Best of 2015: Hark’s Top 40 Songs & Artists

December 21, 2015

In no particular order from what I could remember.

Unknown Artists – A Jazz Thing (Uniile 01)

Didn’t know what song to pick from this EP. No wonder it’s going for £150 online.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DPbTl6RK7U

Floating Points – Elaenia

One of the best electronic albums of 2015. My favourite off this silky smooth album.

2814 – 新しい日の誕生/Birth of a New Day

This whole scene really is beautiful. Great things happening in the far east.

Erykah Badu – Hello (Ft. Andre 3000)

Maybe the best song off her mixtape. Andre and Erykah right?

Kendrick Lamar – Alright

Album of the year and one of the best in the last decade. There is ALWAYS hope. Respect Kendrick.

The Internet – Special Affair

Chilled funky RnB from the West Coast.

Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color

Can’t believe how short the song is. Just a brilliant song.

WSTRN ft. Wretch 32, Chip & Geko – IN2 Remix

London summertime banger. Feel-good chirps riddim.

Sound Stream – Bass Affairs

Grooviest roller I’ve heard all year. One for the euphoric sunset dancers.

OMI – Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)

Worldwide anthem. Got to recognise the simplicity of this song. Trumpet made it really.

t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 and Hong Kong Express : 愛慕 / 悲哀

Yeah sometimes life is deep. No better way to escape. This will create landscape in your brain.

100 Bars – Sikander Kahlon

Didn’t even know that this existed. Nice to see trap in Punjabi with meaningful lyrics. Had to support.

Social Lovers – Can’t Let It Go

Layers of melancholic sounds will help you float off.

Bryson Tiller – Don’t

This type of RnB will be appreciated more in the future. Mood is everything in this sound.

Disclosure – Holding On ft. Gregory Porter

Great combo and should have been bigger than it deserved. Gregory’s voice though.

Jessy Lanza – You Never Show Your Love ft. DJ Spinn, Taso

This track is a lot more complex than you think. Like a screwed and chopped footwork track.

Hunee – Rare Happiness

Groove house from this top-notch selector on the ones-n-twos.

Archy Marshall – A New Place 2 Drown

Archy captures the current mood in South London with this sound.

Homeshake – I Don’t Wanna

Definitely one of the best for this type of sound and mood.

D’Angelo and The Vanguard – Really Love

My favourite cut off his latest album. Great live as well.

Thundercat – Lone Wolf and Cub

Great energy from this underrated bass master.

Earl Sweatshirt – Solace

Great solo cut from the little genius. However he is awful live.

Jeremih – Planes feat J.Cole

Sexy banger.

Stormzy – Shut Up

TELL MY MAN SHUT UP. Stormzy is growning and it’s great to see mans from the ends making it.

Section Boyz – Lock Arff

Was gonna go with Trapping Ain’t Dead, but this is so London it’s crazy.

Nines – Just Another Day

Road-rap you can bop to in the club. G-funk meets North Weezy.

Jme ft Giggs – Man Don’t Care

Two lyrical dons coming together and make a classic.

Soops (Piff Gang) – Audibles

British purple-haze rap at its finest. Consistency from this reclusive Piff Gang member.

Christian Scott – Perspectives

Taking it to a whole new level which is emotive piece by Christian Scott.

Jeffrey Lewis – Back To Manhattan

Gentrified Lou Reed in summertime New York. Humorous and upbeat-folk.

Anthony Naples – Miles

His sound is unique and he is consistently making hypnotic dance-floor classics

Denzel Curry – Ultimate

The kinda purple rap I DO LIKE! Denzel is different.

Skepta – Shutdown

Could of picked a few bangers still!

Walter Ego – Skepta

Some sort of depressing and empowering house-grime hybrid.

Gully Bop & Stylo G – Who She Want

A cheeky little cross-Atlantic collaboration. Old VS new.

Vybz Kartel – Dancehall

Swear no one in any music has made this many songs from a prison cell.

Mr. Vegas – Thinking Out Loud

A worldwide hit getting the reggae lovers treatment. Rub-a-dub style.

Dam Funk ft Flea – Floating On Air

No one anywhere makes funk like this anymore. To legends in their own right coming together.

Hiatus Kaiyote – Borderline with My Atoms

One of the most underrated bands of recent times.

Kamasi Washington – Clair de Lune

3hrs of quality jazz. No wonder the album is called The Epic!

Drake – Know Yourself

But this song is actually good. Been rolling with woes since birth.

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