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Best of 2009 selected by yours truly. Including Real Estate, In the Country, Bill Callahan, Ducktails, Steve Lehman, Celer, Ahleuchatistas, King Midas Sound, Om, Black Cobra, Vijay Iyer Trio etc.

Making a best of list has been considerably harder for 2009. Here are our mentions in random order. Fedayi Pacha, Bibio, Wye Oak, Liechtenstein, BLK JKS, Crystal Antlers, Proudpilot, Yagya, The XX, OPN..

#62 is a sweet mix of creepy electronics, jazzy beats, easy listening, dub and soul. I wonder if mixing reggae with Merzbow works or am I making a mistake. Now it’s your call !

Numbered #53, last week’s show begins with a theme of soundscapes, dubstep and noise, while the second part is more jazzed-up, soulful and dubby.

#27 begins with a the intro of a collaboration album between the legendary French pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey and Luke Vibert who’ll also be quite legendary when he gets as old, we’ll be covering both artists next week. We start off electronic with a touch of dub by Dr. Israel and Horace Andy.

#25: is the second show we’ve done with Cleansweep. In fact it’s the same session cut in two. If you remember #23 it’s just like that, roots dub, jazz, funk, nu jazz, beat, afrobeat selected by Can Ayverdi and yours truly. BTW

#23 is a joint production by Can Ayverdi who hosts the Cleansweep on dinamo103.8. He is more of the deep, jazzy, disco & hiphop guy, while anything strange and not fitting is probably selected by me. And also his teaser sounds much better than ours.

Here’s a mixed selection of single tracks I have failed to mention in the past months, some have been played on the radioshows as well. First is a trio rendition of Sergio Mendez’ classic Mas Que Nada by the European Jazz Trio.