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

Filtered Listening #16 Xmas 4h Special | Innov8radio | Electric Ape & Kubla Khan & Ring Modulator & Stephen Kin;Aesthetic | 17th Dec 2017 | Listen back here:

Returning for another semi-seasonal 4 hour special, with Ring Modulator, Kubla Khan, Electric Ape and Stephen Kin;Aesthetic delivering the usual variety of tracks in rotation...

1. Albert King - Santa Claus Wants Some Loving [1982 Re, Stax] {K;A}
2. The Meters - Look-Ki Py Py [2001 Re, Rhino] {K;A}
3. Velly Joonas - Stopp Seisku Aeg [1983, Frotee] {KK}
4. Linda di Franco - TV Scene [1985, WEA] {KK}
5. Imagination - Just An Illusion (Dub) [1983, R&B Records] {EA}
6. Soft Hair - A Good Sign [2016, Weird World] {EA}
7. Paul Blackford - Illusion [2017, CPU] {RM}
8. Golden Teacher - Spiritron [2017, No Luscious Life / Golden Teacher Records] {RM}

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Filtered Listening #8 | Innov8radio | Ring Modulator & Kin;Aesthetic | 19th March 2017 | Listen back here:

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Filtered Listening VIII: 19/03/17

on Innov8 Radio w/ Ring Modulator & Kin;Aesthetic

1. Lata Mangeshkar & M. Kaboom - Gentlemen Gentlemen [1970, Colombia] {K;A}
2. Johnny Keating & his Z Men - Four Beats to the Casbah [1962, Picadilly] {K;A}
3. Burnt Friedman - 1993 Day In Rho (2016, Latency Recordings] {RM}
4. Nu - Man to O (Bradock Dub) [2017, Crosstown Rebels] {RM}
5. Iz & Diz - Mouth (Brad Peep's Remix for friends) [2002, Classic] {K;A}
6. Gwen Guthrie - I Still Want You [1986, Polygram] {K;A}
7. Cabaret Voltaire - Minute by Minute [1990, Parlophone] {RM}
8. Peter Kruder - Orchestral [2014, International DJ Gigolo] {RM}

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Filtered Listening #7 | Innov8radio | Kubla Khan & Stephen Kin;Aesthetic | 19th Feb 2017 | Listen back here:

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Filtered Listening VII: 19/02/17

on Innov8 Radio w/ Kubla Khan & Kin;Aesthetic

Killer Watts - We Can Work It Out / Hey Jude [1974, Pye] {K;A}
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - She'll Kill You [2016, Invada] {K;A}
Lata Mangeshkar - Ae Phansa [1972, EMI] {KK}
DJ Slungshot - Aint Got No Time [2016, PNB] {KK}
Jazzanova - Another Fine Day (Doctor Rockit Vocal Itch Remix ) [2002, JCR / Dope-A-Rope] {K;A}
Stylistics - It's Too Late [1972, Avco] {K;A}
Dionne Warwick - You're Gonna Need Me [1973, Warner] {KK}
Young Wold - Kabuki (Spiritual Version) [2016, Themes For Great Cities] {KK}

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Twelve Tracks 2016: Vinyl Only Not-A-Best-Of Mix by Stephen Kin;Aesthetic

Seeing as a great deal of the music I trawl, seek out and divine is from dusty secondhand racks, charity shops, mysterious online sellers and...

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Listening Habits, Recommended Music, FltrLstn MixKin-Aesthetic Recordings28 January 2017Selected Favourites of 2016, Stephen Kin;Aesthetic, Easy Pop, Jazz, Swing, Soul, Folk, Electronic, Choral Folk, Ambient, Electronic Beats, Beats, Psych, Bollywood, Innov8radio

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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