Ban Ban Ton Ton is looking back on the musical year. Since Japanese superstition holds 7 as her luckiest number, we’re gonna try to keep each selection tight to this total, in the hope that our conjuring of 7 X 7 X 7 X … will collectively manifest some magic for 2025. You may witness some attempts to creatively bend the rules, blur / invent genres and rinse formats, in order to squeeze in as many great releases as possible…

Given his mad musical enthusiasm, I knew that there was no way I gonna be able to get Manu from Archeo Recordings to stick to just a lucky 7 selections. However, I wasn`t quite expecting this. Listed below are Manu`s favourites – across any and every format you care to mention – from 2024. There`s more music here than I perhaps even listened to…

Super selections care of Manu Archeo.

Top 12s:

Various – ‘Archeo Recordings 10 Year Anniversary’ Volume 1 EP / Archeo Recordings

Infradisco – Aqua Cheta 12″ (Remixes) + CD (Originals) / Archeo Recordings

Ettika – Ettika / Archeo Recordings

Tony Esposito – Pagaia (Feel Fly Remixes) / Archeo Recordings

Radiomarc – Popcorn 002 / Popcorn Groove

Mudd – Eighty Three (Remixes) / Claremont 56

Mudd – Spielplatz / Claremont 56

Alex Kassian x Mad Professor – E2-E4 – A Reference To E2-E4 By Manuel Göttsching / Test Pressing Recordings

Manjeet Kondal, Mr. Scruff, Turbotito, Ragz – Bhangra House Xtc (Holle Holle Revisited) / Naya Beat Records

Gratts – Today (Mark Hand Mix) / Be Strong Be Free

Mr. Monday – Daybreak / Thank you

The Emperor Machine – Remixes / Leng

Lorenzo Fortino & Brody – Da Qui Al Mare / Connessioni

Yoanson And Karamie / Prof. Jah Pinpin Quartett – African Leaders / The Final Bird (Le Temps D’Une Vie) / Disques Messagers

R&C – Che Sera! / R&C

Florecer – Hidden Thoughts EP / Is It Balearic? Recordings

Michel Cleis Feat. Totó La Momposina – La Mezcla (2024 Reissue) / Groovin Recordings

Top 45s:

Ettika – Ettika / Archeo Recordings

Modula Feat. Gino Sacco – Che E’ Stato? / Archeo Recordings

Cantoma – First Nothing (Noche Española Remix) / Highwood Recordings

Feel Fly – Sole / Flexi Cuts

F F – AT01TAROT / Afro Templum

Siffleur – Carlos’ Kitchen / Siffleur

Max Essa – Marbaix Memoranda / Der Kaputte Bananenwagen / Jansen Jardin

Gratts – Sun Circles (Reimagined) / Be Strong Be Free

Gratts Feat. Mr. Beale – Submerge Me / Be Strong Be Free

Gratts – Nuit De Fievre (Pellegrino Remix) / Be Strong Be Free

Top 10s:

Don Carlos – Alone / Anorax Records

Top Cassettes:

Ocean Moon Group – Call For Peace / Lo Recordings

Top Digital:

Sara Loreni – Neve A Maggio (Remixes) / Archeo Recordings

Infradisco – Aqua Cheta: Beyond The Remixes (Digital Only) / Archeo Recordings

Modula Feat. Gino Sacco – Che E’ Stato? / Archeo Recordings

Psychemagik – Everybody’s Gotta Learn (Undercover Lovers Vol. 5) / Psychemagik

Top CDs:

Infradisco – Aqua Cheta 12″ (Remixes) + CD (Originals) / Archeo Recordings

Top Albums:

Mudd – In The Garden Of Mindfulness / Claremont 56

Be With 10 Years: Joyride & Labour Of Love / Be With

Seahawks – Time Enough For Love / Cascine US

Il Quadro Di Troisi – La Commedia / Raster

Steve Moore – Cursed Objects / Be With

Norberto De Nöah – Norberto de Nöah and The Böhöbé Spirits Müsic / Canela En Surco + Urpa I Musell

Niconote – Regola / New Interplanetary Melodies

CCCP – Fedeli Alla Linea – Altro Che Nuovo Nuovo / Universal

Top Compilations:

Various – Naya Beat Volume 2 (South Asian Dance And Electronic Music 1988-1994)  / Naya Beat Records

Balearic Mike And Kelvin Andrews – Down To The Sea & Back: Volume Tres (The Continuing Journey of the Balearic Beat) / Music For Dreams

Various – Claremont Editions Four / Claremont 56

Various – Virtual Dreams II (Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999) / Music From Memory

Top Reissues:

Arthur Russell – In The Light Of The Miracle / Be With

Kruder & Dorfmeister – The K&D Sessions (25th Anniversary Edition) / K7

Surface – Falling In Love / Be With

Boomerang – Na Zapadu Ništa Novo / Diskoton

Peter Gabriel – So / Real World Records

Enzo Carella – Barbara E Altri Carella / The Saifam Group

Walter Maioli – Caverne Sonore / Black Sweat Records

Ozric Tentacles – The YumYum Tree / Kscope

Ozric Tentacles – Erpland / Kscope

Eric Serra – Léon (Bande Originale Du Film De Luc Besson) / Polydor

Bill Conti – The Karate Kid 40th Anniversary Original Motion Picture Score / Spacelab9

Walter Rizzati – Io Sto Con Gli Ippopotami / Beat Records Company