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 #15 | Innov8radio | Ring Modulator & Stephen Kin;Aesthetic | 19th Nov 2017 | Listen back here:

This month's Filtered Listening brings a fresh batch of zillagramwiches previews alongside more recent obssessions from Ring Modulator's endless musical amassings, including recent tracks from Charlotte Gainsbourg and Belbury Circle, expert percussive production from...

1. Hot 8 Brass Band - Can't Nobody Get Down (Alphabets Heaven Remix) [2017, Tru Thoughts] {S;K}
2. ‎Heatwave - Goin' Crazy [1981, GTO] {S;K}
3. ‎Alec Mansion - Ou Est Tu [1982, WEA] {RM}
4. ‎Steve Cobby - Rick James Dwells In The Abyss [2017, Déclassé Recordings] {RM}
5. ‎Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen Shower Scene (Thin White Duke Remix) [2002, City Rockers] {S;K}
6. ‎Ruth - Polaröid / Roman / Photo [2010 Re, Angular] {S;K}
7. ‎Charlotte Gainsbourg - Im A Lie [2017, Because] {RM}
8. ‎The Belbury Circle - Heading Home (2017, Ghostbox] {RM}

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Filtered Listening #11 | Innov8radio | Stephen Kin;Aesthetic | 23rd July 2017 | Listen back here:

Back recording in Brighton for July with a solo selection, pulling together a fairly random stack of records for another as-it-happens mix, purposefully dotted with a few choice discoveries, finds and digs from this year so far including...

1. Black Flower - Artifacts [2017, Zephyrs / SDBan]
2. The Sunshot Band - Oversize Dub [2016 Re, Pressure Sounds]
3. Antibalas - Him Belly No Go Sweet [2012, Daptone]
4. Auntie Flo - Rainfall on Red Earth [2017, Sofrito]
5. Elsa Hewitt - Snow White Lily [2017, EH / Self Released]
6. Midori Takada - Trompe-l’œil [2017 Re, WRWTFWW]
7. Joni Mitchell - Shadows and Light [1975, Elektra / Asylum]
8. Grip Tight - Love’s Gone [2016, Musclemilk]

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Filtered Listening #10 | Innov8radio | Simon Electric Ape & Ben Kubla Khan | 18th June 2017 | Listen back here:

Simon Electric Ape & Ben Kubla Khan take over for the 1st anniversary of Filtered Listening, and what a glowing selection they regale us with, back to back all-vinyl riffing in the moment...

Steve Miller Band - Macho City [1981, Mercury] {EA}
The Leather Nun - F.F.A. [1983, Subterranean] *STRONG LANGUAGE* {KK}
Jeaniee Hoffman - Sing Hallelujah [1964 , Capitol] {KK}
Lalo Schiffren - Quiet Village [1976, CTI] {EA}
James Last - I Can't Move No Mountains [1975, Polydor] {EA}
Baden Powell - Baixo de Pau [1961, Philips] {KK}
Fatnotronic - Super Sexy [2017, Hello Sailor] {KK}
Sothy - Lam Seung Bang Fai (Shelter's Edit) [2017, Akuphone] {EA}

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Filtered Listening Live! Part Three: Readsy / Petra Black / Kubla Khan / Electric Ape - Recorded at The Cowley Club, Brighton.

Filtered Listening Live! Part Three:

The third and final batch of 4x 30min DJ sets from April's celebration, a suitably upbeat finale, closing the evening with energy filled D&B/Jungle, electronic...

Readsy x Petra Black x Kubla Khan x Electric Ape

Filtered Listening Live! Part Two: Petra Black / Readsy / Ring Modulator / Proprio - Recorded at The Cowley Club, Brighton.

Filtered Listening Live! Part Two:

Petra Black | Readsy | Ring Modulator | Proprio

Second batch of DJ sets recorded at last month's celebrations in Brighton. Four fine selections taking it through dusk into evening with...

Filtered Listening Live! Part One: Kubla Khan / Readsy / Ring Modulator / Proprio - Recorded at The Cowley Club, Brighton.

Filtered Listening Live! Part One:

Kubla Khan / Readsy / Ring Modulator / Proprio - Recorded on April 9th 2017 @ The Cowley Club, Brighton.

Last month's triumphant celebration of the latest Euphony In Electronics instalment (and our fourth birthday) was...

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

See & Listen again:

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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