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

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…

5:5:5: 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…

5:5:5: 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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The Golden Lagoon’ Satellite celebration #3 – Exotic Immersion & Performances, all day at The Rose Hill

The Golden Lagoon: Satellite Celebration #3 @ The Rose Hill . . . . Sun 9th Feb. 3pm onwards, upstairs & down, performances and atmospherics in the hypnotic multi-sensory depths of the lagoon.

A daytime-into-evening of immersion into the realm of The Golden Lagoon… Projections and illusions from Benedict Sheehan, Aromas from King Lagoon’s Aroma Wizard, Otherworldly Tastes, Interactive-Sounds, Performances & Exotica DJs throughout.

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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…

5:5:5: 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: X. Branner Griswell Vs zillagramwiches: 5 Questions / 5 answers

5:5:5: X.

Branner Griswell [BG] Vs. zillagramwiches [ZLG]

5Qs / 5As

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BG. OK so I’m going hit you with some hopefully-not-overwrought musical questions, so bear with me. This will be more like a conversational thing since I can’t take you out for some well deserved pints.

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

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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5:5:5: IX. 2017: Back for another end-of-year bonanza, 50 select tracks from label regulars + cohorts…

5:5:5: IX. 2017.

The end-of-year spectacular returns with a volley of ten quint-essential selections…

5tracks apiece that hit home hard during (but not necessarily from) Twenty Seventeen.

by:

| zillagramwiches | Readsy | Kubla Khan | Stephen Kin;aesthetic | Alphabets Heaven |

| Electric Ape | Scaramanga Silk | Proprio | Branner Griswell | Damian Evans |

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