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: XIII - Here it is... 60 shining tracks, 2020 highlights from 12 music obsessed label regulars...

5:5:5: XIII. 2020.

Well, I’m sure no one needs me to go on about the pains of this year, suffice to say, it’s been a good one for exploring music from a distance.

And so once again, I have the honour of presenting the selections of some properly obsessed music addicts, each here picking 5 particular track highlights, in no particular order, except that they made an indelible mark during 2020 for the selectors below.

An enormous thanks to each of them, 60 tracks to explore herein…

|| Alphabets Heaven | Scaramanga Silk | Aidan Maartens ||

|| Proprio | Kubla Khan | Ring Modulator ||

|| Electric Ape | Rodrigo King Lagoon | Damian Evans ||

|| Stephen Kin;aesthetic | Readsy | Branner Griswell ||

5:5:5: Selections, Recommended Music, Listening HabitsKin-Aesthetic Recordings5 January 2021Alphabets Heaven, scaramanga silk, Aidan Maartens, Proprio, Kubla Khan, Ring Modulator, Electric Ape, Rodrigo King Lagoon, Damian Evans, Stephen Kin;Aesthetic, Readsy, Branner Griswell, Mapara a Jazz, Dinosaur, Arthur Russell, Heatwave, Noname, Sault, Sire, GTO, Forever Living Originals, Photay, Andrew Wasylyk, Jockstrap, Cosmo Sheldrake, Daedelus, Mexican Summer, Athens Of The North, Warp, Tardigrade, Doom Of Doom, Mary Lattimore, Ghostly International, Maria W Horn, Kali Malone, Duval Timothy, Luis Pestana, Hallow Ground, Ideal Recordings, Carrying Colour, Orange Milk, Pooran, –پوران, Styrbjörn Bergelt, Suresh Wadkar, Alka Yagnik & Sadhna Sargam, Kalyanji Anandji, Black Devil Disco Club, Abul Mogard Remix, Royal, KMStudies, Bandcamp, MNW, HMV, Lo Recordings, Mehdi Hassan, Columbia, Thunā'i Badr, Emmanuelle Parrenin, Bartoszek, James Harpham / James Asher, Sono Cairo, SouffleContinu, The Very Polish Cut-Outs, StudioG, A Certain Ratio, DMX Krew, Pye Corner Audio Remix, The Budos Band, Automat, DeWalta Chess Remix, Mute, Utter, Daptone, Compost, Harold Budd, DJ Python, Rhauder & Paul St. Hilaire, Ami Dang, Double Fantasy, Editions EG, Incienso, Ornaments, Leaving Records, Innovative Communication, Groupe RTD, Guessod Abdo Hamargod, Electric Jalaba, Haim, Family Atlantica, Orquestra Super Mama Djombo, Ostinato, Self-Released, Polydor, Soundway, Cobiana, Kindred Spirits, Shirley Collins, Big Joanie, Sweeping Promises, Idles, Run The Jewels, Mavis Staples, Josh Homme, Domino, Third Man, Feel It, Partisan, BMG, Manfred Mann Chapter Three, LA Priest, Anthony Rother, Toto Bissainthe, S.P. Balasubrahmaniyam, M.Ramarao, Ilaiyaraaja, Creature Music, PSI, Le Chant Du Monde, Echo, Badbadnotgood, MF DOOM, Páula, Povoa & Jerge, Jarv Is, Club Nouveau, Rockstar Games, Moshi Moshi, Rough Trade, Tommy Boy, Rrose, John Hassell, Orlando Julius, The Heliocentrics, Mike Cooper, Sibylle Baier, Eaux, Ndeya, Strut, NO=FI, Orange Twin, Amapiano, Jazz, Fusion, Deep Tech, Soul, Disco, Hip-Hop, MadLib, Dancefloor, Idlewild, Alt-Pop, Field Recordings, Techno, Funk, Instrumental, NTS, Minimalist, Tim Hecker, SQÜRL, Iranian Folk, Swedish Folk, Indian Playback, Bollywood, Indian Experimental Pop, Alka Yagnik, Remix, Drone, Pakistani Pop, Ghazal, Egyptian Folk, Boussiphone, Soutelphan, Andy Votel, Trip-Hop, Edit, Re-Edit, Keks, NDW, Neue Deutsche Welle, Library, BOC, Jez Kerr, Cowbell, Electro, Level 42, Breaks, Bernard Fevre, Psych, Hauntology, Dub Techno, Ambient, Deep Reggaeton, Tropical, Union Music Lewes, Electronic Experimental, Carl Craig, Robert Schroeder, Berlin School, Afro-Pop, Afro Fusion, Pop, Afro-Latin, West African, English Folk, Solange, Shoegaze, New Wave, Punk, Psych-Jazz, Mike Hugg, Electronic Funk, Warped Pop, Synth, Soundtracked Tales, Haitian Folk, Françoise Lancreot, Telegu Pop, Ghostface Killah, Isaac Hayes, Psychedelic, Late of the Pier, Erol Alkan, Soft Hair, Connan Mockasin, French Electronic, Chilly Gonzalez, Jarvis Cocker, Luniz, The Timex Social Club, Jay King, Michael Marshall, Experimental, Afrobeat, Electro Acoustic, Processed Guitar, Leonard Cohen, J. Mascis, 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

The Golden Lagoon, officially Out Today on Limited Vinyl LP and Streaming...

King Lagoon’s Flying Swordfish Dance Band’ debut album arrives from another realm today, available on Limited 180g Vinyl LP from selected record shops and streaming/download via terrestrial sites worldwide.

Massive thanks to the enthusiasm and support we’ve received from Record shops, really great to see such positive responses… You can pick up your Limited Edition vinyl LP copy now, from the wonderful waxxy worlds of Mr Bongo, Sounds Of The Universe, Rarekind, LoveVinyl and down at Analogue October

Brighton, Vinyl, Releases, Record Shops, Streaming NowKin-Aesthetic Recordings14 November 2019king lagoon's flying swordfish dance band, Release Day, Vinyl LP, Mr Bongo, Sounds Of The Universe, Rarekind Records, LoveVinyl, Ananlogue October, Bandcamp, KIN-009

Filtered Listening #4 | Innov8radio | Stephen Kin;Aesthetic | 16th Oct 2016 | Listen back here:

Stephen Kin;Aesthetic brings a 2hour freeform selection on Innov8 inc. a few Brighton trax and another preview cut from the forthcoming K-A-R release, E.I.E. / 1.2 EP ...

See & Listen again:

Black Uhuru - Sponji Reggae (Disco Mix)(Prod. by Sly & Robbie) [1981, Island]
Funkapolitan - Understandably Flattering (Prod. by August Darnell) [1981, London]
Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives [1977, Stiff]
The Invisible - Generational (Raw Version) [2012, Ninja Tune]
Lifetones - For a Reason [2016 reissue, Light In The Attic]
Abel Lima - Stebo Cu Anabela [2016 reissue, Analog Africa]
Farafina - Samba [1989, VeraBra]
Alphabets Heaven - Party [2015, WotNot]

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Inwards - Self-released 'Love & Other Drum Machines' album...

A brand new self-released album from Inwards came out in April 2015 and is available now, via his bandcamp page...

music, BrightonKin;Aesthetic Stephen6 April 2015electronics, beats, Inwards, analogue, Ambient, Acid, Modulations, Bandcamp