01 Omara Portuondo - Si, A Ti Yo Ti Quiero
02 Raul Gomez - Dacapo
03 Rembert Egues - Para Que Para Que
04 Orq. Riverside - Asi Si Mi Nena
05 Grupo Monumental - Nadie Se Siento Cansado
06 Grupo Irakere - Bacalao Con Pan
07 Juan Pablo Torres & Algo Nuevo - Son Y Propulsion
08 Ricardo Eddy Martinez - La 132
09 Juan Pablo Torres - Y Aparecio El Trombon
10 Grupo Los Yoyi - El Fino
11 Emiliano Salvador - Preludio Y Vision
12 Elena Burke - De Mis Recuerdos
13 Chucho Valdes - Sonidos Siderales
14 Los Brio - El 4-5-6
15 Los Van Van - Porque Lo Haces Tu
16 Los Papinos - Para Que Tienes
17 Grupo Del Experimentacion Sonora Del ICAIC - La Contradanza
18 Combo Tiempos Nuevos - Abrazame Por Favor
19 Juan Pablo Torres - Rompe Cocorico
20 Quinteto Instrumental De Musica Moderna - Gandanga, Mondongo Y Sandunga
21 Orq. Cubana De Musica Moderna - Aja Bibi (Afroshake)
22 Juan Pablo Torres & Algo Nuevo - Mayajigua
23 Grupo Afro Cuba - Que Sensacion Quando La Vi!
24 Los Sintesis - Con La Luz De La Manana
25 Yotu Y Ela - De Tu Amor Me Enamore
26 Emiliano Salvador - Triton

01 E.S.T. - Seven Days of Falling (215 CD)
02 Herbaliser - Next Stop (K7! CD)
03 Spengler - Sweet Love (Bermuda Triangle CD-R)
04 Harlem River Drive - Idle Hands (Roulette LP)
05 Asha Puthli - Space Talk (CBS LP)
06 Eddie Drennon & BBS Unlimited - Do What You Gotta Do (Friends & Co LP)
07 Platinum Pied Pipers feat. Steve Spacek - No Worries (Ubiquity LP)
08 Flying Lotus feat. Ahu - Roberta Flack (Warp CD)
09 Katalyst feat. Stephanie McKay - Say What You Feel (BBE CD)

Spacewalker's New Sound of Jap Jazz mix:

10 Ino Hidefumi - Love Theme From Spartacus (Innocent CD)
11 Hajime Yoshizawa - Waltz for Jason (Especial 12")
12 Shuya Okino replayed by Sleep Walker feat. Navasha Daya - Thank You (Especial 12")
13 Quasimode feat. Carmen Lundy - Object In the Mirror (Geneon CD)
14 Indigo Jam Unit - Hyo-Ten (Basis CD)
15 J.A.M. - Sign (Brownswood CD)
16 Jazztronik - For a Long Time After (Counterpoint LP)
17 Quasimode - Skelton Coast (Freestyle 12")
18 Soil & "Pimp" Sessions - Harbor (DMR 12")
19 Izanami - Sol part 1 (Jazz Mafia CD)
20 Izanami - Sol part 2 (Jazz Mafia CD)
21 Soil & "Pimp" Sessions - Dawn (Brownswood CD)
22 Big Bang - Spiral Waltz (Indigo Jam Unit remix) (Arision CD)
23 Sleep Walker feat. Pharoah Sanders - The Voyage (Especial 12")

The Balanso duo pick their 2009 favourites!  Top 15 singles/tracks in the first hour, top 10 albums in the second! Next week another "best of" edition (compilations, re-issues, labels etc.)...

22:00-23:00

TOP 15 SINGLES/TRACKS OF 2009

15 Human Factor - It's No Use (Sunrize 12")

14 Floating Points- Love Me Like This (R2 12")

13 Wild Cookie - Serious Drug (Homegrown 12")

12 Miles Sagnia - Changes (Aesthetic Audio 12")

11 Jamie Finlay - Don't Sleep (Wahwah 45s 7")

     Alister Johnson - Invitation (Wah Wah 45s 7")

10 Quantic - Enyere Cumbara (Tru Thoughts 7")

09 Leon King - Knowingness (MFT 12")

08 Trus'me feat. Dam Funk - Bail Me Out (Fatcity 7")

07 Makoto & Kez YM - Chameleon (original & mixes) (Mukatsuku 12")

06 Theo Parrish - Space Station (Sound Signature 12")

05 Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So Maybe No (Stones Throw 12")

04 Theophilus London- Cold Pillow (CD-R)

03 Social Disco Club- Way You Move (Greg Wilson edit) (Bear 12")

02 Gizelle Smith  - The Right Time For Love (Soul Seed 7")

01 Lucinda Slim-  All This Time (Melting Pot 7")

23:00-00:00

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2009

10 Mos Def - Ecstatic (Downtown)

09 Mayer Hawthorne – A Strange Arrangement (Stones Throw)

08 Jukka Eskola – Walk Over (Ricky-Tick)

07 Build An Ark – Love Part 1 (Kindred Spirits)

06 Lee Fields - My World (Truth & Soul)

05 Matthew Halsall – Colour Yes (Gondwana)

04 Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – Suite For Ma Dukes (Mochilla)

03 Dam-Funk - Toeachizown (Stones Throw)

02 Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information (Strut)

01 Quantic & his Combo Barbaro - Tradition In Transition (Tru Thoughts)

Amblito's (Flytime Leeds) Balanso Brasilian Takeover

01-03 Ipanemas - various cuts from Call of the Gods(Far Out CD)

Amblito's Brasil part III mix (with comments)

04 Luiz Eca - Pra Dizer Adeus
Piano and strings, from his Piano e Cordas album - lovely!
05 Nara Leao - Acender as Velas
Nara singing in French
06 Jose Mauro - Tarde de Nupcias
From his Obnoxius album, this tune reminds me of ducks
07 Nana Caymmi - Velho Pescador
More strings!
08 Alaide Costa - Corpos
The outro sounds very Marcos Valle like
09 Jayme Marques - Carta a Tom 74
A bit fusiony
10 Ana Mazzotti - Roda Mundo
Everyone knows this one
11 Tom Zé - Complexo de Épico
Bonkers
12 Corisco E Os Sambaloucos - Mas Que Nada!
Big band style
13 Rio 65 Trio - Mau Mau
Cover of the Art Farmer classic
14 Tema 3 - Zonda
Zonda is an Argentinian wind, that's what the Pagani Zonda is named after anyway
15 Jongo Trio - O Menino Das Laranjas
The orange boy
16 Tamba Trio - El Cerro
Live! Taken from a Mexico only album, a cover of Favela (O Morro Nao Tem Vez)
17 Vinicius de Moraes e Dorival Caymmi - Broto Maroto
I love this one! Pretty harmonies! Quarteto em Cy innit
18 Joao Donato - Cada Jodel
Donato rules
19 Papudinho - Love for Sale
Campy organ brilliance
20 Arnaud Rodrigues - Sociedade de Consumo
Catchy
21 Jorge Ben - Quem Cochicha o Rabo Espicha
Jorge's stuff always sounds best with a harmonised female backing
22 Banda Black Rio - Danca do Dia
Funk
23 Gerson King Combo - Aquela Brincadeira
More funk
24 Banda Black Rio - Zumbi
Funk again
25 Banda Uniao Black - Black Rio
Even more funk
26 Toni Tornado - Sou Negro
Cover of a James Brown tune
27 Doris Monteiro - Festa na Paroquia
I like Doris' music a lot, I've got nearly all her albums
28 Gilberto Gil - Procissao
Tropicalia
29 Martinho da Vila - Som Africano
Martinho is a famous samba musician and a spokesperson for the Brazilian Communist Party
30 Marcos Ariel - Garape/Chapada do Corisco/Garape
Fast and fusiony
31 Gal Costa - Passarinho
From her India album
32 Alaide Costa - Coracao
Coracao is Portuguese for heart, you hear this word mentioned a lot in Brazilian tunes
33 Vincius/Caymmi Com o Quarteto Em Cy e o Conjunto Oscar Castro Neves - Bom Dia Amigo/Carta ao Tom/Berimbau
Lots of talking at the beginning but stick with it!

01 Erykah Badu - Otherside of the Game (Universal)

02 Alison Crockett - Like Rain (Wah Wah 45s)

03 Lauryn Hill feat. D'Angelo - Nothing Even Matters (Columbia)

04 Amp Fiddler - Heaven (Genuine)

05 D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (EMI)

06 Erykah Badu - A.D. 2000 (Motown)

07 Dwele - Twuneanunda (Virgin)

08 D'Angelo - Spanish Joint (Virgin)

09 Omar - Essensual (Oyster)

10 Donnie - Do You Know (Giant Step)

11 Raphael Saadiq - Skyy, Can You Feel Me (Universal)

12 Peven Everett - Staletto Girl (Studio Confessions)

13 D'Angelo - Can't Hide Love (EMI)

14 Jill Scott - Slowly Surely (Hidden Beach)

15 Dwele - A Pimp's Dream (Virgin)

16 Musiq Soulchild - Stopplayin (Def Soul)

17 Amel Larrieux - Get Up (Epic)

18 Adriana Evans - Reality (Relativity)

19 India.Arie - Strenght Courage & Wisdom (Motown)

20 V - Born Again (BBE)

21 Jill Scott - Honey Molasses (Hidden Beach)

22 Maxwell - Mellowsmoothe (Columbia)

23 Vikter Duplaix - In the Middle of You (BBE)

In no particular order...

01 Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Find a Way (Mochilla LP)

02 Quantic & Combo Barbaro - A Dreaming Mind (Tru Thoughts CD)

03 Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics - Masengo (Strut LP)

04 Emanative - Petite Planete (Futuristica CD)

05 Heavy - Music (Kindred Spirits CD)

06 Moody - Mama's Hand (KDJ 12")

07 Dorian Concept - Fort Teen (Kindred Spirits LP)

08 Theophilus London - Cold Pillow (CD-R)

09 Nick Van Gelder feat. Marcina Arnold - A Brigher Star (BBE CD)

10 Rasmus Faber - Never Figure Out (Farplane CD)

11 Mos Def - Quiet Dog (Downtown CD-R)

12 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Alyo (Honest Jon's 10")

13 Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No (Stones Throw 12")

14 Lucinda Slim - All This Time (Melting Pot 7")

15 Floatingpoints - Love Me Like This (R2 12") 

16 Bullion - Time For Us All To Love (One Handed 12")

17 Daytoner - Little Wonder (Wack 7")

18 Jack Penate - Tonight's Today (XL 12")

19 Detroit Experiment - Think Twice (Henrik Schwarz rmx) (Juno 12")

20 Human Factor - It's No Use (Sunrize 12")

21 Colman Brothers - Sem Amor (WahWah 45s 7")

22 Jabberloop - 荘厳伝説 (Columbia CD)

23 Quasimode - Afrodisia (Blue Note/Toshiba CD)

24 Scallymatic Orchestra - Minor Moves (Flyin' High CD)

25 Jukka Eskola - Jova (Ricky-Tick 12")

70 Years of Blue Note: 1939-2009

01 Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (Maiden Voyage, 1965)

02 Kenny Dorham - Sao Paulo (Una Mas, 1963)

03 Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (Speak No Evil, 1964)

04 Donald Byrd - The Loner (Slow Drag, 1967)

05 Horace Silver - The Tokyo Blues (The Tokyo Blues, 1962)

06 Art Blakey - So Tired (Night In Tunisia, 1960)

07 Andrew Hill - Mira (Grass Roots, 1968)

08 Lee Morgan - Afreaka (Sixth Sense, 1967)

09 Ike Quebec - Acquitted (Heavy Soul, 1961)

10 Lee Morgan - Caramba (Caramba, 1968)

11 Horace Silver - Kathy (In Pursuit of the 27th Man, 1972)

12 Jackie McLean - Plight (Action, 1964)

13 McCoy Tyner - Utopia (Tender Moments, 1967)

14 Wayne Shorter - Footprints (Adam's Apple, 1966)

15 Elvin Jones - Simone (Coalition, 1970)

16 Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (Midnight Blue, 1963)

17 Wayne Shorter - Lost (Soothsayer, 1965)

18 Bobby Hutcherson - Maiden Voyage (Happenings, 1966)

01 Kindred the Family Soul - Rhythm of Life (Hidden Beach)

02 Erykah Badu - Didn't Cha Know (Motown)

03 Leon King - Knowingness (MFT)

04 Jesse Boykins III - Amorous (Vinyl Virtue)

05 Omar - Never Too Late (BMG)

06 D'Angelo - When We Get By (EMI)

07 Eric Roberson - Couldn't Hear Me (Talkin' Loud)

08 Maxwell - Ascension (Unplugged version) (Columbia)

09 Alicia Keys - Feeling U, Feeling Me (Interlude) (J Records)

10 Glenn Lewis - Don't You Forget It (Epic)

11 Vivian Green - Fanatic (Columbia)

12 Ledisi - Alright (Verve Forecast)

13 Lucy Pearl feat. Phat Kat - Without You (Dwele remix) (Virgin)

14 Floetry - Butterflies (DreamWorks)

15 Jill Scott - Whenever You're Around (Hidden Beach)

16 D'Angelo - Me & Those Dreaming Eyes of Mine (live) (EMI)

17 Jill Scott - Whatever (Hidden Beach)

18 Goapele - Closer (Goapele Music)

19 Conya Doss - What I'd Do (Conya Doss Songs)

20 Bilal - All For Love (white label)

21 Trina Broussard - Inside My Love (Columbia)

22 Vivian Green - What Is Love (Columbia)

23 Chico DeBarge - Physical Train (Universal)

24 Dwele - Kick Out of You (Virgin)

01 Matthew Burgess - Cool Breeze Edit No3 (Unreleased)

02 Timi Thomas – Africano (TK Disco)

03 Barry “The Fish” Melton - Level With Me (Vanguard)

04 Human Egg – Love Like This (Lizard Records)

05 Secret edit (Unreleased)

06 Maelstrom - Bab's Cabs Edit (Solardisco)

07 Bio-rhythms - Goody Goody (Atlantic)

08 Bunny Mack – Let Me Love You (Unreleased Edit)

09 Brubekk – Wahwahwatson (Unreleased)

10 LTG Exchange – Waterbd (RCA)

11 Gary Davis – The Professor’s Here (Greg Wilson Remix) (Smash Hit Music US)

12 Rob Webstar – 21st Century Disko (Original Arpeggio Mix) (Cosmic Dust)

13 In Flagranti – Firmly Planted Memories (Codek Switzerland)

14 Dirthayze – The Jump (Speak Recordings)

15 Enzo Ponzio – Disco Disco (Pizzico Nobel)

16 Silver City – Victoria Jam (Deep Freeze)

17 Chaz Jankel / Yam Who? – Without You (Electric Minds)

18 Umbro & Balatz – Desert Case (Quasamodo Remix) (Timewarp Greece)

19 Moby – I Like To Move In Here (Holy Ghost Remix) (Mute Records)

20 Luke Solomon – People, Places, Thoughts & Faces (Ajello Remix) (REKIDS)

21 Oliver Desmet – Drunken (Amenti Musci)

22 Bernard Badie - Time Reveals (Mojuba)