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      • Mix No.7: 2016 Year End Delights
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      • Mix No.5: Liquid Fusion
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      • Mix No.1: Celebrating Rudy Van Gelder
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  • Various ‘Rainer Trueby presents Soulgliding’ 2LP/CD (BBE Music) 5/5 21st February 2020
  • Various ‘Alex Attias presents LillyGood Party Vol. 2’ 2LP/CD (BBE Music) 5/5 20th February 2020
  • Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes ‘Visions Of A New World’ 180g Vinyl (Pure Pleasure) 4/5 19th February 2020
  • Mark Lotz Trio ‘The Wroclaw Sessions’ CD (Audio Cave) 5/5 18th February 2020
  • Richard Ebert Quartett ‘Abreisetag’ (QFTF) 4/5 17th February 2020
  • Jonathan Ng ‘The Sphynx’ (Self-released) 4/5 17th February 2020
  • Phi-Psonics ‘The Cradle’ LP/CD (Nightnote) 4/5 16th February 2020
  • Seu Jorge & Rogê ‘Night Dreamer Direct​-​To​-​Disc Sessions’ LP (Night Dreamer) 5/5 15th February 2020
  • The Beat Freaks ‘Stay Calm’ CD (Self-released) 4/5 14th February 2020
  • Ihsan Al Munzer ‘Belly Dance Disco’ 2LP/CD (BBE Music) 2/5 13th February 2020
  • In Interview: Byron Wallen 12th February 2020
  • Weldon Irvine ‘Time Capsule’ 180g Vinyl (Pure Pleasure) 5/5 12th February 2020
  • Roy Ayers ‘Virgin Ubiquity: Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981’ 2LP Repress (BBE Music) 4/5 11th February 2020
  • Andre Canniere ‘Ghost Days’ LP/CD (Whirlwind Recordings) 4/5 10th February 2020
  • Horace Tapscott ‘Live at Lobero’ 180g Vinyl (Pure Pleasure) 4/5 9th February 2020
  • Alex Hitchcock Quintet ‘All Good Things’ CD (Fresh Sound New Talent) 4/5 8th February 2020
  • Jan Simonsen Quintet ‘Jan Simonsen Quintet’ LP (Jazzaggression) 3/5 7th February 2020
  • Alex Jønsson ‘Heathland’ LP/CD (Self-released) 4/5 6th February 2020
  • Byron Wallen ‘Portrait’ CD (Twilight Jaguar) 4/5 5th February 2020
  • Leon Thomas ‘Spirits Known and Unknown’ 180g Vinyl (Pure Pleasure) 4/5 4th February 2020

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