We’re pretty late on these but they’ll be trickling through the nest few days. Cracking year for Jimmy Monsta Funk, who, as well as unearthing a field recorded mix from his residency at Snugg, delivered six hours worth of live wax from 2014, which you can check out here.
Here’s his lists of 2015.
5 Documentaries Of 2015
‘A Syrian Love Story’ Dir. Sean McAllister
‘Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief’ Dir. Alex Gibney
‘Orion: The Man Who Would Be King’ Dir. Jeanie Finlay
‘The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz’ Dir. Brian Knappenberger
‘The Wolfpack’ Dir. Crystal Moselle
20 Tracks To Check From 2015
Basic Soul Unit – You Knew EP [Dolly]
Bernard Badie – Open Up [Mojuba]
Brian Kage – A White Bear’s Heaven…Is A Black Bear’s Hell! [FXHE Records]
Church Boy Lou – Weep [Dirt Tech Reck]
Demdike Stare – Testpressing #007 [Modern Love]
GE-OLOGY Featuring Mark De Clive-Lowe – Moon Circuitry [Sound Signature]
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Angola Louisiana (DJ K Re-Edit) [Pantone Music]
I-Robots Present: Gene Hunt – Gene Vs Gene EP Pt.1 [Opilec Music]
L’Atelier – The Cobalt EP [RFB Colours]
Mr Beatnick – Formed In The Stance EP [Don’t Be Afraid]
Nitejams – Nitejams 01 [Nitejams]
Obsolete Music Technology – Volatile EP [Emphasis Recordings]
Redshape – Bleep Repeat [Present]
Rennie Foster – RF Remixed VI [RF Trax]
Ringard – Especial Vol.1 [Dance Around 88]
Royce Wood Junior – Midnight (Special Request remix) [37 Adventures]
Sandman – No Prisoners (Harmonious Thelonious remix) [Blank Mind]
Seven Davis Jr. – Sunday Morning (Kaytronik Ruff Cut Mix) [Ninja Tune]
System2 – Everybody’s Freakin’ EP [Viva Music]
The Burrell Connection – Pollok County Classics [West End Communications]
15 Albums Of 2015
Annabel (lee) – By The Sea… And Other Solitary Places [Ninja Tune]
BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul [Lex Records]
Cro-Magnon – V [Jazzy Sport]
CW/A – Words Unspoken, Acts Undone [Parachute Records]
D’Angelo And The Vanguard – Black Messiah [RCA]
Floating Points – Elaenia [Pluto]
Kamasi Washington – The Epic [Brainfeeder]
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly [Top Dawg Entertainment]
LV & Joshua Idehen – Islands [Keysound Recordings]
Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa [World Circuit]
Roger Robinson – Dis Side Ah Town [Jahtari]
Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2 [Mass Appeal]
SELA.- Anniversary [Public House Recordings]
Sleaford Mods – Key Markets [Harbinger Sound]
Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too [Big Dada Recordings]
5 Top Reissues
Aksak Maboul, Marc Hollander – Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine [Crammed Discs]
Fingers Inc. – Another Side [Alleviated Records]
K-Alexi – Vertigo [Technorama]
Liaisons Dangereuses – Liaisons Dangereuses [Soulsheriff Records]
Various – Ska From The Vaults Of WIRL Records [Kingston Sounds]
Art Exhibition Of The Year
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: Architecture, Culture and Identity
http://en.louisiana.dk/exhibition/africa