1st Quarter 2021: best records January - March

Our 25 favourite records of the first months of the year... Enjoy!

Apifera - Overstand (Stones Throw)

Olivier St. Louis - Matters of the Heartless (First Word)

Joyce Wrice - Overgrown (not on label)

Aaron Frazer - Introducing... (Easy Eye)

Tall Black Guy - Airplane Mode (not on label)

Stimulator Jones - La Mano (Mutual Intentions)

Azmari - Samā'ī (Sdban)

Prequel - Love Or (I Heard You Like Heartbreak) (Rhythm Section International)

Marcos Resende & Index - Marcos Resende & Index (Far Out)

Joel Holmes - Osmosis (Toy Tonics)

Voilaaa - Voiciii (Favorite)

Duke Hugh - Common Ground EP (Dance Regular)

STR4TA - Aspects (Brownswood)

Aggi Dix - Simmer EP (The Secret Life of Trees)

El Michels Affair - Yeti Season (Big Crown)

Propo'88 & Wildelux are... Certified Craftsmen - Certified Craftsmen (Rucksack)

Madlib - Sound Ancestors (Madlib Invazion)

Vienna - Shared Space (Radio Juicy)

4 Mars - Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura (Ostinato)

Menahan Street Band - The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band (Daptone)

Altin Gün - Yol (Glitterbeat)

Zopelar - Universo (Apron)

Louislava - Imaginary Feelings (not on label)

Jaze Baqti - Secrets of a Horizontal Lifestyle (not on label)

Sam Gendel - Fresh Bread (Leaving)