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Staff Picks 2025 Albert Koch Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Joanne Robertson – Blurrr (Ad 93) 2 Barker – Stochastic Drift White Vinyl Edition (Smalltown Supersound) 3 Marshall Allen – New Dawn (Week-End) 4 Kieran Hebden / William Tyler – 41 Longfield Street Late 80s (Temporary Residence Ltd.) 5 Bitchin Bajas – Inland See (Drag City)

6 Polygon Window (Aphex Twin) – Surfing On Sine Waves (Warp) 7 Skullcrusher – And Your Song Is Like A Circle Indie Exclusive Copper Nugget Marble Vinyl Edition (Dirty Hit) 8 Autechre – Quaristice (Warp) 9 Jeremiah Chiu /Marta Sofia Honer – Different Rooms Black Vinyl Edition (International Anthem) 10 Hilary Woods – Night Criu Pink Vinyl Edition (Sacred Bones)

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Staff Picks 2025 Alex Versand

1 Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film Black Vinyl Edition (Duophonic Uhf Disks / Warp) 2 Retep Folo & Dorothy Moskowitz – The Afterlife Transparent Pink Vinyl Edition (Buried Treasure) 3 Panda Bear – Sinister Grift Black Vinyl Edition (Domino) 4 Ashra – New Age Of Earth (Proper) 5 The Sabres Of Paradise – Haunted Dancehall Remastered Edition (Warp)

6 The Jesus & The Mary Chain – Psychocandy National Album Day 2025 White / Red Splatter Vinyl Edition (Warner) 7 Anika – Abyss Black Vinyl Edition (Sacred Bones) 8 Slowdive – Souvlaki Bio Vinyl Edition (Sony) 9 Popol Vuh – Hosianna Mantra (Cherry Red) 10 The Zombies – Odessey And Oracle Mono Remastered Indie Exclusive Orchid Vinyl Edition (Beechwood Park)

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Staff Picks 2025 Anando Wareneingang

1 Kool Keith & Godfather Don – The Cenobites (Dontown Music) 2 Mobb Deep – Infinite HHV Exclusive Red Splatter Vinyl Edition (Mass Appeal) 3 Big L – Harlem's Finest: Return Of The King Black Vinyl Edition (Mass Appeal) 4 Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele (Sony) 5 Lord Finesse – Return Of The Funky Man HHV EU Exclusive Splatter Vinyl Edition (Sire)

6 MF Grimm – Scars & Memories Black Vinyl Edition (Hip-Hop Enterprise) 7 Evidence of Dilated Peoples – Unlearning Volume 2 Black Vinyl Edition (Rhymesayers) 8 K-Otix – Spontaneity Sky Blue Vinyl Edition (Coalmine Reissues) 9 Nick Wiz Presents Main One – Forgotten Child [1995-1999] Black Vinyl Edition (Gentleman's Relief) 10 Young Zee – Musical Meltdown Black Vinyl Edition (Gentleman's Relief)

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Staff Picks 2025 Ania Gleich Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Julia Effekt – Nachparkett (Phatpenguin) 2 Anna Buchegger – Soiz (Anna's Label) 3 Lorde – Virgin (Universal) 4 Big Thief – Double Infinity (4AD) 5 Hydroplane – A Place In My Memory Is All I Have To Claim (Efficient Space)

6 Deftones – Private Music Black Vinyl Edition (Reprise) 7 Deafheaven – Lonely People With Power Green Vinyl Edition (Roadrunner) 8 Oklou – Choke Enough (True Panther) 9 Pippa – Träume auf Zement (Rain) 10 Lipsticism – Wanted To Show You (Phantom Limb)

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Staff Picks 2025 Benjamin Mächler Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Armand Hammer & The Alchemist – Mercy HHV Exclusive Carnival Colored Vinyl Edition (Backwoodz Studioz / Rhymesayers) 2 Evidence of Dilated Peoples – Unlearning Volume 2 HHV Exclusive Grape Vinyl Edition (Rhymesayers) 3 Clipse – Let God Sort Em' Out Deluxe Black Vinyl Edition (Roc Nation) 4 Anaiis – Devotion & The Black Divine (5db) 5 Moses Yoofee Trio – MYT (Leiter)

6 Djrum – Under Tangled Silence (Houndstooth) 7 Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo II Black Vinyl Edition (ESGN & QME) 8 Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist – Life Is Beautiful Black Vinyl Edition (Empire) 9 Carrier – Rhythm Immortal (Modern Love) 10 Vegyn – Blue Moon Safari Black Vinyl Edition (Warner)

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Staff Picks 2025 Celeste Dittberner Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Liiek – Living In A Fiction (Adagio830) 2 Kali Malone & Drew Mcdowall – Magnetism (Ideologic Organ) 3 Civilistjävel! X Mayssa Jallad – Marjaa: The Battle Of The Hotels Versions (Six Of Swords) 4 Etnobotanika – Kosmobotanika (The Very Polish Cut Outs) 5 Deftones – Private Music Black Vinyl Edition (Reprise)

6 Trash – Priorities / Look (Soul Jazz) 7 Patricia Wolf – Hrafnamynd (Balmat) 8 Motherfuckers Jmb & Co – Music Excitement Action Beauty (Via Parigi) 9 Valentina Magaletti / Ypy – Kansai Bruises (AD93) 10 Anna von Hausswolff – Iconoclasts Indie Exclusive Vinyl Edition (Year0001)

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Staff Picks 2025 Christian Produktpräsentation

1 Billy Woods – Golliwog Black Vinyl Edition (Backwoodz Studioz / Rhymesayers) 2 Tomorrow Kings – Salt (Buenaventura) 3 Vega7 The Ronin & Machacha – The Ghost Orchid (CPH Crates) 4 August Fanon & Billy Woods – Gowillog Colored Vinyl Edition (Backwoodz Studioz) 5 Weather Report – Live In Berlin 1971 (GAD)

6 Defcee & Parallel Thought – Other Blues (Parallel Thought LTD.) 7 Benjamin Booker – Lower (Fire Next Time) 8 Lord Finesse – The SP 1200 Project Sounds & Frequencies In Technicolor Black Vinyl Edition (Underworld Label Group) 9 Da Buze Bruvaz X Giallo Point – Yeast Infection (Grilchy Party) 10 Percee P – Bxqns Feat. Kool G Rap Light Blue Vinyl Edition (Freejazz)

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Staff Picks 2025 Christian Neubert Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Doseone & Steel Tipped Dove – All Portrait, No Chorus (Backwoodz Studioz / Rhymesayers) 2 Cosmic Ear – Traces (We Jazz) 3 Kunihiko Sugano Trio +1 – Love Is A Many Splendored Thing (Three Blind Mice) 4 Esel & Eule x Ole Zett – Ozelott (Anette) 5 Marshall Allen – New Dawn (Week-End)

6 Billy Woods – Golliwog Black Vinyl Edition (Backwoodz Studioz / Rhymesayers) 7 Dope Purple – Children In The Darkness Purple Galaxy Vinyl Edition (Riot Season) 8 Megabasse – Flamenca (Efficient Space) 9 Aesop Rock – Black Hole Superette Black Ice Vinyl Edtion (Rhymesayers) 10 Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo – Gaiaphilia (Metron)

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Staff Picks 2025 Christoph Benkeser Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Verena Zeiner – Radical Care (Unit) 2 Barker – Stochastic Drift White Vinyl Edition (Smalltown Supersound) 3 Jameszoo with Asko|Schönberg – Music For 17 Musicians (Brainfeeder) 4 Johannes Albert – Private Dancer (Permanent Vacation) 5 Ben Kaczor – To Baby Bones (Small Steps)

6 Geese – Getting Killed Clear Vinyl Edition (Partisan) 7 Feater – Obsolescence (Running Back Incantations) 8 AFAR – Changing Rules (Laut & Luise) 9 Ary – SINA (Not ON Label) 10 Yellow Eyes – Confusion Gate (Not On Label)

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Staff Picks 2025 Christopher Hunold Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Elaine Howley – Hold Me In A New Way (Modern Love) 2 Joanne Robertson – Blurrr (Ad 93) 3 Molly Nilsson – Amateur (Night School) 4 Raisa K – Affectionately (15 Love) 5 MOBBS & Susu Laroche – ZERO (Modern Love)

6 V.A. – Going Back To Sleep.. (A Colourful Storm) 7 Lukid – Underloop (Death Is Not The End) 8 Gyrofield – Suspension Of Belief (Kapsela) 9 V.A. – Objection To Form (Art That Kills) 10 AFAR – Changing Rules (Laut & Luise)

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Staff Picks 2025 Denis Store Team

1 Shygirl – Alias 5th Anniversary Edition Limited Solid Light Pink Vinyl Edition (Virgin) 2 Oklou – Choke Enough (True Panther) 3 Rosalia – Lux Clear Vinyl Edition (Epic) 4 Rochelle Jordan – Through The Wall (Empire) 5 Sophie – Product 10th Anniversary Edition Clear Vinyl Edtion (Numbers)

6 Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time Iridescent Green Vinyl Edition (Enjoy The Ride) 7 Natalia Lafourcade – Musas Vol. 1 Red Vinyl Edition (Music On Vinyl) 8 Miike Snow – Miike Snow (Plastic Jungle) 9 Blood Orange – Essex Honey (RCA) 10 Addison Rae – Addison Yellow Vinyl Edition (Columbia)

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Staff Picks 2025 Donald & Rave HHV Label

1 Eko – Phone Me Tonight / Take Me As I Am Now (Canopy) 2 Grupo Yoyi – Paco La Calle / El Fino (Future Rootz) 3 Hudson People – Trip To Your Mind (DJ Friction Rework) (The Outer Edge) 4 John Coltrane – A Love Supreme: Mono Edition (Impulse) 5 Keanu Nelson – Place Where I Go (Efficient Space)

6 Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist – Life Is Beautiful Black Vinyl Edition (Empire) 7 Lauri Porra – Seasons In Moominvalley (Sony) 8 Shacke One & MC Kneipenkrieger – Grober Unfug (Nordachse Cashgroup) 9 Southpaw – Left Hand Rule (90's Tapes) 10 Stimulator Jones – Precious (Star Creature)

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Staff Picks 2025 Ecki Software Developer

1 Tortoise – Touch (International Anthem) 2 Scratch Acid – Scratch Acid Beserker Black Vinyl Edition- (Touch & Go) 3 Brown Spirits – Cosmic Seeds (Soul Jazz) 4 Young Widows – Power Sucker Black Vinyl Edition (Temporary Residence) 5 Greentea Peng – Tell Dem Its Sunny (Greentea Peng)

6 Ice-T – Power Rarities Black Ice Vinyl Record Store Day 2025 Edition (Warner) 7 Bob Mould – Here We Go Crazy (BMG Rights Management) 8 Pet Shop Boys – Discography 2023 Remaster (Parlophone) 9 Lungfish – 10 East Cherry Red Vinyl Edition (Dischord) 10 Descendents – Milo Goes To College Black Vinyl Edition (ORG Music)

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Staff Picks 2025 Fionn Birr Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Clipse – Let God Sort Em' Out Deluxe Black Vinyl Edition (Roc Nation) 2 Jessie Reyez – Paid In Memories (Island) 3 Dijon – Baby Clear Vinyl Edition (Warner) 4 Say She She – Cut & Rewind HHV Exclusive European D2C Black Agate Vinyl Edition (Drink Sum Water) 5 Loyle Carner – hopefully! Clear Vinyl Edition (EMI)

6 Ider – Late To The World (Nettwerk) 7 Little Simz – Lotus HHV GSA Exclusive Moonstone Vinyl Edition (Sony) 8 Water From Your Eyes – It's A Beautiful Place (Matador) 9 Boldy James & Antt Beatz – Hommage (Empire) 10 Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist – Life Is Beautiful Black Vinyl Edition (Empire)

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Staff Picks 2025 Guillermo Wareneingang

1 Tomie – Wasteland EP (Sismo) 2 V.A. – OST MFGM Piano In The Sky (Diggers Factory) 3 Z@P – Fizmo (Cartulis Music) 4 Kazumi Kaneda – Iconologie (Inner Ocean) 5 Neggy Gemmy – She Comes From Nowhere Pink Vinyl Edition (100% Electronica)

6 Hermeth – Salt And Pepper (Tripalium) 7 Evelyne / Masao – Testpattern (Dark Entries) 8 Susumu Yokota – Unreleased Works 94' - 97' (Transmigration) 9 Tamtam – Where They Dwell Black Vinyl Edition (Peoples Potential Unlimited) 10 Ian Lampel – The Parque Rodo Tapes (Little Butterfly)

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Staff Picks 2025 Hendrik Stein Musikeinkauf

1 Unknown Artist – SSG003 (Super Sound Global) 2 INIT – Pool Jams (R.i.O.) 3 Chito Kawachi – Chitotihc / Kula-Kura (Forest Jams) 4 Courtney Bailey – In Dream (Second Circle) 5 Stella & The Longos – Amour Propre HHV Exclusive Transparent Yellow Vinyl Edition (Cosmic Romance)

6 Embryo – Meets The World (Sonorama) 7 V.A. – Tribal Italia Breaks Volume 2 (Dualismo Sound) 8 Carlos Franzetti – Dedos (Sound Essence) 9 V.A. – Transcoastal Compiled By Charles Bals And Norman Gervais (Pocket Of Light) 10 V.A. – No-Ones Listening Anyway - Uk Diy Post Punk & Dubs 1978-1984 Volume 2 Compiled By Jason Boardman (Caroline True)

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Staff Picks 2025 Jana-Maria Mayer Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Greg Foat – 6 Days In Leysin (Ameritz Music) 2 David Goren – Brooklyn Pirates: Neighbourhoods in the Sky 2014-2021 (Death Is Not The End)) 3 Ex_libris (A Made Up Sound) – 002 (Ex_libris) 4 Kalahari Surfers – Own Affairs (Via Parigi) 5 Sophia Kennedy – Squeeze Me (City Slang)

6 V.A. – No-Ones Listening Anyway - UK DIY Post Punk & Dubs 1980-1984 (Volume 1) Compiled By Jason Boardman (Caroline True) 7 John Glacier – Like A Ribbon (Three Eps) (Young) 8 Yama Warashi – At My Mother's Piano Pink Vinyl Edition (Prah) 9 Kim Mulligan – Wishing On A Star (333) 10 Malibu – Vanities (Year0001)

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Staff Picks 2025 Jens Pacholsky Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Autechre – Quaristice (Warp) 2 Goldie – Timeless 30 Year Anniversary Edition White Vinyl Edition (London) 3 JakoJako – Tét 41 (Mute) 4 Guedra Guedra – Mutant (Smugglers Way) 5 Orbital – Orbital 2 The Brown Album (London)

6 Goldie presents Rufige Kru – Alpha Omega Black Vinyl edition (London) 7 Little Simz – Lotus HHV GSA Exclusive Moonstone Vinyl Edition (Sony) 8 Monoparts – Soothsayers (A Strangely Isolated Place) 9 Pixl & Peeb – Old Citrus (Future Retro London) 10 Joss Turnbull – Turmoil Limited Multi-Colored Ecowaxx Vinyl Edition (Boomslang)

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Staff Picks 2025 Kevin Frese Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Daniel Caesar – Son Of Spergy HHV Exclusive Coke Bottle Vinyl Edition (Republic) 2 Makaya McCraven – Off The Record (XL) 3 Cymande – Renascene Black Vinyl Edition (BMG Rights Management) 4 Brother Ali – Satisfied Soul (Mello Music Group) 5 Tony Allen & La Boa – La Boa Meets Tony Allen (Comet)

6 Durand Jones & The Indications – Flowers HHV Exclusive Frosted Orange Vinyl Edition (Dead Oceans) 7 Weltuntergäng – 15 8 Samara Cyn – Drive Home (Hollywood) 9 Kokoroko – Tuff Times Never Last Black Vinyl Edition (Brownswood) 10 Little Brother – The Minstrel Show: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Black Friday Record Store Day 2025 Edition (Imagine Nation Music)

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Staff Picks 2025 Kristoffer Cornils Contributing Editor (HHV Mag)

1 Dope Purple – Children In The Darkness Purple Galaxy Vinyl Edition (Riot Season) 2 Ohyung – You Are Always On My Mind (Phantom Limb) 3 Annahstasia – Tether Red Clay Vinyl Edition (Drink Sum Wtr) 4 Merzbow – Collection 001-010 10lp Box + Book (Urashima) 5 All Men Unto Me – Requiem (The Larvarium)

6 Raed Yassin – Phantom Orchestra (Morphine) 7 Macie Stewart – When The Distance Is Blue (International Anthem) 8 Kevin Drumm – Sheer Hellish Miasma (Editions Mego) 9 Lungfish – Feral Hymns (Dischord) 10 Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian – Noor-E Vojood (Centripetal Force / Cardinal Fuzz / Radui Khiyaban)

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Staff Picks 2025 Krizzi Store Team

1 FloFilz – Hagaki Black Vinyl Edition (Melting Pot Music) 2 Lady Wray – Cover Girl HHV Exclusive Yellow Vinyl Edition (Big Crown) 3 Venna – Malik Black Vinyl Edition (Cashmere Thoughts) 4 Sven Wunder – Daybreak HHV Exclusive Numbered White Vinyl Edition (Piano Piano) 5 Karol G – Tropicoqueta Tropical Blue Vinyl Edition (Interscope)

6 Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist – Life Is Beautiful Black Vinyl Edition (Empire) 7 Clipse – Let God Sort Em' Out Black Vinyl Edition (Roc Nation) 8 Blood Orange – Essex Honey (RCA) 9 Mechatok – Wide Awake (Young) 10 44th Move (Alfa Mist & Richard Spaven) – Anthem (Black Acre)

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Staff Picks 2025 Lampros Wareneingang

1 Sinsuke Fujieda Group – Fukushima (Superfly / SoFa) 2 V.A. – Music For A Revolution Volume 1 - Guinea's Syliphone Recording Label 1967-1973 (Radio Martiko) 3 Jasper Hoiby – Fellow Creatures: We Must Fight (Edition) 4 Florence Adooni – A.O.E.I.U. An Ordinary Exercise In Unity (Philophon) 5 The Cosmic Tones Research Trio – The Cosmic Tones Research Trio (Mississippi)

6 Makaya McCraven – Off The Record (XL) 7 Sassy J Presents: – A Sanctuary (Patchwork) 8 Sessa – Pequena Vertigem De Amor Black Vinyl Edition (Mexican Summer) 9 Yazz Ahmed – A Paradise To Hold (Night Time Tales) 10 V.A. – 10 Years Of Sonic Explorations 2015-2025 (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

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Staff Picks 2025 Laura Kunkel Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Automatic – Is It Now? (Stones Throw) 2 Wolf Alice – The Clearing (Columbia) 3 Cate Le Bon – Michelangelo Dying (Pias/Mexican Summer) 4 Smerz – Big City Life (Esc023) 5 Jenny Hval – Iris Silver Mist Black Vinyl Edition (4AD)

6 Little Simz – Lotus HHV GSA Exclusive Moonstone Vinyl Edition (Sony) 7 Sophia Kennedy – Squeeze Me (City Slang) 8 The Horrors – Night Life Black Vinyl Edition (Vmg) 9 Loaded Honey – Love Made Trees (Vetra) 10 Stella – Adagio White Vinyl Edition (Sub Pop)

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Staff Picks 2025 Lennart Brauwers Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Geese – Getting Killed Clear Vinyl Edition (Partisan) 2 Alex G – Headlights (RCA) 3 Nourished By Time – The Passionate Ones Black Vinyl Edition (XL) 4 Turnstile – Never Enough Red & Black Vinyl Edition (Warner) 5 Water From Your Eyes – It's A Beautiful Place (Matador)

6 Florist – Jellywish Jellyfish Purple Vinyl Edition (Double Double Whammy) 7 Big Thief – Double Infinity (4AD) 8 Earl Sweatshirt – Live Laugh Love Black Vinyl Edition (Warner) 9 Perfume Genius – Glory Black Vinyl Edition (Matador) 10 Wednesday – Bleeds Black Vinyl Edition (Dead Oceans)

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Staff Picks 2025 Leon Schuck Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 V.A. – The Hidden Beauty Of Dutch House '94-'98 Volume II (Anacalypto) 2 Kriss – Hey Mister Mister (Thank You) 3 Xiaolin – Presents Moods Of Love: Half A Dream (Bless You) 4 Efdemin – Poly (Ostgut Ton) 5 Surgeon – Shell~Wave (Tresor)

6 Quelza – Pensa Poetico (Dekmantel) 7 Intrusion – The Seduction Of Silence Part 2 Remastered Colored Vinyl Edition (Echospace) 8 Paul St. Hilaire – W/ The Producers (Kynant) 9 Polygonia – Dream Horizons (Dekmantel) 10 Jimi Tenor & Freestyle Man – Sinus Amoris (Songs From The Bay Of Love) (Studio Barnhus)

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Staff Picks 2025 Luca M. Killer Contributing Writer

1 Turnstile – Never Enough Red & Black Vinyl Edition (Warner) 2 Mark William Lewis – Mark William Lewis (A24 Music) 3 Efdemin – Poly (Ostgut Ton) 4 Smerz – Big City Life (Esc023) 5 Diesel & Jarvis – Malinga EP (Moton)

6 Dean Blunt & Elias Rønnenfelt – Lucre (World Music) 7 Justin Bieber – Swag (Def Jam) 8 McKinley Dixon – Magic, Alive! Neon Orange Vinyl Edition (City Slang) 9 Sloe Paul – Good / Swim On A Train (Treibender Teppich) 10 Moin – Belly Up (AD93)

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Staff Picks 2025 Mad Lubi Wareineingang

1 Bobby Hutcherson – Montara Tone Poet Vinyl Edition (Blue Note) 2 V.A. – Staying: Leaving Records Aid To Artists Impacted By The Los Angeles Wildfires (Leaving) 3 Archie Shepp – The Magic Of Ju-Ju Verve By Request (Impulse) 4 V.A. – Music For A Revolution Volume 1 - Guinea's Syliphone Recording Label 1967-1973 (Radio Martiko) 5 John Cameron – Off Centre (Decca)

6 V.A. – Conscience Let Me Be (Cairo) 7 Sister Irene O'connor – Fire Of God's Love Deluxe Edition (Freedom To Spend) 8 V.A. – Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient Underground (Fundamental Frequencies) 9 Shelagh McDonald – Stargazer (Different Strokes) 10 V.A. – Free At Last 12" Sampler (Joe Claussell Edit) (Ononaiye Center For Increased Awareness)

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Staff Picks 2025 Martin Controlling

1 Kool Keith & Godfather Don – The Cenobites (Dontown Music) 2 DJ Koze – Music Can Hear Us Magenta Vinyl Deluxe Edition (Pampa) 3 Clipse – Let God Sort Em' Out Deluxe Black Vinyl Edition (Roc Nation) 4 Paul Kalkbrenner – THE ESSENCE Transparent Orange Vinyl Edition (Sony) 5 Mobb Deep – Infinite Indie Exclusive Orange Vinyl Edition (Mass Appeal)

6 Big L – Harlem's Finest: Return Of The King HHV Exclusive Maroon Vinyl Edition (Mass Appeal) 7 V.A. – Defected In The House Ibiza 2025 (Defected) 8 Krumb Snatcha – Snatcha Season Pt. 1 (90's Tapes) 9 Masta Killa – Balance Black Vinyl Edition (Nature Sounds) 10 Tha Dogg Pound – Dogg Food Black Vinyl Edition (Death Row)

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Staff Picks 2025 Martin Silbermann Contribtuing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 DJ Koze – Music Can Hear Us HHV Exclusive Transparent Curaçao Vinyl Edition (Pampa) 2 Wednesday – Bleeds Black Vinyl Edition (Dead Oceans) 3 Blood Orange – Essex Honey (RCA) 4 The Lemonheads – Car Button Cloth (Deluxe Expanded Clothbound Edition) (Fire) 5 Billy Woods – Golliwog Black Vinyl Edition (Backwoodz Studioz / Rhymesayers)

6 Nourished By Time – The Passionate Ones Black Vinyl Edition (XL) 7 Moodymann – Black Mahogani Smokey Vinyl Edition (Peacefrog) 8 Panda Bear – Sinister Grift Black Vinyl Edition (Domino) 9 Arthur Russell – Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In And Out (Rough Trade) 10 Water From Your Eyes – It's A Beautiful Place (Matador)

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Staff Picks 2025 Maximilian Fritz Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Margaux Gazur – Blurred Memories (Smallville) 2 Artefakt & Maayan Nidam – Collaborations II (De Stijl) 3 Biosphere – The Way Of Time (AD93) 4 Carrier – Rhythm Immortal (Modern Love) 5 Ishome – Carpet Watcher (Galaxiid)

6 Lucrecia Dalt – A Danger To Ourselves Black Vinyl Edition (Rvng Intl.) 7 Polygonia – Dream Horizons (Dekmantel) 8 OKO DJ – As Above, So Below (Stroom) 9 Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force – Khadim (Ndagga) 10 Bandulu – Repercussions (Rawax)

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Staff Picks 2025 Michael Leuffen Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Cortex – Cortex (Camisole) 2 Kristen Noguès & John Surman – Diriaou (Souffle Continu) 3 Bernard Parmegiani – Lac Noir / La Serpente 1992 (Sub Rosa) 4 Gombeen & Doygen – Prada / Sequel (Wah Wah Wino) 5 Marie De La Nuit – Transportees (Permanent Draft)

6 Arthur Russell – Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In And Out (Rough Trade) 7 Big Hands – Thauma (Marionette) 8 Yoko Ono / The Great Learning Orchestra – Selected Recordings From "Grapefruit" (Karl) 9 Fadi Mohem – MOHEM 04 (Mohem) 10 Low Jack – Lacrimosa (Stroom)

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Staff Picks 2025 Michael Zangerl Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Lucrecia Dalt – A Danger To Ourselves Black Vinyl Edition (Rvng Intl.) 2 Messa – The Spin Black Vinyl Edition (Metal Blade) 3 The Callous Daoboys – I Don't Want To See You In Heaven Seattle Vinyl Edition (Mnrk Music Group) 4 Kin'gongolo Kiniata – Kiniata (Helico) 5 Shiran & Bakal – Electro Baghdad (Batov)

6 The Armed – The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed Splatter Vinyl Edition (Sargent House) 7 Jiha Park – All Living Things (Glitterbeat) 8 Gwenifer Raymond – Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark (We Are Busy Bodies) 9 Brighde Chaimbeul – Sunwise (Tak:Til / Glitterbeat) 10 Anna von Hausswolff – Iconoclasts Indie Exclusive Vinyl Edition (Year0001)

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Staff Picks 2025 Michele Wareneingang

1 Moodymann – Black Mahogani Smokey Vinyl Edition (Peacefrog) 2 Moodymann – Forevernevermore Smokey Vinyl Edition (Peacefrog) 3 D'Angelo – Voodoo (Virgin) 4 Mobb Deep – Infinite HHV Exclusive Red Splatter Vinyl Edition (Mass Appeal) 5 Armand Hammer & The Alchemist – Haram Black Vinyl Edition (Backwoodz Studioz / Rhymesayers)

6 J Dilla – Donuts 20th Anniversary Audiophile Edition Donut Cover (Stones Throw) 7 Aphex Twin – Xylem Tube EP (R&S) 8 The Sabres Of Paradise – Haunted Dancehall Remastered Edition (Warp) 9 Theo Parrish – Orange Barrel Action (Sound Signature) 10 V.A. – Detroit On The Move Volume 2 (Upstairs Asylum)

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Staff Picks 2025 Moritz Weber Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Valentina Magaletti / Ypy – Kansai Bruises (AD93) 2 DJ Narciso – Diferenciado (Principe) 3 Maria Somerville – Luster Dark Grey Clear Vinyl Edition (4AD) 4 Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force – Khadim (Ndagga) 5 Biosphere – The Way Of Time (AD93)

6 Shinichi Atobe – A.Whispers Into The Void / Aa.Fleeting_637 (Plastic & Sounds) 7 Ulla – Hometown Girl White Vinyl Edition (28912) 8 Duval Timothy – Wishful Thinking (Carrying Colour) 9 Nidia & Valentina – Estradas (Latency) 10 Whatever The Weather – Whatever The Weather II Dark Green Vinyl Edition (Ghostly International)

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Staff Picks 2025 Nikta Vahid Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Anika – Abyss Black Vinyl Edition (Sacred Bones) 2 Macie Stewart – When The Distance Is Blue (International Anthem) 3 Annahstasia – Tether Red Clay Vinyl Edition (Drink Sum Wtr) 4 Rosa Anschütz – Sabbatical Sun Yellow Vinyl Edition (Heartworm Press) 5 Saba Alizadeh – Temple Of Hope (30m)

6 Ohyung – You Are Always On My Mind (Phantom Limb) 7 John Glacier – Like A Ribbon (Three Eps) (Young) 8 Sophia Kennedy – Squeeze Me (City Slang) 9 Jeff Tweedy – Twilight Override (Sony) 10 Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian – Noor-E Vojood (Centripetal Force / Cardinal Fuzz / Radui Khiyaban)

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Staff Picks 2025 Philipp Kunze Contributing Editor (HHV Mag)

1 E.A.T. – E.A.T. (Echo Libero) 2 Brittany Davis – Black Thunder (Loosegroove) 3 Smerz – Big City Life (Esc023) 4 Kunihiko Sugano Trio +1 – Love Is A Many Splendored Thing (Three Blind Mice) 5 Rat Heart – Dancin' In The Streets (Modern Love)

6 The Necks – Disquiet (Northern Spy) 7 Felicity J Lord – Fjl (Stroom) 8 Marshall Allen – New Dawn (Week-End) 9 Jjjjjerome Ellis – Vesper Sparrow (Shelter Press) 10 Cosmic Ear – Traces (We Jazz)

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Staff Picks 2025 Roberto Store & Marketing Manager

1 Rosalia – Lux Clear Vinyl Edition (Epic) 2 IDLES – OST Caught Stealing The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Partisan) 3 Oneohtrix Point Never – Tranquilizer Clear Vinyl Edition (Warp) 4 Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek – Yarin Yoksa HHV Exclusive Clear / Purple Smoke Vinyl Edition (Big Crown) 5 Hidden Frequencies – Dancing On Data Streams (Funnuvojere)

6 Josi Miller – 4 Stages Of Sleep Signed Art Print HHV Exclusive Edition (Grönland) 7 Stella & The Longos – Amour Propre HHV Exclusive Transparent Yellow Vinyl Edition (Cosmic Romance) 8 AIR – The Virgin Suicides Redux (Warner) 9 Madonna – Veronica Electronica Clear Vinyl Edition (Warner) 10 DJ Dipshit – Poppers1000 (Have A Nice Day)

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Staff Picks 2025 Schelle Prozess- und Projektmanagement

1 Sanguisugabogg – Hideous Aftermath (Century Media) 2 Morbid Angel – Laibach Remixes Black Vinyl Edition (Earache) 3 Frederikke Hoffmeier – OST The Girl With The Needle (Oona Soundtracks) 4 Intensive Care – Was I Good Enough? (Closed Casket Activities) 5 Ragana & Drowse – Ash Souvenir Black Vinyl Edition (The Flenser)

6 Agriculture – The Spiritual Sound Black Vinyl Edition (The Flenser) 7 Marianne Faithfull – Burning Moonlight Last Ever Ep Record Store Day 2025 Edition (Decca) 8 K U T E – Intrigue / Fatigue (Never Sleep) 9 Suck – Gimme Gabba Gabba (La Pochette Surprise) 10 John Gürtler / Jan Miserre – OST The Outrun (Decca)

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Staff Picks 2025 Sebastian Hinz Editor-in-Chief (HHV Mag)

1 Mess Esque – Jay Marie, Comfort Me (Drag City) 2 Simon Grab & David Meier – Poroes (-ous) 3 Cosmic Ear – Traces (We Jazz) 4 حمد [Ahmed] – ماع [Sama'a] (Audition) (Otoroku) 5 Raisa K – Affectionately (15 Love)

6 Cici Arthur – Way Through (Western Vinyl) 7 Dogpatrol – Ya Playing Yaself EP (Sneaker Social Club) 8 Payfone – Lunch (Otis) 9 Oh Mr James – I'm Not Here EP (Analogical Force) 10 V.A. – Jahtarian Dubbers Volume 5 (Jahtari)

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Staff Picks 2025 Sol aka Dappa Cat Reseller

1 V.A. – Apron East Volume 2 (Apron) 2 Larry June & Cardo – Until Night Comes HHV Exclusive Black Vinyl Edition (Empire) 3 The Musalini – Tru Player In The Game Signed Vinyl Edition 4 Cookin' Soul & The Musalini – Mackaroni (Cookin' Soul) 5 The Musalini & Khrysis – Pure Izm 2 (Board Room Music)

6 Paul Coleman – The Weather Man Sky Colored Vinyl Edition (Athens Of The North) 7 Doja Mix – Smoke My Weed Remix / Number One (Doja) 8 Doja Mix – 24k Jamaican Gold Remix / Lick The Chalice Remix (Doja) 9 Albert Ilawi Malawi Music – Children Of The Emperor Black Vinyl Edition (Albert Ilawi Malawi) 10 Kabaka Pyramid – Jamaica (Bebble Rock Music)

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Staff Picks 2025 Stephanie Grimm Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Barker – Stochastic Drift White Vinyl Edition (Smalltown Supersound) 2 Little Simz – Lotus HHV GSA Exclusive Moonstone Vinyl Edition (Sony) 3 Darkside (Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington) – Nothing Black Vinyl Edition (Matador) 4 DJ Koze – Music Can Hear Us HHV Exclusive Transparent Curaçao Vinyl Edition (Pampa) 5 Bella Wakame – Bella Wakame Pink Vinyl Edition (Umor Rex)

6 Titanic – Hagen Black Vinyl Edition (Unheard Of Hope) 7 Tortoise – Touch (International Anthem) 8 Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film Black Vinyl Edition (Duophonic Uhf Disks / Warp) 9 Sufi Dub Brothers – Return Of The Sufi Dub Brothers HHV Exclusive Yellow Vinyl Edition (Fun In The Church) 10 Chris Imler – The Internet Will Break My Heart HHV Exclusive Natural Purple Vinyl Edition (Fun In The Church)

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Staff Picks 2025 Thomas Ulrich CEO

1 Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo II Black Vinyl Edition (ESGN & QME) 2 Militarie Gun – God Save The Gun Translucent Red Vinyl Edition (Concord) 3 Godfather Don – Reasons (Beat Jazz International) 4 Clipse – Let God Sort Em' Out Deluxe Black Vinyl Edition (Roc Nation) 5 Wet Leg – moisturizer Clear Vinyl Edition (Domino) 6 Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist – Life Is Beautiful Black Vinyl Edition (Empire)

7 Grandbrothers – Elsewhere HHV Exclusive White Vinyl Edition (__and__others) 8 Evidence of Dilated Peoples – Unlearning Volume 2 HHV Exclusive Grape Vinyl Edition (Rhymesayers) 9 Little Simz – Lotus HHV GSA Exclusive Moonstone Vinyl Edition (Sony) 10 Wolf Alice – Clearing Bone Colored Vinyl Edition (RCA) 11 El Michels Affair – 24 Hr Sports HHV Exclusive Blue & Black Smoke Colored Vinyl Edition (Big Crown)

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Staff Picks 2025 Thorben Kaiser Musikeinkauf

1 Murs – Love & Rockets 3:16 The Emancipation Skimask Orange Vinyl Edition (Mello Music Group) 2 Big L – Harlem's Finest: Return Of The King HHV Exclusive Maroon Vinyl Edition (Mass Appeal) 3 Clipse – Let God Sort Em' Out Deluxe Black Vinyl Edition (Roc Nation) 4 Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo II Black Vinyl Edition (ESGN & QME) 5 Mobb Deep – Infinite Indie Exclusive Orange Vinyl Edition (Mass Appeal)

6 Lakmann – Der Beste Tag Meines Labels Purple Vinyl Edition (Eartouch) 7 Andreas Dorau – Wien Limited 2LP HHV Exclusive Orange Vinyl Edition (Tapete) 8 Stefanie Schrank – Forma (Staatsakt) 9 Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist – Life Is Beautiful Black Vinyl Edition (Empire) 10 ZackiBoy – Ich Geh Online / Ich Geh Online (Andreas Dorau & Zwanie Jonson Remix) Limited Numbered Edition (Misitunes)

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Staff Picks 2025 Tim Caspar Boehme Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Knats – Knats (Gearbox) 2 Sir Richard Bishop – Hillbilly Ragas (Drag City) 3 Sam Prekop – Open Close Black Vinyl Edition (Thrill Jockey) 4 Flur – Plunge (Latency) 5 Automatic – Is It Now? (Stones Throw)

6 Roy Brooks – The Free Slave (Time Traveler) 7 Lucrecia Dalt – A Danger To Ourselves Black Vinyl Edition (Rvng Intl.) 8 Ø (Mika Vainio) – Sysivalo (Sähkö) 9 Mor Elian – Solid Space (Topo2) 10 Los Piranas – Una Oportunidad Mas De Triunfar En La Vida (Glitterbeat)

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Staff Picks 2025 Wencke Riede Contributing Writer (HHV Mag)

1 Cahl Sel – Traces (Reflective) 2 James K – Friend (Ad 93) 3 Sault – 10 (Forever Living Originals) 4 Carli – Sea Of Love (Studio Barnhus) 5 Kraak & Smaak – Velvet Seas Black Vinyl Edition (Boogie Angst)

6 Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek – Yarin Yoksa HHV Exclusive Clear / Purple Smoke Vinyl Edition (Big Crown) 7 Durand Jones & The Indications – Flowers HHV Exclusive Frosted Orange Vinyl Edition (Dead Oceans) 8 Olivia Dean – The Art Of Loving Black Vinyl Edition (Capitol) 9 DJo – The Crux (Twenty20 Llc) 10 Tops – Bury The Key Muck Vinyl Edition (Ghostly International)

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Staff Picks 2025 Yannik Musikeinkauf

1 2501 – Ulmeyda (Heaven Smile) 2 ANF – Mauna Kea EP (Dust World) 3 Rudolf Abramov – Rudolf Abramov (Aquasonic) 4 Artefakt & Maayan Nidam – Collaborations II (De Stijl) 5 Ys – Burn (Pace Yourself / Erf Rec)

6 Djrum – Under Tangled Silence (Houndstooth) 7 D5 – Edward Edits (Delsin) 8 Krijka – Chimeric Edens EP (Biome) 9 Miles J. Paralysis – Turf Step EP (Crying Outcast) 10 V.A. – Princess P Presents: Fortran 5, Renegade Soundwave, Saint Etienne, S.Y.T. (Shave Your Tongue) (Princess P)