2nd Quarter 2018: best records April - June

My 25 favourite records of these past three months... Enjoy!

Nu Guinea - Nuova Napoli (NG)  listen to 'Ddoje Facce'

Stimulator Jones - Exotic Worlds and Masterful Treasures (Stones Throw)  listen to 'Need Your Body'

Tom Misch - Geography (Beyond the Groove)  listen to 'Lost in Paris'

Jimi Tenor - Order of Nothingness (Philophon)  listen to 'Chupa Chups'

Pusha T - Daytona (G.O.O.D.)  listen to 'If You Know You Know'

Michele Manzo - Lonely Horizon (Inner Ocean)  listen to 'Maserati Cruising'

Arp Frique - Welcome to the Colorful World of Arp Frique (Rush Hour)  listen to 'Nos Magia'

Kadhja Bonet - Childqueen (Fat Possum)  listen to 'Delphine'

Glenn Astro & Hodini - Turquoise Tortoise (Apollo)  listen to 'Oha!'

Joe Armon-Jones - Starting Today (Brownswood)  listen to 'Almost Went Too Far'

James 'Creole' Thomas - Omas Sextet (22a)  listen to 'Earth'

Potatohead People - Nick & Astro's Guide to the Galaxy (Bastard Jazz)  listen to 'Quest For Love'

Soil & "Pimp" Sessions - Dapper (Victor)  listen to 'Comrade'

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - An Angel Fell (Strut)  listen to 'Message to My People'

Kamaal Williams - The Return (Black Focus)  listen to 'Salaam'

Jessica Lauren - Almeria (Freestyle)  listen to 'Amalfi'

Mambele - Ya Yambo (Cosmic Pop)  listen to 'Sweet L.O.V.E.'

Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)  listen to 'Street Fighter Mas'

Kali Uchis - Isolation (Virgin)  listen to 'After the Storm'

Tenderlonious featuring the 22archestra - The Skakedown (22a)  listen to 'Yussef's Groove'

Medline - Solstice (My Bags)  listen to 'Scrabble'

Yazmin Lacey - When the Sun Dips 90 Degrees (First Word)  listen to '90 Degrees'

Title - Rapture (not on label)  listen to 'Organ of Death'

Elusive - Dissonance (Alpha Pup)  listen to 'Good JuJu'

Black Thought - Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 (Human Re Sources)  listen to 'Dostoyevsky'