2020: Albums of the Year (#60 - 51)

More 2020 favourites... Click the album title to listen, enjoy!

60. Surprise Chef - Daylight Savings (College of Knowledge / Mr Bongo)

Extremely tight instrumental cinematic funk from Australia...

59. Dueling Experts - Dueling Experts (Mello)

Recognize Ali and Verbal Kent bring their A-game on this dope colleborative album...

58. Meridian Brothers - Cumbia Siglo XXI (Bongo Joe)

Another masterclass in avant-garde cumbia by the crazy Colombians...

57. MXXWLL - Sheeesh (Rare Chords)

Australian producer connecting past and future funk on this impressive debut...

56. The Budos Band - Long in the Tooth (Daptone)

Budos celebrated their 15th anniversary this year, this album shows they haven't lost their appetite...  

55. Enrique Rodríguez & the Negra Chiway Band - Fase Liminal (Soul Jazz)

More exciting spiritual jazz, from Santiago this time...

54. Takuya Kuroda - Fly Moon Die Soon (First Word)

Hiphop, funk, neosoul, afrobeat... Everything a jazz record needs...

53. Pacific Yew - Squeeze Demo (Hot Record Société)

A new batch of murky, warped and grainy indie funk, anyone?

52. Suff Daddy - Pompette (Jakarta)

The German beatwiz tackled a whole range of genres but still managed to deliver a very cohesive album...

51. Aesop Rock - Spirit World Field Guide (Rhymesayers)

Great beats, excellent raps and enthralling stories: Aesop as we know him...