Perfect 12 inch
Max Essa – Themes From The Hood, The Cad & The Lovely
Three killers on one 12inch.
Best 7 inch
B B Bogaloo – Crest Of A Wave
Ion Din Dorobanti – Mi-e Poftă De Tine
Best 10 inch
Frank Mullins – What Jah Give (Androo Remix)
Compilations
Bill Brewster – Tribal Rites
Lost Somali Tapes – Sweet As Broken Dates
Moonboots – Moments In Time
DJ Harvey – Mercury Rising
Young Marco – Welcome to Paradise
Phil Mison – Out Of The Blue
Jan Schulte – Tropical Drums
John Gomez – Outro Tempo
JD Twitch – Miracle Steps
Jeremy Spellacy – Crown Ruler Sound
Mambo & Guts – Beach Diggin` Vol. 5
Young Marco – Selectors
Jan Van Der Brooke – 11000 Dreams
Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat Of Cameroon
Perfect Pop Song
Badbadnotgood – I Don’t Know (feat. Samuel T. Herring)
Unusual Production And Song Structure
Nic Fanciulli – Saying
Smily Face-Inducing Track
Okay Temiz / Jonny Dyani – Hepimiz Icin
Killer Package
Claremont 56 – 10 Years Anniversary Box Set
Overlooked Record
Kuniyuki & Jimpster – Kalima’s Dance (Sprinkles Deeperama)
Sounding like Arthur Russell / Indian Ocean`s Tree House.
Best Pop Album
LCD Sound System – American Dream
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest
Wunderful Weirdness
Jlin – Black Origami
Visionist – Value
My Most Played Track Of 2017
Willie Graff & Darren Eboli – Love Flight
Love it to piece. Sounding a bit like Wally Badarou meets Metro Area.
Perfect Summer Vibe
Modern Manners – Running With Me
Bootlegs
Bahnsteig
Balearic Blah Blah
Hammam House
Merchandise
Nancy & Leo`s Balearic Lovers
Busy Bee
Andi Hanley
Movies
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Dunkirk
The Square
Mens Vi Lever (Danish – While We Live)
Series
Godless
Amazing moment of 2017
Hearing DJ Harvey drop Copenema at Pikes at the opening party of Mercury Rising in Ibiza at 4 in the morning and seeing the reaction it caused.
Last Words For 2017
Special thanks to all the labels and artists for an unbelievable amount of fantastic music.