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5th January 2026 – Best of 2025 Part 3
Slimy Ape – Onstera [Menace]
Makèz feat. Douniah – Fruits Of The Universe [No Art]
Bravil – Ocean Mist [Fokuz Recordings]
Blade – Third Bounce [Fokuz Recordings]
Bassment – Gumshoe Blues [Warm Communications]
Lay-Far Dance Orchestra feat. Seven Davis Jr. – Aquarius Love [In-Beat-Ween Music]
Florence Adooni – Uh-Ah Song [Philophon]
Ebi Soda – When Pluto Was A Planet & Everything Was Cool [Tru Thoughts Recordings]
Kuna Maze – Stab [Tru Thoughts Recordings]
Frankson feat. Sarah Scott – It’s You [LxL, DxD]
Jerk Boy, Marcel Vogel, Million Miles – Real Love (Oliver Night’s Brukwise Remix) [Lumberjacks In Hell]
Ellis Aaron – Stay Close (Sentinel 793 Remix)
Frank de Jojo – Space Pt.1 [Fluid Ounce Records]
Massiande & Oliver Night – Don’t Hold Me Back [Makin’ Moves]
Charles Webster & Muzi – Bakulindele [Stay True Sounds]
Offshore and Coen feat. Kali Mija – Always (Alone] [Atjazz Record Company]
Kid Sublime feat. Natalie Slade – Stay Over [Natural Element]
Kibbi Gibbon – Still Dreamin’ [Star Creature]
Diogo Strausz feat. Brandon Markell Holmes – Gravity [Razor-N-Tape]
Da Lata – The Lonely City [Da Lata Music]
Collettivo Immaginario feat. Dwight Trible and Isaiah Collier – Vento Eterno [Domanda Music]
The Circling Sun – Constellation [Soundway Records]
Jonson, Jonson & Jonson – Circles [Ramrock Blue Records]
Kotoa – I Am [Wah Wah 45s]
Soyuz – Voo Livre [Mr Bongo Records]
29th December 2025 – Best of 2025 Part 2
John Beltran presents Sol Set – Through Fire [All Good Music]
Besøk – Rommet Snakker Tilbake
Kutiman – So Long Stay Safe [Siyal Music]
Omar feat. Jeru The Damaja – 1234 [BBE Music]
Brian Jackson feat. Black Thought – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised [BBE Music]
Mecca:83 feat. Phat Kat x Guilty Simpson – Don’t Stop [Rockwell Product Shop Label]
DJ Marrrtin & Tino – Paris Fashion District [Stereophonk]
Ethel Lindsey – Hold On [Favorite Recordings]
Sault – K.T.Y.W.S. [Forever Living Originals]
Land Of Echo feat. Kathy Diamond – What We Want [Wah Wah 45s]
Shokazulu – Navigate Your Soul [2000 Black]
Herbert & Momoko – Fallen [Strut Records]
Jiri Jiri – Gino [Batov Records]
NATE08 feat. Dishaan & Mallika – Where Are You Tonight [Needwant]
Drama On The Corner – Dzatsu (Live Version) [Tangential Music]
Aldorande – Carnaval ao Sol (para Airto) [Favorite Recordings]
Vick Lavender feat. Ron Carroll – All I Got For You (Is Love) [Cataleya Music]
Radic The Myth feat. Jimpster – Summer Solstice [Freerange Records]
beatsbyhand – Sandf [Stay True Sounds]
Alexander Flood feat. Cazeaux O.S.L.O – Life Is A Rhythm [Atjazz Record Company]
Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra – Black Sun (Joe Claussell Remix) [Far Out Recordings]
Black Loops feat. Marlena Dae – Electrical [Freerange Records]
DJ 3000 – Laya [Motech Records]
Footshooter feat. Allysha Joy – Folding [Tru Thoughts Recordings]
Joakuim – Tequila Sunset [Fokuz Recordings]
InsideMan – Chronograph [Rebel Music]
Phylipe Nunes Araújo – Phylipe Nunes Araújo [Far Out Recordings]
The self titled album from Phylipe Nunes Araujo is stripped down intimate Brazilian pop compositions infused with folk sensibilities. Araujo wrote these songs in the scenic landscape of Caruaru, Pernambuco. On his debut he’s joined by multi-instrumentalists Bruno Berle and Batata Boy among others. “Bixin”, written by Ivana Fontes starts out with understated percussion. Araujo’s gentle guitar and falsetto vocals lay the groundwork for an emotional nuanced recording. “Asa” is another emotive number where Araujo treats the tune with tenderness by caressing every lyric. Like the great Brazilian singers before him, Araujo approaches his recordings with an elegant simplicity yet underneath there’s an abundance of passion. Each recording is short and sweet and captures the stylings of traditional Northeastern Brazilian music.
https://phylipenunesarajo.bandcamp.com/album/phylipe-nunes-ara-jo
22nd December 2025 – Best of 2025 Part 1
Milton Nascimento – O Trem Azul [Odean]
Hector Costita – Lou [Jazzybelle Records]
Edison Machado – Janeiro [Far Out Recordings]
Hyldon – Vem Dançar O Samba [Jazzybelle Records]
Luisa – Lenha Na Fogueira [Far Out Recordings]
Banda 22 – A Luz Que Brilha Meu Viver [Mr Bongo Records]
Mulatu Astatke – Nètsanèt [Strut Records]
Mr Circle – Suka [Outernational Sounds]
Roy Haynes – You Name It / Lift Every Voice And Sing [Wewantsounds]
Joe Henderson & Woody Shaw – Invitation [Real Gone Music]
Baobab – Seven Up [Tramp Records]
Bennie Maupin – Quasar [Verve]
Sue Wright – I Believe In You [Canopy Records]
Laurin Rinder & W. Michael Lewis – Envy (Animal Fire) [Be With Records]
Roy Ayers – Brand New Feeling (Yoruba Soul Mix Part 1) [BBE Music]
Unknown – Be Cool (Rahaan edit) [Razor-N-Tape]
Phylliss Bailey – Focus [Celestial Echo Records]
Rome Jefferies – Good Love [Backatcha]
Mal Waldron – Red Match Box [Strut Records]
John Lamkin – Flower Power [Jazz Room Records]
Sessa – Pequena Vertigem de Amor [Mexican Summer]
“Pequena Vertigem de Amor” is the third album from Sergio Sayeg, aka Sessa. Recorded on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, the album finds Sessa in a new chapter in his life. He recently became a father and suddenly he had a purpose greater than music.. Fatherhood played a role in his songwriting approach for this project. The music of Erasmo Carlo’s 1972 album “Sonhos e Memorias” also is a heavy influence as well. Evidence is found in “Bicho Lento”, filled with blissful flute arrangements courtesy of Alex Chumak (Soyuz). Sessa’s feathery vocals and gentle guitar are simply sublime. “Nome de Deus” is modal Jazz meets Samba. “Vale a Pena” is a melodic tune aided by warm female vocal harmonies. Sessa incorporates a Suette electric piano, an obscure Brazilian keyboard comparable to the fender rhodes. Cecilia Goes, Lau Ra, Ina & Paloma Mecozzi are the vocalists who are at Sessa’s side throughout the album. Sessa stretches the boundaries of traditional Brazilian music with inspiration from his soul music influences. Unlike “Grandeza” which is delightful in its own right, the inclusion of piano and synths here takes this record to another level.
15th December 2025
Soulphiction – Midnight Funk Infinity [Sonar Kollektiv]
Herbert & Momoko – Babystar (Herbert’s Anything Dub) [Strut Records]
Gus Pirelli & Andre Espeut – Step Inside The Music [Razor-N-Tape]
Hermanito – Guacamaya [Ad Hoc Records]
Mauricio Fleury – Briluz [Altercat Records]
Slimy Ape – Moving Flash
Albert Wesker – Eternal Reflection [Vinyl Combat]
Brooklyn Funk Essentials – Take The L Train (To 8th Ave.) (Calibre Remix) [Dorado Records]
Calibre – Dim Light [Signature Recordings]
Minor Forms & Zero T – Shifty [Sofa Sound]
Unknown Artist – Wrong Side [Fokuz Recordings]
Samiel – Street Level [CoOp Presents]
Steppah Huntah – Walk This Step [Compost Records]
Nat Wendell feat. Robert Owens – Easy (Kaidi Tatham Remix) [Eclipser Chaser]
Sunborn meets Clap Clap feat. Etuk Ubong – Dju Dju [Wah Wah 45s]
Cyclonix – Gift A Patent Soul VIP [ASCII Trax]
Trinidadian Deep – Anger Wave [Phuture Shock Musik]
The 60 Hertz Project – Happy Days (Lars Behrenroth Remix) [Deeper Shades Recordings]
Diogo Strausz – Montanha Magica [Favorite Recordings]
Phuturistix – In The Sun [Phuture Lounge]
Emile Normand Sextet – Senor Blues [Do Right! Music]
Rasputin Stash – You’ve Opened My Mind [Sequel Records]
WAAN – Moto No Oto [Sonar Kollektiv]
Yoshiko Sai – Kagami Jigoku [Wewantsounds]
Sunborn meets Clap Clap – Earth Is Begging [Wah Wah 45s]
“Earth Is Begging” is a collaboration between Danish instrumental sextet Sunborn and Italian DJ/Prodcuer Clap Clap. Their project is a global melting pot of infectious electronic production and live instrumentation. Sunborn has built a worldwide following due to their vibrant rhythm section and soulful horns. Clap Clap has amassed an array of electronic dance floor compositions and remixes. The sizzling opener “Acaraje do Salmao” erupts with fiery percussion and Middle Eastern rhythms. “Nigeria 1984” is Afrobeat grooves meets Belearic textures. The genre bending grooves will transport you to a Summertime party on the beach. Afrobeat star Dele Sosimi jumps on the title track, a simmering mid-tempo tune. The sunny vibes flow throughout this album. Lay your burdens down and let these feel good compositions sink into your body.
https://sunbrnmeetsclapclap.bandcamp.com/album/earth-is-begging
8th December 2025
PFM – Equilibrium [Telluric Recordings]
DJ Die – Reincarnations [Full Cycle]
HLZ – Cyclops [Rebel Music]
Frank de Jojo – Space Pt.1 [Fluid Ounce Records]
RadioHop – Zathura (Kaidi Tatham Remix) [Wicked Wax]
Midva Trio – Deep Jam (Tom Manzarek Remix) [Dope Tones Records]
New Sector Movements – The Sun [Virgin]
Nuyorican Soul – Nervous Track [Nervous Records]
Patrick Gibin feat. Kaidi Tatham – Let It Go (Joaquin’s Sacred Rhythm Music Dance Version)[Mother Tongue Records]
Kerrier Collective – Somatic Tick [Colour and Pitch]
China Charmeleon X Jabulile Majola – Woza Mntana (Remix) [Stay True Sounds]
Michael Reinboth – As If By Magic [Compost Records]
Om Unit – Usurper (Satoshi Tomiie Interpretation) [OM Unit]
Alex Nut – One 4 Santi [Eglo Records]
Jaylib – The Red [Stones Throw Records]
Public Enemy – Night Of The Living Baseheads [Def Jam Recordings]
De La Soul – Buddy (Native Tongue Decision) [Tommy Boy]
Yako Trio, Harris Lambrakis & James Wylie – Mr McCoy [Fair Weather Friends Records]
Grupo Um – Absurdo Mudo [Far Out Recordings]
DoomCannon – Fallen Horse [Jazz Re:Freshed]
Byron Morris – Panamanian Aire [Celeste]
Marcos Valle – Estrelar [Preservation Records]
Sons Of The Kingdom – Modernization [Pressure Makes Diamonds]
1st December 2025
The McCrary – Emerge [BBE Music]
Lou Courtney – Somebody New Is Lovin’ On You [Soul Brother Records]
Medline – Dedicada A Ela [Mybags]
Amedeo Tommasi – Brasilia [Far Out Recordings]
Nubiyan Twist – Azimuth [Strut Records]
Daltonists – Gradient 2 [Most Least]
De La Soul – Sunny Storms [Mass Appeal]
Luisa – Lenha Na Fogueira [Far Out Recordings]
Luna Horns – Avantgard [Saftig Records]
Charles Tyler Ensemble – Voyage from Jericho [Frederiksberg Records]
Stargazers – Clifford Jordan [Night Dreamer]
Bazaazal – Peace & Love [Tru Thoughts Recordings]
Piers Kirwan – On & On (Alt Mix) [Boogie Cafe]
beatsbyhand – Sandf [Stay True Sounds]
Masaki Morii – Forever (Masaki Morii Nu One Vocal Remix)
Newtype – Remanat [Transference Recordings]
Malaky – All Change [Fokuz Recordings]
Biz – No More Tears [COD3 QR]
Apparel Wax – D001 [Apparel Music]
Tony Scott – That’s How I’m Living [Champion]
Gyratory Allstars – Writings On The Wall (WheelUP Remix)
Moodymann feat. Nikki-O – Rectify [KDJ]
Kotoa – I Am (Laroye Afrobeat Remix) [Wah Wah 45s]
24th November 2025
Leo Middea – Passarela [Agogo Records]
Fatspoon feat. Edu Mundo – Pensei Ser Sensei
Baobab – Seven Up [Tramp Records]
WAAN – Mirrors [Sonar Kollektiv]
Daltonists – California Plum Color [Folded Music]
Max Grunhard Quintet – Earth Dancer [Impossible Ark Records]
John Thomas & Lifeforce – Maryke [Nabel]
Reflection – Because [Tramp Records]
Mamas Gun – Food For The Flames [Candelion]
Eric Hilton feat. Natalia Clavier – Lost In The Light [Café del Mar]
Diogo Strausz feat. Brandon Markell Holmes – Gravity [Razor-N-Tape]
Glenn Echo & Daniel Meinecke – I Need Somebody To Love Tonight [Rocksteady Disco]
E.Live – Rollin Steady [Star Creature]
Kid Sublime feat. Colonel Red – Kingz [Natural Element]
Oliver Night feat. David Mrakpor – Trance End [Tru Thoughts Recordings]
Lifecycle – Broken Weasel [Ricochet]
Foxvalley – Fantasy [Celsius Recordings]
Optical – Bounce [31 Records]
Joaquim & Krumble – Hey Dude [COD3 QR]
Bicep – Tangz II [Chroma]
beatsbyhand – Sandf [Stay True Sounds]
Aris Kokou – A Women [Cataleya Music]
John Briggs – Life Changes You
17th November 2025
Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy – White Nile [Stones Throw Records]
Bastien Keb feat. Mark Millington – Après Minuit [First Word Records]
Momoko Gill – 2Close2Farr [Strut Records]
Al Sunny – My Love [Legere Recordings]
Moriah Plaza – Dizendo [Batov Records]
Hector Costita – Lou [Jazzybelle]
Mauricio Fleury – Kadıköy [Altercat Records]
Moka Only & Chief – For Always [Feelin’ Music]
Tom Caruana feat. Dr. Syntax – Despot [Fluid Ounce Records]
Gena – Circlesz [Lex Records]
Jazzanova – L.O.V.E. And You & I (Madlib’s Love Phase Mix) [Jazzanova Compost Records]
MF Robots – Glide [Good People Records]
Diogo Strausz – Viver, Lutar, Reerguer [Favorite Recordings]
Roy Ayers – Oh What A Lonely Feeling (Delfonic Rework) [BBE Music]
Another Taste feat. Arp Frique & The Perpetual Singers – Peace Call [Space Grapes]
Keist & Oversight – Hollow [Fokuz Recordings]
The Lights – Smiling [Flight Pattern Records]
DJ_W – House Clearance [Ascii Trax]
Moods & August Charles – Wildfire [Boogie Angst]
Pegasvs feat. Nathan Haines – Transition (Laroye Tech Jazz Remix) [Burnin Music]
New King feat. Noah – Life is Good (Stefano De Santis Remix) [F*CLR Records]
SoulParlor feat. Nico Hering – Elevator Jazz Dance [Atjazz Record Company]
Offshore and Coen – Highway Discotheque [OAC Recordings]
Kid Sublime feat. Natalie Slade – Stay Over [Natural Element]
Theo Parrish – Love Is War For Miles [Peacefrog Records]
10th November 2025
Mecca:83 – All These Thoughts [Rockwell Product Shop Label]
Mecca:83 feat. Nardo Says – Proof Of Life [Rockwell Product Shop Label]
Mr. Käfer – B-Stone [Melting Pot Music]
Aloe Blacc – Arrive [Stones Throw Records]
ATA Records – Redford In Sheepskin [ATA Records]
Modha – Find Me (Underneath the Sun) [Sonar Kollektiv]
Dina Ogon – Margaretas Sång [Playground Music]
Sessa – Vale a Pena [Mexican Summer]
Armel Dupas Trio – The West Coasters [Gimme Some More]
The Circling Sun – Realms [Soundway Records]
Daltonists – California Plum Color [Folded Music]
The Quantic Soul Orchestra – Something That’s Real [Tru Thoughts Recordings]
Nubiyan Twist – Chasing Shadows [Strut Records]
LCSM – Salty [Alex Phountzi Remix) [CoOp Presents]
Wez Walker – Is This Love [Fokuz Recordings]
Odyssey – Artificial Life [Good Looking Records]
Laroye & Shezar – Natural Love [Makin’ Moves]
Shaka – About Love & Pain [Mate]
SoulParlor feat. Desney Bailey – Thinking About You [Atjazz Record Company]
Charles Webster And The South African Connection – Free [Stay True Sounds]
Giovanni Damico – Fall In The Groove [Star Creature]
Kibbi Gibbon – It’s All Good [Star Creature]
Jazzanova – Dance The Dance [Jazzanova Compost Records]
Jazzanova – Mwela, Mwela (Here I Am) [Jazzanova Compost Records]
3rd November 2025
Another Taste – Run Into Love [Space Grapes]
Diogo Strausz feat. Brandon Markell Holmes – Gravity [Razor-N-Tape]
Kraak & Smaak feat. Ivar – Travel Light [Boogie Angst]
China Charmeleon X Jabulile Majola – Woza Mntana (Remix) [Stay True Sounds]
Vance & Suzzanne – I Can’t Get Along Without You [Kalita Records]
Gerardo Bátiz – Aguamarina (a Elis Regina) [BBE Music]
Mauricio Fleury – Briluz [Altercat Records]
Joe Henderson – Blue Bossa [Blue Note Records]
Kotoa – I Am [Wah Wah 45s]
Da Lata – The Lonely City [Da Lata Music]
Phylipe Nunes Araújo – Subindo a Ladeira [Far Out Recordings]
SoulRocca feat. QNC – 100% Proof [Beat Department]
Wildchild – Freedom Riding [BBE Music]
Frankie Cutlass – The Cypher Part 3 [Relativity]
Medline – How I Say Goodbye [My Bags]
Sunbörn Meets Clap! Clap! – Saffron Sahara Swing [Wah Wah 45s]
Erik Rico & Marc Mac – Destiny
Stephane Attias – Brazilian Fight Song [Laws Of Motion]
SundayGrooves & Professor Funk – Lifeline [Fokuz Recordings]
JFlux – Breathe [Celsius Recordings]
Torre – La Pointe Rouge [Musiq Voyage]
Yuu Udagawa – Radiance [Cosmocities Records]
Blackwhole feat. Victoria – Play [Stay True Sounds]
DJ Bey – New Wave (Fattish Remix) [Ifi Records]
Nejati – Mr Lewarne’s (Bush Mix)
27th October 2025
Aybee feat. Erik Rico – So Much Greater [Deepblak]
Ron Trent feat. Eric Rico – Sensation [Future Vision Records]
Opolopo feat. Erik Rico – Our World [Tokyo Dawn Records]
Erik Rico – Too High [Jazzy Sport Records]
Nostalgia 77 – Quiet Dawn (Bonobo Remix) [Tru Thoughts Recordings]
Turbojazz feat. Robert Owens – Body [Last Forever Records]
Oliver Night feat. Goldbar – Undefeated [Tru Thoughts Recordings]
E. LIVE – Whisper To Me [Star Creature]
Marco Bosco x Alter Disco – Mata [Soundway Records]
Perth Lewis – Two People [NuNorthern Soul]
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas — Gyae Mensu [Soundway Records]
Kutiman – Khamsin [Batov Records]
Bryan Corbett – Off The Rails [Woodland Records]
Baobab – Seven Up [Tramp Records]
Hector Costita – Avessos [Jazzybelle]
Green Cosmos – Eine Reise [Frederiksberg Records]
Amedeo Tommasi – Brasilia [Far Out Recordings]
Flo Naegeli – Love by the Hour [Sonar Kollektiv]
Heather B – Dedicated [Sai Records]
The Roots – Respond/React [Geffen Records]
Optical – Bounce [31 Records]
Smote – Chase The Sun [Fokuz Recordings]
La Chooma – Local Spirits [Batov Records]
“Local Spirits”, the full length release from La Chooma builds on the strength of their debut single “Magic Plant”. The single released in late 2024 whetted the appetite of listeners with their psychedelic jazz funk sound combined with potent Moroccan rhythms. In addition they successfully blend Gnawa, Colombian and Afrobeat as well. “High Glow” blends elements of dub with Ethiopian synths and a Mulatu inspired bass groove. “Lonely” is a high energy track with spacey synths and pulsating percussion. Overall the band’s compositions are dense, hypnotic and adventurous. It’s an irresistible ride worth checking out.