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.
|| Alphabets Heaven | Scaramanga Silk | Aidan Maartens ||
|| Proprio | Kubla Khan | Ring Modulator ||
|| Electric Ape | Rodrigo King Lagoon | Damian Evans ||
|| Stephen Kin;aesthetic | Readsy | Branner Griswell ||
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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Great to have Scaramanga Silk join us for this month’s Filtered Listening, a regular at the label and a seasoned selector, he treats us to a few exclusive...
1. Hugh Masekela - Mama (Metro Area Birthday Dub [2003, Verve] {K;A}
2. Bumba Massa - Mbanda Akoma Television [1982, Disco Stock] {K;A}
3. Mo Kolours - Axum (Forthcoming) [2017, 22a] {SS}
4. The Pioneers - Papa Was A Rolling Stone [2017 Re, Attack / Trojan] {SS}
5. Paul Piot Et Son Orchestre - Le Ciel Est-Il A Vendre ? [2009 Re, Chappell] {K;A}
6. Babla - Babla's Theme [1983, Music India] {K;A}
7. The Unknown Stuntman - Leave This Heaven [Exclusive] (Unreleased) {SS}
8. Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin - Easy Now [2017, YAM] {SS}
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A pleasure to have Colin 'Readsy' Read along to renew this well-worn DJ pairing, continuing that August weekends' Pride atmosphere with a bright opening flare of boogie, disco & pop-funk...
1. Jody Watley - Dont You Want Me [1987, MCA] {K;A}
2. Alton Edwards - I Just Wanna (Spend Some Tim With You) [1989, Streetwave] {K;A}
3. Shirley Murdoch - Truth Or Dare [1986, Elektra] {R}
4. Unlimited Touch - Feel The Music [1981, Prelude] {R}
5. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (Special 1984 Nile Rodgers Remix) [1984, WEA] {K;A}
6. Patti Austin - Gonna Be Special [1984, Qwest] {K;A}
7. Zapp - It Doesn’t Really Matter [1985, Warner] {R}
8. BB&Q - Dreamer [1985, Cooltempo] {R}
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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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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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