5:5:5: XIX: 2025-26 - A Lovingly Gathered Tapestry of 65 Standout Tracks...

5:5:5: XIX. 2025-26.

Here we are then, the annual celebration of dedicated listening and digging, 65 champion cuts from the hyper-attentive selectors below, a feast of tracks, chosen and cherished by label regulars and kin, a lovingly gathered tapestry of exploratory sounds and music.

Discovered and loved during 2025, 5 a-piece, by this wonderfully discerning lot. . .

|| Alphabets Heaven | Ring Modulator | Clas Tuuth ||

| Damian Evans || Proprio |

| Readsy || Electric Ape || Scaramanga Silk |

|| Aidan Maartens | zillagramwiches ||

 | Branner Griswell || Ben Kubla Khan || Stephen Kin;aesthetic |

5:5:5: Selections, Recommended Music, Listening HabitsKin-Aesthetic Recordings15 January 2026Alphabets Heaven, Ring Modulator, Clas Tuuth, Damian Evans, Proprio, Readsy, Electric Ape, Scaramanga Silk, Aidan Maartens, zillagramwiches, Branner Griswell, Ben Kubla Khan, Stephen Kin;aesthetic, Francis & The Lights, Cantora Records, dreamcastmoe, Nappynappa, Rhythm Section International, Los Pirañas, Glitterbeat, Tyler the Creator, Columbia, Kenny Burrel, Concord, Prestige, Coatshek, Dark Entries, Safe Mind, Nude Club, Kompromat, Vimala Pons & Sonia DeVille, Warrior Records, Lopezhouse, Lannakise, Kompakt, Hackney Electronica, Whatever The Weather, Ghostly International, Namesbliss & Vagrant Real Estate, Lively, La Reezy, La Reezy LLC, Bonobo, Milan, Adult Swim, Jorja Smith, FAMM, Kae Tempest, Island Records, Cate Le Bon, Mexican Summer, Baxter Dury, JGreey, Heavenly, Lael Neale, Sub Pop, Wet Leg, Domino, Isabelle Mayereau, Disc'Az, Elaine Howley, Touch Sensitive, Avôzinho, Merengue, Peter Tosh, Impact!, Magma, Utopia, Tomato Records, Seventh Records, Sababa 5, Batov Records, YĪN YĪN, Bongo Joe, HENGE, Cosmic Dross, Blawan feat. Monstera Black, XL Recordings, David Byrne Feat. Ghost Train Orchestra, Matador Records, Intrusion, Remastered by POLE, Echospace, Fuzzy Lights, Meadows, Pulp, Pulp Vs. Soulwax, Rough Trade, Sandwell District, Point Of Departure, Djrum, Houndstooth, Nowhere People, Artisjok Records, Oli XL feat. Chanel Beads, Warp Records, SHOLTO, SHOLTO feat. Phoebe Coco, DeepMatter Records, Siriusmo, Monkeytown Records, Skye Newman, Skye Newman / Columbia, Astrid Sonne, Escho, Oliver Coates, RVNG Intl, Damien Jurado, Secretly Canadian, caroline and Caroline Polachek, Loscil, Kranky, Kranky Records, Arnaud Roy aka FlybyNo, G4F Records, Sega Sound Team, SEGA Music, Liquid Mike, Coheed and Cambria, Sony BMG, Disasterpiece, infin et al., Cole Pulice, Leaving Records, Emptyset, Thrill Jockey, Bob James, Tappan Zee, Bruce Haack, Telephone Explosion, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Western Vinyl, Logic 1000, !K7 Records, Eurythmics, RCA, Mondo Bizarre, Aby Ngana Diop, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Vainqueur, Chain Reaction, Alle, Olea Records, María Lucía y Jorge Juan con Los Mitchels, Zeida / Codiscos / Suramericana de Seguros, Oklou & Casey MQ, Permalnk, Kurt Vile, Verve Forecast, Emmanuel Ezeagu, Melody Records, TwentyFourTones

5:5:5: XIX. 2025-26.

Here we are then, the annual celebration of dedicated listening and digging, 65 champion cuts from the hyper-attentive selectors below, a feast of tracks, chosen and cherished by label regulars and kin, a lovingly gathered tapestry of exploratory sounds and music.

Discovered and loved during 2025, 5 a-piece, by this wonderfully discerning lot. . .

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!