Category: 2022

Artist – Song – Album – Label

1. Luis Pestana – Asa Machina – Rosa Pano – Regulator Records
2. Attia Taylor – Dog and Pony Show – Space Ghost – Lame-O Records
3. Toast – Punk Cinta Damai – Punk Cinta Damai EP – West Ward Audio Visual
4. Nduduzo Makhathini, Umgidi Trio, One Voice Vocal Ensemble – Call for the Angels – Inner Dimensions – Self Release?
5. Flanger Magazine – Sympathies to the River – After the Bend – Students of Decay
6. Thomas Frempong – Mada Meho So – Borga Revolution! Ghanian Dance Music in the Digital Age, 1983-1992 (Volume 1) – Kalita Records
7. Joe Henderson featuring Alice Coltrane – Fire – The Elements – Milestone
8. Lynyn – uja end – lexicon – Sooper Records
9. .AVI – Espejo – Espejo – Polze De La Mort
10. Volta Jazz -Air Volta – Air Volta – Numero Group
11. Omar Souleyman – Tawwalt El Gheba (prod. by Gilles Peterson) – Bahdeni Nami – Monkeytown Records
12. Rich Ruth – Taken Back – I Survived, It’s Over – Third Man Records
13. Kahil El’Zabar Quartet – Time IS – A Time for Healing – Spiritmuse Records
14. Brian Disease – No Regret – S/T – Just Step Sideways
15. Cheeky – Nightwalk – The Star – Boiled Records
16. ECHT! – Parakeet – Lefto Presents Jazz Cats Volume 2 – Sdban Records
17. H.Takahashi – Fluctuation – Paleozoic – Dauw
18. Wet – Tell Me Why – Pink Room – Secretly Canadian
19. Sijosai – Part 1 – Rire Seul – Tandori Records
20. Ketseleh – Growing – Swallowed The Light – Self Release
21. Luke Elliot & Sycamore Willow – Hyper Nostalgia – Hyper Nostalgia – Earth Works Outernational

Artist – Song – Album – Label

1. The Meters – Stormy – The Meters – Josie
2. Sun Ra Arkestra – Door of the Cosmos – Dance of the Cosmo Aliens / Door of the Cosmos – Art Yard
3. Machine Girl – Weightless>>Nova>>Blossom>> – Gemini – Orange Milk Records
4. Pile – The Jones – Dripping – Exploding In Sound
5. Alai K – Mgana – Kila Mara – On the Corner Records
6. Prince Bolingo Akaba & His Obubu Sound of Uokha – Airende Lare Vbemi Lesen – Airende – Dig This Way Records
7. The Drive – Together – Can You Feel It – We Are Busy Bodies
8. Sam Gendel – Gu Shi – Superstore – Leaving Records
9. Publics. – Situation? (Remix) – Illusion Zone Remix Vol. 1 – Terminal Explosion
10. Luis Vecchio – Ucanca – Contactos – Altercat
11. Night Passengers – Illusion (Zopelar Remix) – Find A Way – Saft
12. Chakachas – Soledad – Chakachas – Soulgramma
13. Kyle Motl/Patrick Shiroishi – After the Waves – Apparitions – Notice Recordings
14. James Chance & The Contortions  – Roving Eye – Buy – Superior Viaduct
15. Shawn Pittman – Dreams (Remix Version) – Dreams – Dark Entries Records
16. Fritz Novotny, Harry Klaffenbock, Linda Shorrock, Niko Polymenakos, Paul Fields, 
17. Andrea Haindl & Richard Isaiah – Inside – Jazz For Thinkers – Kovarik’s Musikothek
18. The New Jazz Orchestra – Big P – Western Reunion London 1965 – Decca
19. Eberhard Weber – Fluid Rustle – Fluid Rustle – ECM Records
20. Solid Squares – KS II with added arrangements by Landon Caldwell – KS I&II – Medium Sound
21. Austyn Wohlers – Nightly Rainbow – Silvopasture – Cloud Recordings

Artist – Song – Album – Label

1. Yasuaki Shimizu – Ore No Umi – Kiren – Palto Flats
2. Ian Carr’s Nucleus – Southern Roots and Celebration – Roots – Vertigo
3. Usof (United States Of) – (nine)woke up – refresh – Surf
4. Kudaranai 1Nichi – Yarusenai – Rebound – Ungulates
5. Henri Roger – Ataraxie – Images – Pole Records
6. The Bill Dixon Orchestra – Nightfall Pieces I – Intents and Purposes – RCA Victor
7. Niklas Wandt – Im Verborgenen – I Wandt To Believe – Animals Dancing
8. Mura – Toyo Toyo – 2008-2021 – An’archives
9. MARV – Wildwood Springs – Basse Danse – New Body 
10. Droopies – Camera Focus – Echoes Lightly – Self Release
11. Jogger – Schalte dich aus – BRD Noir – Cut Surface
12. The Dance – Do Yourself A Favor – Soul Force – Statik Records
13. World Record Winner – Ode – Moss Rug – Pearsoll Peak 
14. Fievel Is Glauque – Rain Down – God’s Trashmen Sent to Right the Mess – La Loi
15. Charlemagne Palestine – Two Fifths In The Rhythm Three Against Two For Bösendorfer Piano – Four Manifestations On Six Elements – Sonnabend Gallery
16. Davor Rocco – Radiophonic – Jugotronic EP – Black Pearl Records
17. BZDET – Niewola – Atom – Syf Records Tony Bizarro – Que Se Faz Da Vida – Tony Bizarro – RGE
18. New Life Trio – Egypt Rock – Visions of the Third Eye – Mustevic Sound
19. William Basinski & Janek Schaefer – . . . on reflection (three) – “ . . . on reflection ” – Temporary Residence LTD

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Artist – Song – Album – Label

1. BEAK> – The Gaol – Beak>> – Invada
2. Caetano Veloso e Banda Black Rio – Leblon Via Vaz Lobo – Bicho Baile Show – Universal Music
3. Krill – Sweet Death – Steve Hears Pile in Malden and Bursts Into Tears – Exploding In Sound
4. Zach Phillips – Interrupted (ft. Sam Wilkes) – Feed A Pigeon, Breed A Rat – La Loi
5. NNAMDi – Ashy Casper Escaped the Scene starring Niggaless Cage – Krazy Karl – Sooper Records
6. Ron Everett – Glitter of the City – Glitter of the City – Vagabond King
7. Horse Lords – Wildcat Strike – Horse Lords (Expanded) – Ehse Records
8. Hellier Ulysses – Destroy What Destroys You – Ulysses Hellier – Egg Paper Factory
9. Big Neck Police – Hoof – Sleight of Time – JMC Aggregate
10. Steve Reid – Kai – Rhythmatism – Mustevic Sound
11. Media Jeweler – Lightbulb – The Sublime Scripture of Being Alive – Fire Talk
12. OTTO – About You Now – World Greetings – PLZ Make It Ruins
13. Freak Heat Waves – Melt In Your Home – Bonnie’s State of Mind – Freak Heat Waves
14. Flanafi with Ape School – Gjuijar – The Knees Start to Go – Boiled Records
15. Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt – Some Tennessee Jar – Made Out of Sound – Palilalia Records
16. Marv – Prayer for the Little Ones – Keyboard Suite I – Enmossed

Artist – Song – Album – Label

1. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Emile Mosseri – Green To You – I Could Be Your Dog / I Could Be Your Moon – Ghostly International
2. Infant Finches – Over Peculiar – Sci-Fi Immune – Papercup Records
3. David Michael Moore – So Steamy – Flatboat River Witch: 1994 – 2015 – Ulyssa
4. The Ar-Kaics – Easy – To Be Free b/w Easy – Daptone Records 
5. Toro y Moi – Deja Vu – Mahal – Dead Oceans
6. Thomas Gray & Liam Ebbs – Right Hands – Blue – Bedroom Suck Records
7. Rowland Taylor – With Cold and Fright I – With Cold and Fright – Metaphysical Barbecue
8. Jean Grae & Quelle Chris – Don’t Worry It’s Fine – Everything’s Fine – Mello Music Group
9. Suty – Sporty Zimowe – Koniec – Syf Records
10. S. Leidig – Ten Minute Bongo – Filtr (V.A.) – cachedmedia 
11. Adult Fantasies – Parsi – Towers of Silence – Stroom
12. Marion Brown – Once Upon A Time (A Children’s Tale) – Geechee Recollections – Impulse!
13. Azymuth – Manha – Demos (1973-75) Vols 1&2 – Far Out Records
14. Trad, Gras och Stenar – Tidigt om morgonen – Djungelns Lag – Tall
15. Nathan & Rena Hicks – Bol’ Lamkin – Lamkin: Versions & Variants Across the Northern Hemisphere – Death Is Not the End
16. Mope Grooves – Pictures of the Moon – Desire – See My Friends Records
17. Dave Burrell – Teardrops for Jimmy – Black Spring – Futura Marge
18. Governor’s State University Jazz Band – Crabmeat – GSU Jazz Live! – P-Vine Records
19. Hiroshi Ebina – It 5 – It Just Is – Mystery Circles

 Artist – Song – Album – Label

1. Rude Television – Operate – Distractions – Spya Sola Records
2. Abdul Wadud – Happiness – By Myself – Bisharra Records
3. A.R. Wilson – Rum Nobbler – Old Gold – Patience / Impatience
4. Kingsley Ibeneche – What You Want – What You Want (Single) – Dirty Deity
5. Florist – Red Bird Pt. 2 (Morning) – Florist – Double Double Whammy 
6. Blue Lake – Shoots – Stikling – Polychrome
7. Ralph Tomas – Big Spliff – Eastern Standard Time – Zebra Jazz
8. Asha Puthli – Space Talk – The Essential Asha Puthli – Mr Bongo
9. Uzumaki – Trastorno de la marcha – Uzumaki – Interruptor
10. Hailu Mergia – Wede Harer Guzo – Wede Harer Guzo – Awesome Tapes From Africa
11. Otro – Suuuuuu (Redub) – Sur – Humo Internacional
12. Kruzh’em – Zeleso – LKMTC 22 (V.A.) – Leek Records
13. Mirlitorrinco – Mercurio – Odas Mixtas Para Criaturas Minimas – Dur et Doux
14. Kiki Kudo – Plotlined – Profile Eterna – Trilogy Tapes
15. Jose Casimiro – Morti Sta Bidjacu – Space Echo: The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed! – Analog Africa
16. Steve Reid – Kai – Rhythmatism – Mustevic Sound
17. Primo! – Perfect Paper – Sogni – Upset the Rhythm
18. Los Lucha – Spinning – Tape 2 – Lazy Death Records
19. Alexandre Centeio – Olympus – Movanta – rohs! Records

Artist – Song – Album – Label

1. DJ Travella – Crazy Beat Music Umeme 1 – Mr Mixondo – Nyege Nyege Tapes
2. Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Black Rainbows (Ft. Jean Carne) – Jean Carne – Jazz Is Dead
3. Vic Bang – Gran Izo – Burung – Moon Glyph
4. Vision 3D – Je vais te dire – Hypnose – Six Tonnes De Chair / Belly Button / Rockerill
5. Salar Salman – Shehrazada – Salar Salman – Afrobotic Musicology
6. Keiji Haino – A3 – My Lord Music, I Most Humbly Beg Your Indulgence In the Hope That You Will Do Me The Honour Of Permitting This Seed Called Keiji Haino To Be Planted Within You – Black Editions / Purple Trap
7. Domi Chansorn – thee beginning – hoppalulu bum – second thoughts records
8. DJ Trystero – Recollection – Null-A – Trilogy Tapes
9. Scout Island – Laurentia – Laurentian Voyage – Not Not Fun Records
10. Nape Neck – Don’t Know – Look Alive EP – Self Release
11. Influenza Prods. – Pretty City – Memoire – Left Ear Records
12. Maliks Emerging Force Arts Trio – In Search Of Spirits Passed and Present – Time &  Condition – Moved-by-sound
13. Fievel Is Glauque – Arrow Through Me (by Wings) – Aerodynes EP – La Loi
14. Chocolat Billy – Au cinema – Le Feu Au Lac – Kythibong Records
15. The Tony Kinsey Quartet with Joe Harriott – Fascinating Rhythm – I Had the Craziest Dream: Modern Jazz and Hard-Bop in Post War London, Vol. 2 – Death is Not the End 
16. Forest Management – One After Another – Palm Life – Husky Pants Records
17. S. Leidig – Whistle – Fool’s Errand – Self Release
18. Champagne Mirrors – Animal – Forager – brokntoys
19. Meshuggah – Phantoms – Immutable – Atomic Fire Records
20. Flanger Magazine – Falls Fountain Removed – After the Bend – Students of Decay
21. Pat Matshikiza – Dreams Are Wonderful – Sikiza Matshikiza – As-Shams Archive Series
22. D.K. – Untitled 2 – Live at the Edge – 12th Isle

Artist – Song – Album – Label

1. Y.O.P.E. – trees – Lost But Here – Wicked Wax 
2. Deep Tan – Beginners’ Krav Maga – Diamond Horsetail – Practise Music
3. Jeanette Baker – Vacation From My Mind – Sky Dust Drifter (V.A.) – Forager Records
4. Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes – Hunting – African Rock – DAN 
5. Meshuggah – I Am That Thirst – Immutable – Atomic Fire 
6. DJ Gerard – Letra 7 – Quelques Pieces et Vestiges – Editions La CAB 
7. Orchestre Les Volcans Du Benin – Bella – Vol. 1 – Acid Jazz Records
8. Itch Princess – Wrong – Pop Call Passes – Crass Lips Records 
9. Andrew Bernstein – in flux (excerpt) – a presentation – Hausu Mountain Records
10. Soft – Ever (dj_2buttons Vancouver Rain Mix) – Ever – Weirdos Inc. Records 
11. Flanafi – why don’t you wait on the lawn – mite – Self Release 
12. Harmonia – Watussi – Musik von Harmonia – Brain 
13. Charles Tyler – Three Spirits – Charles Tyler Ensemble – ESP Disk 
14. Sofie Birch – Observatory (feat. Nana Pi) – Holotropica – Intercourse 
15. Andy Stott – I – The Slow Ribbon – Modern Love 
16. Ken McIntyre – Say What – Year of the Iron Sheep – United Artists Records
17. East of Underground – Popcorn / Santana – East of Underground – The United States Special Services Agency, Europe
18. Antena -The Boy from Ipanema – Camino Del Sol – Les Disques Du Crepuscule 
19. Angel Rada – Panico A Las 5am – Upadesa – Uraniun Records 
20. Twin Lakes – Menagha – Twin Lakes – Jungle Gym Records

1. The Ulsers – Circumstances Were Conspiring Against Us – Forget Them – Wallaby Beat
2. Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer – Stureby House Piano – Recordings from the Aland Islands – International Anthem 
3. Harold McKinney – Ode to Africa – Voices and Rhythms of the Creative Profile – Now-Again Records
4. Areski et Brigitte Fontaine – C’est normal – Je ne connais pas cet homme – Saravah
5. Byard Lancaster, Steve McCall and Sylvain Marc – Us – Us – Palm
6. Exek – Unseasonable Warmth – Advertise Here – Castle Face
7. Shotobeats – Shinkansen – Little Shrines [B Sides] – Heartbreak Network
8. Carola Baer – Golden Boy – The Story of Valerie – Concentric Circles
9. Rahiem Supreme & Ohbliv – Feel Like An Alien (Instrumental) – Black Keys Wit Melodies – Fuzzoscope
10. Marion Brown – Maimoun – Vista – ABC Impulse!
11. Svenska Kaputt – Gardagens Visa/Keijsaren – Suomi – Moserobie Music Production
12. OSSX – Tu Madrina – Tu Madrina / De Lado – Self Release
13. Cabo Boing – Big Bubble – Real Gems For Little Jewels – Haord Records
14. Doug McKechnie – Crazy Ray – San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 – VG+ Records
15. Travesia – Ana – Ni un Minuto mas de Dolor – Ayuji
16. Meshuggah – Light the Shortening Fuse – Immutable – Atomic Fire
17. Anthony Naples – Hydra – Chameleon – ANS
18. Ted Curson – Ted’s Tempo – The New Thing and the Blue Thing – Atlantic
19. Masayoshi Fujita – Cloud – Stories – Flau
20. Jeff Phelps – Wrong Space, Wrong Time – Magnetic Eyes – Numero Group
21. R Beny – And Fall, Standing Alone Again – Echo’s Verse – Dauw

Artist – Song – Album – Label

Marceau Bore – Au port – Schoon Donker – Un je-ne-sais-quoi

W.Z. / Kole Galbraith | CSTMR – (W.Z./K.G.) Bro, Buddy, Pal – This/That Split – Obscure & Terrible

DeStructos – She’s Got the Master Plan (Flanafi Mix) – Blast! The Remixes – Girlsville

Sun Ra Arkestra & Salah Ragab – Dawn – Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab – Strut

Medellin Collection – Spinetta – Pure Deliverance – Minaret Records

Skee Mask – At Play – A – Self Release

Huerco S. – Plonk X – Plonk – Incienso 

Arcadium – Sing My Song – Breathe Awhile – Middle Earth

Petite Garcon – No Going Back – Let Go of Stress – Borp Corp

Los Calvos – Tiene La Razon – …y que Calvos! – El Palmas Music

Daniel Aged – Paloma – You Are Protected by Silent Love – Chiron Sound

K. Freund – Nothing, I’m Just Listening to the Moon – Hunter on the Wing – Last Resort

Toro Y Moi – Light Black (Instrumental) – Underneath the Pine (Instrumentals) – Company Records

Freddie Hubbard – Sky Dive – Music Is Here: Live at Maison de la Radio, Paris 1973 – We Want Sounds

Jimmy Carter and the Dallas County Green – Anyway – Summer Brings the Sunshine – BOC

Caroline Shaw & Room Full of Teeth – Partita for 8 Voices Part 1: Allemande – Partita for 8 Voices – New Amsterdam Records

This Heat – A New Kind of Water – Deceit – Rough Trade

Towa Tei – Nomadologie – LP – WRWTFWW

John Cale – Charlemagne – Vintage Violence – Columbia

Scott Campbell – Meander Belt – Quiet Rituals – Seil Records