this has many tunes mentioned here, just listened, great flow.
Forgot to add this, majestic.
Listening to it on headphones whilst out and about can make the most mundane, everyday activity sound like you’re starring in a Morricone soundtracked widescreen epic for a few minutes.
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H i y’all!
Since the pandemic I haven’t spend much time after the decks or on a dancefloor which probably has its effect on my musical selection of the last couple of years, but here are my 2023 favorites anyway 
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Favorite new releases:
1 Greg Foat & Art Themen - Off -Piste [AOTN]
2 Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View [Gondwana]
3 Cleo Sol - Heaven [Forever Living Originals]
4 Nick Walters - Marine Moods [D.O.T.]
5 Sven Wunder - Late Again [Piano Piano]
6 Ron Morelli - Heart Stopper [LIES]
7 Eddie Chacon - Sundown [Stones Throw]
8 Flammer Dance Band - Dedikasjon Til Inspirasjon [Lyskestrekk]
9 Huw Marc Bennett - Days Like Now [Albert’s Favourites]
10 John Haycock - Dorian Portrait [Second Thoughts]
11 Lexx - Home Away From Home [Lexx Music]
12 Greg Foat & Eero Koivistoinen - Feathers [Jazzaggression]
13 Surprise Chef - Friendship [Big Crown]
14 Danny Scott Lane - Home Decor [WRWTFWW]
15 Freak Heat Waves - Off My Mind [Mood Hut]
16 Reuben Vaun Smith - Milano Caravan [Ubiquity]
17 Simon Peter - You Don’t Send Slow Waves Anymore (Shu Suzuki Remix) [Forest Jams]
18 Payfone & Kyd Nereida - I Feel You [Leng]
19 JIM - The Ballad Of San Marino [Vicious Charm]
20 ATA Records - Library Archive Vol 3 [ATA Records]
and a youtube-link to the playlist:
Favorite comps:
- Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours Vol 2 [Re:Warm]
- (Once Again) We Are The Children Of The (Setting) Sun [BBE]
- 25 Years Of Aficionado [Re:Warm]
Favorite reissues:
- Tele Music Reissue Series [Be With]
- Cinnamon Soulettes - I’ll Show You How [Melodies International]
- Thomas Almqvist - Nyanser [Be With]
- Vecchio - Afro-Rock [Be With]
- Wally Badarou - Colors Of Silence [Be With]
Seasons greetings!
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My 2 favourite musical things of 2023
Not released this year, but on that excellent comp on Efficient Space.
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My three favourites from this year:
Sam Wilkes - DRIVING
Eddie Chacon - Sundown
John Carroll Kirby - Blowout
Los Angeles represent!
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This is quite the list
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Not much to write home about this year for me.
Larry June + The Alchemist, “The Great Escape”, a really good album.
Enjoyed The Chemical Brothers new record.
Paris-Hawaï by La Femme is really good. Nice modern exotica with good production, from a 60’s inspired group.
Jenny Lewis’ Joy’all was rock solid, marred slightly by releasing the strongest songs right out front en masse, but still very good soft rock/alternative.
Boys Like Girls, Sunday At Foxwoods, near immaculate pop rock album from one of the best pop singer/songwriters in the business, Martin Johnson. He won me over some years back with his 80’s inspired project Night Game, then this year returned to his first band (in name only to be frank), and released a stellar pop record. Hook driven writing, unbelievable production, spotless.
Shame on me but I don’t think I followed much of anyone’s independent work. Anything I heard, I probably heard here or on Bandcamp. Surfing and Drab Majesty might count, they’ve done some interesting things this year.
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Reads like a radio show you’d love to hear.
Not sure if due to outrage due to twitter outbursts but Hit Parade is in any hardly EOY charts . Koze production is off the scale
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My little year end review - 2023 What? – pauleast77
Have a good one tonight whatever you’re up to and here’s to '24!
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Great review!
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Cheers @Hierbas !
I missed this one, apologies if already posted. Great album
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I love the Findlay Brown/Stallions remix. I thought that came out years ago though?!
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Yes but was on one of the Warm comps this year. I played it on one of my radio shows, it was the track that was on Bandcamp pre-release for the comp coming later. Thought Bill wasn’t allowing re releases? He’s softening!
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Have you got 2024 list by any chance?