It was not easy to select FAVORITE records this year. Too many! But I did it!!!:)

Much love & respect to all music producers who keep REAL MUSIC staying ALIVE! Thank you.

Favorite Reworks/Re-Edits/Bootlegs:

• Kon Reworks on Michael Soward/ Cerrone/ Michael Jackson/ Barry White/Maggie Scott (CDR)
• Bloodfire Reworks on Creative Source/Patti Labelle/ Sister Sledge ( (CDR)
• Stevie Wonder/ Jill Scott – I Love You Too Much/ Lovely Day (Matt Early Remix) (CDR)
• Nirobi Edits (Square)
• Mighty Fire – Sweet Fire/EWF – Devotion (Live) (Willrock Re-fix) (GAMM)
• ChangED – Jamaican Girl (Basic Fingers)
• Dr Dunks – So Good Feeling (Keep It Cheap)
• Jeffrecloose – Romantic Remedy (Whatchawannado)
• Blue Magic – Welcome To The Club (KW aka Ken Wood Re-Edit) (Nakayoshi Use Only)
• Abu Maxim/ The Praetorian Steppas – Sometimes I Get It (Kat)
• Edit Murphy – Mercy (CDR)
• Fela Kuti – Water No Get Enemy (Cousin Culo Moombahton Remix) CDR)
• Guynamukat – Afro Disco Boogie Edits Volume 3 & 5 (Guynamukat Edits)
• Nik Weston pres. Mixed Grill – Brand New Wayo: Nigerian Afro Funk Boogie Badness (Mukatsuku)
• James Brown – There Was A Time (Whiskey Barons Rework) (Flavorheard)
• Onra – Keep On Lovin’ Me (Edit) /Change of Heart (All City)
• Istanbul 70: Psych Disco Folk Edits 3 LP By Baris K (Nublu)
• James Mason/Kool & The Gang (Onur Engin Edit) (GAMM)
• Freddy Hubbard – Sunflower (Onur Engin Edit) (GAMM)
• Suonho – The Ghetto (AK Italy)
• Arthur Russell/ Nina Simone – Re-Edits (Shimmy Sham Sham)
• Get Down Edits Vol 2 (Get Down Edits)
• Aretha Franklin – I Pray A Little Slayer/I Wanna Be Your Lobster (DFP Rework) (Hands Of Time Gold)
• Jeru The Damaja – Playing Ya Self (Neko Neko Rework) (CDR)
• DJ Asparagus – A Tribe Called Milli (GAMM)
• Heartbreaksound Crew – Heartbreak Sound (GAMM)
• Common – Resurrection (Zo! Remix) (CDR)
• Fela Soul – Breakadawn (White)
• Rodney P Vs. The Artifacts Live Up Wit Da Get Down (CDR)
• Stevie Wonder vs Emynd – Uptight (Everything’s Alright) x Version Riddim 4 Bar Intro (CDR)
• DJ 2-Tone Jones – Baby I Got Yo’ Love (ODB vs Lonnie Liston Smith) (CDR)
• Pete Rock & CL Smooth vs Pooky – Appreciate (CDR)

Soulful/ Crossover

• Reel People feat. Tony Momrelle – Golden Lady (Louie Vega Remix)
• Dolls Combers – Blues Night (Original Mix)
• Osunlade – I’m Happy (Yoruba)
• Shuya Okino – Give Your Love A Chance (Village Again Japan)
• Isoul8 feat. Paul Randolph – Waves of Love (Especial)
• Kon & The Gang – Sunlight (Hands Of Time Gold)
• Simbad feat. Paul Randolph – Share Your Light (Atjazz Records)
• Cinnamon Brown – Under The Moonlight (Honeycomb Music)
• Josh Milan – Your Body (Dance Ritual Dub) (BBE)
• Havana Cultura – Afrodisia (Rainer Trueby Remix, Afrochant Edit) (Poets Club)
• Soul Element feat. Peven Everett – How Bad I Want Ya (GU True PeakTime Mix) (House 4 Life)
• Ben Westbeech – Butterflies (Strictly Rhythm)
• Zed Bias feat. Jenna G and Rosco Trim – Fairplay (Album Version) (Tru Thoughts)
• Jazzanova – I Can See (feat Ben Westbeech – Dima Studitsky remix)/Little Bird (Alex Barck Remix) (Sonar Kollektiv)
• Gregory Porter – 1960 What? (Opolopo Remix)
• Fredericks Brown – Betrayal (Andreas Saag Swell Session) (Jazz & Milk)
• Mark de Clive-Lowe – Get Started Featuring Omar & Sheila E (MB UK)
• Dego – Love & Hate You feat Obenewa (2000 Black)
• Kaidi Tatham aka Shokazulu – Part 4 (2000 Black)
• Azymuth – In My Treehouse (Far Out)
• Tribe feat Joan Belgrave – Where Am I (Prod. by Carl Craig) (Kyle Hall Remix) (Planet E)
• Starblazers – Sunshine (Fingertips)
• Herman Kelly & Life – A Refreshing Love (Strut)
• Gilles Peterson’s Havana Cultura – La Revolucion del Cuerpo (suonho ReJam) (CDR)
• Darryl Pandy vs Blaze – Just Came To Remember House (Dimitri From Paris Mashup) (Defected)
• Blunted Funk Project – Hunt Uptown (Original Mix) (Bulletproofsonics)
• Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra – Keep Believing (Can You Feel It) (Far Out)

House

• Bassfort – Moon Shadow (Local Talk)
• Inner Sense – Rawlin’ (My Love Is Underground)
• Jerzzey Boy – Around ’94 (My Love Is Underground)
• Fulbert – Fist Time House (Local Talk)
• Mike Huckaby – Music For The Dancefloor (Sushitech)
• Erykah Badu – On and On – Joyce Muniz Remix (CDR)
• Lone – Approaching Rainbow (R&S)
• Latecomer – Cosmic Cart (MCDE)
• Floating Points – Marylin (Eglo)
• Floating Points – Myrtle Avenue (Eglo)
• Creative Swing Alliance – Get Down (City Fly)
• Medlar – Floor/Terrell (Wolf Music)
• Marlow – I Don’t Care About Anything (Being With You) (Room with A View)
• Marlow – Fonk (Room With A View Germany)
• Marlow – Donny (Moon Harbour)
• Alex Agore – Nothing I Wouldnt Do (Development Music)
• Alex Agore – Stay Together (No Matter What)
• Quarion – Europa (Retreat)
• Mic Newman – The Fidelity (Freerange)
• Brawther – Do It Yourself (Alternative mix) (Secretsundaze Music)
• Opolopo – Huff & Puff (Local Talk)
• Kez YM – Rusty Parade (Original) (Faces)
• Stevie Wonder – Superstition – Daniel Kyo Total Remake (Basic Fingers)
• Poussez – Marvin In The Disco (Champion Standard)
• MCDE – Upper Alley (MCDE US)
• Midland – Dead Eyes (This Is More)
• Shur-I-Kan – Staying In (Lazy Days Recordings)
• Roman Rauch – Can’t Get Enough (SoulPhiction Remix) (Philpot)
• Andre Crom, Martin Dawson – In The City (Original Mix) (Off Recordings)
• CD vs CD – I Really Do Believe (CD vs CD)
• Omar and Zed Bias ft Mr Fox – Dancing Now (Tru Thoughts)
• Bjorn Torske – Africa Langt (Todd Terje Remix) (Smalltown Supersound)
• Owiny Sigoma Band – Doyoi Nyajo Nam (Quantic Dub) (Brownswood)
• Kid Enigma – Return Of The Mac (So Sound Recordings)
• Ultimate Man – Prologue (Traveller Finland)
• Combo – So Real (Huxley Remix) (Rebirth)
• Virgo Four – It’s A Crime Hunee Remix (Rush Hour)
• Andreas Saag – Back To Life (Full Mix) (Local Talk)
• Andy Hart & Francis Inferno Orchestra – D2ME (Melbourne Deepcast)
• KRL – Nothin You Can Teach Me (Wolf Music)
• Modern Amusement – Cold As Ice (Louie Fresco Remix) (No.19 Music)
• Dorian Concept – Trilingual Dance Sexperience (Ogris Debris Relick) (Affine Records)
• Knowing Looks – Last Kiss at the Plains Hotel (WNCL Recordings)
• Dirtwytwo – Moody (Butt Jackin’) (Local Talk)
• Oliver S – Doin’ Ya Thang (Play It Down)
• Art Department feat. Soul Clap & Osunlade – We Call Love (DJ Harvey) (Crosstown Rebels)
• Osunlade – Moxa’s Theme (Rebirth)
• Prommer/Barck feat Loise Longerling – Lovin’ (feat. Andre Lodemann Remix) Best Works)
• Gatto Fritto – Invisible College (International Feel)
• Parada 88 – You’re Gonna Miss Me (International Feel)
• Evan Evans – Repetition (Instruments Of Rapture)
• Mr. Beatnick – Synthetes (Don’t Be Afraid)
• Tornado Wallace – Rainbow Road (Instruments Of Rapture)
• Manolo – Night Rhythm (Dikso)
• Nebraska – Phtalo Blues (Rush Hour)
• Manuel Tur – Foolin’ (Original Mix) (Delusions Of Grandeur)
• YSE – Gelly (Ornate Music)
• Danny Daze – Fall Away From Love (Hot Creations)

Future Beats

• NY Transit Authority Group – Off The Traxx (Lobster Boy)
• CRST – Soul Glo (Part 1) (Deep Thrills)
• Andy Holder Pres. UK Underground Frequencies – Dancehall Funk (Undertone Remix) (Nuwavonic)
• Ray Foxx – The Trumpeter (Foxx)
• Toby Ioi – Switch (IOI Productions)
• Julio Bashmore – Battle For Middle You (PMR)
• Martyn – Masks (Brainfeeder)
• Joy O – Wade In (Hot Flush)
• Photek – Rings Around Saturn (Breach remix) (Photek)
• Blawan – Peaches (Coronation) (Blawan)
• Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka – Creeper (Forthcoming)
• Aroop Roy – Lilly (Fujimoto Tetsuro remix) (Freestyle Records)
• Ben Westbeech – Falling (Deetron Paradise Vocal Remix) (Strictly Rhythm)
• Jack Dixon – By My Side (Brownswood)
• XXXY – Kerpow (All City)
• Zed Bias – Music Deep Inside (Swamp 81)
• Li’ll Bo Tweak – Music’s Hypnotising (Lounge Recordings)
• French Fries – Merel (Lil Silva remix)
• Gun Selectah – Villa Ghetto (LOL Boys Remix) (FoFMusic)
• Africa Hitech – Out In The Streets (Warp)
• LV – Northern Line (Keysound)
• EVM128 – Groove Content (Meltdown Records)
• BangaTang – Devotion (CDR)
• Jacques Greene – Another Girl (LuckyMe)
• Eddy Ramich – Free Code (MoreAboutMusic)
• 2562 – Aquatic Family Affair (When In Doubt)
• Lando Kal – Further (Hotflush)
• Lucas Santtana – Super Violão Mashup (Mais Um Discos)
• Bullion – Magic Was Ruler (Young Turks)
• Mathias Stubø – I Never Knew (BBE)
• Long Arm – The Waterfall Inside Me (Project Mooncircle)
• Sugar Beats – Tickled Zinc (Opolopo Remix) (Calm Beast)
• Silkie – Float (Deep Medi Musik)
• Swindle – Mood Swings VIP (Butterz)
• Om Unit – Vibrations Om Unit (Vibrations)
• Jodeci – Freakin U (Simbad Remix) (CDR)
• Cooly G – Landscapes Ft Simbad (Hyperdub)
• Blu James – Spaceships (Simbad Dub Remix) (CDR)
• Dj Rum – Turiya (2nd Drop)
• Dorian Concept – Toe Games Made Her Giggle (Ninja Tune)
• Sixtus Preiss – Depression Compression (TLM)
• DOK – West Coast VIP (Hyperdub)
• Hudson Mohawke – Thank You (Warp Records)
• Mosca – Bunching (Download)
• Débruit – Turkish-ish (Civil Music)
• Ta-Ku – Hey Kids (Brownswood)
• Miss Beatz – Scientific Brainpriest (Eglo)
• Synkro – Girl (Mindset Records)
• Sepalcure – Pencil Pimp (Hotflush)
• Slick Shoota – Pussyclot Funk Dem (Download)
• Ital Tek – Gonga (Planet Mu)
• Objekt – The Goose that Got Away (Objekt)
• Machinedrum – Come1 (Planet Mu)
• Gonno – Acdise # 2 (Gatto Fritto Remix) (International Feel)
• Mop of Head – Retronix Symphony – Seiji Remix (AXR)
• SBTRKT – Sanctuary Featuring Jessie Ware & Sampha/Ready Set Loop (Young Turks)
• Ratcliffe – Mindset (Atlantic Jaxx)
• Scratcha DVA – Polyphonic Dreams (Hyperdub)
• Makoto – In Between (Human Elements)
• Adele – First Love (Leo Zero Rework)

Hip Hop/ Soul/ RnB/ Jazz/ Electronic

• Onra – A New Dynasty (All City Ireland)
• The Raah Project – Space Between Thoughts – Ennio Styles Spray Tandoori Remix (Summer Dawn Recordings/Knowfool Music)
• Gilles Peterson Havana Cultura Band – Check La Rima feat. Los Aldeanos, Danay Suarez & Silvito (Brownswood)
• Ifan Dafydd – No Good (White)
• Arkist – Fill Your Coffee (Apple Pips)
• Jai Paul – BTSTU (XL)
• Thundercat – Daylight/ For Love I Come (Brainfeeder)
• The Stepkids – La La (Stones Throw)
• Jonti – Nightshift In Blue (Stones Throw)
• Tipper – Dead Soon (Tippermusic)
• The Roots feat. Sufjan Stevens – Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou) (Mercury)
• Apparat – A Bang In The Void (Mute)
• Jeremy Glenn – New Life (Alex Barck Remix) (Future Classic Australia)
• Tall Black Guy – Golden Sun (Tribute to Blackalicious)/ You Got To BeA Man (Tall Black Guy Productions)
• Tall Black Guy – Water No Enemy (Brownswood)
• Jay Electronica x The Bullitts – Run & Hide (CDR)
• Mocky – Upbeat Thing (CDR)
• Gagle – See The Light Of Day (Instrumental (Jazzy Sport)
• Michael Kiwanuka – I Need Your Company/Tell Me A Tale (Communion)
• Liz Green – Ostrich Song (Play It Again Sam)
• Bugge Wesseltoft Henrik Schwarz – Kammermusik (Mule Musiq Japan)
• Flashman – Redemption (Impotent Fury)
• Buddy Sativa – Mystic Voyage/Una Peripecia (Favorite France)
• Little Dragon – Ritual Union (MonkeyRobot Remix) (White)
• Modeselektor – Berlin (feat. Miss Platnum) (Monkeytown)
• Dibiase – California Soul (All City)
• Deep Space Orchestra – Sic Shina (FOTO)
• Quantic Y Su Conjunto Los Miticos Del Ritmo EP (Tru Thoughts)
• Seun Anikulapo-Kuti & Egypt 80 – You Can Run (Because Music France)
• Ebo Taylor – Peace On Earth (Strut)
• Ikebe Shakedown – Tijunga (Ubiquity)
• Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Kryptonite/Starfighter (Choice Cuts)
• Soil & Pimp Sessions – Sexual Hungry (Victor Entertainment)
• Neil Cowley Trio – Gerald (Hide Inside Records)
• Hackney Colliery Band – No Diggity (Wah Wah 45s)
• Ye Mighty – Fuse (First Word)
• Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkestra – Samba Magic (Original Mix)
• Quantic Y Su Conjunto Los Miticos Del Ritmo – Hip Hop En Cumbia EP (Tru Thoughts)
• Cyril Diaz & His Orchestra – Taboo (Soundway)
• Tom Croose – Cho Chua (Resista Holland)
• Ahmad Zahir – Instrumental (Guerssen)
• Bibio – K Is For Kelson (Warp)
• Elzhi – One Love/ The World Is Yours (The Jae B Group)
• Nickodemus featuring The Real Live Show – A New York Minute (Wonderwheel Recordings)
• The Extremities – Dial Tones ft. Lushlife, Ghettosocks & Ambition(The Extremities)
• Nas – Nasty (The Island Def Jam)
• Longevity – Tantrum (Decon Records)
• Torae – For The Record (Torae)
• MED – Where I’m From ft Aloe Blacc (Clean) (Stones Throw)
• Roots Manuva – Beyond This World (Big Dada)
• DJ Format Feat. Sureshot La Rock – Mr D.J. (Vocal Version) (Project Blue Book)
• Grooveman Spot – Running Pizza (Jazzy Sport)
• Jill Scott – So In Love (Feat. Anthony Hamilton)
• Kelly Price – And You Don’t Stop (My Block/Sang Girl! Productions/Malaco)
• Faith Evans – You Used To Love Me (Jay Simon Remix) (Wild Oats US)
• Erykah Badu – Cleva (Captain Planet Remix) (Bstrd Boots)
• Resonators – Gold Getter (Wah Wah 45s)
• Adele – Rolling in the Deep (Jamie XX Remix)
• Mayer Hawthorne – No Strings (DJ Jazzy Jeff Roller Boogie remix) (Stones Throw)
• Electric Empire – Baby Your Lovin’ (Soul Togetherness)
• Betty Wright & The Roots – Old Songs (S-Curve Records/Ms. B Records)
• Eric Tagg – Living Off The Love (BBE)
• Mayer Hawthorne – The Walk (Universal)
• Raphael Saadiq – Movin Down the Line (Columbia)
• DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah – Make It Last (DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah)
• Emily King – Down (Emily King)
• KING – Hey (Brownswood)
• Ntjam Rosie – Space of You (Coast to Coast)
• Zara McFarlane – Mama Done (Brownswood)
• Submotion Orchestra – All Yours (Acoustic Version) (Exceptional Records)
• MdCL + Friends – Koko and Lee Roe (w Bembe, Tawiah, Ovasoul7 + Nia Andrews) (Mashibeats)
• Jamie Woon – Shoulda (Scratch DVA’s Soule: Power Remix) (CDR)
• Stacy Barthe – Touch (CDR)
• Frank Ocean – Thinking About You (CDR)
• Lenny Kravitz – Sunflower ft. Drake (RedTop & Tony Sap Extended Re-Edit) (Promo)
• Phenomenal Handclap Band & Marcos Valle – Tudo O Que Voce Podia Ser (Kela Krossover)
• Mayra Andrade & Trio Mocoto – Berimbau (Kela Krossover)

Albums & Compilations:

• Thundercat – The Golden Age Of Apocalypse LP (Brainfeeder)
• Electric Empire – Electric Empire (Red Disc)
• Ben Westbeech – There’s More To Life Than This (Strictly Rhythm)
• Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 – From Africa With Fury: Rise (Because Music France)
• Raashan Ahmad – For What You’ve Lost (Trad Vibe)
• Raphael Saadiq – Stone Rollin’ LP (Columbia)
• Reel People – Golden Lady (Vithmic Japan)
• Soil & Pimp Sessions – Magnetic Soil (Victor Japan)
• Quasimode – Magic Ensemble (Toshiba Japan)
• Shuya Okino aka Kyoto Jazz Massive – Destiny (Village Again Japan)
• ESP DJ Classics Vol 3: Feeling Of Freedom by Yoshihiro Okino (ESP DJ Classics Japan)
• ESP DJ Classics Vol 10: Liquid Love by Rainer Trueby (ESP DJ Classics Japan)
• Wax Poetics Japan: Compiled Mixed Roots King Of Japan Jazz 70s-80s (King Japan)
• Theo Parrish – Ugly Edits 2CD (Ugly Edits)
• Gilles Peterson – Brownswood Bubblers Seven (Brownswood)
• Lefto & Simbad – Worldwide Family Volume 1 (Brownswood)
• Josh Milan Presents Honeycomb Music Volume 1 (Honeycomb Music)
• The M+M Mixes: NYC Underground Disco Anthems & Previously Unreleased Exclusive Disco Mixes 2LP (BBE)
• Joey Negro – The Soul Of Disco Volume 3 LP (Z Records)