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: 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, TwentyFourTones

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