I keep lists of my favourite new music of the year and favourite reissues on my Discogs profile and make Spotify playlists for those who want a listen.
| Year | Favourite Album | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Samora Pinderhughes – Venus Smiles Not In The House Of Tears | 🎧 |
| 2022 | Samora Pinderhughes – Grief | 🎧 |
| 2021 | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises | 🎧 |
| 2020 | Sault - Untitled (Black Is / Rise) | 🎧 |
| 2019 | Hania Rani - Esja | 🎧 |
| 2018 | Alpha Mist - Antiphon | 🎧 |
| 2017 | Moses Sumney - Aromanticism | 🎧 |
| 2016 | Yussef Kamaal - Black Focus | 🎧 |
| 2015 | Hiatus Kaiyote - Choose Your Weapon | 🎧 |
| 2014 | Flying Lotus - You're Dead! | 🎧 |
| 2013 | José James - No Beginning, No End | 🎧 |
| 2012 | Sigur Rós - Valtari | 🎧 |
| 2011 | Teebs - Collections | 🎧 |
| 2010 | Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma | 🎧 |
| 2009 | Jónsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps | 🎧 |
| 2008 | 2000Black - A Next Set A Rockers | 🎧 |
| 2001 | 4 hero - Creating Patterns | 🎧 |
| 2000 | D'Angelo - Voodoo | 🎧 |
| 1999 | Neon Phusion – The Future Aint' The Same As It Used 2 B | 🎧 |
| 1998 | Grooverider - Mysteries of Funk | 🎧 |
| Year | Favourite Album | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ziad Rahbani – هدوء نسبي = Houdou Nisbi | 🎧 |
| 2021 | Bridge – Crying For Love | 🎧 |
| 2020 | Twylyte '81 – The First Coming | 🎧 |
| 2019 | Clifford Jordan Quartet – Glass Bead Games | 🎧 |
| 2018 | Bobby Wright - Blood Of An American | 🎧 |
| 2017 | Candeias - Sambaiana | 🎧 |
| 2016 | José Mauro - Obnoxius | 🎧 |
| 2015 | Martin L. Dumas, Jr. – Attitude, Belief & Determination | 🎧 |
| 2014 | William Onyeabor - William Onyeabor Vol. 1 & 2 | 🎧 |
| 2013 | Michael Boothman – Touch | 🎧 |
| 2012 | D'Angelo - Voodoo | 🎧 |
| 2011 | Arthur Verocai - Arthur Verocai | 🎧 |
| 2010 | João Gilberto – Chega De Saudade | 🎧 |
| 2009 | Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra – Sleeping Beauty | 🎧 |
| 2008 | Pharoah Sanders – Pharoah | 🎧 |