10 albums I listened to January 2022

1. Gino Marinacci “Atom Flower’s” (Roman Record Company, 1972/Mono Jazz, 2021)
2. Burial “Antidawn” (Hyperdub, 2022)
3. Hania Rani “Live from Studio S2” (Gondwana, 2022)
4. Mankunku Quartet “Yakhal’ Inkomo” (World Record Co., 1968/Mr. Bongo, 2021)
5. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers “First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings” (Blue Note, 2021)
6. Gideon Nxumalo “Gideon Plays” (JAS Pride, 1961/Matsuli Music, 2021)
7. Trees Speak “Vertigo of Flaws” (Soul Jazz, 2021)
8. Little Simz “Sometimes I Might Be Introvert” (Age 101 Music, 2021)
9. Cavern Of Anti-Matter “Blood-Drums” (Grautag, 2013)
10. Jenny Hval “Blood Bitch” (Su Tissue, 2016)

10 albums I listened to December 2021

1. Ryuichi Sakamoto “Playing the Piano 12122020” (KAB, 2021)
2. Makaya McCraven “Deciphering The Message” (Blue Note, 2021)
3. Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg “Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg” (Fontana, 1969)
4. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels “Tone Poem” (Blue Note, 2021)
5. Inoyamaland “Swiva” (ExT Recordings, 2020)
6. Suzanne Ciani “Voices Of Packaged Souls” (Liquid Sound, 1970/Dead-Cert Home Entertainment, 2012)
7. Marta Sánchez Quintet “Partenika” (Fresh Sound, 2015)
8. Wilbur Harden “Jazz Way Out” (Savoy, 1958)
9. Kadi Yombo “Papé Nziengui” (Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2022)
10. Soccer96 “Dopamine” (Moshi Moshi, 2021)

10 albums I listened to November 2021

1. Chino Amobi “Paradiso” (Ormolycka, 2017)
2. Penelope Trappes “Penelope Three” (Houndstooth, 2021)
3. madteo “Head Gone Wrong By Noise” (Honest Jon’s, 2021)
4. Kyle Shepherd “After the Night the Day Will Surely Come” (Matsuli Music, 2021)
5. Xhosa Cole “Know Them, Know Us” (Stoney Lane Records/Xhosa Cole, 2021)
6. Ian Carr “Belladonna” (Mercury, 1972/Mr. Bongo, 2021)
7. Okyerema Asante “Drum Message” (Black Fire, 1977/Strut, 2021)
8. Mira Calix “absent origin” (Warp, 2021)
9. Various Artists (Curated/Mixed by Coldcut & Mixmaster Morris) “@0” (Ahead Of Our Time, 2021)
10. Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger “Force Majeure” (International Anthem, 2021)

10 albums I listened to October 2021

1. Cosmic Eye “Dream Sequence” (Regal Zonophone, 1972/The Roundtable, 2019)
2. Carla dal Forno “You Know What It’s Like” (Blackest Ever Black, 2016)
3. Leo Abrahams/Shazhad Ismaily “Visitations” (Figureight, 2020)
4. Carlos Niño & Friends “More Energy Fields, Current” (International Anthem, 2021)
5. The Ibrahim Khalil Shihab Quintet feat. Mankunku “Spring” (Atlantic City, 1969/Matsuli Music, 2020)
6. Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra “Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra” (Vinyl Factory, 2016)
7. Nkisi “7 Directions” (UIQ, 2019)
8. Emma-Jean Thackray “Yellow” (Movementt, 2021)
9. Ichiko Aoba “Windswept Adan” (hermine, 2020)
10. Aldorande “deux” (Favorite Recordings, 2021)

10 albums I listened to   September 2021

1. Martina Topley-Bird “Forever I Wait” (self-released, 2021)
2. Malcolm McLaren “Duck Rock” (Charisma, 1983)
3. Galya Bisengalieva “Aralkum” (One Little Indian, 2020)
4. Harold McKinney “Voices and Rhythms of the Creative Profile” (Tribe, 1974/Pure Pleasure, 2018)
5. Mario Rui Silva “Stories from another time 1982-1988” (Time Capsule, 2021)
6. Vis-A-Vis “Obi Agye Me Dofo” (Ambassador, 1977/We Are Busy Bodies, 2021)
7. The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble “Le-Le” (Silk Screen Records, 1987/Jazz Room Records, 2021)
8. Dexter Gordon “Go” (Blue Note, 1962/Blue Note, 2021)
9. Nancy Sinatra “Boots” (Reprise, 1966/Light In the Attic, 2021)
10. Brandee Younger “Somewhere Different” (Impulse, 2021)

10 albums I listened to   August 2021

1. Lyra Pramuk “Delta” (Bedroom Community, 2021)
2. The Future Sound Of London “Archived : Environmental : Views” (fsol digital, 2017)
3. Mr. Scruff “Trouser Jazz” (Ninja Tune, 2002)
4. Doug Carn “Infant Eyes” (Black Jazz, 19??/Real Gone, 2021)
5. Mu “Afro Finger and Gel” (Tigersushi, 2003)
6. Denis Mpunga & Paul K. “Criola” (recorded 1980-84/Music From Memory, 2017)
7. Beyoncé “Lemonade” (Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia, 2017)
8. Liza Minnelli “Results” (Epic, 1989)
9. Sugar Minott “Wicked Ago Feel It” (Wackie’s, 1984/Wackie’s, 2002)
10. Joni Mitchell “Mingus” (Asylum, 1979)

10 albums I listened to   July 2021

1. Sedibus “The Heavens” (Orbscure Records, 2021)
2. Theo Parrish “Wuddaji” (Sound Signature, 2020)
3. Clark “Playground In A Lake” (Deutsche Grammophon, 2021)
4. Binker Golding, Steve Noble & John Edwards “Moon Day” (Byrd Out, 2021)
5. Hiroshi Suzuki “Cat” (Columbia, 1976/Columbia, 2015)
6. Lorde “Solar Power” (Crush Music/Universal, 2021)
7. Moritz Von Oswald Trio “Dissent: Chapter 1-10” (Modern Recordings, 2021)
8. Leslie Winer “When I Hit You – You’ll Feel It” (Light In The Attic, 2021)
9. Cleo Sol “Mother” (Forever Living Originals, 2021)
10. Jorja Smith “Be Right Back” (FAMM, 2021)

10 albums I listened to   June 2021

1. Loraine James “Reflection” (Hyperdub, 2021)
2. Ruth Mascelli “A Night At the Baths” (Disciples, 2021)
3. Alice Coltrane “Kirtan: Turiya Sings” (Impulse, 2021)
4. Mansur “Minotaurus” (Denovali Records, 2021)
5. Sons of Kemet “Black To The Future” (Impulse, 2021)
6. Sault “Nine” (Forever Living Originals, 2021)
7. Roxymore “Face to Phase” (Don’t Be Afraid, 2019)
8. The United Jazz & Rock Ensemble “United Live Opus Sechs” (Mood Records, 1984)
9. Klein “Lifetime” (Ijn Inc., 2019)
10. Thelonious Monk “Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960” (recorded 1959/Sam Records, 2017)

10 albums I listened to   May 2021

1. Jaan Kuman “Instrumental Ensemble” (Jazzaggression, 2021)
2. Nyssa “Comme au Moulin” (self-released, 1985/Ici Bientôt, 2021)
3. Black Dog Productions “Bytes” (Warp, 1993)
4. Lizzy Mercier Descloux “Press Color” (Philips, 1979/Light In The Attic, 2016)
5. Nicole Mitchell “Liberation Narratives” (Nicole Mitchell, 2017)
6. Jaimie Branch “Fly or Die Live” (International Anthem, 2021)
7. Trees Speak “Shadow Forms” (Soul Jazz, 2020)
8. The Dining Rooms “Numero Deux” (Milano 2000, 2001)
9. The Durutti Column “Circuses and Bread” (Factory Benelux, 1986)
10. Dr. Octagon “Dr. Octagon” (Mo’ Wax, 1996)

10 albums I listened to   April 2021

1. Hiro Yanagida “Hiro Yanagida” (Atlantic, 1971/Atlantic, 2020)
2. Haruomi Hosono “Vu Jà Dé” (Speedster, 2020)
3. Milton Nascimento “Ultimo Trem” (ballet performed, 1981/Far Out, 2020)
4. Hailu Mergia & The Walias “Tezeta” (cassette, 1975/Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2021)
5. Keith Jarrett “The Budapest Concert” (ECM, 2021)
6. Colleen “The Tunnel and the Clearing” (Thrill Jockey, 2021)
7. Jayda G “Significant Changes” (Ninja Tune, 2019)
8. Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement “Flying Fish Ambience” (Hospital Productions, 2021)
9. Annie Lennox “Lepidoptera” (La Lennoxa, 2019)
10. Amanda Whiting “After Dark” (Jazzman, 2021)

10 albums I listened to   March 2021

1. Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors “Selected Works 1985-2005” (Time Capsule, 2020)
2. Motohiko Hamase “#Notes of Forestry/Technodrome/Anecdote” 3LP Box Set (WRWTFWW, 2020)
3. Brama “One Million Eyes” (A Strangely Isolated Place, 2021)
4. Various Artists “Artificial Intelligence” (Warp, 1992)
5. Bang Bang “Je T’aime Je T’aime” (Yellow Productions, 1998)
6. Jackson Conti “Sujinho” (Kindred Spirits, 2008)
7. Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith “The World of the Children” (Strata-East, 1977/Pure Pleasure, 2021)
8. Miles Davis “Dark Magus: Live” (CBS/Sony Japan, 1977/4 Men With Beards, 2011)
9. Kelly Lee Owens “Kelly Lee Owens” (Smalltown Supersounds, 2017)
10. Yu Su “Yellow River Blue” (Music From Memory, 2021)

10 albums I listened to   February 2021

1. Madlib “Sound Ancestors” (Madlib Invazion, 2021)
2. Pauline Anna Strom “Angel Tears in Sunlight” (RVNG Intl., 2021)
3. Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood “Live” (International Anthem, 2020)
4. Photay “Waking Hours” (Mexican Summer, 2020)
5. Arlo Parks (Collapsed in Sunbeams” (Transgressive, 2021)
6. Laraaji/Merz/Shahzad Ismaily “Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound” (Merz, 2019)
7. Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd “Bordeaux” (Robin Guthrie/Harold Budd, 2011)
8. Marcos Resende & Index “Marcos Resende & Index” (recorded 1976/Far Out, 2021)
9. Scientist “Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires” (Greensleeves, 1981)
10. Laurel Halo “DJ-Kicks” (!K7, 2019)

10 albums I listened to   January 2021

1. Keith Jarrett “The Köln Concert” (ECM, 1975)
2. The Diabolical Liberties “High Protection & The Sportswear Mystics” (On the Corner, 2020)
3. The Ensemble Al-Salaam “The Sojourner” (Strata-East, 1974)
4. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Coton Dahomey “Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Coton Dahomey” (HMV, 1972/Superfly, 2020)
5. Laurent Petitgirard “Suite Epique” (LAlberti, 1972/Superfly, 2020)
6. Jacky Moreau “Les Riches Heures de Jacky d’Ambroise” (no label, no year)
7. Priscilla Ermel “Origens Da Luz” (Music from Memory, 2020)
8. Tyshawn Sorey “Pillars IV” (Firehouse 12, 2018)
9. Karlheinz Stockhausen “Hymnen” (Deutsche Grammophon, 1969)
10. Francis Hime “Os Seis Em Ponto” (RGE, 1965/Vampi Soul, 2019)

10 albums I listened to   December 2020

1. ÌFÉ “IIII+IIII” (Discos Ifá, 2017)
2. Eraldo Bernocchi & Hoshiko Yamane “Mujo” (Denovali Records, 2020)
3. Taylor Swift “evermore” (Republic Records, 2020)
4. Jaubi “The Deconstructed Ego” (Astigmatic, 2016)
5. Khruangbin “Late Night Tales” (Night Time Stories, 2020)
6. Shaolin Afronauts “Flight of the Ancients” (Freestyle Records, 2011)
7. Bill Evans “Live in Tokyo” (CBS/Sony Japan 1973/Sony 2020)
8. Kellee Patterson “Maiden Voyage” (Black Jazz, 1974/Real Gone, 2020)
9. Gadi Sassoon “Multiverse” (A Strangely Isolated Place, 2020)
10. Mozaika “Silver Tide” (Public Possession, 2020)

10 albums I listened to   November 2020

1. Pole “Fading” (Mute, 2020)
2. Actress “Karma & Desire” (Ninja Tune, 2020)
3. Various Artists “Darker Than Blue – Soul From Jamdown 1973-1980” (PK/Blood and Fire, 2001)
4. Oké “Deserto” (Original Cultures + Zero Day, 2020)
5. Tenderlonius “Ragas from Lahor: Improvisations with Jaubi” (22a, 2020)
6. Pauline Anna Strom “Trans-Millenia Music” (RVNG Intl., 2017)
7. Kenny Larkin “Azimuth” (Warp, 1994)
8. Jyoti (aka Georgia Anne Muldrow) “Mama, You Can Bet!” (SomeOthaShip, 2020)
9. Susan Alcorn Quintet “Pedernal” (Relative Pitch, 2020)
10. Nduduzo Makhathini “Modes of Communication: Letters from the Underworlds” (Universal, 2020)

10 albums I listened to   October 2020

1. Sun Ra Arkestra “Swirling” (Strut, 2020)
2. Shirley Scott “One For Me” (Strata East, 1974/Arc Records, 2020)
3. Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson “Chicago Waves” (International Anthem, 2020)
4. Autechre “SIGN” (Warp, 2020)
5. Emma-Jean Thackray “Um Yang” (Night Dreamer, 2020)
6. Walter Bishop Jr. “Coral Keys” (Black Jazz, 1971/Real Gone, 2020)
7. Call Super “Every Mouth Teeth Missing” (Incienso, 2020)
8. Skye “Keeping Secrets” (Skyewards Recordings, 2020)
9. Mildlife “Automatic” (Heavenly Recordings/PIAS, 2020)
10. Ranil “y su Conjunto Tropical” (Analog Africa, 2020)

10 albums I listened to   September 2020

1. Sault “Untitled (Rise)” (Forever Living Originals, 2020)
2. Mosese “Lumingu Puati (Zorro)” (Disques Espérance, 1987/BBE, 2019)
3. Nina Simone “Little Girl Blue” (Bethlehem Records, 1959)
4. Harry Beckett “Joy Unlimited” (Cadillac Records, 1975/2020)
5. Sharhabil Ahmed “The King of Sudanese Jazz” (Habibi Funk/Jakarta Records, 2020)
6. Duval Timothy “Help” (Carrying Colour/Vinyl Factory, 2020)
7. Sarathy Korwar “More Arriving” (Leaf, 2019)
8. Dee Dee Bridgewater “Afro Blue” (Trio Records, 1974)
9. Hailu Mergia”Yene Mircha” (Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2020)
10. Alice Coltrane “Live At Carnegie Hall, 1971” (Live Broadcast on WQXR-FM, 1971/Alternative Fax, 2020)

10 albums I listened to   August 2020

1. Jon Hassell “Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two)” (Ndeya, 2020)
2. Pokus “Pokus” (Pokus Music, 2020)
3. Loyle Carner “Yesterday’s Gone” (AMF Records, 2017)
4. Venus “Logic System” (Express, 1981/Wewantsounds, 2020)
5. Nubya Garcia “Source” (Concord Jazz, 2020)
6. Gene Russell “New Direction” (Black Jazz, 1971/Real Gone, 2020)
7. Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan “Goin’ Home” (SteepleChase, 1977)
8. Siti Muharam “Siti of Unguja (Romance Revolution on Zanzibar)” (On the Corner, 2020)
9. Nina Simone “In Concert” (Philips, 1964/2016)
10. Cool Breeze “Assimilation” (Dorado, 1995)

10 albums I listened to   July 2020

1. Juliana Barwick “Healing Is A Miracle” (Ninja Tune, 2020)
2. Various Artists “Pyramid Pieces 1 (Modal & Eco-Jazz From Australia 1969-79)” (The Roundtable, 2020)
3. Thabang Tabane “Matjale” (Mushroom Hour Half Hour, 2018)
4. Cleo Sol “Rose in the Dark” (Forever Living Originals, 2020)
5. Thiago Nassif “Mente” (Gearbox Records, 2020)
6. Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims “Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims” (Blue Note, 1956)
7. Biosphere “Dropsonde” (Biophon Records, 2020)
8. Piri “Voces Querem Mate?” (Quartin, 1970/Far Out Recordings, 2017)
9. Beatrice Dillon “Workaround”  (Pan, 2020)
10. Lyra Pramuk “Fountain” (Bedroom Community, 2020)

10 albums I listened to   June 2020

1. Keleketla! & Coldcut “Keleketla!” (Ahead Of Our Time, 2020)
2. Makaya McCraven “Universal Beings” (International Anthem, 2018)
3. Vibration Black Finger “Can You See What I’m Trying To Say” (Jazzman, 2020)
4. Kenny Cox “Clap Clap! The Joyful Noise” (recorded 1974/5, Strata Records/180 Proof Records, 2013)
5. Dorothy Donegan “Incredible Dorothy Donegan Trio” (Chiaroscuro Records, 1992)
6. Lil Armstrong “Satchmo And Me: Lil Armstrong’s Own Story” (Riverside Records, 1957)
7. Little Simz “GREY Area” (Age 101 Music, 2019)
8. Vin Gordon “African Shores” (Tradition Disc, 2019)
9. Flying Lotus “Flamagra Instrumentals” (Warp Records, 2020)
10. Tony Allen “Lagos No Shaking” (Honest Jon’s, 2005)

10 albums I listened to   May 2020

1. Four Tet “Sixteen Oceans” (Text, 2020)
2. Lou Donaldson “Swing and Soul” (Blue Note, 1957)
3. Sarah Davachi “Pale Bloom” (W.25th, 2019)
4. Thelonius Monk “Thelonius Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall” (recorded 1957/Blue Note, 2018)
5. Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes “What Kinda Music” (Blue Note, 2020)
6. Chris Abrahams “Fluid To The Influence” (Room 40, 2016)
7. Hania Rani “Esja” (Gondwana Records, 2019)
8. Sault “Untitled (Black Is)” (Forever Living Originals, 2020)
9. Groupe RTD “The Dancing Devils Of Djibouti” (Ostinato Records, 2020)
10. Carla dal Forno “Look up Sharp” (Kallista Records, 2020)

10 albums I listened to   April 2020

1. Theo Parrish “American Intelligence” (Sound Signature, 2014)
2. Various Artists “Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990” (Light In The Attic, 2019)
3. Supertramp “Breakfast in America” (A&M Records, 1979)
4. Julianna Barwick “The Magic Place” (Asthmatic Kitty Records, 2011)
5. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith “The Kid” (Western Vinyl, 2017)
6. Mary Lattimore “Hundreds of Days” (Ghostly International, 2018)
7. Oasis “Definitely Maybe” (Creation Records, 1994)
8. Caterina Barbieri “Patterns of Consciousness” (Important Records, 2017)
9. Tony Allen “A Tribute to Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers” (Blue Note, 2017)
10. Kraftwerk “Computer World” Remastered Edition (EMI/Mute, 2009)

10 albums I listened to   March 2020

1. The Orb “The Orb’s Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld” (Wau! Mr. Modo/Island Records, 1991)
2. Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald “Re: Composed” (Deutsche Grammophon, 2008)
3. K Frimpong & Super Complex Sounds “Ahyewa Special” (Ofo Bros, 1975/Hot Casa Records, 2020)
4. Two Lone Swordsmen “The Fifth Mission (Return To The Flightpath Estate)” (Emissions Audio Output, 1996)
5. Pedro Ruy-Blas “Cyber Dolores” (Jazzaggression, 2019)
6. Le Super Biton National de Ségou “Le Super Biton National de Ségou” (Mali Kunkan, 1977)
7. Gilberto Gil “”Louvação” (Philips, 1967/Universal Sound, 2013)
8. Nat Birchall meets Al Breadwinner “Sounds Almighty” (Tradition Disc, 2018)
9. Up, Bustle and Out “The Breeze Was Mellow” (Ninja Tune, 1994)
10. Sourakata Koite “en Hollande” (Plexus, 1995/Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2019)

10 albums I listened to   February 2020

1. Porya Hatami & Arovane “Kaziwa” (Time Released Sound, 2016/n5MD, 2018)
2. Novi Singers “Vocal Jazz From Poland 1965-75” (JCR, 1999)
3. Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer “Lowlands” (llKKl, 2017)
4. Primal Scream (remixed by Adrian Sherwood) “Echo Dek” (Creation, 1997)
5. Jon Hassell “Power Spot” (ECM, 1986)
6. Ofege “Try And Love” (His Master’s Voice, 1973/Academy LPs, 2009)
7. N’Kouri “Percussions” (self-released 1980/Superfly, 2017)
8. Sir Waziri Oshomah and His Traditional Sound Makers “Vol. 3” (Shanu Olu Records, 1980/Superfly, 2016)
9. Kraftwerk “Autobahn” Remastered Edition (EMI/Mute, 2009)
10. Mezare Israel Yekabtzenu “The Jazz Workshop” (Isradisc, 1973/Fortuna Records, 2014)

10 albums I listened to   January 2020

1. Wildflower “Season 2” (Ill Considered Music, 2019)
2. Jay Richford & Gary Stevan (aka Stefano Torossi) “Feelings” (Carosello, 1974/Schema, 2016)
3. Inoyama Land “Commissions: 1977-2000; Music for Slime Molds, Sensory Museum and Egyptology” (Empire of Signs, 2019)
4. Okumu Herbert Skinner “Undone: Live at the Crypt” (The Vinyl Factory, 2019)
5. Paz Paz Paz “Paz Are Back” (Spotlite, 1982/BBE, 2017)
6. Marlena Shaw “Anthology” (Soul Brother Records, 2000)
7. Wojciech Karolak “Easy!” (Polskie Nagrania Muza, 1975)
8. Sounds of Liberation “Unreleased”
   (recorded 1973/Dogtown, 2019)
9. Various Artists “Son Cubano NYC: Cuban Roots New York Spices 1972-82” (Honest Jon’s, 2004)
10. Pharoah Sanders “Africa” (Timeless Records, 1987/Tidal Waves, 2019

10 albums I listened to   December, 2019

1. Maki Asakawa “Maki Asakawa” (Honest Jon’s, 2015)
2. Franck Valmont et Syncro Rhytmic Language “Franck Valmont et Syncro Rhytmic Language” (Moshé Naïm, 1976/Sommor, 2019)
3. Masahiro Sugaya “Horizon Vol. 1” (Empire of Signs, 2019)
4. Nelson Angelo E Joyce “Nelson Angelo E Joyce” (Odeon, 1972/Polysom, 2019)
5. Olga Wojciechowska “Infinite Distances” (A Strangely Isolated Place, 2019)
6. Various Artists “Space Funk: Afro Futurist Electro Funk in Space 1976-84” (Soul Jazz Records, 2019)
7. Sault “7” (Forever Living Originals, 2019)
8. The Secret Waltz Band “The Secret Waltz Club” (Red Egyptian Records, 2001)
9. Ingrid Chavez “May 19, 1992” (Paisley Park, 1992)
10. Kolida Babo “Kolida Babo” (MIC Records, 2019)

10 albums I listened to   November, 2019

1. Underworld “DRIFT Series 1, Sampler Edition” (underworldlive.com, 2019)
2. Lapalux “Amnioverse” (Brain Feeder, 2019)
3. Angel Bat Dawid “The Oracle” (International Anthem, 2019)
4. FKA twigs “Magdalene” (Young Turks, 2019)
5. Amabano “Amabano” (Мелодия, 1987/Afro7 Records, 2019)
6. Michael Kiwanuka “Kiwanuka” (Polydor, 2019
7. Sade “Stronger Than Pride” (Epic, 1988)
8. Antoinette Konan “Antoinette Konan” (Antoinette Konan, 1986/Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2019)
9. John Coltrane “Blue World” (Impulse, 2019 – recorded 1964)
10. Matthew Halsall “Oneness” (Gondwana Records, 2019 – recorded 2008)

10 albums I listened to   October, 2019

1. Ayizan “Dilijans” (AYZ Inc., 1984/Superfly Records, 2019)
2. Yaseen & Party “Yaseen & Party” (Afro7 Records , 2019)
3. Tenorio Jr. “Embalo” (RGE, 1964/Mr. Bongo, 2017)
4. Hiroshi Sato “Orient” (Kitty Records, 1979/WeWantSounds, 2018)
5. Nahuel Jazz Quartet “Nahuel Jazz Quartet” (Ediciones L. R. Ortiz 1963/2019)
6. Dengue Dengue Dengue “Zenit & Nadir” (Enchufada, 2019)
7. Don Rendell Quintet “Space Walk” (Columbia, 1972/2018)
8. Bob Ohiri & His Uhuru Sounds “Uhuru Aiye” (Ashiko, 1977/Superfly Records, 2019)
9. Sault “5” (Forever Living Originals, 2019)
10. Dead Can Dance “Dionysus” ([PIAS], 2019)

10 albums I listened to   September, 2019

1. Ralph Thomas “Eastern Standard Time” (Zebra Jazz, 1980/BBE, 2018)
2. Patrice Rushen “Prelusion” (Prestige, 1974)
3. Phrydderichs Phaelda “Bruchstücke” (self released, not on label, 1981/Notes On A Journey, 2019)
4. Guy Warren of Ghana “Afro-Jazz” (Columbia, 1969/Return to Analog, 2019)
5. Stanley Cowell “Musa – Ancestral Streams” (Strata-East, 1974/Everland Jazz, 2018
6. Lloyd McNeill/Marshall Hawkins “Tanner Suite” (ASHA Recording Co. Inc., 1969/Universal Sound, 2015)
7. The John Danser Octet “The Danser Revolution” (Grapevine, 1977/Everland Jazz, 2017)
8. Pat Patrick & The Baritone Saxophone Retinue “Sound Advice” (El Saturn Records, 1977/Art Yard, 2015
9. Jürg Lenggenhager Trio “Rencontres” (self released, not on label, 1966)
10. Al Chem “Weird Fiction” (Art Yard, 2017)

10 albums I listened to   August, 2019

1. Art Blakey “Holiday for Skins Vol. 2” (Blue Note, 1958)
2. The Amorphous Androgynous “The Isness (The Abbey Road Version)” (EBV, 2018)
3. Jello “Voile” (Peacefrog, 2002)
4. The Phonometrician “Mnemosyne” (Lost Tribe Sound, 2019)
5. Lloyd McNeill “Treasures” (Baobab, 1976/Soul Jazz, 2019)
6. Jan Jelinek “Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records” (~scape, 2001/Fatiche, 2017)
7. Various Artists “Outro Tempo (Electronic and Contemporary Music from Brazil 1978-1992)” (Music From Memory, 2017)
8. Nina Kraviz “DJ-Kicks” (!K7, 2015
9. Maria “Carminho” (Maria Music, 2018)
10. Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan “New Rain Duets” (Three Lobed Recordings, 2019

10 albums I listened to   July, 2019

1. Various Artists “Desert Blues – Ambiances du Sahara” (Network, 2017)
2. Four Tet “Dialogue” (Output, 1999)
3. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble “Be Known: Ancient/Future/Music” (Spirit Muse Records, 2019)
4. The Voices of Bulgaria with Lisa Gerrard “BooCheeMish” (Prophecy, 2019)
5. Prince “Sign O’ The Times” (Paisley Park, 1987)
6. Charles Rouse “Two Is One” (Strata-East, 1974/Everland Jazz, 2018)
7. Roscoe Mitchell “Solo Concert” (Sackville Recordings, 1974/Tizona, 2011)
8. Delia Derbyshire “The Dreams” (Fantome Phonographique, 2019)
9. Thom Yorke “Anima” (XL Recordings, 2019)
10. Nicolas Gaunin “Noa Noa Noa” (Hive Mind Records, 2019)

10 albums I listened to   June, 2019

1. Brian Eno “Discreet Music – Mastered at Abbey Road Studios – Half Speed Mastering” (Virgin EMI, 2018)
2. Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu “Hitsville Revisited” (Essiebons, 1982/Mr. Bongo, 2019)
3. Earl Zinger “Speaker Stack Commandments” (!K7, 2004)
4. The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band “Sax No End” (SABA, 1967)
5. Perel “Hermetica” (DFA, 2018)
6. Moses Taiwa Molelekwa “Genes and Spirits” (M.E.L.T. 2000, 1998/Matsuli Music, 2018)
7. Dennis Young “Primitive Substance” (Athens Of The North, 2019)
8. Mombasa “Ode To Kalahari” (Intercord/Spiegelei, 1979)
9. Bea Benjamin with Dollar Brand “African Songbird” (The Sun, 1976/Matsuli Music, 2013)
10. Guido Spannocchi “Terms & Conditions” (Audioguido Records, 2018)

10 albums I listened to   May, 2019

1. Global Communication “76:14” (Dedicated, 1994)
2. Midori Takada & Lafawndah “Le Renard Bleu” (!K7, 2018)
3. Catch Up “Catch Up 1” (Calig, 1975/Crippled, 2002)
4. The Overton Berry Ensemble “T.O.B.E.” (C E Records, 1972/Light In The Attic, 2011)
5. Dani Siciliano “Likes” (Accidental, 2004)
6. Fort Lauderdale “Time Is Of The Essence” (Memphis Industries, 2001)
7. Roger Eno “Voices” (Editions EG, 1985)
8. Horace Tapscott with the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Orchestra “Live at I.U.C.C” (Nimbus West, 1979/Outer National, 2019)
9. Pedro Santos “Krishnanda” (CBS, 1968/Mr. Bongo, 2016)
10. Haruomi Hosono “Hochono House” (Victor, 2019)

10 albums I listened to   April, 2019

1. Urban Tribe “The Collapse of Modern Culture” (Mo’ Wax)
2. Natural Calamity “Peach Head” (Ideal)
3. Tamba Trio “Tempo” (Philips/Universal Sound)
4. Abdullah Sami “Peace of Time” (Spiritmuse Records)
5. Sun Ra “Monorails & Satellites Vols. 1 to 3 – Works for Solo Piano” (Saturn/Cosmic Myth)
6. Ellis Regina “Ellis Regina in London” (Universal Sound)
7. Dungen & Prins Thomas “Häxan (Versions by Prins Thomas)” (Smalltown Supersound)
8. Fémina “Perlas & Conchas” (self-released, not on label)
9. Suso Saiz “Nothing is Objective” (Music from Memory)
10. Suzanne Menzel “Goodbyes and Beginnings” (Frederiksberg Records)

10 albums I listened to   March, 2019

1. The Comet is Coming “Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery” (Impulse)
2. Cinematic Orchestra “To Believe” (Ninja Tune)
3. mu-ZIQ “Somerset Avenue Tracks (1992-1995)” (Planet Mu)
4. Various Artists “Hi-Fidelity Dub Sessions – Chapter One” (Guidance)
5. Sade “Stronger Than Pride” (Epic)
6. Cocteau Twins “Victorialand” (4AD)
7. Beth Gibbons, The Polish National Radio Symphony & Krzysztof Penderecki “Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3” (Domino)
8. Luke Abbott “Music from the Edge of an Island” (Float)
9. Nils Frahm “Spaces” (Erased Tapes)
10. Agnes Obel “Aventine” (Play It Again Sam)

10 albums I listened to   February, 2019

1. SEED Ensemble “Driftglass” (Jazz: Refreshed)
2. Sarah Tandy “Infection In The Sentence” (Jazz: Refreshed)
3. Carl Stone “Music from the Seventies and Eighties” (Unseen Worlds)
4. Carl Stone “Music from the Eighties and Nineties” (Unseen Worlds)
5. Theon Cross “Fyah” (Gearbox)
6. MADMADMAD “madmadmad” (self-released, not on label)
7. Johnny Nash & Suzanne Kraft “Passive Aggressive” (Melody As Truth)
8. log(m) & Laraaji “The Onrush of Eternity” (Invisible Inc.)
9. 36 “Fade to Grey” (A Strangely Isolated Place)
10. Makaya McCraven “Where We Come From (CHICAGOxLONDON Mixtape)” (International Anthem)

10 albums I listened to   January, 2019

1. Ultramarine “Signals into Space” (Les Disques du Crepuscule)
2. B12 “Time Tourist” (Warp)
3. Nick Walters “Awakening” (22a)
4. Romare “Projections” (Ninja Tune)
5. Haruomi Hosono “Cochin Moon” (Light In The Attic)
6. Rosie Turton “Rosie’s 5ive” (Jazz: Refreshed)
7. Jon Hassell “Vernal Equinox” (Lovely Music Ltd.)
8. Emilio Santiago “Emilio Santiago” (Far Out Recordings)
9. Maria Teresa Luciani “Sounds of the City” (Finders Keepers)
10. Polo & Pan “Caravelle” (Hamburger Records)

10 albums I listened to   December, 2018

1. the Good, the Bad & the Queen “Merrie Land” (Studio 13)
2. Dopplereffekt “Cellular Automata” (Leisure System)
3. Almunia “New Moon” (Claremont 56)
4. Anne Dudley “Anne Dudley Plays the Art of Noise” (Island)
5. Helena Hauff “Qualm” (Ninja Tune)
6. Marie Davidson “Working Class Woman” (Ninja Tune)
7. Ka Baird “Sapropelic Pycnic” (Drag City)
8. Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell “El Corazón” (ECM)
9. Andrew Cyrille “Ledroba” (ECM)
10. Midori Takada “Through The Looking Glass” (WRWTFWW)

10 albums I listened to   November, 2018

1. Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet “The Complete Lansdowne Recordings 1965-69″ (Jazzman)
2. Makaya McCraven “Universal Beings” (International Anthem)
3. The Black Dog “Department of Dogma (Live in Toronto 1997)” (Dust Science)
4. Orchestre Abass “De Bassari Togo” (Analog Africa)
5. Various Artists “Full Circle” (A Strangely Isolated Place)
6. Cosmo Sheldrake “The Much Much How How and I” (Tardigrade Records)
7. Acid Pauli “BLD” (Ouïe)
8. Mansur Brown “Shiroi” (Black Focus)
9. Suzanne Kraft “Talk from Home” (Melody As Truth)
10. Moontribe “Moontribe” (Fortuna Records)

10 albums I listened to   October 2018

1. Ill Considered “Live at the Total Refreshment Centre” (Ill Considered Music)
2. Asnakech Worku “Asnakech” (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
3. Sourakata Koité “en Hollande” (Plexus)
4. HIA & Biosphere “Polar Sequences” (Biophon Records)
5. Anne Dudley “Anne Dudley Plays the Art of Noise” (Island)
6. Joki Freund Sextet “Yogi Jazz” (L+R Records)
7. Beverly Glenn-Copeland “Beverly Glenn-Copeland” (Super-Sonic Jazz Records)
8. Thom Yorke “Suspiria” (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film) (XL Recordings)
9. Grupo Controle Digital “A Festa É Nossa” (Soundway)
10. Thomas Leer & Robert Rental “The Bridge” (Celluloid)

10 albums I listened to   September 2018

1. Manu Delago “Parasol Peak (Live in the Alps)” (One Little Indian)
2. Thomas Fehlmann “Los Lagos” (Kompakt)
3. Prince “Piano & a Microphone 1983” (NPG Records)
4. The Bird Curtis Quintet “Bird Curtis Quintet” (Jazz Aggression)
5. Various Artists “Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins & Synths of Sudan (Ostinato)
6. Brandon Coleman “Resistance” (Brainfeeder)
7. Jonah Sirota “Strong Sad” (National Sawdust)
8. Yasmine Hamdan “Al Jamilat” (Crammed Discs)
9. Various Artists “Girih: Iranian Sound Artists Volumes I-IV” (Zabte Sote)
10. Planet Battagon “Battagon Symphony (Rough Guide to Neptunia pt. 1)” (On the Corner)