55 hand gathered highlights, 11 batches of five music highs, prime found sounds… 5:5:5: XVIII. 2024/25. Over here on the FlrtLstn blog, January means but one glorious thing… Label crew, cohorts and regulars have nurtured and polished a golden cache

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5:5:5: XVII: 2023/24 – 70 obsessed-over tracks, 14 fiery selections, a hot-stack of music discovered during 2023…

5 January 202428 November 2025 Stephen KinAesthetic

5:5:5: XVII. 2023.

Here we go!

The label hibernated in 2023, but the ever dedicated selectors below were always listening, on high ear alert, and once more share their joy, enthusiasm and passion across 5 choice tracks;

discovered and adored during (but not necessarily from) 2023.

It’s an honour to work on this annual pooled 5:5:5:, big thanks and appreciation to everyone here for their contributions…

In no particular order, dear reader, listener,

sound explorer, aural inquisitor;

we invite you on an annual collected music

adventure, like no other

>>>

| Scaramanga Silk || zillagramwiches || Aidan Maartens |

|| Branner Griswell | Readsy | Rodrigo King Lagoon ||

| Ring Modulator || Clas Tuuth || Stephen Kin;aesthetic |

| Kubla Khan || Electric Ape || Damian Evans |

 || Alphabets Heaven | Proprio ||

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5:5:5: XVI: 2022 – 65 meticulously chosen tracks, 13 fine filtered quintets to pore over and peruse…

5 January 2023 Stephen KinAesthetic

5:5:5: XVI. 2022.

Another rich musical spring bubbles up from these sharp-eared selectors,

a collected, collective year of impassioned listening, digging and sound sifting;

behold the hot bounty of tracks, rousing and exciting during 2022.

Big big props to this lot below, dive in and share their aural joy!

|| Damian Evans | Proprio | Ring Modulator ||

| Scaramanga Silk || Alphabets Heaven |

| Rodrigo King Lagoon || Aidan Maartens || Branner Griswell |

|| Kubla Khan | zillagramwiches ||

 | Electric Ape || Stephen Kin;aesthetic || Clas Tuuth |

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5:5:5: XV: 2021 – 65 tracks held high by 13 impassioned selectors.. A glorious parade of much-loved tracks, please take your seats…

5 January 2022 Stephen KinAesthetic

5:5:5: XV. 2021.

Here we are again for the end of year 5:5:5: extravaganza, and firstly a massive

thank you to all 13 selectors below, who enthusiastically leaped

and painstakingly picked their 5-track, 2021 highlights.

A glorious parade of much-loved tracks,

65 in total, sourced far and wide,

format agnostic.

Please dig

In.

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5:5:5: XIII – Here it is… 60 shining tracks, 2020 highlights from 12 music obsessed label regulars…

5 January 2021 Stephen KinAesthetic

5:5:5: XIII. 2020.

Well, I’m sure no one needs me to go on about the pains of this year, suffice to say, it’s been a good one for exploring music from a distance.

And so once again, I have the honour of presenting the selections of some properly obsessed music addicts, each here picking 5 particular track highlights, in no particular order, except that they made an indelible mark during 2020 for the selectors below.

An enormous thanks to each of them, 60 tracks to explore herein…

|| Alphabets Heaven | Scaramanga Silk | Aidan Maartens ||

|| Proprio | Kubla Khan | Ring Modulator ||

|| Electric Ape | Rodrigo King Lagoon | Damian Evans ||

|| Stephen Kin;aesthetic | Readsy | Branner Griswell ||

… Continue reading5:5:5: XIII – Here it is… 60 shining tracks, 2020 highlights from 12 music obsessed label regulars…

5:5:5: Selections, Listening Habits, Recommended Music

5:5:5: XII. 2019: After a break last year, we return for another glorious end-of-year 5-track blowout, carefully considered and ear-selected by label regulars + cohorts…

5 January 2020 Stephen KinAesthetic

5:5:5: XII. 2019.

Making a triumphant return after a year off, what a treat to present such a passionate stack of carefully selected 2019-inspired quintets…

Grabbing this lot’s attention, during (but not necessarily from) Twenty Nineteen.

by:

| Branner Griswell | Damian Evans |

| Rodrigo King Lagoon | Readsy |

| Kubla Khan | Stephen Kin;aesthetic |

| Alphabets Heaven | Electric Ape |

 | zillagramwiches | Proprio |

| Aidan Maartens | Ring Modulator |

| Scaramanga Silk |

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5:5:5: XI. Five Albums, Five Five-Piece Bands by Damian Evans

5 May 2018 Stephen KinAesthetic

Damian Evans presents his own enthusiastic 5-strong tribute to five quintets, celebrating and surveying five seminal collectives’ Long Players…

Has any other band managed to channel such a wide range of influences into a unique and consistent output over a 20-year period as…

… Continue reading5:5:5: XI. Five Albums, Five Five-Piece Bands by Damian Evans

Filtered Listening Radio, Listening Habits, Recommended Music

Filtered Listening #18 | Innov8radio | zillagramwiches X crooked crossed X mariolenard | 18th Feb 2018 | Listen back here:

2 March 2018 Stephen KinAesthetic

The beat-touting trio take-over for Filtered Listening 18, zillagramwiches, crooked crossed and mariolenard lead us through an enthusiastic, ear-pricking selection of twisted beatwork, sliced electronics and jazz experimentation…

1. Dr00p – McCLOUD [2016, Self-Released / Bandcamp] {zlg}
2. Jameszoo – Spit [2017, Brainfeeder] {zlg}
3. Jon & Vangelis – The Friends of Mr Cairo [1981, Polydor] {crcr}
4. Gary Numan – Music for Chameleons [1982, Beggars Banquet] {crcr}
5. Mckaya Mckraven – The Encore [2015, International Anthem] {ml}
6. Henry Wu – Boards and Skins [2017, Eglo] {ml}

… more

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Filtered Listening #17 | Innov8radio | Kubla Khan & Stephen Kin;Aesthetic | 28th Jan 2018 | Listen back here:

21 February 2018 Stephen KinAesthetic

Welcome all, to the first Filtered Listening show of the year, and no.17 captures the usual restless, insatiable variety we thrive on.

1. The Fall – Midnight in Aspen [2005, Slogan] {K;A}
2. Japan – Aint That Peculiar [1980, Virgin] {K;A}
3. Ciccone Youth – Making the Nature Scene [1987, Blast First] {KK}
4. Zazou / Bikaye / Cy 1 – Lamuka (1983, Crammed Discs] {KK}
5. Hugh Masekela – The Boy’s Doin It [1975, Casablanca] {K;A}
6. Gregory Issacs – Crofs [1978, CSA] {K;A}
7. Jah Shaka – Promise Dub [1992, Jah Shaka / Greensleeves] {KK}
8. Brendon Moeller – Merry Go Round [2006, Earsugar] {KK}

… MORE

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