabe Jurado EP

Mere Nation

Within You is a World of Spring

As a bonus, several of these are fundraisers for very worth causes. Enjoy!

Recent releases by or featuring members of MultiTraction Orchestra, plus some other friends' records I heartily recommend.

1 May recommendations