Archeo Recordings released two of this year`s top balearic beats, in the shape of Tonica & Dominate`s Gennarino ‘O Sioux and Sara Loreni`s Neve A Maggio. Here, label founder Daniele Manuel Dallerba, or Manu to his mates, comprehensively lists his own tips for the tunes of 2021.
Top 12s:
Expositions / Energia Mistica (Remixes) / Balearic Social Records
Sara Loreni / Neve A Maggio (Remixes) / Archeo Recordings
The Emperor Machine / Dance Par Amour / Leng
Top 45s:
Leisure Dub / Weekend Waiting / Lexx Music
Reggae Disco Rockers / The Whistle Song / Flower Records
Jpye & Renato / Cosa Ti Va? / Claremont 56
Top 10s:
B:dum B:dum Sound / Do/Don’t / Mysticisms
Top Tapes:
Eleventeen Eston / Delta Horizon / Not Not Fun Records
Beverly Glenn-Copeland / …Keyboard Fantasies… / Transgressive Records
Top Digital:
La Guardia De La Luz / Awakenings EP / Hell Yeah Recordings
Tuccinelli / Solo Un Tema / Modern Manners
Feel Fly / Esperanto / Hell Yeah Recordings
Top Albums:
Manrico & Nicola / Le Piante Del Lago / Archeo Recordings
Hear & Now / Milvus / Claremont 56
Top Compilations:
Heisei No Oto (Japanese Left-Field Pop From The CD Age, 1989-1996) / Music From Memory
Naya Beat Volume 1: South Asian Dance And Electronic Music 1983 – 1992 / Naya Beat Records
Top Reissues:
Tony Esposito / Kalimba De Luna (Hear & Now Remix) / Archeo Recordings
Tonica & Dominante / Tigre / Gennarino ‘O Sioux / Archeo Recordings
Arthur Russell / Another Thought / Be With Records
Ban Ban Ton Ton 