5:5:5: XVI. 2022.

Another rich musical spring bubbles up from these sharp-eared selectors,

a collected, collective year of impassioned listening, digging and sound sifting;

behold the hot bounty of tracks, rousing and exciting during 2022.

Big big props to this lot below, dive in and share their aural joy!

|| Damian Evans | Proprio | Ring Modulator ||

| Scaramanga Silk || Alphabets Heaven |

| Rodrigo King Lagoon || Aidan Maartens || Branner Griswell |

|| Kubla Khan | zillagramwiches ||

 | Electric Ape || Stephen Kin;aesthetic || Clas Tuuth |

5:5:5: Selections, Recommended Music, Listening HabitsKin-Aesthetic Recordings5 January 2023Damian Evans, Proprio, Ring Modulator, Scaramanga Silk, Alphabets Heaven, Rodrigo King Lagoon, Aidan Maartens, Branner Griswell, Kubla Khan, zillagramwiches, Electric Ape, Stephen Kin;Aesthetic, Clas Tuuth, Kae Tempest, Fiction, Vieux Farka Touré, Khruangbin, Dead Oceans, Cate LeBon, Mexican Summer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Secretly Canadian, Bonobo, Ninja Tune, Mory Kanté, Lond, London Records, AEVA, Egg Mantis Records, Finbar & Eddie Furey, Transatlantic Records, Etienne Jaumet & Fabrizio Rat, Bureau B Records, Dieri Coumba, Safie Deen, Ambient Babestation Meltdown & JPS, Optimo, Gabe Gurnsey, Phantasy Records, Pabellón Sinético, Self Released, Zombie Zombie, Born Bad Records, Peggy Gou, Gudu Records, Diana Ross, Tame Impala, Decca, V.C.R, Leaving Records, The Comet Is Coming, Impulse!, Trian Kayhatu, BBE, Los Bitchos, City Slang, Tokischa & Treintisiete, Paulus Music, A$AP Rocky, A$AP Rocky Recordings, Floating World Pictures, Friendly Recordings, Camel Power Club, Bramar Records, Kelela, Warp, Maimouna Seck, Sonna Seck, Los Cameroes, Analog Africa, Rlvo Doza, Earthworks, Sterns, Joya Landis, Trojan, Lana Del Rey, The Weeknd, Universal, Interscope, Andrew Wasylyk, Clay Pipe Music, Midwife & Amulets, Flenser, Benoit B, Peur Bleue, Soundwalk Collective, Patty Smith, Bella Union, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sony Classical, Eddie Harris, Atlantic, Gene Vincent, Kama Sutra Records, Roberto Musci, Music from Memory, Björk, One Little Independent, Roger Roger et Son Orchestra, Chappell, Camille Sauvage, Crea Sound, Beauvarlet, CBS, Pierre-Alain Dahan Et Slim Pezin, Tele Music, Arpadys, Polydor, Hiroki Kikuta, NTT, Toby Fox, Materia Collective, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Sega Enterprises, Disasterpiece, Arnaud Roy, G4F Records, Peter Michael Hamel, Wergo, Source Direct, Source Direct Recordings, Djrum, R&S, Concretism, Castles in Space, ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ, Roedelius, Sky Records, The Korgis, Rialto Records, New Vision, Fundamental Records, Tahira Sayed, Columbia, Sohail Rana, April, Deca feat. Ichiban and DJ AWHAT!, Coalmine Records, Marlowe, Mello Music, Jorja Smith, Joy Orbison Remix, Blue Note, Floating Points, TwentyFourTones

5:5:5: XV: 2021 - 65 tracks held high by 13 impassioned selectors.. A glorious parade of much-loved tracks, please take your seats...

5:5:5: XV. 2021.

Here we are again for the end of year 5:5:5: extravaganza, and firstly a massive

thank you to all 13 selectors below, who enthusiastically leaped

and painstakingly picked their 5-track, 2021 highlights.

A glorious parade of much-loved tracks,

65 in total, sourced far and wide,

format agnostic.

Please dig

In.

5:5:5: Selections, Recommended Music, Listening HabitsKin-Aesthetic Recordings5 January 2022zillagramwiches, Clas Tuuth, Branner Griswell, Stephen Kin;Aesthetic, Electric Ape, Kubla Khan, Readsy, Ring Modulator, Damian Evans, Aidan Maartens, Proprio, scaramanga silk, Melos Han-Tani, Yetee, Jaga Jazzist, Ninja Tune, FM Skyline, 100% Electronica, Toby Fox, Materia Collective, Young Thug, 300 Entertainment, Atlantic, Dirty Merlin, GRN+GLD, FloFilz, Biig Piig, Melting Pot Music, L’orange, Mello Music, Ross From Friends, Scarlet Tiger, For Those I Love, Overmono, Poly Kicks, The Bulgarian Voices Angelite, Huun-Huur-Tu, Sergey Starostin, Mikhail Alperin, Jaro Medien, Robert Takahashi Crouch, Room40, Mdou Moctar, Sahel Sounds, Mike Cooper, Claude Johner, Smithsonian Folkways, Yishak Banjaw, Teranga Beat, Elsa Hewitt, ERH, Bandcamp, Bertrand Belin, Cinq 7, Wagram, R.AGGS, Manfred Mann, Philips, Moondog, Honest Jons, Nina Simone, Sébastien Tellier, Record Makers, Laurie Spiegel, Unseen Worlds, Pye Corner Audio, Ghost Box, Hany Mehanna, Souma, Piero Umiliani, Omicron, Claude Debussy, Decca, Wizkid, Drake, Starboy, RCA, Anz, Double exposure, Walter Gibbons, Salsoul, The Pharcyde, Grand Central, Annie Lennox, BMG, Basement Jaxx, XL Recordings, AEI Group, OutKast, Zach de la Rocha Remix, The Emperor Machine, Séverine Mouletin, Leng, Near Jazz Experience, Sartorial, Dlina Volny, Italians Do It Better, Simonetti-Pignatelli-Morante, Cinevox, Outré Disque, Foodman, Hyperdub, Time Wharp, Leaving Records, Cleo Sol, Forever Living Originals, Hiatus Kaiyote, Brainfeeder, Bobbie Gentry, Capitol, The Mysterines, UMG, GOAT, Rocket, Obongjayar, September Recordings, Bad Nerves, Killing Moon, Mica Levi, Goat Girl, Rough Trade, Porridge Radio, Secretly Canadian, Not Waving, Mark Lanegan, Ecstatic, Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, The London Symphony Orchestra, Luaka Bop, Giant Swan, Keck, Yaeji, OHHYUK, MFP, Mehnaz, EMI, Kamal Ahmed, Cadenza, M.I.A., GuiltyBeatz, Aeva Remix, Twenty8Twelve, Asha Bhosle, SD Burman, Angel, Sam Interface, Future Bounce, Molly Lewis, Jagjaguwar, voljum, Inspected, Botany, TwentyFourTones

5:5:5: XII. 2019: After a break last year, we return for another glorious end-of-year 5-track blowout, carefully considered and ear-selected by label regulars + cohorts...

5:5:5: XII. 2019.

Making a triumphant return after a year off, what a treat to present such a passionate stack of carefully selected 2019-inspired quintets…

Grabbing this lot’s attention, during (but not necessarily from) Twenty Nineteen.

by:

| Branner Griswell | Damian Evans |

| Rodrigo King Lagoon | Readsy |

| Kubla Khan | Stephen Kin;aesthetic |

| Alphabets Heaven | Electric Ape |

 | zillagramwiches | Proprio |

| Aidan Maartens | Ring Modulator |

| Scaramanga Silk |

5:5:5: Selections, Recommended Music, Listening HabitsKin-Aesthetic Recordings5 January 2020Branner Griswell, Damian Evans, Rodrigo King Lagoon, Readsy, Kubla Khan, Stephen Kin;aesthetic, Alphabets Heaven, Electric Ape, zillagramwiches, Proprio, Aidan Maartens, Ring Modulator, Scaramanga Silk, Beniko, Jacko Production, Dogo Niga, Nyege Nyege Tapes, Babylon Trio, Rebel Up, Panda Bear, Domino, Maria Mckee, Epic, Clipping, Sub Pop, Kit Sebastian, Mr Bongo, Mavis John, Kalinda, Fat White Family, Pink Floyd, Columbia, Éliane Radigue, Shiiin, Black to Comm, Thrill Jockey, Richard Skelton, Corbel Stone Press, Brìghde Chaimbeul, River Lea, Bill Orcutt, Palilalia, Bjarki, !K7, μ-Ziq, Planet Mu, Skee Mask, Ilian Tape, Tsuruda, Alpha Pup, O$VMV$M, Lavalava, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, Sonic Cathedral, Bat For Lashes, The Cars, Elektra, Banks, Harvest, Sleater Kinney, Mom & Pop, Victor Uwaifo & the Titibitis, Makossa, Bamileke, Disques Ocora, Hassan Abu Zeid, Sono Cairo, Esnard Boisdur, Sonodisc/Liso Music, Bibio, Warp, The Comet Is Coming, Impulse!, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Milan, Supermax, Atlantic, Barker, Ostgut Ton, Intense, Creative Source, Roberto Murolo, Durium, Joachim Witt, WEA, Clyde Borly & His Percussions, Atco, Nahid Akhtar, Rezzett, The Trilogy Tapes, Boy Harsher, Nude Club, Ed Ed feat. Lunapark, Exploited, Blue Gas, Best Record Italy, Sleep Research Facility, Cold Spring, Perel, Uncanny Valley, Dave Richmond, KPM, Estrellia Band, Minou, Frank Zappa, CBS, Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo, MGM, Serafina Serafina, Vitamin Concept, Bandcamp, Tyler the Creator, Rozi Plain, Memphis Industries, Dreamcast, Future Times, Jamila Woods, Jagjaguwar, Reyna Tropical, James Blake, Polydor, Cleo Sol, Forever Living Originals, Brandt Brauer Frick, Because Music, Drummotive, Next Phase, Suitman Jungle, Tape Club, Charles Murdoch, Beats of No Nation, Penelope Isles, Bella Union, Jesca Hoop (feat. Lucius), Lankum, Rough Trade, TwentyFourTones