Top Ten for January, 2004.
(Listed in alphabetical order)

1. Kruder and Dorfmeister - The K & D Sessions - Studio !K7
   Heard on the show: "Heroes"
2. Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Wenyukela - Heads Up Records
   Rocking the office
3. Laub - Filesharing - Kitty Yo Records
   Heard on the show: "Mofa" and "Reichlicher"
4. Notwist - Neon Golden - Domino
   Heard on the show: "Pilot" and "Solitaire"
5. Astor Piazzolla - Astor Piazzolla Remixed - Milan Records
   Heard on the show: "Vuelvo al Sur (Koop Remix)" and "Prelude Fugue (Zeb Remix)"
6. Radiohead - OK Computer - Capital Records
   Heard on the show: "Let Down" and "Electioneering"
7. Mark Ronson - Here Comes the Fuzz - Elektra/Asylum
   Rocking the office
8. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World - Sub Pop
   Rocking the office
9. TLC - Crazysexycool - La Face Records
   Rocking the office
10. Rokia Traore - Bowmboi - Tama Music
    Heard on the show: "Manian" and "Kote Don"

1. The Books - The Lemon of Pink - Tomlab
   Heard on the show: "The Lemon of Pink"
2. B. Fleischmann - Welcome Tourist - Morr Music
   Heard on the show: "02/00" and "Guided by Beats"
3. Habib Koite - Foly: Live Around the World - World Village
   Rocking the office
4. Ryukyu Underground - Mo Ashibi - Respect Records
   Heard on the show: "Koino" and "Michikusa"
5. Elliott Smith - Figure 8 - Dreamworks
   Heard on the show: "Son of Sam"
6. DJ Cheb i Sabbah - As Far As (A DJ Mix) - Six Degrees Records
   Rocking the office
7. Suba - Sao Paulo Confessions - Six Degrees Records
   Heard on the show: "Abraco," "Voce Gosta"
8. Various Artists - Christmas Remixed - Six Degrees Records Heard on the show: "Joy to the World" and "Happy Holidays"
9. Various Artists - The Rough Guide to Paris Café Music - World Music Network
   Heard on the show: "Coudes A Coudes" and "Mado"
10. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun - Matador Records
    Heard on the show: "Winter A-Go-Go"

1. Martyn Bennett - Grit - Real World Records
   Heard on the show: "Why" and "Blackbird"
2. Ojos de Brujo - Bari - Satellite K
   Heard on the show: "Quien Engana no Gana" and "Ventilaor R-80"
3. Penguin Café Orchestra - Oskar und Leni - Peregrina Music
   Heard on the show: "Life Boat", "Air a Danser" and "Southern Juke Box Music"
4. Willy Porter - High Wire Live - Six Degrees Records
   Heard on the show: "Angry Words" and "Redbone"
5. Rhythm and Sound - Queen in my Empire and Jah Rule EPs - Rhythm and Sound
   Heard on the show: "Queen in my Empire" and "Jah Rule"
6. Tin Hat Trio - Memory is an Elephant - Angel Recordings
   Heard on the show: "Fire of Ada" and "Bigtop"
7. not available, but "l'orient..." is on Various Artists - Electric Gypsyland - Crammed Disc
   Heard on the show: "Carolina" and "L'Orient Est Rouge"
8. Various Artists - Bellylicious - Shakti/EMI
   Heard on the show: "Ja Vidi," "Peace" and "Indra"
9. Various Artists - Space Jazz - Quango
   Heard on the show: "Chocolate Elvis" and "Black and Blue"
10. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun - Matador Records
    Heard on the show: "Winter A-Go-Go"

1. Bob Brozman & Dabashish Bhattacharya - Mahima - Riverboat Records Heard on the show: "Bana Mali"
2. Various artists - Festival in the Desert - World Village
   Heard on the show: "Buri Baalal" and "Win My train Fare Home"
3. Various Artists - 5am Eternal - La Cerca Records
   Heard on the show: "Ocean Beach" and "Salt Water Sound"
4. Various Artists - Future Sounds of Jazz vol. 8 - Compost Records
   Heard on the show: "Spaceman," "Theme," "Wrong Type of Day" and "Spiritual Rotations"
5. Royksopp - Melody AM - Astralwerks
   Heard on the show: "Epie"
6. Matthew Herbert - Le Defi - La Bande Son
   Heard on the show: "Café de Flore"
7. Various Artists - Traveler '99 - Six Degrees Records
   Heard on the show: "The Spectacle"
8. The Rapture - Echoes - DFA
   Rocking the office
9. Bonobo - Dial 'M' for Monkey - NinjaTune
   Heard on the show: "Noctuary" and "Light Pattern"
10. Cliff Martinez - Traffic Soundtrack - TVT
    Heard on the show: "The Police Won't Find Your Car" and "On the

1. Climax Golden Twins - Locations - Fire Breathing Turtle
   Heard on the show: "untitled"
2. Joao Gilberto and Stan Getz - Getz/Gilberto - Polygram
   Heard on the show: "Girl from Ipanema"
3. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Facing Future - Mountain Apple Company
   Heard on the show: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World (Medley)"
4. Latin Playboys - Latin Playboys - Warner Brothers
   Heard on the show: "Forever Nightshade Mary"
5. Kelly Joe Phelps - Roll Away the Stone - Rykodisc
   Heard on the show: "Sail the Jordan" and "Doxology"
6. San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensemble - Ancient Echoes - World Library Publications
   Heard on the show: "Shema Israel"
7. The Slackers - Close My Eyes - Hellcat Records
   Heard on the show: "Old Dog" and "Axes"
8. Various Artists - Glucklich vol. 3 - Compost
   Heard on the show: "Chili Con Carne" and "Pra Manha"
9. Various Artists - Arabian Travels vol.2 - Six Degrees Records
   Heard on the show: "Nar I Ney" and "Funky Nawari"
10. Various Artists - Verve Remixed vol.2 - Verve Records
    Heard on the show: "Manteca (The Funky Lowlives Remix)" and "Whatever Lola Wants (Gotan Project Remix)"

1. AfroCelts - Seed - Real World Records
   Heard on the show: "The Other Side" and "Ayub's Song"
2. Issa Bagayogo - Timbuktu - Six Degrees Records
   Heard on the show: "Toroya" and "Dama"
3. Barrington Levy and Beenie Man - Murderation - Jah Life
   Rocking the office
4. The Detroit Experiment - The Detroit Experiment - Rope-a-Dope / Atlantic Records
   Heard on the show: "Revelation" and "Space Odyssey"
5. Bebel Gilberto - Tonto Tempo Remixes - Six Degrees Records
   Heard on the show: "Bananeira" and "Sem Contencao"
6. Karsh Kale - Liberation - Six Degrees Records
   Heard on the show: "Cinematic Reprise" and "Milan"
7. knifehandchop - Hooked on Ebonics - Irritant Recordings
   Rocking the office
8. Femi Kuti - Shoki Shoki Remixed - Nuphonic
   Heard on the show: "Beng Beng Beng" and "Truth Don Die"
9. Solomon and Socalled - Hip Hop Khasene - Piranha Records
   Heard on the show: "Freyllekhs Far De Kale (A Happy Song for the Bride)"
10. Otha Turner and the Afrosippi Allstars - Senegal to Senatobia - Birdman
    Heard on the show: "Glory Glory" and "Station Blues"

Top Ten for July, 2003. | back to top |
(Listed in alphabetical order)

1. Cibelle - Cibelle - Six Degrees Records
   Heard on the show: "Dexia" and "Waiting"
2. Fauna Flash - Confusion - Compost Records
   Heard on the show: "Mother Nature" and "Ten"
3. Ben Neill - Automotive - Six Degrees Records
   Heard on the show: "Bouquet" and "Shiny Nickel"
4. Rainer Truby Trio - Elevator Music - Compost Records
   Heard on the show: "Jaleo" and "Alegre 2003"
5. Susheela Raman - Love Trap - Narada World
   Heard on the show: "Sarasa" and "Save Me"
6. Technicolor - Normal Color Range - Darla Recordings Heard on the show: "Moving Slowly" and "Ano"
7. Tosca - Suzuki - Studio !K7
   Heard on the show: "Suzuki" and "Orozco"
8. Taraf de Haidouks - Band of Gypsies - Nonesuch Records
   Heard on the show: "A la Turk" and "Little Buds"
9. Various Artists - Modular Systems - ESL Recordings
   Heard on the show: "Arabesque" and "Bossa Per Due"
10. Various Artists - Om Lounge vol. 6 - Om Records Heard on the show: "2 Minutes" and "So Far"

Top Ten for June, 2003. | back to top |
(Listed in alphabetical order)

1. Air - Moon Safari - Caroline Recordings
   Heard on the show: "La Femme D'Argent" and "Ce Matin La"
2. Natacha Atlas - Something Dangerous - Mantis Recordings
   Heard on the show: "Man's World" and "Last Drop"
3. Bembeya Jazz - Bembeya - World Village Records
   Heard on the show: "Sanfaran"
4. Bill Frisell - The Intercontinentals - Nonesuch Records
   Heard on the show: "Baba Drame" and "Yala"
5. Malicool - Malicool - Sunnyside/Soundscape Records
   Heard on the show: "Bamako" and "Malicool"
6. Midival Punditz - Midival Punditz - Six Degrees Records
   Heard on the show: "Bhangra Fever" and "Night"
7. Spanish Harlem Orchestra - Un Gran Dia En El Barrio - Rope-a-dope / Atlantic Records
   Heard on the show: "Mama Guela" and "Pa' Gazar"
8. Various Artists - Out Patients 2 - Hospital Records
   Heard on the show: "Talk Box" and "Bird of Paradise"
9. Various Artists - Mystic Groove - Quango Records
   Heard on the show: "Sirocco" and "Caravane"
10. Various Artists - Om Lounge vol. 5 - Om Records
    Heard on the show: "Wind" and "Supa Max"

1. 2manydjs - As Heard on Radio Soulwax V.2 - Pias Recordings Rocking the office
2. Cesaria Evora - Angola (Remixed by Carl Craig and Pepe Braddock) - Lusafrica Heard on the show: "Rocking the Office"
3. dZihan and Kamien - Freaks + Icons - Six Degrees Records
   Heard on the show: "Ocean Air", "Spacewater", "Homebase" and "Before"
4. Four Tet - Pause - Domino
   Heard on the show: "Glue of the World", "Untangle" and "Tangle"
5. Koop - Waltz for Koop - JCR
   Heard on the show: "Summer Sun" and "Waltz for Koop"
6. Portishead - Sour Times EP - Go! Discs
   Heard on the show: "Sour Times" and "A Tribute to Monk and Canatella"
7. Technicolor - Normal Control Range (Far from Home: Bliss Out, Vol. 16)- Darla
   Heard on the show: "On the Bottom" and "Ano"
8. Truby Trio - Elevator Music - Compost
   Heard on the show: "Jaleo"
9. Yonderboi - The Shallow and Profound - Mole Listening Pearl
   Heard on the show: "Pabadam", "100% Trevira" and "Unconscious"
10. Various Artists - Global Underground 24: Rekjavik - Global Underground Rocking the office.

Top Ten for April, 2003. | back to top |
(Listed in alphabetical order)

1. Bugge Wesseltoft - Moving - Jazzland Heard on the show: "Moving"
2. Celso Fonseca - Natural - Six Degrees Records
   Heard on the show: "Sem Reposta" and "Consolacao"
3. Fug - Ready for Us - Nuphonic
   Heard on the show: "Ready for Us", "Thin Air", "R.F.O."
4. Kid Loco - A Grand Love Story - Yellow Productions
   Heard on the show: "Sister Curare", "Relaxing with Cherry", and "Calling Adventura King"
5. LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge - DFA
   Rocking the office
6. The Necks - Next - Shock Records
   Heard on the show: "Pele" and "Nice Policeman Nasty Policeman"
7. Nicola Conte - Jet Sounds Revisited - ESL Records
   Heard on the show: "Bossa Per Due", "Arabesque" and "Fuoco Fatuo"
8. Rae & Christian - Nocturnal Activity - Studio K7
   Heard on the show: "Not Just Anybody", Ready to Roll" and "Flashlight"
9. Solven - Solvent City - Morr Music
   Rocking the office
10. Various Artists - Dirty Jazz - Irma Records
    Heard on the show: "Tempest", "De Muse" and "Blue Bossa"

Top Ten for March, 2003. | back to top |
(Listed in alphabetical order)

1. Bobi Cespedes - Rezos - Six Degrees Records
   Bobi's fantasic voice carries this mix of Cuban jazz and American hip hop to amazing heights.
2. dZihan & Kamien - Gran Riserva - Six Degrees Records
   Eclectic, jazzy electronics fuse the European Old World with the 21st Century. Plus they put their dads on the CD cover!
3. Isolee - Brazil.com (Tiefschwarz, Freaks Remixes) - Classic Music Company
   Isolee takes dance music to new, atmospheric extremes. This beat gets under your skin, into your mind and funks up everything it touches. (Vinyl only)
4. Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons - XL Recordings
   The merry pranksters of modern pop. Lemon Jelly's new CD tickles your ears like a peacock feather taped to the end of a Q-tip.
5. Metro Area - Dance Reaction EP - Environ Records
   You know that 80s dance music revival you've been hearing so much about? This is how it should have been the first time. (Vinyl only)
6. Otha Turner and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band - Senegal to Senatobia -Birdman Records
   North Mississippi blues from the king of fife and drum. Add in an African kora, American slide guitar and drums from all over the world and you get the first "world boogie" record ever produced. Otha Turner passed away late last month at the age of 94.
7. Sevara Nazarkhan - Yol Bolsin - Real World Records
   A mystery from the Silk Road of Central Asia. Smooth electronics provide the perfect backdrop for Sevara's evocative voice.
8. Uncle Tupelo - 89/93: An Anthology - Sony
   A "best of" compilation from the band that started the "alt country" revolution. These three guys from southern Illinois changed rock and roll - changed music - for the best.
9. Various Artists- Compost Community - Compost Records
   Exactly halfway between jazz and dance music, Compost Records stands at the epicenter of the new, European electronic scene. This compilation features the best of their new artists and songs.
10. Various Artists - Desert Blues - Network Recordings
    This two-CD set of musicians from the Sahara proves just how universal music is. These guitars, koras and drums reach across the Atlantic and pull at the heart of anyone who's ever known the blues.