22nd December 2025 – Best of 2025 Part 1

Milton Nascimento – O Trem Azul [Odean] Hector Costita - Lou [Jazzybelle Records] Edison Machado – Janeiro [Far Out Recordings] Hyldon - Vem Dançar O Samba [Jazzybelle Records] Luisa - Lenha Na Fogueira [Far Out Recordings] Banda 22 - A Luz Que Brilha Meu Viver [Mr Bongo Records] Mulatu Astatke - Nètsanèt [Strut Records] Mr Circle – Suka [Outernational Sounds] Roy Haynes - You Name It / Lift Every Voice And Sing [Wewantsounds] Joe Henderson & Woody Shaw - Invitation [Real Gone Music] Baobab - Seven Up [Tramp Records] Bennie Maupin - Quasar [Verve] Sue Wright - I Believe In You [Canopy Records] Laurin Rinder & W. Michael Lewis – Envy (Animal Fire) [Be With Records] Roy Ayers - Brand New Feeling (Yoruba Soul Mix Part 1) [BBE Music] Unknown - Be Cool (Rahaan edit) [Razor-N-Tape] Phylliss Bailey – Focus [Celestial Echo Records] Rome Jefferies - Good Love [Backatcha] Mal Waldron - Red Match Box [Strut Records] John Lamkin – Flower Power [Jazz Room Records]

Soulphiction - Midnight Funk Infinity [Sonar Kollektiv] Herbert & Momoko - Babystar (Herbert's Anything Dub) [Strut Records] Gus Pirelli & Andre Espeut - Step Inside The Music [Razor-N-Tape] Hermanito - Guacamaya [Ad Hoc Records] Mauricio Fleury - Briluz [Altercat Records] Slimy Ape - Moving Flash Albert Wesker - Eternal Reflection [Vinyl Combat] Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Take The L Train (To 8th Ave.) (Calibre Remix) [Dorado Records] Calibre - Dim Light [Signature Recordings] Minor Forms & Zero T - Shifty [Sofa Sound] Unknown Artist - Wrong Side [Fokuz Recordings] Samiel - Street Level [CoOp Presents] Steppah Huntah ‎– Walk This Step [Compost Records] Nat Wendell feat. Robert Owens - Easy (Kaidi Tatham Remix) [Eclipser Chaser] Sunborn meets Clap Clap feat. Etuk Ubong - Dju Dju [Wah Wah 45s] Cyclonix - Gift A Patent Soul VIP [ASCII Trax] Trinidadian Deep - Anger Wave [Phuture Shock Musik] The 60 Hertz Project - Happy Days (Lars Behrenroth Remix) [Deeper Shades Recordings] Diogo Strausz - Montanha Magica [Favorite Recordings] Phuturistix - In The Sun [Phuture Lounge] Emile Normand Sextet – Senor Blues [Do Right! Music] Rasputin Stash - You've Opened My Mind [Sequel Records] WAAN - Moto No Oto [Sonar Kollektiv] Yoshiko Sai - Kagami Jigoku [Wewantsounds]

PFM - Equilibrium [Telluric Recordings] DJ Die – Reincarnations [Full Cycle] HLZ - Cyclops [Rebel Music] Frank de Jojo - Space Pt.1 [Fluid Ounce Records] RadioHop - Zathura (Kaidi Tatham Remix) [Wicked Wax] Midva Trio - Deep Jam (Tom Manzarek Remix) [Dope Tones Records] New Sector Movements – The Sun [Virgin] Nuyorican Soul - Nervous Track [Nervous Records] Patrick Gibin feat. Kaidi Tatham - Let It Go (Joaquin’s Sacred Rhythm Music Dance Version)[Mother Tongue Records] Kerrier Collective - Somatic Tick [Colour and Pitch] China Charmeleon X Jabulile Majola - Woza Mntana (Remix) [Stay True Sounds] Michael Reinboth - As If By Magic [Compost Records] Om Unit - Usurper (Satoshi Tomiie Interpretation) [OM Unit] Alex Nut - One 4 Santi [Eglo Records] Jaylib - The Red [Stones Throw Records] Public Enemy - Night Of The Living Baseheads [Def Jam Recordings] De La Soul - Buddy (Native Tongue Decision) [Tommy Boy] Yako Trio, Harris Lambrakis & James Wylie - Mr McCoy [Fair Weather Friends Records] Grupo Um - Absurdo Mudo [Far Out Recordings] DoomCannon - Fallen Horse [Jazz Re:Freshed] Byron Morris - Panamanian Aire [Celeste] Marcos Valle - Estrelar [Preservation Records] Sons Of The Kingdom – Modernization [Pressure Makes Diamonds]

The McCrary - Emerge [BBE Music] Lou Courtney - Somebody New Is Lovin' On You [Soul Brother Records] Medline - Dedicada A Ela [Mybags] Amedeo Tommasi - Brasilia [Far Out Recordings] Nubiyan Twist - Azimuth [Strut Records] Daltonists - Gradient 2 [Most Least] De La Soul - Sunny Storms [Mass Appeal] Luisa - Lenha Na Fogueira [Far Out Recordings] Luna Horns - Avantgard [Saftig Records] Charles Tyler Ensemble - Voyage from Jericho [Frederiksberg Records] Stargazers - Clifford Jordan [Night Dreamer] Bazaazal - Peace & Love [Tru Thoughts Recordings] Piers Kirwan - On & On (Alt Mix) [Boogie Cafe] beatsbyhand - Sandf [Stay True Sounds] Masaki Morii - Forever (Masaki Morii Nu One Vocal Remix) Newtype - Remanat [Transference Recordings] Malaky - All Change [Fokuz Recordings] Biz - No More Tears [COD3 QR] Apparel Wax - D001 [Apparel Music] Tony Scott - That's How I'm Living [Champion] Gyratory Allstars - Writings On The Wall (WheelUP Remix) Moodymann feat. Nikki-O – Rectify [KDJ] Kotoa - I Am (Laroye Afrobeat Remix) [Wah Wah 45s]

Leo Middea - Passarela [Agogo Records] Fatspoon feat. Edu Mundo - Pensei Ser Sensei Baobab - Seven Up [Tramp Records] WAAN - Mirrors [Sonar Kollektiv] Daltonists - California Plum Color [Folded Music] Max Grunhard Quintet - Earth Dancer [Impossible Ark Records] John Thomas & Lifeforce - Maryke [Nabel] Reflection - Because [Tramp Records] Mamas Gun - Food For The Flames [Candelion] Eric Hilton feat. Natalia Clavier - Lost In The Light [Café del Mar] Diogo Strausz feat. Brandon Markell Holmes - Gravity [Razor-N-Tape] Glenn Echo & Daniel Meinecke - I Need Somebody To Love Tonight [Rocksteady Disco] E.Live - Rollin Steady [Star Creature] Kid Sublime feat. Colonel Red - Kingz [Natural Element] Oliver Night feat. David Mrakpor - Trance End [Tru Thoughts Recordings] Lifecycle - Broken Weasel [Ricochet] Foxvalley - Fantasy [Celsius Recordings] Optical – Bounce [31 Records] Joaquim & Krumble - Hey Dude [COD3 QR] Bicep - Tangz II [Chroma] beatsbyhand - Sandf [Stay True Sounds] Aris Kokou - A Women [Cataleya Music] John Briggs - Life Changes You

Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy - White Nile [Stones Throw Records] Bastien Keb feat. Mark Millington - Après Minuit [First Word Records] Momoko Gill - 2Close2Farr [Strut Records] Al Sunny – My Love [Legere Recordings] Moriah Plaza - Dizendo [Batov Records] Hector Costita - Lou [Jazzybelle] Mauricio Fleury - Kadıköy [Altercat Records] Moka Only & Chief – For Always [Feelin' Music] Tom Caruana feat. Dr. Syntax - Despot [Fluid Ounce Records] Gena - Circlesz [Lex Records] Jazzanova - L.O.V.E. And You & I (Madlib's Love Phase Mix) [Jazzanova Compost Records] MF Robots - Glide [Good People Records] Diogo Strausz - Viver, Lutar, Reerguer [Favorite Recordings] Roy Ayers - Oh What A Lonely Feeling (Delfonic Rework) [BBE Music] Another Taste feat. Arp Frique & The Perpetual Singers - Peace Call [Space Grapes] Keist & Oversight - Hollow [Fokuz Recordings] The Lights - Smiling [Flight Pattern Records] DJ_W - House Clearance [Ascii Trax] Moods & August Charles - Wildfire [Boogie Angst] Pegasvs feat. Nathan Haines - Transition (Laroye Tech Jazz Remix) [Burnin Music] New King feat. Noah - Life is Good (Stefano De Santis Remix) [F*CLR Records] SoulParlor feat. Nico Hering - Elevator Jazz Dance [Atjazz Record Company] Offshore and Coen - Highway Discotheque [OAC Recordings] Kid Sublime feat. Natalie Slade - Stay Over [Natural Element] Theo Parrish - Love Is War For Miles [Peacefrog Records]

Mecca:83 - All These Thoughts [Rockwell Product Shop Label] Mecca:83 feat. Nardo Says - Proof Of Life [Rockwell Product Shop Label] Mr. Käfer - B-Stone [Melting Pot Music] Aloe Blacc – Arrive [Stones Throw Records] ATA Records - Redford In Sheepskin [ATA Records] Modha - Find Me (Underneath the Sun) [Sonar Kollektiv] Dina Ogon - Margaretas Sång [Playground Music] Sessa - Vale a Pena [Mexican Summer] Armel Dupas Trio - The West Coasters [Gimme Some More] The Circling Sun - Realms [Soundway Records] Daltonists - California Plum Color [Folded Music] The Quantic Soul Orchestra – Something That's Real [Tru Thoughts Recordings] Nubiyan Twist - Chasing Shadows [Strut Records] LCSM - Salty [Alex Phountzi Remix) [CoOp Presents] Wez Walker - Is This Love [Fokuz Recordings] Odyssey - Artificial Life [Good Looking Records] Laroye & Shezar - Natural Love [Makin' Moves] Shaka - About Love & Pain [Mate] SoulParlor feat. Desney Bailey - Thinking About You [Atjazz Record Company] Charles Webster And The South African Connection - Free [Stay True Sounds] Giovanni Damico - Fall In The Groove [Star Creature] Kibbi Gibbon - It's All Good [Star Creature] Jazzanova - Dance The Dance [Jazzanova Compost Records] Jazzanova - Mwela, Mwela (Here I Am) [Jazzanova Compost Records]

Another Taste - Run Into Love [Space Grapes] Diogo Strausz feat. Brandon Markell Holmes - Gravity [Razor-N-Tape] Kraak & Smaak feat. Ivar - Travel Light [Boogie Angst] China Charmeleon X Jabulile Majola - Woza Mntana (Remix) [Stay True Sounds] Vance & Suzzanne - I Can't Get Along Without You [Kalita Records] Gerardo Bátiz - Aguamarina (a Elis Regina) [BBE Music] Mauricio Fleury - Briluz [Altercat Records] Joe Henderson - Blue Bossa [Blue Note Records] Kotoa - I Am [Wah Wah 45s] Da Lata - The Lonely City [Da Lata Music] Phylipe Nunes Araújo - Subindo a Ladeira [Far Out Recordings] SoulRocca feat. QNC - 100% Proof [Beat Department] Wildchild - Freedom Riding [BBE Music] Frankie Cutlass – The Cypher Part 3 [Relativity] Medline - How I Say Goodbye [My Bags] Sunbörn Meets Clap! Clap! - Saffron Sahara Swing [Wah Wah 45s] Erik Rico & Marc Mac - Destiny Stephane Attias – Brazilian Fight Song [Laws Of Motion] SundayGrooves & Professor Funk – Lifeline [Fokuz Recordings] JFlux - Breathe [Celsius Recordings] Torre - La Pointe Rouge [Musiq Voyage] Yuu Udagawa - Radiance [Cosmocities Records] Blackwhole feat. Victoria - Play [Stay True Sounds] DJ Bey - New Wave (Fattish Remix) [Ifi Records] Nejati - Mr Lewarne's (Bush Mix)

Aybee feat. Erik Rico - So Much Greater [Deepblak] Ron Trent feat. Eric Rico - Sensation [Future Vision Records] Opolopo feat. Erik Rico - Our World [Tokyo Dawn Records] Erik Rico - Too High [Jazzy Sport Records] Nostalgia 77 - Quiet Dawn (Bonobo Remix) [Tru Thoughts Recordings] Turbojazz feat. Robert Owens - Body [Last Forever Records] Oliver Night feat. Goldbar - Undefeated [Tru Thoughts Recordings] E. LIVE - Whisper To Me [Star Creature] Marco Bosco x Alter Disco - Mata [Soundway Records] Perth Lewis - Two People [NuNorthern Soul] K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas — Gyae Mensu [Soundway Records] Kutiman - Khamsin [Batov Records] Bryan Corbett - Off The Rails [Woodland Records] Baobab - Seven Up [Tramp Records] Hector Costita - Avessos [Jazzybelle] Green Cosmos - Eine Reise [Frederiksberg Records] Amedeo Tommasi - Brasilia [Far Out Recordings] Flo Naegeli - Love by the Hour [Sonar Kollektiv] Heather B - Dedicated [Sai Records] The Roots - Respond/React [Geffen Records] Optical – Bounce [31 Records] Smote - Chase The Sun [Fokuz Recordings]

D'Angelo - Devil's Pie [EMI] Q-Tip feat. D'Angelo - Believe [Universal Motown] J Dilla feat. Common & D'Angelo – So Far To Go [BBE Music] D'Angelo - Spanish Joint [EMI] Bobbi Humphrey - Chicago, Damn [Blue Note] John Thomas & Lifeforce – Like A Samba [Nabel] Brian Auger & The Trinity - George Bruno Money [Strut Records] Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke - This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice [Warp Records] Lay-Far Dance Orchestra feat. Seven Davis Jr. - Aquarius Love [In-Beat-Ween Music] Danny Breaks - Astral Vibes [Droppin' Science] InsideMan - QRD [Rebel Music] SundayGrooves & Professor Funk - Lifeline [Fokuz Recordings] Carlos Nilmmns, Keter Darker – The Third Message [COD3 QR] Makèz - Fruits Of The Universe [No Art] H2H - No More [2H] Yuu Udagawa - Recollection [Razor-N-Tape] Vick Lavender feat. Ron Carroll – All I Got For You (Is Love) [Cataleya Music] Pete Josef – Colour (Original Version) [Sonar Kollektiv] Land Of Echo - Dream With Me [Wah Wah 45s] Momoko Gill - No Others [Strut Records] Ethel Lindsey - Hold On [Favorite Recordings] Al Sunny - So Lonely [Legere Recordings] lovetempo - Wanna Be With You Soyuz - Nici [Mr Bongo]