Staff Picks 2023

Staff Picks 2023 Albert Koch Contributing Writer

1 Laurel Halo – Atlas (Awe) 2 Kate NV – Wow Black Vinyl Edition (Rvng Intl.) 3 Saeko Killy – Morphing Polaroids (Bureau B) 4 Hilary Woods – Acts Of Light Transculent Red Vinyl Edition (Sacred Bones) 5 Martina Bertoni – Hypnagogia (Karl)

6 Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden (Constellation) 7 Ryuichi Sakamoto – 12 (Masterworks) 8 Saloli – Canyon (Kranky) 9 Actress – LXXXVIII Clear Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 10 Moritz Von Oswald – Silencio (Tresor)

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Staff Picks 2023 Andreas Bonkowski Used Vinyl

1 Jim O'Rourke – OST Hands That Bind (Drag City) 2 Nina Pixel – Ancestral Archeology (Weltschmerzen) 3 Andy Shauf – Norm (Anti) 4 Oneohtrix Point Never – Again Black Vinyl Edition Black Vinyl Edition (Warp) 5 Mac DeMarco – Five Easy Hot Dogs Standard Edition (Virgin)

6 King Krule – Space Heavy Clear Vinyl Edition (XL) 7 Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X (Fire) 8 Sam Gendel – Blueblue (Leaving) 9 André 3000 – New Blue Sun (Epic) 10 Ryuichi Sakamoto – 12 (Masterworks)

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Staff Picks 2023 Andreas Schnell Contributing Writer

1 DJ Travella – Mr Mixondo (Nyege Nyege Tapes) 2 Witch – Zango Black Vinyl Edition (Partisan) 3 IzangoMa – Ngo Ma (Brownswood) 4 Faizal Nostrixxx – Mutations (Glitterbeat) 5 Snob Club – Unwucht (Kollektive Halluzination)

6 Ahl Nana – L'orchestre National Mauritanien (Radio Martiko) 7 Najib Alhoush & The Free Music – Free Music Part 1 (Habibi Funk) 8 Kleiber (Jens Rachut, Thomas Wenzel, Fritzi Ernst, Atli Grund, Ruth May, Elisabeth Wöllert) – Der Krieg Der Stille (Yachtklub Schallplatten Brande / Major Label) 9 DJs Di Guetto – DJs Di Guetto (Principe) 10 Marc Ceramic Dog Ribot's – Connection (Enja & Yellowbird)

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Staff Picks 2023 Ania Gleich Contributing Writer

1 Hania Rani – Ghosts Black Vinyl Edition (Gondwana) 2 Janelle Monae – The Age Of Pleasure (Atlantic) 3 James Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven Black Vinyl Edition (Polydor) 4 Bar Italia – Tracey Denim (Matador) 5 Caroline Polachek – Desire I Want To Turn Into You Copper Colored Vinyl Edition (Perpetual Novice)

6 Fever Ray – Radical Romantics Black Vinyl Edition (Rabid) 7 PJ Harvey – I Inside The Old Year Dying (Partisan) 8 Zack Zack Zack – Album 2 (Trost) 9 Overmono – Good Lies Black Vinyl Edition (XL) 10 Yves Tumor – Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Black Vinyl Edition (Warp)

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Staff Picks 2023 Benjamin Mächler Contributing Writer

1 Jungle – Volcano Black Vinyl Edition (Caiola) 2 Cleo Sol – Heaven (Forever Living Originals) 3 Navy Blue – Ways Of Knowing (Def Jam) 4 Armand Hammer – We Buy Diabetic Test Strips Grape Colored Vinyl Edition (Fat Possum) 5 Olivia Dean – Messy (EMI)

6 El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game HHV Exclusive Ice Cat Blue Vinyl Edition (Big Crown) 7 Matthew Halsall – An Ever Changing View Black Vinyl Edition (Gondwana) 8 Sofia Kourtesis – Madres (Ninja Tune) 9 Roisin Murphy – Hit Parade HHV Exclusive Pink Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 10 Larry June & The Alchemist – The Great Escape (Empire)

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Staff Picks 2023 Björn Bischoff Contributing Writer

1 Laurel Halo – Atlas (Awe) 2 Blank Gloss – Cornered (Kompakt) 3 Julie Byrne – The Greater Wings Black Vinyl Edition (Ghostly International) 4 Slowdive – Everything Is Alive Black Vinyl Edition (Dead Oceans) 5 Beach House – Become (Sub Pop)

6 Konformer – Konformer (Before I Die) 7 Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Urban) 8 Forest Swords – Bolted Indigo Blue Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 9 James Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven Black Vinyl Edition (Polydor) 10 Ana Roxanne & DJ Python – Natural Wonder Beauty Concept (Mexican Summer)

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Staff Picks 2023 Celeste Dittberner Contributing Writer

1 Kali Malone with Stephen O'Malley & Lucy Railton – Does Spring Hide Its Joy (Ideologic Organ) 2 The Serfs – Half Eaten By Dogs Limited Raw Meat Colored Vinyl Edition (Trouble In Mind) 3 Güner Künier – Aşk 4 Anunaku – 063 (AD93) 5 Priori & Al Wootton – Flaw EP (Trule)

6 Bendik Giske – Bendik Giske (Smalltown Supersound) 7 Sault – Untitled (God) (Forever Living Originals) 8 V.A. – Fabric Presents: Chaos In The Cbd (Fabric) 9 Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X (Fire) 10 nthng – There Is A Place For Me (Transatlantic)

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Staff Picks 2023 Christian Produktpräsentation

1 Billy Woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz) 2 Roc Marciano & The Alchemist – The Elephant Man’s Bones (Pimpire Edition) (ALC Records) 3 Armand Hammer – We Buy Diabetic Test Strips Grape Colored Vinyl Edition (Fat Possum) 4 Skech185 – He Left Nothing For The Swim Back (Backwoodz Studioz) 5 Da Buze Bruvaz Presentz Clever One & Giallo Point – Gunz Knivez & Nunchuckz (Grilchy Party)

6 Vega7 The Ronin & Superior – Sleep Is The Cousin (FXCKRXP) 7 Sons Of Sam – Ya Oughta Know (90's Tapes) 8 Fatboi Sharif X Steep Tipped Dove – Decay (Backwoodz Studioz) 9 A.M. Breakups – Redivider (Reservoir Sound) 10 Vega7 The Ronin – Mont Maudit (CPH Crates)

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Staff Picks 2023 Christian Neubert Contributing Writer

1 Aesop Rock – Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers) 2 Jel & Odd Nosdam – Glass Cutters (Audio Recon) 3 Verstärker – Jenseits (Fuzz Club) 4 A7PHA (Doseone & Mestizo) – Many Headed EP (Handsmade) 5 Billy Woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz)

6 The Gaslamp Killer & The Heliocentrics – Legna 2nd Pressing (Cuss) 7 David Nesselhauf – A Guide To Afrokraut III Limited Edition (Legere) 8 RJD2 – Deadringer 20 Years HHV Sea Blue Vinyl Edition (RJ's Electrical Connections) 9 Mestizo & Mike Gao – Blindfaith (Buenaventura) 10 V.A. – Echo Neuklang (Neo-Kraut-Sounds 1981-2023) (Bureau B)

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Staff Picks 2023 Christoph Benkeser Contributing Writer

1 Juergen Vonbank – The Blue Soul (Night Defined) 2 Astor Piazzolla – Tango: The Best Of Astor Piazzolla (Acrobat) 3 Loather – Eis (Vendetta) 4 Zack Zack Zack – Album 2 (Trost) 5 Echt! – Sink-Along Orange Vinyl Edition (Sdban Ultra)

6 Simo Cell – Cuspide Des Sirenes (Temet) 7 The Murder Capital – Gigi's Recovery Indie Exclusive Clear Pink Vinyl Gatefold Edition (Human Season) 8 JakoJako – Verve EP (Mute) 9 Speck – Eine Gute Reise Limited Violet Vinyl Edition (Tonzonen) 10 Miss D. – Moving (Edition Hawara)

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Staff Picks 2023 Denis HHV Store

1 Kali Uchis – Red Moon In Venus (Interscope) 2 Lil Yachty – Let's Start Here (Universal) 3 Roisin Murphy – Hit Parade Limited Purple Marbled Deluxe Edition (Ninja Tune) 4 Altin Gün – Ask HHV Exclusive Red Vinyl Edition (Glitterbeat) 5 Kelela – Raven Clear Vinyl Edition (Warp)

6 Caroline Polachek – Desire I Want To Turn Into You Copper Colored Vinyl Edition (Perpetual Novice) 7 Kaytraminé (Aminé And Kaytranada) – Kaytraminé Blue Vinyl Edition (Venice Music) 8 Amaarae – Fountain Baby (Interscope) 9 Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice (4AD) 10 Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine Green Vinyl Edition (Transgressive)

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Staff Picks 2023 Donald & Rave HHV Label

1 El Michels Affair & Black Thought – Glorious Game HHV Exclusive Ice Cat Blue Vinyl Edition (Big Crown) 2 Janelle Monae – The Age Of Pleasure (Atlantic) 3 Kenny Cox – Multidirection Black Vinyl Edition (Blue Note / Third Man) 4 Mathematik – Mathuniversal Black Vinyl Edition (Akromégalie / HHV Records) 5 Nia Archives – Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall Red Vinyl Edition (Island)

6 Ronald Langestraat – Searching (South Of North) 7 Sonido Gallo Negro – The Model (Names You Can Trust) 8 The Lahaar – The Lahaar (Soundway) 9 Urban Thermo Dynamics – Manifest Destiny (90's Tapes) 10 V.A. – Child Of Nature (Forager)

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Staff Picks 2023 Doreen HHV Store

1 Villalobos – Alcachofa (Perlon) 2 Soul Capsule – Law Of Grace (Trelik) 3 Hollis P. Monroe – I'm Lonely (Groovin) 4 Nick Holder – Fruit Loops (Frl Classic Edition) 5 Blunted Dummies – House For All Record Store Day 2023 Edition (Orange Wedge)

6 V.A. – Fabric Presents: Chaos In The Cbd (Fabric) 7 Swayzak – Snowboarding In Argentina 25th Anniversary Edition (Lapsus Perennial Series) 8 V.A. – Wild Pitch Club Part 1 (Running Back) 9 V.A. – Wild Pitch Club Part 2 (Running Back) 10 Joey Bada$$ – 1999 20 Years HHV Neon Green Vinyl Edition (Empire)

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Staff Picks 2023 Ecki Software Developer

1 Godflesh – Purge Black Vinyl Edition (Avalanche) 2 Mudhoney – Plastic Eternity Black Vinyl Ediiton (Sub Pop) 3 V.A. – Velvet Desert Music Vol. 3 (Kompakt) 4 Gravediggaz – 6 Feet Deep HHV Exclusive Blood Red Vinyl Edition (HHC) 5 Radian – Distorted Rooms White Vinyl Edition (Thrill Jockey)

6 Oxbow – Love's Holiday Red Vinyl Edition (Ipecac) 7 Ghost – Phantomime Indie Exclusive Silver Vinyl Edition (Concord) 8 Fila Brazillia – Retrospective Redux 90-22 Remastered (Re:Warm) 9 Consolidated – [Pias] 40 12'' (Play It Again Sam) 10 Rich Kids – Ghosts Of Princes In Towers Record Store Day 2023 Black Vinyl Edition (Parlophone)

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Staff Picks 2023 Florian Aigner Redaktion

1 Honour – Hbk Volume 2 - Everytin Na Double Clear Vinyl Edtion (All The Rest Have Died) 2 Salenta + Topu – Moon Set, Moon Rise (Futura Resistenza) 3 goat (JP) – Joy In Fear (NAKID) 4 Voice Actor – Fake Sleep (Stroom) 5 Akira Umeda – 1988 2018 (Lugar Alto)

6 Tsuki No Wa – Ninth Elegy (First On Vinyl) 7 Static Cleaner Lost Reward – Breathing Under Honey (Low Company) 8 Yungwebster – Yungwebster (Sferic) 9 V/Z (Valentina Magaletti & Zongamin) – Suono Assente (Ad 93) 10 Shela – TV Songs (Discrepant)

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Staff Picks 2023 Franzi Nistler Contributing Writer

1 Schwefelgelb – Ich Bin Wach Purple Marbled Vinyl Edition (N-Plex) 2 V.A. – Amniote Editions And Mala Junta Present "The Collective Capsule" (Amniote Editions) 3 L.F.T. – Hollow Head EP The Hacker Remix (Mannequin) 4 Roisin Murphy – Hit Parade HHV Exclusive Pink Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 5 Pangaea – Changing Channels: Part 2 (Hessle Audio)

6 SZA – S.O.S. (Sony) 7 DVS1 – Hush 06 (HUSH) 8 Schacke & Anetha – Looks Are Deceiving (Mama Told Ya) 9 haiyti – Ich Lach Mich Tot (HHV Records) 10 Fabio Monesi – Piano Vandals (L.I.E.S.)

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Staff Picks 2023 Henna Musikeinkauf

1 Maya Ongaku – Approach To Anima (Guruguru Brain) 2 V.A. – Gonzo Goa - Party Music 87- 94 (Sound Migration) 3 V.A. – Child Of Nature (Forager) 4 Haruomi Hosono – N.D.E. (Rush Hour) 5 Teknoafro – Teknoafro Mix (Dualismo Sound)

6 Dana – Estate / S'Inghelada (Il Tramonto) Colored Vinyl Edition (Disco Segreta) 7 D.J. Never Sleep – Teorema Feat. Patricia Grillo Teorema (Thank You) 8 Shpongle – Are You Shpongled? (Twisted Music) 9 Lucia Rango – Lucia Rango Canta Piero Ciamp (Anni Luce) 10 Rupert Holmes – OST Five Savage Men Blue Vinyl Edtion (Reel)

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Staff Picks 2023 Jana-Maria Mayer Contributing Writer

1 Lost Girls – Selvutsletter (Smalltown Supersound) 2 MD Pallavi & Andi Otto – Songs For Broken Ships (Pingipung) 3 Daniel Blumberg – Gut (Mute) 4 Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns – Weejuns (Rune Grammofon) 5 Rian Treanor + Ocen James – Saccades (Nyege Nyege Tapes)

6 Pose Dia – Simulate Yourself (R.i.O.) 7 Svitlana Nianio – Transilvania Smile (1994) (Shukai) 8 Cline Gillain – Mind Is Mud (Cortizona) 9 blackbody_radiation – Ultar-Materials (Faitiche) 10 Emptyset – Ash (Subtext Recordings)

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Staff Picks 2023 Jens Pacholsky Contributing Writer

1 Janelle Monae – The Age Of Pleasure (Atlantic) 2 Tenebre – Half Stab (WNCL) 3 Ex Wiish – Shards Of Axel (Incienso) 4 Albino Sound – Metallurgy (Turnend Tapes) 5 London Brew – London Brew (Concord)

6 Japan Blues – Japan Blues Meets The Dengie Hundred Orange Vinyl Edtion (DDS) 7 Sdem – Vortices (Skam) 8 Shida Shahabi – Living Circle (130701) 9 Judgitzu – Sator Arepo (Nyege Nyege Tapes) 10 Hania Rani – On Giacometti New Edition (Gondwana)

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Staff Picks 2023 Kristoffer Cornils Redaktion

1 Niecy Blues – Exit Simulation (Kranky) 2 Salenta + Topu – Moon Set, Moon Rise (Futura Resistenza) 3 Tomb Mold – The Enduring Spirit Black Vinyl Edition (20 Buck Spin) 4 Polygonia – Otro Mundo (Bambe) 5 Sylvester – Private Recordings August 1970 (Dark Entries)

6 Anohni & The Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross Black Vinyl Edition (Rough Trade) 7 Les Abranis – Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983 (Les Disques Bongo Joe) 8 Better Corners – Continuous Miracles Volume 2 (The state51 Conspiracy) 9 Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung – Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung Marbled Vinyl Edition (Sub Rosa) 10 Pita & Friedl – Pita / Friedl (Karl)

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Staff Picks 2023 Lampros Wareneingang

1 Hania Rani – Ghosts Black Vinyl Edition (Gondwana) 2 V.A. – Spiritual Jazz Volume 14: Private (Jazzman) 3 Alabaster DePlume – Come With Fierce Grace Black Vinyl Edition (International Anthem) 4 GoGo Penguin – Everything Is Going To Be Ok Black Vinyl Edition (Xxim) 5 V.A. – Praise Poems, Volume 9 (Tramp)

6 Zepiss – Natibel (Beaumonde) 7 Luke Una Presents – É Soul Cultura Volume 2 (Mr Bongo) 8 Flammer Dance Band – Dedikasjon Til Inspirasjon (Lyskestrekk) 9 Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music Black Vinyl Edition (Brownswood) 10 V.A. – Jazz Room Volume 2 Compiled By Paul Murphy (BBE Music)

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Staff Picks 2023 Laura de Lang Contributing Writer

1 Honey Dijon – Slap! EP (Classic) 2 DJ Sneak – Chicago House EP (Frappe) 3 Ricardo Villalobos – I'm Broken (Bqd Trax) 4 Kerri Chandler – Spaces And Places: Album Sampler 2 Red Vinyl Edition (Kaoz Theory) 5 IVU – Circulation Of Light (Ivu)

6 Steve Rachmad – Midnight Magic (In The Future) 7 Dana Ruh – Down Is The New Up (Brouqade) 8 1morning – Modus Operandi (Fixed Rhythms) 9 ItaloJohnson – Italojohnson 16 (ItaloJohnson) 10 Villalobos – Alcachofa (Perlon)

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Staff Picks 2023 Laura Kunkel Contributing Writer

1 Nabihah Iqbal – Dreamer (Ninja Tune) 2 Mega Bog – End Of Everything Black Vinyl Edition (Mexican Summer) 3 Nation Of Language – Strange Disciple Clear Vinyl Edition (Play It Again Sam) 4 Allah-Las – Zuma 85 HHV Exclusive Orange Vinyl Edition (Innovative Leisure) 5 Cut Worms – Cut Worms Black Vinyl Edition (Jagjaguwar)

6 Caroline Polachek – Desire I Want To Turn Into You Copper Colored Vinyl Edition (Perpetual Novice) 7 Ilgen-Nur – It's All Happening (Power Nap) 8 Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X (Fire) 9 Altin Gün – Ask (Glitterbeat) 10 Wild Nothing – Hold Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl Edtion (Captured Tracks)

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Staff Picks 2023 Mad Lubi Wareneingang

1 Laraaji – Segue To Infinity Black Vinyl Ediiton (Numero Group) 2 Carlos Nino & Friends – (I'm Just) Chillin', On Fire Black Vinyl Edition (International Anthem) 3 Shigeo Sekito – Shigeo Sekito Special Sound Series Volume 2 - The Word (Maru Kaite Chon) 4 Jackie McLean – Demon's Dance Tone Poet Vinyl Edition (Blue Note) 5 Aselefech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret – Beauties (Domino Sounds)

6 William Penn Jazz Ensemble – Carvings (Libreville) 7 David Wertman – Kara Suite (Cacophonic / Early Future Records) 8 Southern University Jazz Ensemble – Goes To Africa With Love (Now-Again) 9 Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy – O Yinne! (Philophon) 10 Tm Solver – Subtraktiv Additiv (R.i.O.)

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Staff Picks 2023 Martin Controlling | BI

1 Lil Yachty – Let's Start Here (Universal) 2 Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine Green Vinyl Edition (Transgressive) 3 Everything But The Girl – Fuse Limited Green Vinyl Edition (Virgin) 4 Gorillaz – Cracker Island HHV Exclusive Neon Pink Vinyl Edition (Warner) 5 Allah-Las – Zuma 85 HHV Exclusive Orange Vinyl Edition (Innovative Leisure)

6 Redman – Whut? Thee Album Fruit Punch Colored Vinyl Edition (Def Jam) 7 O.C. – Jewelz (90's Tapes) 8 De La Soul – Stakes Is High (Chrysalis) 9 A Tribe Called Quest – The Love Movement Black Vinyl Edition (Sony) 10 Miilkbone – Da' Miilkrate (90's Tapes)

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Staff Picks 2023 Martin Silbermann Contributing Writer

1 Youth Lagoon – Heaven Is A Junkyard (Fat Possum) 2 A.Savage – Several Songs About Fire (Rough Trade/Beggars Group) 3 Yves Tumor – Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Black Vinyl Edition (Warp) 4 Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World (Matador) 5 Sufjan Stevens – Javelin Lemonade Colored Vinyl Edition (Asthmatic Kitty)

6 Unknown Mortal Orchestra – V HHV European Exclusive Frosted Blue Vinyl Edition (Jagjaguwar) 7 Skinny Pelembe – Hardly The Same Snake Black Vinyl Edition (Partisan) 8 Anohni & The Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross Black Vinyl Edition (Rough Trade) 9 Deichkind – Neues Vom Dauerzustand HHV Exclusive Müritz Blue Vinyl Edition (Sultan Günther Music) 10 Water From Your Eyes – Everyone's Crushed Red Vinyl Edition (Matador)

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Staff Picks 2023 Matthias HHV Store

1 Yung Lean – Unknown Memory Magenta Vinyl Edition (Year0001) 2 Future & Young Thug – Super Slimey (Epic) 3 Don Toliver – Heaven Or Hell (Atlantic) 4 Bladee – 333 (Year0001) 5 Lil Yachty – Let's Start Here (Universal)

6 The Internet – Ego Death (Sony) 7 Mac Miller – Circles Silver Vinyl Edition (Rostrum) 8 Maara – The Ancient Truth Lp (Step Ball Chain) 9 Match Box – Vantage Point EP (Goddezz) 10 Blu:sh – Felt Cute (Kalahari Oyster Cult)

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Staff Picks 2023 Maximilian Fritz Contributing Writer

1 Slowdive – Everything Is Alive Black Vinyl Edition (Dead Oceans) 2 Hako Yamasaki – Tobimasu (WRWTFWW) 3 VC-118A – Waves Of Change (Delsin) 4 Kassem Mosse – Workshop 32 (Workshop) 5 Citi Express – Living For The City (Afrosynth)

6 Machine Girl – Wlfgrl (Orange Milk) 7 Litia=Loe – Life Love Dance (Mixed Signals / Left Ear) 8 KMRU – Dissolution Grip (Ofnot) 9 Dream Dolphin – Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works 1996-2003 (Music From Memory) 10 The Future Sound Of London – Papua New Guinea (Jumpin & Pumpin)

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Staff Picks 2023 Michael Zangerl Contributing Writer

1 Irreversible Entanglements – Protect Your Light (Impulse!) 2 Spanish Love Songs – No Joy (Pure Noise Records) 3 Eabs Meets Jaubi – In Search Of The Better Tomorrow (Astigmatic) 4 Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean – Obsession Destruction Touch Of Light Custom Swirl Vinyl Edition (Redscroll) 5 Martina Bertoni – Hypnagogia (Karl)

6 Kali Malone with Stephen O'Malley & Lucy Railton – Does Spring Hide Its Joy (Ideologic Organ) 7 Hako Yamasaki – Tsunawatari (WRWTFWW) 8 Greg Foat / Gigi Masin – Dolphin Black Vinyl Edition (Strut) 9 Dreamwell – In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You Pink W / Smoke Vinyl Edition (Prosthetic) 10 Ali Sethi & Nicolas Jaar – Intiha (Other People)

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Staff Picks 2023 Michele Wareneingang

1 Fashion Flesh – Rubber Mountain Lp (Black Lodge) 2 Gidia – Struga (L.I.E.S.) 3 DJ Plant Texture – The Other World EP (Return To Disorder) 4 CEM3340 – Macchine (Curtis Electronix) 5 Various Positions – Various Positions (Gravitational Waves)

6 Philipp Otterbach – The Dahlem Diaries (Music From Memory) 7 M Parent – Zmnt 009 (Zement) 8 Fallbeil – The Mockturtle (Macadam Mambo) 9 Optiki Mousiki – Tomos 2 (Heat Crimes) 10 Rezzett – Meant Like This (The Trilogy Tapes)

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Staff Picks 2023 Nils Schlechtriemen Contributing Writer

1 Forest Swords – Bolted Indigo Blue Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 2 Vril – Animist (Delsin) 3 Actress – LXXXVIII Clear Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 4 The Necks – Travel (Northern Spy) 5 Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement – Killer Whale Atmospheres (Hospital Productions)

6 Grails – Anches En Maat Black Vinyl Edition (Temporary Residence) 7 Haircuts For Men – 第二十七の室 (Genom) 8 Chaosy – Bad Magic (Natural Sciences) 9 Lucas Croon – Hals Und Kopf (Ediciones Villasonora) 10 Crimeboys – Very Dark Past (3XL)

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Staff Picks 2023 Pasqual Solaß Contributing Writer

1 Laurel Halo – Atlas (Awe) 2 Kali Malone with Stephen O'Malley & Lucy Railton – Does Spring Hide Its Joy (Ideologic Organ) 3 Ellen Arkbro – Sounds While Waiting (W.25th) 4 Tirzah – Trip9love...??? Black Vinyl Edition (Domino) 5 Armand Hammer – We Buy Diabetic Test Strips Grape Colored Vinyl Edition (Fat Possum)

6 Billy Woods & Kenny Segal – Maps (Backwoodz Studioz) 7 Ragana – Desolation's Flower Black Vinyl Edition (The Flenser) 8 Caterina Barbieri – Myuthafoo Black Vinyl Edition (Light-Years) 9 Slauson Malone 1 – Excelsior Black Vinyl Edition (Warp) 10 Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismailyr – Love In Exile (Verve)

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Staff Picks 2023 Philipp Kunze Redaktion

1 Spice World – There's No I In Spice (Meritorio) 2 Salenta + Topu – Moon Set, Moon Rise (Futura Resistenza) 3 V.A. – Searchlight Moonbeam (Efficient Space) 4 Niecy Blues – Exit Simulation (Kranky) 5 Pharoah Sanders – Pharoah Deluxe Edition (Luaka Bop)

6 Honour – Àlááfíà (PAN) 7 Tsuki No Wa – Ninth Elegy (First On Vinyl) 8 Yungwebster – Yungwebster (Sferic) 9 Läuten Der Seele – Ertrunken Im Seichtesten Gewässer (World Of Echo) 10 DJ Danifox – Ansiedade (Principe)

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Staff Picks 2023 Riet Used Vinyl

1 Against Me & Mic Meimaroglou – Planet 381 EP (USM Recordings) 2 Black Dot – Structure Without Tomorrow (Mechatronica) 3 Fever Ray – Radical Romantics Black Vinyl Edition (Rabid) 4 Föllakzoid – V Clear Vinyl Edition (Sacred Bones) 5 Jadzia – Hidden Universe EP (A7A)

6 Laima Adelaide – Flow Through EP (Shahr Farang) 7 Overland – King Tide (Garmo) 8 Skemer – Toasts & Sentiments (Avant!) 9 TWR72 – Kit (Key Vinyl) 10 V.A. – Deviate Va005 (Deviate Rec)

Staff Picks 2023

Staff Picks 2023 Roberto HHV Store

1 Delkom – Futur Ultra (Sound Metaphors) 2 The Slits – Cut (Island) 3 Red Axes – One More City (Fabric) 4 Cristina La Veneno – Veneno Pa Tu Piel (Dark Entris) 5 Unknown Artist – Balearische Grammophon 02 (Have A Nice Day)

6 Yves Tumor – Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Yellow Vinyl Edition (Warp) 7 Mehmet Aslan Presents – Senza Decoro: Liebe + Anarchia In Switzerland 1980-90 (Strut) 8 New Order – Substance 2023 Reissue (Rhino) 9 Kelela – Raven Black Vinyl Edition (Warp) 10 Paradisio – Bailando Pink Vinyl Edition (Dance On The Beat)

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Staff Picks 2023 Schelle Prozess- und Projektmanagement

1 Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter – Saved! Black Vinyl Edition (Perpetual Flame Ministr.) 2 Ragana – Desolation's Flower Black Vinyl Edition (The Flenser) 3 PJ Harvey – I Inside The Old Year Dying (Partisan) 4 Spirit Possession – Of The Sign...Purple Vinyl Edition (Profound Lore) 5 The Body – I Shall Die Here / Earth Triumphant Black Vinyl Edition (Rvng Intl.)

6 Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific Black Vinyl Edition (Metal Blade) 7 SNTS – You Won't Defeat Me EP (SNTS) 8 Disimperium – Grand Insurgence Upon Despotic Altars (Sentient Ruin Laboratories) 9 Mortician – Hacked Up For Barbecue White With Splatter Edition (Relapse) 10 Die Kassierer – Männer, Bomben, Satelliten (Teenage Rebel)

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Staff Picks 2023 Sebastian Hinz Redaktionsleitung

1 7038634357 – Neo Seven (Blank Forms Editions) 2 Flora Yin Wong – Cold Reading Clear Vinyl Edition (Modern Love) 3 Asher Gamedze – Turbulence & Pulse Black Vinyl Edition (International Anthem) 4 V.A. – Searchlight Moonbeam (Efficient Space) 5 Zonderwerk – Babel (Dauw)

6 Fiesta En El Vacio – Rosal (Teenage Menopause) 7 Famous Mammals – Instant Pop Expressionism Now! (Siltbreeze) 8 Mike Reed – The Separatist Party Black Vinyl Edition (We Jazz) 9 Philipp Otterbach – The Dahlem Diaries (Music From Memory) 10 Polygonia, Popp – Candid (Squama)

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Staff Picks 2023 Sol aka Dappa Cat Reseller

1 The Musalini X 38 Spesh – In God We Trust Black Vinyl Edition (Tuff Kong) 2 Larry June – Orange Print Translucent Orange Vinyl Edition (Empire) 3 Cj Fly X Statik Selektah – Rudebwoy (Tuff Kong) 4 Ant Banks – The Big Badass Black Vinyl Edition (Most Wanted) 5 The Musalini X Khrysis – Pure Izm Black Vinyl Edition (Tuff Kong)

6 Big Bur-Na – The Daze Of Bur Black Vinyl Edition (Most Wanted) 7 De La Soul – Buhloone Mindstate (Chrysalis) 8 Diamond D And The Psychotic Neurotics – Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop (Mercury) 9 Larry June – Spaceships On The Blade Colored Vinyl Edition (Empire) 10 Sly & Robbie / The Roots Radics – The Dub Battle Blue Vinyl Edition (Dubshot)

Staff Picks 2023

Staff Picks 2023 Stefan Head of Marketing Music

1 Les Imprimes – Reverie Black Vinyl Edition (Big Crown) 2 Pale Jay – Bewilderment HHV Exclusive Opaque Natural Vinyl Edition (Karma Chief) 3 JJ Whitefield – Puzzled (Broc) 4 The Ironsides – Changing Light Coke Bottle Clear With Black Swirl Vinyl Edition (Colemine) 5 Sven Wunder – Late Again Black Vinyl Edition (Piano Piano)

6 Greg Foat & Eero Koivistoinen – Feathers (Jazzaggression) 7 Matthew Halsall – An Ever Changing View Black Vinyl Edition (Gondwana) 8 Sababa 5 – Aspan (Batov) 9 Jalen Ngonda – Come Around And Love Me Black Vinyl Edition (Daptone) 10 Magic Source – Voyage Spectral (Favorite)

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Staff Picks 2023 Thomas Owner | CEO

1 Madvillain (MF DOOM & Madlib) – Madvillainy 20 Years HHV Colored Vinyl Gatefold Edition (Stones Throw) 2 De La Soul – Stakes Is High (Chrysalis) 3 Little Simz – NO THANK YOU Yellow & Orange Split Colored Vinyl Edition (Forever Living Originals) 4 King Krule – Space Heavy Clear Vinyl Edition (XL) 5 Matthew Halsall – An Ever Changing View Black Vinyl Edition (Gondwana)

6 Slowdive – Everything Is Alive Transculent Clear Vinyl Edition (Dead Oceans) 7 Pale Jay – Bewilderment HHV Exclusive Opaque Natural Vinyl Edition (Karma Chief) 8 Kool Keith – Mr. Controller (Junkadelic Music) 9 Jaylib (J Dilla & Madlib) – Champion Sound 20 Years HHV Colored Vinyl Gatefold Edition (Stones Throw) 10 RJD2 – Deadringer 20 Years HHV Sea Blue Vinyl Edition (RJ's Electrical Connections)

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Staff Picks 2023 Thorben Musikeinkauf

1 Fuffifufzich – Heartbreakerei (Fuffifufzich / Flirt99) 2 Thomas Wenzel (Die Goldenen Zitronen) – Klaustrophobische Freiheit HHV Exclusive Signed Vinyl Edition (Misitunes) 3 Erobique (Carsten Meyer) – No.2 HHV Exclusive Curacao Colored Vinyl Edition (a sexy) 4 Roisin Murphy – Hit Parade HHV Exclusive Pink Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 5 Güner Künier – Aşk

6 MPC Lafote – Aquarium (Misitunes) 7 Marta – When It's Going Wrong (Prod. by Tricky) (False Idols) 8 TEll A ViSiON – TEll A ViSiON Crystal Glass Vinyl Edition (Duchess Box) 9 Die Türen – Kapitalismus Blues Band Black Vinyl Edition (Staatsakt) 10 haiyti – Ich Lach Mich Tot (HHV Records)

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Staff Picks 2023 Tim Caspar Boehme Contributing Writer

1 Ed Motta – Behind The Tea Chronicles (MPS) 2 Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) 3 Arthur Russell – Picture Of Bunny Rabbit (Code Only Faster: Crossing The Line From Vocal To Instrumental And Back) (Audika) 4 Loraine James – Gentle Confrontation (Hyperdub) 5 Anthony Naples – Orbs (ANS)

6 Elephantine – Moonshine Red Vinyl Edition (Sub Rosa) 7 Salamanda – In Parallel (Wisdom Teeth) 8 Brandee Younger – Brand New Life (Impulse) 9 Sam Goku – The Things We See When We Look Closer (Permanent Vacation) 10 Azu Tiwaline – The Fifth Dream (IOT)

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Staff Picks 2023 Tommaso Used Vinyl

1 V/Z (Valentina Magaletti & Zongamin) – Suono Assente (Ad 93) 2 Mac Miller – NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (Tiny Desk) 3 Little Simz – NO THANK YOU Clear Vinyl Edition (Forever Living Originals) 4 Shiro Sagisu – OST Neon Genesis Evangelion (Masterworks) 5 Kenny Beats – Louie Blue Vinyl Edition (XL)

6 Sade – Live 1984 Ahoy Hallen Rotterdam Black Vinyl Edition (Whp) 7 Eabs Meets Jaubi – In Search Of The Better Tomorrow (Astigmatic) 8 Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In A Room7 F760 (Warp) 9 Shigeto – Lineage Black And White Vinyl Edition (Ghostly International) 10 Mogwai – Government Commissions BBC Sessions 1996-2003 (Rock Action)

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Staff Picks 2023 Vico Versand

1 Stalley – Somebody Up There Loves Me Six Spoke Blue & White Vinyl Edition (Mello Music Group) 2 Cleo Sol – Gold (Forever Living Originals) 3 Larry June & The Alchemist – The Great Escape (Empire) 4 Isolee – Resort Island (Resort Island) 5 Apollo Brown & Planet Asia – Sardines Black Vinyl Edition (Mello Music Group)

6 Alfa Mist – Nocturne (Sekito) 7 Felipe Gordon – Errare Humanum Est (Wide Awake) 8 Kruder & Dorfmeister – Conversions - A K&D Selection Remastered (Sony) 9 Röyksopp – Melody A.M. (Wall Of Sound) 10 Nosaj Thing – Continua Black Vinyl Edition (LuckyMe)

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Staff Picks 2023 Wencke Riede Contributing Writer

1 Cleo Sol – Heaven (Forever Living Originals) 2 Overmono – Good Lies Black Vinyl Edition (XL) 3 Jorja Smith – Falling Or Flying HHV Exclusive Black Vinyl Edition (Famm) 4 Berlioz – Jazz Is For Ordinary People (Not On Label) 5 De La Soul – Buhloone Mindstate (Chrysalis)

6 Hermanos Gutiérrez – El Bueno Y El Malo Serenity Opaque Blue Vinyl Edition (Concord) 7 Charif Megarbane – Marzipan (Habibi Funk) 8 Raveena – Lucid Clear Vinyl Edition (Empire) 9 Blumengarten – Sag Deinen Freunden, Dass Du Sie Liebst (Not On Label) 10 Apsilon – Gast | 32 Zähne (Four Music Local)