Artist - Track (Label)

1. Osunlade - Rader Du (Soul Jazz) Info

2. Movementz - 29 Calls (Sonar Kollektiv) Buy

3. Daedelus - Bahia (Mush) Buy

4. Simbad feat. Steelo - Soul Fever (Raw Fusion) Buy

5. Nikki-O - Giveusomethingmore (Mahogani) Info

6. Peven Everett - Surely Shorty (Soul Heaven) Info

7. Femi Kuti - Traitors Of Africa (Unrestricted Access) Buy

8. Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Band - Dukom Mashie (Sound Way) Buy

9. Soul 223 - Manifest (Soul Jazz) Buy

10. Open House - Seven Day Weekend (Tu Rong) Buy

Direct download: jgm120906.m4a

Artist - Track (Label)

1. Jimpster - Square Up (Buzzin’ Fly) Buy

2. Stereotyp - Stand Up (G-Stone) Buy

3. Photek - Glamourama (Science) Info

4. DJ Marley Marl - Beyond (West End) Buy

5. Makossa & Megablast - Kunuaka (G-Stone) Buy

6. Stefan Goldmann - Sleepy Hollow (Innervisions) Buy

7. Martin Buttrich - Programmer (Planet E) Buy

8. The Nova Dream Sequence - Dream 14 (Compost) Buy

9. Dark Comedy - Plankton (Art Of Dance) Info

Direct download: jgm111706.m4a

Artist - Track (Label)

1. Herbert - Those Feelings (Accidental / !K7) Buy

2. Ame - Excelsior (Sonar Kollektiv) Buy

3. Moxie - Baby Cage (Moxie) Buy

4. CiM - Comfort Control (Delsin) Buy

5. Femi Kuti - Blackman Know Yourself (Spiritual Life) Info

6. Theo Parrish / M Pittman (Sound Signature) Info

7. Millsart - Jade (Axis) Buy

8. Psyche - How The West Was Won (ART) Info

Artist - Track (Label)

1. Allen Toussaint - Night People (A&R Reworks) Info

2. Man Friday - Love Honey, Love Heartache (Rhino) Buy

3. Maurizio - M6 (Maurizio) Buy

4. A Guy Called Gerald - Sweet You (Laboratory Instinct) Buy

5. Strand - Vamp (Delsin) Info

6. Paul Woolford - 313 (NRK) Buy

7. Brothers Vibe - Bongoso (Som Underground) Info

8. Aardvarck - Cult Copy Pt.3 (Rushhour) Buy

9. DJ Kent - In The Bush (Bear Funk) Info

10. Lil’ Louis - How I Feel (Dance Mania) Info

11. Bolla - Olu Huru (Sacred Rhythm) Info

12. Landesvatter - Flaz (Normoton) Buy

Artist - Track (Label)

1. Unknown Artist

2. 3 Generations Walking - Midnight Bustling (Spiritual Life) Info

3. Omar S - Album 2 (FXHE) Buy

4. Brooklyn Friends - Play (Nite Grooves) Info

5. Rhythm & Sound - Poor People Must Work (Burial Mix) Buy

6. TBA Empty - 33 Pharell (Max Ernst) Buy

7. Charles Webster - It’s Not What It Was (Dance Tracks) Info

8. Cobblestone Jazz - Peace Offering (Wagon Repair) Buy

Direct download: jgm080406.m4a

Artist - Track (Label)

1. Radiohead - Everything In It’s Right Place (White) Info

2. Sekouba Bambino - Decourage (Distance) Info

3. Koloke - West African Guitar Groove (Spiritual Life) Info

4. Nature Boy - Tobago (Black Label) Info

5. The Enigma - Puzzle Project (Eargasmic Recordings) Info

6. Cobblestone Jazz - Dump Truck (Wagon Repair) Buy

7. Paul Woolford - Devil’s Night Fire (NRK) Buy

8. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee (DFA) Buy

Direct download: jgm7806ruffdisco.m4a

Artist - Track (Label)

1. Ame - Rej (Innervision) Buy

2. Recloose - Landed (Peacefrog) Buy

3. Leela - My Joy (Restricted Access) Buy

4. Dennis Ferrer - Dem People Go (Nite Grooves) Buy

5. Brain Harden - Nomadic Jazz (Moods & Grooves) Buy

6. Osunlade - Sokinsikartep (BBE) Buy

7. 3.2.6. - Under The Cherry Tree (Dance Mania) Info

8. R Tyme - Use Me (Trance Fusion) Info

9. Byron Stingly - Hate Won’t Change Me (Unrestricted Access) Buy

10. Peven Everett - Stuck (Soul Heaven) Buy

Direct download: JustGoodMusic050706.m4a

Artist - Track (Label)

1. DJ Oji - ‘Esteban’ (Ibadan) Info

2. Ojatunji - ‘Gin-Go-Lo-Ba’ (Columbia) Info

3. Fernandao - ‘Quando O Couro Fala’ (Mr. Bongo) Info

4. Modern Romance - ‘Salsa Rappsody’ (Ibadan) Info

5. Bobby Peru - ‘Erotic Discourse’ (20/20 Vision) Info

6. Carl Craig - ‘Darkness’ (Planet E) Info

7. Joe Lewis - ‘Life Immoreal’ (Relief) Info

8. Pepe Bradock - ‘Ghost’ (Atavisme) Info

9. Herbert - ‘The Audience’ (!k7) Info

Direct download: jgm32106.m4a

1. Brenda & The Tabulators - ‘Tabulator’ (Moxie) Info

2. Charles Webster - ‘I Understand You’ (Peacefrog) Info

3. Cesaria Evora - ‘Angola’ (BMG/RCA) Info

4. Metro Area - ‘Rhythm Reel #6′ (Environ) Info

5. Earth People - ‘Dance’ (Cabaret) Info

6. Men From The Nile - ‘Watch Them Come’ (Bombay) Info

7. Instant House - ‘Awade’ (Jungle Sounds) Info

8. Candi Staton - ‘You Got The Love’ (ZYX)

9. Louie Vega - ‘Thousand Fingered Man’ (Vega) Info

Direct download: JustGoodMusic.m4a

A few of my favourite tracks from 2005.

Title - Artist (Label)

1. Blvd East & Louie Gorbea - A Journey Into… (Coco Soul) Info
Spiritual house of the highest order with epic afro beat horns, percussion and latin vocals. The smoother b-side instrumental features superb organ work and is equally as good as the a-side vocal version.

2. Carl Craig - Just Another Day (Planet E) Info
Carl Craig can’t put a foot wrong. With a spate of excellent remixes and a re-recorded full length, it’s pretty tough to pick one release. However, ‘Just Another Day’ in my opinion is Carl’s best original production in many years. Similar in style to his early works on Transmat/Fragile. Haunting strings and brooding melodies, this is Detroit techno at its finest.

3. Domu - Quarantine (New Religion) Info
New Religion’s busy year ends strongly with the best techno compilation in years. The contributors read like a who’s who of the techno world with all tracks previously unreleased and exclusive to this album. Consistently good from beginning to end, this is an essential album for electronic music lovers.

4. Herbest Moon - Reachin / Still Reachin (Life Line) Info
The Japanese crew, who created one of my favorite records of 2004 (’Blow Your Body’), follows up with ‘Reachin/Still Reachin’. Like its forebear, it’s a slowed down house track that just keeps building and building. Rich sounding piano and strings, this is a beautiful piece of music.