Only new records and reissues from 2020.

Accompanying blog post: https://www.cedriclassonde.com/sounds-of-2020-a-weird-year-in-music/

Playlist:

1- Larry Heard - Midnight Movement
2- Byron The Aquarius - Space & Time (Jam Session)
3- Emma-Jean Thackray - Movement
4- Sable Blanc - Les Hirondelles de Mai
5- Linkwood & Foat - Pressure
6- Becker & Mukai - Spice War Part One
7- Double Geography - Dracaena
8- Jeannette Ndiaye - Makom Ma Bone
9- Beatrice Dillon - Workaround Two
10- Ludwig A.F. - "Blissful Lie"
11- Upsammy - It Drips
12- Lyra Pramuk - Tendril
13- Huw Marc Bennett - In My Craft (feat. Miryam Solomon)
14- Admas - Anchi Bale Game
15- Fairouz - Ouverture 83
16- Sven Wunder - Kachofugetsu
17- International Noise Orchestra -  Atai (L'Eau Est Claude)
18- Shabaka & The Ancestors - Til The Freedom Comes Home
19- Zara McFarlane - Roots Of Freedom
20- African Head Charge - Dervish Chant
21- Alpha Steppa - Dear Friend (feat. Pupajim)
22- Dumama + Kechou - Khala Zome 
23- Siti Muharam - Nyuki
24- The Master Musicians Of Jajouka - The Middle Of The Night
25- Maalem Mahmoud Gania - Aicha - Al Boudali
26- Ahmed Ben Ali - Subhana 
27- Nordine Staifi - Goultili Bye Bye
28- Joaquin Cornejo - Komorebi
29- Anthonius feat. Tydiane Syla - Mara Fani
30- Paradise Cinema - Casamance
31- Pub - Summer
32- Gratien Midonet - En Ti Sapotiye
33- Matthew Halsall - Salute to the Sun 
34- The Ibrahim Khalil Shihab Quintet - Spring 
35- Cleo Sol - Her Light

Best of 2020 pt 2: we grow in symphony

Cedric Woo