This month’s playlist is a bit different from the ones you’re used you to: no style or genre introduction. Instead, we chose to celebrate 2016 and wanted to do it in “our way”.
We picked some of the best tunes we have listened to throughout the year and asked our contributors to do the same. The outcome is a 50-song playlist that musically sums up our last 366 days (it was a leap year ;).
Turn up the volume, ‘play all’ and enjoy our year in music.
Happy 2017 and plenty of new and good listenings!
Track list:
- Calypso Rose feat. Manu Chao – Leave Me Alone [Because Music]
- Fogo Fogo – E Si Propi
- Bitori – Bitori Na Bibinha [Analog Africa]
- La Fleur De Rose Rara Leogane – Consolation
- Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – Bade Zile [Glitterbeat]
- Sidestepper – Fuego Que Te Llama [Real World Records]
- Systema Solar – Rumbera [Inter Mundos]
- Bareto – Quiero Amanecer
- Maki supported by DJ SNAKE – Que Buena
- Orkesta Mendoza – Cumbia Volcadora [Glitterbeat]
- Ana Tijoux – Calaveritas
- Lila Downs – El Demagogo
- Mala feat. Sylvia Falcón – Sound of the River [Brownswood Recordings]
- Nicolas Jaar – No [Other People]
- Mateo Kingman – Lluvia [AYA Records]
- ÌFÉ – House of Love (Ogbe Yekun)
- Branko & Mayra Andrade – Reserva Pra Dois [Enchufada]
- Luísa Maita – Na Asa [Cumbancha]
- Elza Soares – Firmeza [Mais Um Discos]
- Konono No.1 meets Batida – Nlele Kalusimbiko [Crammed Discs]
- Baloji – Spoiler [Bella Union]
- Vaudou Game – La Vie C’Est Bon [Hot Casa Records]
- Baaba Maal – Fulani Rock [Palm]
- Abou Diarra feat. Toumani Diabaté – Labanko [Mix & Métisse]
- Aziza Brahim – Calles de Dajla [Glitterbeat]
- Kel Assouf – Europa [Igloo Records]
- Imarhan – Imarhan [City Slang]
- Bombino – Azhar Zaman [Partisan Records]
- Arat Kilo feat. Mamani Keita – Madala
- Acid Arab feat. Sofiane Saidi – La Haifa [Crammed Discs]
- Batuk – Puta [TEKA MUSIC]
- Throes + The Shine feat. La Yegros – Guerreros [Enchufada]
- Daniel Haaksman feat. Spoek Mathambo – Akabongi [Man Recordings]
- The Busy Twist – LDN Luanda PT.3
- Ata Kak – Oba Sima [Awesome Tapes From Africa]
- DJ N.K. – Zuguza
- Kauma Boys Band – Rose Atieno
- Terrakota feat Beat Laden – Mexe Mexe
- Family Atlantica – Cacao [Soundway Records]
- VS – Flamingo Hangover
- Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyaté – Tamala [Cumbancha]
- DUB INC feat. Naâman – Don’t Be a Victim [Diversité]
- M.I.A. feat. ZAYN – Freedun
- Fumaça Preta – La Trampa [Soundway Records]
- Anchorsong – Ceremony [Tru Thoughts Records]
- Kefaya – Indignados
- Yussef Kamaal – String of Lights [Brownswood Recordings]
- Mina – Eu Não Sou Daqui
- Alena Murang – Pemung Jae
- Lê Cát Trọng Lý – Tám Chữ Có