
Another year with loads of amazing music! Each of us picked some of our favorite records from 2022 and mixed them up in a live set. Enjoy!
Mike’s 2022 favorites:
1. ROMANCE – Once upon a time – from ONCE UPON A TIME (Ecstatic)
2. TOWA TEI – Nomadologie – from LP (We Release Whatever the Fuck We Want)
3. NICK HAKIM – Vertigo – from COMETA (Ato Records)
4. SOYUZ (COIO3) – Glance (Мгновение) – from FORCE OF THE WIND (Mr. Bongo)
5. KRAAK & SMAAK – Scirocco – from SCIROCCO (Boogie Angst)
6. DIP IN THE POOL – What about this love (Chaos In The CBD remix) – from WHAT ABOUT THIS LOVE (Mule Musiq)
7. DJ PYTHON – Angel – from CLUB SENTIMENTAL VOL. 02 (Incienso)
8. RAMZI – Foggi (feat. Priori) – from HYPHEA (Music From Memory)
9. ARNHEIM – Let me realize you (feat. Emm) – from TOUCHING BASS PRESENTS: SOON COME (Touching Bass)
10. ÀBÁSE – Ile ye – from LAROYÊ (Oshu Records)
11. WAJEED – Remember – from MEMOIRS OF HIGH-TECH JAZZ (Tresor)
12. MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE – Love is everywhere – from FREEDOM: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF PHAROAH SANDERS (South Bank Music)
13. ROSALÍA – Como un G – from MOTOMAMI (Columbia)
Giuseppe’s 2022 favorites
14. GUTS – Estrellas (versión polvo) – from ESTRELLAS (Heavenly Sweetness)
15. FRANZ TUERNAL – Koultans – from HUNEE SELECTS: MELODIES RECORD CLUB #003 (Melodies International)
16. J.M. ROTIN – Le ou lov’ – from ENERGY (Liso Music)
17. SÉLÈNE SAINT-AIMÉ – Potomitan – from POTOMITAN (Komos)
18. OKI – Afghan herbal garden – from TONKORI IN THE MOONLIGHT 1996-2006 (Mais Um Discos)
19. LEE TRACY & ISAAC MANNING – Love is everlasting – from IS IT WHAT YOU WANT? (Athens of the North)
20. LAURA MICHELE – You always hurt the one you love – from AMERICA DREAM RESERVE (Smiling C)
21. BONFIM – U know you can – from BONFIN (Bonfim)
22. DELLY ROLLIES & FRIENDS 82 – Licik – from LICIK (Jiwa Jiwa)
23. RUBEL – Colégio – from CASAS (Dorileo)
24. AYANDA SIKADE – Mithandazo Yeengelosi – from Umakhulu (Afrosynth)
25. THE OPERATION BREADBASKET ORCHESTRA & CHOIR FEATURING MAHALIA JACKSON AND MAVIS STAPLES – Precious lord, take my hand – from A QUESTLOVE JAWN: SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) (Sony Music)
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SOME OF RECORDS WE BOUGHT AND LOVED IN 2022 (in alphabetical order, by label)
Artist – Title – Label
Kiyoshi Yamaya, Toshiko Yonekawa, Kifu Mitsuhashi | Wamono Groove (Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk ’76) | 180g |
Various | Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. 1 | 180g |
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs | Fell From The Sun (Downtempo and After Hours 1990-1991) | Ace |
Ayanda Sikade | Umakhulu | Afrosynth Records |
After Dinner | Paradise of Replica | Aguirre Records |
Interactive Music | Interactive Music | All Night Flight |
Mr Fingers | Amnesia | Alleviated Music |
Koichi Matsukaze Trio feat. Ryojiro Furusawa | At The Room 427 | ALM Records, BBE |
Orchestre Massako | Orchestre Massako | Analog Africa |
Ti-Fock | Mafate | Anitako Records, Kabay Reunion Island |
Moor Mother | Jazz Codes | Anti |
Various | For The Love Of You 2.1 | Athens of the North |
Nick Hakim | Cometa | ATO Records |
DJ Black Low | Uwami II | Awesome Tapes from Africa |
Teno Afrika | Where You Are | Awesome Tapes from Africa |
Brown Sugar, Cassandra, Jean Barrett | Free / Love Me Sweeter Tonight / For The Love Of You | Backatcha Records |
Billy Woods | Aethiopes | Backwoodz Studios |
Various | Vapordub: An Introduction To Contemporary Psychedelic Music | Bamboo Shows |
Various | We Are The Children Of The Sun | BBE |
Brian Jackson | This is Brian Jackson | BBE |
Jazzanova | Strata Records (The Sound Of Detroit Reimagined By Jazzanova) | BBE, Strata Records, 180 Proof Records |
Gaoulé Mizik, Michel Laurent | Excursions in Gwoka Vol. 1 | Beauty & the Beat |
Antal Heitlager | Beyond Space And Time 002 | Beyond Space And Time |
Various | Busy Is Good | Big Nice Records |
Michael J. Blood | As Is | Blood |
Nduduzo Makhathini | In the Spirit of Ntu | Blue Note |
Kraak & Smaak | Scirocco | Boogie Angst |
Kokoroko | Could We Be More | Brownswood Recordings |
STR4TA | Str4tasfear | Brownswood Recordings |
Oksana Linde | Aquatic And Other Worlds 1983-1989 | Buh Records |
Saâda Bonaire | 1992 | Captured Tracks |
Deep South Band | Deep South Is / A Touch Of Soul | Clap City Records |
Harvey Sutherland And Bermuda | Priestess / Bravado | Clarity Recordings |
Almir Ricardi | Festa Funk | Coco Discos |
Miles Davis | Miles Davis Live (What It Is) (Montreal 7/7/83) | Columbia |
Rosalía | Motomami | Columbia, Sony Music |
Various | Comet Afro Rhythms Vol 2 | Comet Records |
Marcos | Saudade | Comets Coming |
Stella Zekri | Détends-Toi | Cosmic Romance |
Bayete (Todd Cochran) | Worlds Around the Sun | Craft Recordings, Prestige |
Various | Tanamur City (Indonesian AOR, City Pop And Boogie 1979 To 1991) | Cultures Of Soul Records, Peels Records |
Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin | Ali | Dead Oceans |
Various | The Best of Chi-Sound Records 1976-1984 | Demon Records |
Various | Gladys Palmera compiled by Andy Gray | Discos Gladys Palmera |
Jocy de Oliveira | Raga Na Amazônia | Discos Nada |
Bitchin Bajas | Bajascillators | Drag City |
New Life Trio | Visions of the Third Eye | Early Future |
Hiroshi Sato | All Of Me | Eastworld |
Luciano Cilio | Dialoghi Del Presente | EMI, btf.it |
Brenda Ray | Perfume of the Soul | Emotional Rescue |
Joyce | Feminina (Produced Arranged And Conducted By Claus Ogerman) | Far Out Recordings |
Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo | Planetário Da Gávea | Far Out Recordings |
Daniel Maunick | Persistence | Far Out Recordings |
Various | Vacation From My Mind | Forager Records |
Cleo Sol | Mother | Forever Living Originals |
Sault | Air | Forever Living Originals |
Bachir Attar with Eliott Sharp | In New York | Fortuna Records, Dikraphone |
Tonico 70 | Vic’l | Four Flies Records |
Various | Paisà Got Soul (Soul, AOR & Disco In Italy 1977-1986) | Four Flies Records |
Compass | Compass Rises | Frederiksberg Records |
Roy Davis Jr. | Wind Of Change | Friendsome Records |
Omar-S | Can’t Change | FXHE Records |
Neu! | 50! | Groenland Records |
Various | Milagros Del Ritmo – Obscure Rhythmic Tunes From 1988 -1991 | Harmonie Exotic |
Laurent Bardainne & Tigre D’eau Douce | Hymne Au Soleil | Heavenly Sweetness |
Kham Meslien | Fantômes…Futurs | Heavenly Sweetness |
Guts | Estrellas | Heavenly Sweetness |
Various | La Torre Ibiza Volumen Cuatro | Hostal La Torre Recordings |
Haruka Nakamura | Nujabes Pray Reflections | Hyde Out Productions |
Various | Hyperituals Volume 1 Soul Note | Hyperjazz |
Delfonic & Kapote | Illegal Jazz Vol. 2.1 | Illegal Jazz Records |
The Comet Is Coming | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam | Impulse! |
DJ Python | Club Sentimientos vol 2 | Incienso |
Huerco S. | Plonk | Incienso |
Carlos Nino and Friends | Extra Presence | International Anthem |
Charles Stepney | Step On Step | International Anthem Recording Company, The Charles Stepney Masters |
Accura | Five X Five | Invisible City Editions |
Various | Instrumental Dubs #1 | Isle of Jura |
Gianni Brezzo | Tutto Passa | Jakarta Records |
Delly Rollies & Friends 82 / Dea Barandana | Licik | Jiwa Jiwa |
Various | Borga Revolution! (Ghanaian Dance Music In The Digital Age, 1983-1992) (Volume 1) | Kalita Records |
Sélène Saint-Aimé | Potomitan | Komos |
Ron Morelli | Ron’s Torture / Gun Smoke | L.I.E.S. Records |
Various | Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Legacy, Sony Music |
Sunstroke | Nothing’s Wrong In Paradise | Libreville Records |
Guy Cuevas | Totāl Cuevas | Libreville Records |
Sandy B | Lion’s Drums Edits | Lion’s Drums |
Jorge Galemire | Segundos Afuera | Little Butterfly Records |
Bassfort | Moon Shadow / Moon Light (10th Anniversary Mixes) | Local Talk |
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah | Volume 1-5 1978-1984 Boxset | Luaka Bop |
Don Beto | Nossa Imaginação | Mad About Records, Som Livre |
Ndikho Xaba and the Natives | Ndikho Xaba and the Natives | Matsuli Music |
Hunee Selects Digital Justice / Dorothy Ashby / Frantz Tuernal | Melodies Record Club 003 | Melodies International |
Kieran Hebden | Looking At Your Pager | Ministry Of Sound, Three Six Zero Recordings |
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru | Spielt Eigene Kompositionen | Mississippi Records |
Susumu Yokota | Baroque | Modern Obscure Music |
Tatsuro Yamashita | Softly | Moon Records |
Carl Erdmann | Bizzarrophytes | Morning Trip |
Idrissa Soumaoro, L’Eclipse De L’I.J.A. | Le Tioko-Tioko | Mr Bongo |
Luke Una | É Soul Cultura | Mr Bongo |
Soyuz | Force of the Wind | Mr Bongo |
Stimela | Rewind | Mr Bongo |
Various | With Love Volume 1 compiled by Miche | Mr Bongo |
Arthur Verocai | Arthur Verocai (50 year anniversary edition) | Mr Bongo |
Tumi Mogorosi | Group Theory: Black Music | Mushroom Hour Half Hour, New Soil |
Cumbia Moderna De Soledad | Crees Que Soy Sexy | Mushroom Pillow |
The Zenmenn | Bella Fantasia | Music From Memory |
Alex Ho | Move Through It | Music From Memory |
Ramzi | Hyphea | Music from Memory |
The Zenmenn and John Moods | Hidden Gem | Music from Memory |
Alex Figueira | Juicy | Music With Soul! Records |
The Detroit Escalator Co. | Soundtrack [313] + 4 | Musique Pour La Danse |
The Brother Moves On | $/he Who Feeds You… Owns You | Native Rebel |
Louie Vega | Joy Universal / Igobolo (Feelin’ Love) | Nervous Records |
Nu Genea | Bar Mediterraneo | NG Records |
Oceanic | Choral Dance | Nous’klaer Audio |
Various | Amapiano Now | NTS |
Jeff Phelps | Magnetic Eyes | Numero Group |
Branko Mataja | Over Fields and Mountains | Numero Group |
Various | V4 Visions (Of Love & Androids) | Numero Group, V4 Visions |
Los Kenya | ¡Siempre Afro-Latino! | Olindo |
Horace Andy | Midnight Scorchers | On-U Sound |
Horace Andy | Midnight Rockers | On-U Sound |
Abase | Laroyê | Oshu Records |
Noori & His Dorpa Band | Beja Power: Electric Soul & Brass From Sudan’s Red Sea Coast | Ostinato Recordings |
Space Ghost | Private Paradise | Pacific Rhythm |
Yasuaki Shimizu | Kiren | Palto Flats |
Flickk | Prime Suspect | Peoples Potential Unlimited |
Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | pgLang, Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records |
Terekke | 2 The World | Plant Age Digital Sound |
Prins Thomas | 8+9 | Prins Thomas Musikk |
The Bobby Hamilton Quintet Unlimited | Dream Queen | P-Vine |
Joseph Malik | Diverse Part 3 | Ramrock Red |
Various | Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours Volume One | Re:warm |
Regina James | Dancin’ In The Flames Of Love | Regrooved |
Charles Mingus | The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott’s | Resonance Records, Jazz Workshop |
Donald Byrd and the Blackbirds | Live at the Jazz Workshop, Boston September 4th 1973 | Room on Fire |
Needs | Needs (Not Wants) (Retrospective Part 1) | Rush Hour |
Soichi Terada | Asakusa Lights Remixes | Rush Hour |
Arp Frique | Paa / Baba Love | Rush Hour |
Sauce And Dogs | Sauce And Dogs II | Sauce And Dogs |
Various | Incantations | Séance Centre |
Various | America Dream Reserve | Smiling C |
Mark de Clive-Lowe & Friends | Freedom (Celebrating the Music of Pharoah Sanders) | Soul Bank Music |
Tania Maria | Come With Me | Soul Brother Records |
The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari | Grounation | Soul Jazz |
Charles Amoah | Sweet Vibration | Soundway |
Various | Síntesis Moderna (An Alternative Vision Of Argentinian Music 1980-1990) | Soundway |
Sai Galaxy | Get It As You Move | Soundway |
Ronald Langestraat | Light Years Away | South of North |
Jéroboam | Freakshow | Space Grapes |
The Kahil El’Zabar Quartet | A Time For Healing | Spiritmuse Records |
Various | Spirit Of France | Spiritmuse Records |
Surya Botofasina | Everyone’s Children | Spiritmuse Records |
The Pyramids | Aomawa (The 1970s Recordings) | Strut |
Bennie Maupin & Adam Rudolph | Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef | Strut |
Balka Sound | Balka Sound | Strut |
Various | John Sinclair Presents Detroit Artists Workshop: Community, Jazz and Art in the Motor City 1965-1981 | Strut |
Various | Italian Dancefloor Outsiders 1987-1994 | Thank You |
Ghia | Curaçao Blue | The Artless Cuckoo |
Folie 2 | Folie 2 | Themes For Great Cities |
Various | Lèspri Ka : New Directions in Gwoka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-2010 | Time Capsule, Séance Centre |
Various | Touching Bass presents: Soon Come | Touching Bass |
Wajeed | Memoirs of High Tech Jazz | Tresor |
Telephone Man | Angel | Tropic Of Love Music |
Tony Bizarro | Tony Bizarro | Vampi Soul |
Various | Viento Sur – Experimental & Fusion Music from Argentina, A Retrospective from Melopea Discos | Vampi Soul |
Various | Vega Records 5 Pack Unreleased III | Vega Records |
Rada | Upadesa | Wah Wah Records |
Erich Kleinschuster 6tet | ORF 1968-69/1968-70/1968-71 | WallenBink |
Makoto Matsushita | First Light | Warner Music Japan |
Taro Nohara | Poly-Time Signatures / Forest of the Shrine | We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want |
Towa Tei | Towa Tei LP | We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want |
Interior | Interior | We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records |
Disco Arabesquo | Sharayet El Disco (Egyptian Disco & Boogie Cassettes 1982-1992) | Wewantsounds |
Ziad Rahbani | Houdou Nisbi | Wewantsounds |
Fairuz فيروز | Kifak Inta كيفك إنت | Wewantsounds |
Freddie Hubbard | Music Is Here – Live at ORTF Paris 1973 | Wewantsounds |
Makaya McCraven | In These Times | XL Recordings, International Anthem Recording Company, Nonesuch |
Yaeji | EP 1 + 2 | Yaeji self-produced |
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