Me and Manu have been mates since he started Archeo Recordings in 2014, and every December it’s become a bit of a custom for him to send me a massive “Best Of The Year” list. The exhaustive nature of which is a nice demonstration of his “mad” musical enthusiasm. This December was no different. Manu’s respected reissue imprint had a quiet 2023, while he planned for 2024. However, that clearly didn’t stop him listening to an amazing amount of music…

Top 12s:

Mudd – In The Garden Of Mindfulness / Claremont 56

Payfone & Kyd Nereida – I Feel You / Leng

Radiomarc – Popcorn 001 / Popcorn Groove

Club Soda – Basso E Batteria EP / Flexi Cuts

Asha Puthli – Disco Mystic: Select Remixes Volume 1 / Naya Beat Records

Asha Puthli – Space Talk: With Remixes By Dimitri From Paris / Naya Beat Records

hubbabubbaklubb – AxelSuperKlubb / Snorkel Records

40 Thieves, Gary Davis & Cinnamon Jones – The Gift / Leng

The Emperor Machine & Severine Mouletin – Your Own Style / Leng

Sewell & The Gong – Tonight We Fly E.P. / Before I Die

Riccardo Cioni – Fog (Remixes) / Mondo Groove

Cicciolina – Muscolo Rosso / Mondo Groove

Moana Pozzi – Dance Hits / Mondo Groove

Dr. Bronzer – Sandee Bottoms / Wet Dreams / Is It Balearic? Recordings

Escape From New York – Save Our Love / Isle Of Jura

Calm & Jimi Tenor – Big City Takes EP / Hell Yeah Recording

Statues – Clear Skies / Is It Balearic? Recordings

Unknown Artist – I Was A DJ / Promesse / R&C Records

Top 45s:

Cristina Camargo – Moral Tem Hora / Minas Do Rei Salomão / Disques Messagers

Top Cassettes:

Tatsuro Yamashita – Spacy / Ariola Japan

Top Digital:

Statues – Club Love (Manu Archeo Extended Love Edit) / MM Discos

Pan Electric – Music For A Busy Head Volume 3 / Pan Electric

Seahawks – Infinite Echo Remixes / Ocean Moon

aus – Everis / flau / Lo Recordings

Statues – Lost Star Ep / MM Discos

Cantoma – Way To The Sun (Calm Mellow Mellow Acid Mix) / Highwood Recording

Lexx – Float Downstream (Revisited) / Lexx Music

Mark Barrott – Jōhatsu (The Remixes) / Mark Barrott Self-released

Top CDs:

Altera Nexa – No Borders / New Interplanetary Melodies

ZUG Zona Utopica Garantita – Un Mondo Di Pochi Metri / La Statua Sommersa Produzioni

Top Albums:

Ozric Tentacles – Lotus Unfolding / Kscope

Mike Salta & Mortale – Moloko Island / Music For Dreams

Nightdubbing – Favouritism / Not On Label

Mark Barrott – Jōhatsu (蒸発) / Reflections

Lexx – Home Away From Home / Lexx Music

Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti – Déjà Vu / Selva Discos

Il Quadro di Troisi – Remixes / Raster

Vaisa – Vaisa / Tiella Sound

Moana Pozzi – Loveland / Cinedelic Records

Moana Pozzi – Impulsi Di Sesso / Cinedelic Records

Ferdi Schuster – Playing Life / Claremont 56

Greg Foat & Gigi Masin – Dolphin / Struț

Calm – Before – いままでのむこうがわ – = Up Until Now / Hell Yeah Recordings

Calm – Quiet Music Under the Moon -つきのおと- / Music Conception

Italcimenti – Under Construction / Bosconi Records

Top Compilations:

Claremont Editions Three / Claremont 56

Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy – Balearic Breakfast Vol. 02 / Heavenly Recordings

Dream Dolphin – Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works (1996 – 2003) / Music From Memory

Skyrager – Traces Of Illusion / Spacetalk Records

Top Reissues:

Wally Badarou – Colors Of Silence / Be With

Adioa – Toubab Bile / Secousse

Ennio Morricone – Un Sacco Bello / Cinevox Record

CCCP – Fedeli Alla Linea – Felicitazioni! / Universal Music

Almamegretta – Animamigrante / Sony Music

Bluvertigo – Altre Forme Di Vita + Cieli Neri + Fuori Dal Tempo / Sony Music

Enzo Carella – Se Non Cantassi Sarei Nessuno / Sony Music

Thomas Almqvist – Nyanser / Be With

Thomas Newman – WALL·E (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Mondo

John Williams – E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (40th Anniversary Edition) / Mond

Tosca – Dehli9 / !K7 Records