Continuing to revive some posts from the archives, especially from the bestof category which gets frequented a lot, now that the end of year season is upon us.

Mostly new jazzy beats & breaks from : London’s Obba Suba, Hull City’s Pat D & Lady Paradox, new release from Samiyam and AFTA-1 classic Quest.

Decided to revive some of the dead links as a weekend treat. Here’s a collection of mp3s with pointers to original posts. Masha Qrella, Loud-E, Caspa, Scanner, Arcade Lover, Trus’me etc.

Collaboration between Ozgur Uckan and me, in honour of Claude Lévi-Strauss who passed away recently aged 101. Features music from Brasil, Angola, Hawaii, Egypt & Cuba, more or less around the tropics, and almost exclusively sad.

Found out about the recent surge of readers from blogs.com. Hype Machine boss Anthony Volodkin has picked us for his Top 10 Music Blogs you haven’t heard list. Thanks Anthony! Here’s a 5 song reggae mini compilation to enjoy!

If you ask me the freshest names in the dance biz today, one of the few I’ll be uttering is the Lithuanian duo Downtown Party Network.

The Twitter-verse is expanding and our diet gets versatile, day by day. Join in for this week’s additions to our contacts and the loot: which includes a free Koushik tape – new Beyondjazz podcast and Fuck Krautrock mix by Black to Comm among others..

A quick recap of some new stuff found on Soundcloud. Sukh Knight features Jahcoozi’s Sasha on Hands in your Pockets, grimy dubsteppy electro. New stuff from Peter Kruder, Onda Sonora edits Ain’t No Love Lost, and finally a massive deep house tune by Patchworks under his “Uptown Funk Empire” moniker.