Track list:

Mike's 2022 favorites:

1. ROMANCE - Once upon a time - from ONCE UPON A TIME (Ecstatic)
2. TOWA TEI - Nomadologie - from LP (We Release Whatever the Fuck We Want)
3. NICK HAKIM - Vertigo - from COMETA (Ato Records)
4. SOYUZ (COIO3) - Glance (Мгновение) - from FORCE OF THE WIND (Mr. Bongo)
5. KRAAK & SMAAK - Scirocco - from SCIROCCO (Boogie Angst)
6. DIP IN THE POOL - What about this love (Chaos In The CBD remix) - from WHAT ABOUT THIS LOVE (Mule Musiq)
7. DJ PYTHON - Angel - from CLUB SENTIMENTAL VOL. 02 (Incienso)
8. RAMZI - Foggi (feat. Priori) - from HYPHEA (Music From Memory)
9. ARNHEIM - Let me realize you (feat. Emm) - from TOUCHING BASS PRESENTS: SOON COME (Touching Bass)
10. ÀBÁSE - Ile ye - from LAROYÊ (Oshu Records)
11. WAJEED - Remember - from MEMOIRS OF HIGH-TECH JAZZ (Tresor)
12. MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE - Love is everywhere - from FREEDOM: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF PHAROAH SANDERS (South Bank Music)
13. ROSALÍA - Como un G - from MOTOMAMI (Columbia)

Giuseppe's 2022 favorites:

14. GUTS - Estrellas (versión polvo) - from ESTRELLAS (Heavenly Sweetness)
15. FRANZ TUERNAL - Koultans - from HUNEE SELECTS: MELODIES RECORD CLUB #003 (Melodies International)
16. J.M. ROTIN - Le ou lov' - from ENERGY (Liso Music)
17. SÉLÈNE SAINT-AIMÉ - Potomitan - from POTOMITAN (Komos)
18. OKI - Afghan herbal garden - from TONKORI IN THE MOONLIGHT 1996-2006 (Mais Um Discos)
19. LEE TRACY & ISAAC MANNING - Love is everlasting - from IS IT WHAT YOU WANT? (Athens of the North)
20. LAURA MICHELE - You always hurt the one you love - from AMERICA DREAM RESERVE (Smiling C)
21. BONFIM - U know you can - from BONFIN (Bonfim)
22. DELLY ROLLIES & FRIENDS 82 - Licik - from LICIK (Jiwa Jiwa)
23. RUBEL - Colégio - from CASAS (Dorileo)
24. AYANDA SIKADE - Mithandazo Yeengelosi - from Umakhulu (Afrosynth)
25. THE OPERATION BREADBASKET ORCHESTRA & CHOIR FEATURING MAHALIA JACKSON AND MAVIS STAPLES - Precious lord, take my hand - from A QUESTLOVE JAWN: SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) (Sony Music)

Head in the Clouds

Head in the Clouds // Radio ARA // EPISODE 17 // 17.01.2023 // BEST OF 2022

We are two Luxembourg-based record diggers who love warm, organic, analogue, eclectic and deep sounds which bring to mind tropical sunsets, campfire parties on the beach, humid jungle nights and star-filled skies. Maracas, vintage synths, saxophones, drum computers and echo machines are common ingredients. 

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @editionsdelux.

Head in the Clouds is a monthly show on Radio ARA focused on new, rare, and rediscovered underground music, 100% on vinyl records from our own collections. Genres covered during the show could be labelled Balearic, electronic, deep house, jazz, Brazilian, funk, Japanese, African, folk, cosmic disco, boogie, Afro-Caribbean, ambient, New Age, dub reggae, soul, downtempo, vaporwave, Fourth World…

Overlooked records, forgotten gems, or classic masterpieces, no bias and no limits when your head is in the clouds!

Artwork by @JanineCharlotte (Instagram).

Hear more music from Editions de Lux at 
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/sWhnp and https://www.ara.lu/shows/head-in-the-clouds/

Playlist with songs played in the shows: 
Head in the Clouds // Radio ARA
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7JNn2QD5ckILm7PEpaKjvB?si=148b7670a89646d6