5:5:5: XVIII: 2024 - 55 hand gathered highlights, 11 batches of five music highs, prime found sounds...

5:5:5: XVIII. 2024.

Over here on the FlrtLstn blog, January 5th means but one glorious thing… Label crew, cohorts and regulars have nurtured and polished a golden cache of 5 X 11 tracks, five individual pieces loved and aurally hugged during (but not necessarily from) the preceeding year, 2024.

Below then, in no particlar order, is a cachophony of heavy rotation tracks, an outrageous varity of sounds to trawl and sift, search and share, delve and delight in.

Massive thanks to the selectors below, we collectively invite you to dive in at your leisure, for your pleasure…

| Ben Khan || Branner Griswell || Electric Ape |

|| Clas Tuuth | Stephen Kin;aesthetic | Ring Modulator ||

|| Proprio | Readsy | Damian Evans ||

| zillagramwiches || Alphabets Heaven |

5:5:5: Selections, Recommended Music, Listening HabitsKin-Aesthetic Recordings5 January 2025Kubla Khan, Ben Khan, Branner Griswell, Electric Ape, Clas Tuuth, Stephen Kin;aesthetic, Ring Modulator, Proprio, Readsy, Damian Evans, zillagramwiches, Alphabets Heaven, Fltrlstn 555 2024, Gaoule Mizik, Clara La San, CLS Music, Marion Brown Quartet, ESP Disk, Hatfield And The North, Virgin, Moin, Olan Monk, AD 93 Records, Floating Points, Ninja Tune, Mining, Leaf, Leaf Records, Colin Stetson, Constellation Records, Imagradan, Sahel Sounds, Raul Lovisoni & Francesco Messina, Cramps Records, Superior Viaduct, Henry & Louis meet Blue & Red, 2Kings Records, Tim Hecker, Kranky Records, The Sorcerers, ATA Records, CV313, Echospace [Detroit], Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Co., Earthquack Records, Cuneiform, Mustafa, Arts & Crafts, Jagjaguwar, Speakers Corner Quartet, OTIH Records, Lexa Gates, 48 Lights Records, Goodtalk, John Glacier feat. Eartheater, Young Records, Kelz feat. Jay Som, Bayonet Records, Assale, Sodogil Editions, Serafina Steer, Fire Records, Melvitto feat. Krisirie & Gabzy, Four Tet, Text Records, Neşe Karaböcek, AS Records, Sieg Über Die Sonne, Cynosure Records, Marc Collin, Kwaidan, The Unknown Cases, Rough Trade, The Emperor Machine, Leng Records, Von Spar, Italic Recordings, Champion, Skrillex, Naisha, DisOrder Records / Capitol, Kangding Ray, Ara Records, Nala Sinephro, Warp, 2000black, Sampha, Tiny Desk, Koreless, Marc Rebillet, Bored Certified Records, Barış Manço & Kurtalan Ekspres, Türküola, LOR, Distorsion Records, Jitwam, Tartelet, Gruff Rhys, Sahra Halgan, La Région/Danaya Music, Kneecap, Heavenly Recordings, Jane Weaver, Belong, the booyah! kids, Vince Staples, Def Jam, Crumb, Crumb Records, sodistilled, 25/7 Records, Mad Honey / Another Taste, Space Grapes, Madam X & Cartridge, Kaizen Records, Brainstory, Big Crown Records, Taylor McFerrin feat. Anna Wise, From Here Records, Photay, Mexican Summer

5:5:5: XVII: 2023 - 70 obsessed-over tracks, 14 fiery selections, a hot-stack of music discovered during 2023...

5:5:5: XVII. 2023.

Here we go!

The label hibernated in 2023, but the ever dedicated selectors below were always listening, on high ear alert, and once more share their joy, enthusiasm and passion across 5 choice tracks;

discovered and adored during (but not necessarily from) 2023.

It’s an honour to work on this annual pooled 5:5:5:, big thanks and appreciation to everyone here for their contributions…

In no particular order, dear reader, listener,

sound explorer, aural inquisitor;

we invite you on an annual collected music

adventure, like no other

>>>

| Scaramanga Silk || zillagramwiches || Aidan Maartens |

|| Branner Griswell | Readsy | Rodrigo King Lagoon ||

| Ring Modulator || Clas Tuuth || Stephen Kin;aesthetic |

| Kubla Khan || Electric Ape || Damian Evans |

 || Alphabets Heaven | Proprio ||

5:5:5: Selections, Recommended Music, Listening Habits, FltrLstn555Kin-Aesthetic Recordings5 January 2024Scaramanga Silk, zillagramwiches, Aidan Maartens, Branner Griswell, Readsy, Rodrigo King Lagoon, Ring Modulator, Clas Tuuth, Stephen Kin;Aesthetic, Kubla Khan, Electric Ape, Damian Evans, Alphabets Heaven, Proprio, The Blessed Madonna, Margeverse, Warner, Pete Cannon, Sumgii 160, N4, SHOLTO, Root Records, Fnr Records, Actress, Ninja Tune, Darren J. Cunningham, Yussef Dayes, YD, Brownswood, Ausmuteants, Aarght!, Alien Nose Job, Drunken Sailor, Prison Affair, Erste Theke Tontraeger, Princess Demeny, Séance Centre, Weather Report, CBS, Gary Gunn, Back Lot, Moondog, Caribou Records, Anthony Teasdale, Pamela Records, Django Django, Django Django feat. Self Esteem, Because Music, MJ Hibbert & The Validators, Nia Archives, HIJINXX, Island Records, Champion feat. Sammy Virji, Funfair Records, Video Dave & Controller 7, Fake Four Inc, Bel Cobain, Dead Pigeon Records, The Beaches, Yamäya, Funkiwala Records, Monique Séka, Tahi's Production, Congotronics International, Crammed Discs, Papa Wemba, Real World, Afoxé Loni, Weltwunder, Desire, The Hacker, Italians Do It Better, Ghoßt Assembly, Rüf Kutz, Vince Clarke, Mute, Brian Eno, Universal, Musiccargo, Compost, Grace Ives, True Panther, Harvest Records, Gnonnas Pedro et Ses Dadjes, Editions Gnoinsore, Rozi Plain, Memphis Industries, James Vincent McMorrow, A.K. Paul Remix, Believe, Svart Klovn, Uniton, Bendik Giske, Smalltown Supersound, Kaval, Club Djembe, DJ Black Low, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Blawan feat. Monstera Black, XL Recordings, Charli XCX, Vroom Vroom, William Basinski, Temporary Residence, Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, Castles in Space, The Necks, Northern Spy, Peverelist, Livity Sound, These New Puritans, Infectious, Tirzah, Domino, H. Hawkline, Heavenly Recordings, RVG, Fire Records, The Kills, Corinne Bailey Rae, Thirty Tigers, Black Rainbows, Tenderlonius, 22a Music, Kara Jackson, September Recordings, Djavan, Som Livre, Larry June, TFM, Empire, Rochy RD, La Mas Doll & PV Aparataje feat. La Demente, Kaly Ocho, Tivi Gunz & Dilon Baby, Aparataje Music, Chancha Via Circuito, Wonderwheel Recordings, Luvi Torres, Arovane, Dauw, Jorja Smith, FAMM, El-B & Om Unit, GD4YA, Clark, Throttle, Deutsche Grammophon

5:5:5: XVI: 2022 - 65 meticulously chosen tracks, 13 fine filtered quintets to pore over and peruse...

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!

|| Damian Evans | Proprio | Ring Modulator ||

| Scaramanga Silk || Alphabets Heaven |

| Rodrigo King Lagoon || Aidan Maartens || Branner Griswell |

|| Kubla Khan | zillagramwiches ||

 | Electric Ape || Stephen Kin;aesthetic || Clas Tuuth |

5:5:5: Selections, Recommended Music, Listening HabitsKin-Aesthetic Recordings5 January 2023Damian Evans, Proprio, Ring Modulator, Scaramanga Silk, Alphabets Heaven, Rodrigo King Lagoon, Aidan Maartens, Branner Griswell, Kubla Khan, zillagramwiches, Electric Ape, Stephen Kin;Aesthetic, Clas Tuuth, Kae Tempest, Fiction, Vieux Farka Touré, Khruangbin, Dead Oceans, Cate LeBon, Mexican Summer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Secretly Canadian, Bonobo, Ninja Tune, Mory Kanté, Lond, London Records, AEVA, Egg Mantis Records, Finbar & Eddie Furey, Transatlantic Records, Etienne Jaumet & Fabrizio Rat, Bureau B Records, Dieri Coumba, Safie Deen, Ambient Babestation Meltdown & JPS, Optimo, Gabe Gurnsey, Phantasy Records, Pabellón Sinético, Self Released, Zombie Zombie, Born Bad Records, Peggy Gou, Gudu Records, Diana Ross, Tame Impala, Decca, V.C.R, Leaving Records, The Comet Is Coming, Impulse!, Trian Kayhatu, BBE, Los Bitchos, City Slang, Tokischa & Treintisiete, Paulus Music, A$AP Rocky, A$AP Rocky Recordings, Floating World Pictures, Friendly Recordings, Camel Power Club, Bramar Records, Kelela, Warp, Maimouna Seck, Sonna Seck, Los Cameroes, Analog Africa, Rlvo Doza, Earthworks, Sterns, Joya Landis, Trojan, Lana Del Rey, The Weeknd, Universal, Interscope, Andrew Wasylyk, Clay Pipe Music, Midwife & Amulets, Flenser, Benoit B, Peur Bleue, Soundwalk Collective, Patty Smith, Bella Union, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sony Classical, Eddie Harris, Atlantic, Gene Vincent, Kama Sutra Records, Roberto Musci, Music from Memory, Björk, One Little Independent, Roger Roger et Son Orchestra, Chappell, Camille Sauvage, Crea Sound, Beauvarlet, CBS, Pierre-Alain Dahan Et Slim Pezin, Tele Music, Arpadys, Polydor, Hiroki Kikuta, NTT, Toby Fox, Materia Collective, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Sega Enterprises, Disasterpiece, Arnaud Roy, G4F Records, Peter Michael Hamel, Wergo, Source Direct, Source Direct Recordings, Djrum, R&S, Concretism, Castles in Space, ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ, Roedelius, Sky Records, The Korgis, Rialto Records, New Vision, Fundamental Records, Tahira Sayed, Columbia, Sohail Rana, April, Deca feat. Ichiban and DJ AWHAT!, Coalmine Records, Marlowe, Mello Music, Jorja Smith, Joy Orbison Remix, Blue Note, Floating Points

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

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

The Golden Lagoon' Satellite celebration #3 - Exotic Immersion & Performances, all day at The Rose Hill

The Golden Lagoon: Satellite Celebration #3 @ The Rose Hill . . . . Sun 9th Feb. 3pm onwards, upstairs & down, performances and atmospherics in the hypnotic multi-sensory depths of the lagoon.

A daytime-into-evening of immersion into the realm of The Golden Lagoon… Projections and illusions from Benedict Sheehan, Aromas from King Lagoon’s Aroma Wizard, Otherworldly Tastes, Interactive-Sounds, Performances & Exotica DJs throughout.

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

King Lagoon' Single launch celebrations at Rialto Theatre, Brighton...

Amazing night on Sat 31st Aug down at Rialto in Brighton, enormous thanks to everyone who came along and helped out, and especially all the performers;

King Lagoon’s Flying Swordfish Dance Band
Mustard
Maracatu Cruzeiro Do Sul (Fantastic suprise intro set)

Plus excitable DJ sets from DJ Eggs Legs, Kubla Khan, DJ Bomber & Stephen Kin;Aesthetic

Events, music, Releases, BrightonKin-Aesthetic Recordings10 September 2019Rialto TheatreLive, launch, king lagoon's flying swordfish dance band, mustard, Maracatu Cruzeiro Do Sul, DJ eggs legs, Kubla Khan, DJ bomber, Kin;Aesthetic, Rialto Theatre, Brighton, KIN-009

Filtered Listening #17 | Innov8radio | Kubla Khan & Stephen Kin;Aesthetic | 28th Jan 2018 | Listen back here:

Welcome all, to the first Filtered Listening show of the year, and no.17 captures the usual restless, insatiable variety we thrive on.

1. The Fall - Midnight in Aspen [2005, Slogan] {K;A}
2. Japan - Aint That Peculiar [1980, Virgin] {K;A}
3. Ciccone Youth - Making the Nature Scene [1987, Blast First] {KK}
4. Zazou / Bikaye / Cy 1 - Lamuka (1983, Crammed Discs] {KK}
5. Hugh Masekela - The Boy’s Doin It [1975, Casablanca] {K;A}
6. Gregory Issacs - Crofs [1978, CSA] {K;A}
7. Jah Shaka - Promise Dub [1992, Jah Shaka / Greensleeves] {KK}
8. Brendon Moeller - Merry Go Round [2006, Earsugar] {KK}

... MORE

5:5:5: IX. 2017: Back for another end-of-year bonanza, 50 select tracks from label regulars + cohorts...

5:5:5: IX. 2017.

The end-of-year spectacular returns with a volley of ten quint-essential selections...

5tracks apiece that hit home hard during (but not necessarily from) Twenty Seventeen.

by:

5:5:5: Selections, Recommended Music, Listening HabitsKin-Aesthetic Recordings5 January 2018zillagramwiches, Readsy, Kubla Khan, Stephen Kin;Aesthetic, Alphabets Heaven, Electric Ape, Scaramanga Silk, Proprio, Branner Griswell, Damian Evans, Lanark Artefax, O$VMV$M, bedwetter, Secret Circle, Lukid, Whities, Idle Hands, Hundebiss, HYV, Werk Discs, Thundercat, Brainfeeder, Nick Hakim, ATO, Jlin, Planet Mu, St Vincent, Loma Vista, Shabazz palaces, Sub Pop, Ashra, Hanne Hukkelberg, Propeller, Sudan archives, Stones Throw, Lotte Kærså & Græsrødderne, Mascot, Bartosz Kruczyński, Growing Bin, Terekke, LIES, Heatwave, GTO, Babla & his Orchestra, Philips, Pecker, Better Days, Rush Hour, Lionel Hampton, Glad, Matt Martians, Three Quarter, Waajeed, Dirt Tech Reck, Diggs Duke, Following Is Leading, GoldLink, RCA, Gabor Szabo, Skye, Mono Junk, Trope, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani, Rvng Intl., Morte Macabre, Mellotronen, Alemayehu Eshete, Philophon, Gary Clark Jr., Warner, Kamasi Washington, Young Turks, Clap! Clap!, Black Acre, Blanck Mass, Sacred Bones, dBridge, Astrophonica, Elsa Hewitt, ERH, Afriqua, Cure Music, Clipping, Maalem Mahmoud Gania, Hive Mind, Black Flower, Zephyrs / SDBan, Auntie Flo, Sofrito, Harold Budd, Editions EG, Salamat Ali Khan, Nimbus Records, Chocolate, Lyrichord, Negro Prison Songs, Alan Lomax, Tradition Records, Wagaku, Teleman, Moshi Moshi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Because, Alessi Brothers, A&M, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Four Tet Remix, Western Vinyl, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Heavenly, 2016 Impressions, 2017 impressions

5:5:5: XVIII. 2024.

Over here on the FlrtLstn blog, January 5th means but one glorious thing… Label crew, cohorts and regulars have nurtured and polished a golden cache of 5 X 11 tracks, five individual pieces loved and aurally hugged during (but not necessarily from) the preceeding year, 2024.

Below then, in no particlar order, is a cachophony of heavy rotation tracks, an outrageous varity of sounds to trawl and sift, search and share, delve and delight in.

Massive thanks to the selectors below, we collectively invite you to dive in at your leisure, for your pleasure…

5:5:5: XVII. 2023.

Here we go!

The label hibernated in 2023, but the ever dedicated selectors below were always listening, on high ear alert, and once more share their joy, enthusiasm and passion across 5 choice tracks;

discovered and adored during (but not necessarily from) 2023.

It’s an honour to work on this annual pooled 5:5:5:, big thanks and appreciation to everyone here for their contributions…

In no particular order, dear reader, listener,

sound explorer, aural inquisitor;

we invite you on an annual collected music

adventure, like no other

>>>

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!

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: 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…

The Golden Lagoon: Satellite Celebration #3 @ The Rose Hill . . . . Sun 9th Feb. 3pm onwards, upstairs & down, performances and atmospherics in the hypnotic multi-sensory depths of the lagoon.

A daytime-into-evening of immersion into the realm of The Golden Lagoon… Projections and illusions from Benedict Sheehan, Aromas from King Lagoon’s Aroma Wizard, Otherworldly Tastes, Interactive-Sounds, Performances & Exotica DJs throughout.

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.

Amazing night on Sat 31st Aug down at Rialto in Brighton, enormous thanks to everyone who came along and helped out, and especially all the performers;

King Lagoon’s Flying Swordfish Dance Band

Mustard

Maracatu Cruzeiro Do Sul (Fantastic suprise intro set)

5:5:5: IX. 2017.

The end-of-year spectacular returns with a volley of ten quint-essential selections...

5tracks apiece that hit home hard during (but not necessarily from) Twenty Seventeen.