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NO THANK YOU by Little Simz
A few listens in, and this sounds like a worthy follow up to her Mercury Prize winning last album, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’.
Also a timely reminder not to collate your “Best of the Year” lists until the year is actually done.
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Active Scenes: Mix 001 (DJ Mix) by Confidence Man
Talking of DJ Mixes, this new mix by Confidence Man—whose song Holiday was The Guardian’s #19 best song of the year—is a blast.
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2manydjs present As Produced by Soulwax 2020-2022 (DJ Mix)
2manydjs—also known as Soulwax—have released a series of DJ Mixes on Apple Music. This one is a mix of some of their recent recent remixes and songs they’ve produced, and—unsurprisingly—it’s very good.
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Replay ‘22
A good spread this year.
One of the things I like about Apple Music Replay is that it updates every week, all year round. Strongly suspect the latest Arctic Monkeys album might sneak in there before we hit December 31st.
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Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022) by Fred again..
It took a minute—and sometimes sounds a bit like Moby?—but I have got truly engrossed in this record. It’s the only thing holding back Taylor Swift from dominating my Replay 2022 mix…
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