A few of my favorites from 2006.Artist - Track (Label)1. Fat Eyes - Assult Rifle (Soul Jazz) - BuySoul Jazz effortlessly puts together 25 years of dancehall in all it's style's and connects it to today's dub step/grime/digital scenes. The Rekid album also on SJR was another highlight of the year.2. Alice Smith - Love Endeavor (BBE) - InfoMaurice Fulton gives us a beautiful dubby disco/boogie rework of Alice Smith.3. Owusu & Hannibal - Lonnie's Secret (Ubiquity) BuyGreat album from Danish duo. Skillfully produced futuristic soul music.4. 3 Chairs - BABO (3 Chairs) InfoOut-there Detroit house - how can a 3 chairs record not be in my best of the year?5. Nomo - Nutones (Ubiquity) BuyAnother one from Ubiquity. Tight afro beat outfit from Detroit.6. Rhythm & Sound - See Mi Version (Burial Mix) BuyRhythm & Sound's 'See Mi Yah' album gets remixed, with highlight's from Carl Craig, Sleeparchive and Hallucinator. Mark and Moritz don their Basic Channel guise for remix duties as well.7. Kode 9 & The Spaceape - Victims (Hyperdub) BuyHyperdub released 2 widely acclaimed albums in 2006. Both the Burial and Kode 9 lp's are dark, menacing and deeply compelling.8. Cobblestone Jazz - Dump Truck (Wagon Repair) BuySuperb record from Cobblestone Jazz - quirky electronics, with nice keys on the latter half of Dump Truck. 9. F.S.T.R. - Basic Track (Unrestricted Access) BuyShelter keeps up the pressure with a solid amount of releases from Quentin Harris, Filsonik and Timmy Regisford with more of an emphasis on the tribal tracky side of house - just the way I like it.10. A Guy Called Gerald - Sweet You (Laboratory Instinct) BuyAcid house pioneer Gerald Simpson goes back to his roots and gives us 24 raw club tracks inspired by 80's Chicago & Detroit.11. Omar S & Shadow Ray - Oasis Collaborating (FXHE) BuyA second round-up of releases from FXHE - one of the most interesting labels in Detroit right now.12. Martin Buttrich - Full Clip (Planet E) BuyGreat release on Planet E. Programmer sounds like an updated 'Acid Eiffel'. Buttrich's 'Cloudy Bay' release on Poker Flat was also excellent.13. John Tejada - The End Of It All (Palette) BuySolid release from John Tejada's Palette label. His remix of Jimpster's 'Square Up' was also superb.

Happy New Year. Artist - Track (Label) 1. Theo Parrish - Lights Down Low (Sound Signature) Info 2. Cultural Vibe - Ma Foom Bey (Easy Street) Info 3. Mr. Fingers - A Path (DJ International) Info 4. Double Helix - Split Eight (Transmat) Info 5. Martin Buttrich - Lazy Bastard (Poker Flat) Buy 6. Mathew Jonson - Typerope (It Is What It Is) Buy 7. Rich Medina - Can't Hold Back (Kindrid Spirits) Buy8. Quentin Harris - House (Unrestricted Access) Buy9. Jeff Samuel - Power Ballad (Trapez) Buy10. Liaisons Dangereuses - Peut Etre Pas (Rapster) Buy11. Hieroglyphic Being - A Time Warp Synthesizer (Mathmatics) Buy

Artist - Track (Label)1. Osunlade - Rader Du (Soul Jazz) Info2. Movementz - 29 Calls (Sonar Kollektiv) Buy3. Daedelus - Bahia (Mush) Buy4. Simbad feat. Steelo - Soul Fever (Raw Fusion) Buy5. Nikki-O - Giveusomethingmore (Mahogani) Info6. Peven Everett - Surely Shorty (Soul Heaven) Info7. Femi Kuti - Traitors Of Africa (Unrestricted Access) Buy8. Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Band - Dukom Mashie (Sound Way) Buy9. Soul 223 - Manifest (Soul Jazz) Buy10. Open House - Seven Day Weekend (Tu Rong) Buy

Artist - Track (Label)1. Jimpster - Square Up (Buzzin' Fly) Buy2. Stereotyp - Stand Up (G-Stone) Buy3. Photek - Glamourama (Science) Info4. DJ Marley Marl - Beyond (West End) Buy5. Makossa & Megablast - Kunuaka (G-Stone) Buy6. Stefan Goldmann - Sleepy Hollow (Innervisions) Buy7. Martin Buttrich - Programmer (Planet E) Buy8. The Nova Dream Sequence - Dream 14 (Compost) Buy9. Dark Comedy - Plankton (Art Of Dance) Info

Artist - Track (Label)1. Herbert - Those Feelings (Accidental / !K7) Buy2. Ame - Excelsior (Sonar Kollektiv) Buy3. Moxie - Baby Cage (Moxie) Buy4. CiM - Comfort Control (Delsin) Buy5. Femi Kuti - Blackman Know Yourself (Spiritual Life) Info6. Theo Parrish / M Pittman (Sound Signature) Info7. Millsart - Jade (Axis) Buy8. Psyche - How The West Was Won (ART) Info

Artist - Track (Label)1. Prince Douglas - Jam Love Dub (Wackies) Buy2. Rhythm & Sound - Dem Never Know (Burial Mix) Buy3. Trentemoller - Chameleon (Poker Flat) Buy4. Atjazz - For Real (Sonar Kollektiv) Buy5. Patchworks feat. Mr. Day - Deep Ocean (Still Music) Buy6. Block 16 - Morning Sun (Nuphonic) Info7. Metro Area - Nerves (Environ) Buy8. Dimensions 6 - Living In The Sunshine (Arision) Buy9. Omar S - Oasis Collaborating 2 (FXHE) Buy10. Milton Cardona - Ebioso (Unrestricted Access) Buy11. KDJ - How Sweed It Is (KDJ) Info

Artist - Track (Label)1. Allen Toussaint - Night People (A&R Reworks) Info2. Man Friday - Love Honey, Love Heartache (Rhino) Buy3. Maurizio - M6 (Maurizio) Buy4. A Guy Called Gerald - Sweet You (Laboratory Instinct) Buy5. Strand - Vamp (Delsin) Info6. Paul Woolford - 313 (NRK) Buy7. Brothers Vibe - Bongoso (Som Underground) Info8. Aardvarck - Cult Copy Pt.3 (Rushhour) Buy9. DJ Kent - In The Bush (Bear Funk) Info10. Lil' Louis - How I Feel (Dance Mania) Info11. Bolla - Olu Huru (Sacred Rhythm) Info12. Landesvatter - Flaz (Normoton) Buy

Artist - Track (Label)1. Unknown Artist2. 3 Generations Walking - Midnight Bustling (Spiritual Life) Info3. Omar S - Album 2 (FXHE) Buy4. Brooklyn Friends - Play (Nite Grooves) Info5. Rhythm & Sound - Poor People Must Work (Burial Mix) Buy6. TBA Empty - 33 Pharell (Max Ernst) Buy7. Charles Webster - It's Not What It Was (Dance Tracks) Info8. Cobblestone Jazz - Peace Offering (Wagon Repair) Buy

Artist - Track (Label)1. Radiohead - Everything In It's Right Place (White) Info 2. Sekouba Bambino - Decourage (Distance) Info3. Koloke - West African Guitar Groove (Spiritual Life) Info4. Nature Boy - Tobago (Black Label) Info5. The Enigma - Puzzle Project (Eargasmic Recordings) Info6. Cobblestone Jazz - Dump Truck (Wagon Repair) Buy7. Paul Woolford - Devil's Night Fire (NRK) Buy8. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee (DFA) Buy

Artist - Track (Label) 1. JBP - Amongstone (Soul Jazz) Buy 2. T.O.M Project - Renaissance (Sound Signature) Buy 3. Rekid - Retrospective (Soul Jazz) Buy 4. Moodymann - Dem Young Sconies (Planet E) Info 5. Phuture - Spank Spank (Trax) Buy6. John Tejada - Forced Friction (Pallette) Buy7. Cobblestone Jazz - 5th Element (Itiswhatitis) Info8. Blake Baxter - Brothapella (Logic) Info9. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Riot In Lagos (Island) Info10. Claude Young - Hamburg By Night (Dust Science) Info