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Staff Picks 2020 Andreas Schnell Contributing Writer

1 Nihiloxica – Kaloli (Crammed) 2 Thiago Nassif – Mente (Gearbox) 3 Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela – Rejoice (World Circuit) 4 Hailu Mergia – Yene Mircha (Awesome Tapes From Africa) 5 Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience – To Know Without Knowing (Agogo)

6 Groupe RTD – The Dancing Devils Of Djibouti (Ostinato) 7 Aksak Maboul – Figures (Crammed) 8 Oumou Sangare – Acoustic (No Format) 9 Pisse – LP 1. Auflage (Phantom) 10 Tamikrest – Tamotait (Glitterbeat)

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Staff Picks 2020 Björn Bischoff Contributing Writer

1 Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Patchouli Blue (Pias) 2 Kelly Lee Owens – Inner Song Black Vinyl Edition (Smalltown Supersound) 3 Einstürzende Neubauten – Alles In Allem (Potomak) 4 Agnes Obel – Myopia (Deutsche Grammophon) 5 Khotin – Finds You Well Transparent Green Vinyl Edition (Ghostly International)

6 Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia (Warner) 7 Caribou – Suddenly (City Slang) 8 Jaga Jazzist – Pyramid Clear Vinyl Edition (Brainfeeder) 9 Pantha Du Prince – Conference Of Trees (BMG) 10 Algiers – There Is No Year Colored Vinyl Edition (Matador)

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Staff Picks 2020 Carl Streletzki Music Purchase Department

1 Bluestaeb & S. Fidelity Present Underground Canopy – Bluestaeb & S. Fidelity Present Underground Canopy (Menace) 2 108 – Mission Infinite (NBN ARCHIVES) 3 Gee Rock & Tha CND Coalition – Tha Untouchable (Heavy Jewelz) 4 Syrup – Rosy Lee Black Vinyl Edition (Melting Pot Music) 5 Coops – Crimes Against Creation (High Focus)

6 People Under The Stairs – O.S.T. (Piecelock 70) 7 Finsta Bundy – 101: The High (90's Tapes / HHV) 8 George Fields – The World Of A Tiny Insect (UTS Records) 9 Kid Abstrakt & Emapea – Jazzy Vibes Golden Vinyl Edition (Revolutionary Rhythm) 10 Move 78 – Middling / Pearls Before Swine (Village Live)

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Staff Picks 2020 Christian Koester Product Presentation

1 Billy Woods & Kenny Segal – Hiding Places (Backwoodz Studios) 2 Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (Sony Legacy) 3 Organized Konfusion (Pharoahe Monch & Prince Po) – The Demos (Smoke On) 4 Natural Elements – 1999 20th Anniversary Black Vinyl Edition (Hip Hop Enterprise) 5 The Last Emperor – Gotta Have Love (Dope Folks)

6 ShrapKnel – ShrapKnel (Backwoodz Studioz) 7 Science Of Sound – Kaleidoscope Phonetics Black Vinyl Edition (90's Tapes / HHV) 8 Preservation – Eastern Medicine, Western Illness (Nature Sounds) 9 Tuff Crew – DJ Too Tuff's Lost Archives EP (Chopped Herring) 10 Finsta Bundy – 101: The High (90's Tapes / HHV)

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Staff Picks 2020 Christian Neubert Contributing Writer

1 Aesop Rock – Spirit World Field Guide Ultra Clear Vinyl Vinyl Edition (Rhymesayers) 2 The Heliocentrics – Infinity Of Now HHV Exclusive Bundle (Madlib Invazion) 3 Kinderzimmer Productions – Todesverachtung To Go Black Vinyl Edition (Grönland) 4 Run The Jewels – RTJ4 Neon Magenta Vinyl Edition (BMG) 5 Aesop Rock – Float Green Vinyl Edition (Rhymesayers)

6 Buck 65 – Laundromat Boogie (Black Buffalo) 7 Dot – Monsters (Anette) 8 Acanthus – OST Le Frisson Des Vampires (The Shiver Of The Vampires) Red Vinyl Edition (Finders Keepers) 9 Der Nino Aus Wien – Ocker Mond (Medienmanufaktur Wien) 10 Prison Kit – Uhrwerk (Anette)

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Staff Picks 2020 Christoph Benkeser Contributing Writer

1 Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft – A Heart So White (Melody As Truth) 2 Thomas Köner – Motus (Mille Plateaux) 3 Pub – Do You Ever Regret Pantomime? (Ampoule) 4 Double Geography – The Indoor Gardener (Invisible, Inc) 5 Mary Lattimore – Silver Ladders Black Vinyl Edition (Ghostly International)

6 Kath Bloom – Bye Bye The Are The Days (Dear Life) 7 Lina_Raul Refree – Lina_Raul Refree (Glitterbeat) 8 Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Roy Ayers (Jazz Is Dead) 9 Fire! Orchestra – Actions (Rune Grammofon) 10 Judith Hamann – Shaking Studies (Blank Forms Editions)

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Staff Picks 2020 Daniel Holbach Software Developer

1 Psychic Mirrors – Nature Of Evil 2020 Repress Edition (Cosmic Chronic) 2 Sault – Untitled (Black Is) (Forever Living Originals) 3 Thundercat – It Is What It Is Cream Vinyl Edition (Brainfeeder) 4 Dan Kye – Small Moments (Rhythm Section International) 5 Rheinzand – Rheinzand (Music For Dreams)

6 Vex Ruffin – Liteace Frequency (Stones Throw) 7 Apollo Brown & Che' Noir – As God Intended HHV Exclusive White Vinyl Edition (Mello Music Group) 8 Glenn Astro – Homespun (Tartelet) 9 Omar S – You Want (FXHE) 10 Linkwood & Other Lands – Face The Facts (Athens Of The North)

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Staff Picks 2020 David Wetzel Music Purchase Department

1 Joe Armon-Jones – Starting Today HHV Exclusive Green Vinyl Edition (Brownswood) 2 Action Bronson – Only For Dolphins HHV Exclusive Green Vinyl Edition (Caroline) 3 Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky – DOPPLER Luten (Experiment Mit Jazz Nr. 1 / Aufnahmen Rundfunk Der Ddr 1971-1973) (Black Pearl) 4 Svitlana Nianio & Oleksandr Yurchenko – Znayesh Yak? Rozkazhy (Nightschool Records) 5 Jeff Parker – Suite For Max Brown (International Anthem)

6 Ronny Pellers Satin Sound – Coming Home Baby (Perfect Toy) 7 Muriel Grossmann – Golden Rule 2020 Reissue Edition (Rrgems) 8 People Under The Stairs – O.S.T. (Piecelock 70) 9 Retrogott & Hulk Hodn – Land Und Leute (ENTBS) 10 V.A. – Blue Note Re:Imagined (Decca / Blue Note)

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Staff Picks 2020 Ecki Software Developer

1 The Streets – None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive Black Vinyl Edition (Island) 2 Jaga Jazzist – Pyramid Clear Vinyl Edition (Brainfeeder) 3 Okkultokrati – La Ilden Lyse (Southern Lord) 4 Wire – Mind Hive (Pink Flag) 5 The Men – Mercy Blue & Purple Splatter Vinyl Edition (Sacred Bones)

6 Gewalt – Snooze / Puppe (Sounds Of Subterrania) 7 Acid Pauli – Mod (Ouie) 8 Mutter – Hauptsache Musik (Die Eigene Gesellschaft) 9 Bob Mould – Blue Hearts Black Vinyl Edition (Merge) 10 Girls In Synthesis – Now Here's An Echo From Your Future Grey Vinyl Edition (Harbinger Sound)

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Staff Picks 2020 Elena Customer Service

1 Sun Ra Arkestra – Swirling Black Vinyl Edition (Strut) 2 The Gaslamp Killer – Heart Math Colored Vinyl Edition (Cuss) 3 V.A. – Charles Bals Presents Club Meduse 2 (Retour Au Club) (Spacetalk) 4 24-Carat Black – III (Numero Group) 5 Admas – Sons Of Ethiopia (Frederiksberg)

6 The Boy – Παραδουλεύτρα (Inner Ear) 7 Petros Skoutaris – Tropika (Into The Light) 8 Duke Pearson – The Phantom Tone Poet Vinyl Edition (Blue Note) 9 Hallelujah Chicken Run Band – Take One (Analog Africa) 10 Steve & Teresa – Catching A Wave Black Vinyl Edition (Aloha Got Soul)

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Staff Picks 2020 Elif Özdemir Graphic Department

1 RZA – Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai Red Vinyl Edition (36 Chambers) 2 Sault – Untitled (Rise) (Forever Living Originals) 3 V.A. – Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age 1993-1997 (Music From Memory) 4 Sault – Untitled (Black Is) (Forever Living Originals) 5 Cafe Turk – Cafe Turk (Zel Zele)

6 Marvin Gaye – I Want You Limited White Vinyl Edition (Motown) 7 Moodymann – DJ-Kicks HHV Exclusive White Vinyl Edition (!K7) 8 Arnold Shuffler & His Friends – Love / Something New (Black Pearl) 9 DJ Fett Burger – Thank U 4 Letting Me Live My Life (Mongo Fett) 10 Patrick Cowley – Some Funkettes (Dark Entries)

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Staff Picks 2020 Elisabeth Pieplow Music Purchase Department

1 O Paradis – Cuando El Tiempo Sopla (Vrystaete) 2 Tito – Quetzalcoatl (Glossy Mistakes) 3 Suzanne Ciani – A Sonic Womb: Live Buchla Performance At Lapsus (Lapsus) 4 Raär – Will I Ever Sleep Again (Arts) 5 Headless Horseman – Inhabited Shadows (Headless Horseman)

6 The Advent – Life Cycles (Cultivated Electronics) 7 Christopher Rau – The Keys (Smallville) 8 Marc Romboy – Speicher 114 (Kompakt Extra) 9 Scalameriya – 47024 (47) 10 Lucy – Reworks (Stroboscopic Artefacts)

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Staff Picks 2020 Florian Aigner Editorial Staff

1 Grimescapes – Grimescapes (YOUTH) 2 Robin Stewart – Marsupial (No Corner) 3 Blacksea Nao Maya – Maquina De Venus (Principe) 4 Lurka – Rhythm Hi-Tek (Timedance) 5 Sophia Loizou – Untold Blue Vinyl Edition (Houndstooth)

6 Ka – Descendants of Cain (–) 7 Alan Johnson – E-Fax 006 (Art-E-Fax) 8 CS + Kreme – Snoopy (The Trilogy Tapes) 9 DJ Python – Mas Amable (Incienso) 10 Pretty Sneaky – Pretty Sneaky (Mana)

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Staff Picks 2020 Francisco Nada Shipping department

1 V.A. – Danzas Electricas Volume 3 (Macadam Mambo) 2 Serial Error – Afro Gothic EP (Rat Life) 3 V.A. – Respect The Unexpected - In The Age Of Sci-Fi (Kashual Plastik) 4 Sneaker – The Beat Poet (From The Vaults) 5 Olta Karawane – Punkish Et Metallic Part Ii (Mature)

6 V.A. – Zeug! EP (Sameheads) 7 Franz Scala – Mondo Della Notte (Bordello A Parigi / Slow Motion) 8 Marlene Stark – Hyäne (Lustpoderosa) 9 Sarin – Moral Cleansing Black Vinyl Edition (Bite) 10 Technobeton – Technobeton 2020 EP (Italo Moderni)

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Staff Picks 2020 Franziska Finkenstein Contributing Writer

1 Sun Ra Arkestra – Swirling Clear Vinyl Edition (Strut) 2 Peder Mannerfelt – Like We Never Existed (Voam) 3 Phillip Sollmann (Efdemin) – Monophonie (A-Ton) 4 Mourning [A] BLKstar – The Cycle Clear Vinyl Edition (Don Giovanni) 5 Moor Mother – Circuit City (Don Giovanni)

6 Various Artists – Age in Decline (Natural) 7 Wizard Apprentice & The Neighbourhood Character – Research Stage Of Love (–) 8 Cardi B – WAP (BLG Music) 9 Borusiade – Fortunate Isolation (Dark Entries) 10 Kelly Lee Owens – Inner Song Black Vinyl Edition (Smalltown Supersound)

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Staff Picks 2020 Harry Schmidt Contributing Writer

1 Bufiman – Albumsi (Dekmantel) 2 V.A. – Lifesaver 4 Compilation - 21 - Dedicated To Andrew Weatherall (Live At Robert Johnson) 3 Sammy Osmo (Legowelt) – Schaduw Horizon (Utter) 4 AKSK – Things We Do (Running Back Incantations) 5 Interstellar Funk – Artificial Dancers - Waves Of Synth (Rush Hour)

6 Jon Hassell – Vernal Equinox Remastered Edition (Ndeya) 7 Kate NV – Room For The Moon (Rvng Intl.) 8 Feater – Money (Running Back Incantations) 9 Cindy – I'm Cindy (World Of Paint) 10 Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Patchouli Blue (Pias)

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Staff Picks 2020 Hendrik Stein Music Purchase Department

1 The Primitive Painter – The Primitive Painter (Apollo) 2 Liquid Canoe – Liquid Canoe (Growing Bin) 3 Global Communication – 76:14 Black Vinyl Edition (Music On Vinyl) 4 V.A. – Studiolo The 90's Afro Cosmic Era Selected By Ygal Ohayon (Antinote) 5 Philipp Otterbach – Everything Else Matters (R.i.O.)

6 DJ Stefan Egger – Sound Station EP (Avec Plaisir) 7 V.A. – Intenta Experimental & Electronic Music From Switzerland 1981-93 (Décalé / Bongo Joe) 8 Full Circle – Shiver (Offen Music) 9 Don Cherry – Om Shanti Om (Black Sweat) 10 Trimolo – New Chapter (Schatzi Musik)

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Staff Picks 2020 Jon Fischer Used Vinyl

1 Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher Black Vinyl Edition (Dead Oceans) 2 Squirrel Flower – I Was Born Swimming (Full Time Hobby) 3 Peel Dream Magazine – Agitprop Alterna (Tough Love) 4 Kaki King – Modern Yesterdays (Cantaloupe) 5 North Americans – Roped In (Third Man)

6 Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter (Chrysalis) 7 Christine And The Queens – La Vita Nuova (Because) 8 Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) – OST Uncut Gems (Warp) 9 Natureboy Flako – Ambitus Of Beauty (Materialized Moments / HHV) 10 Frank Ocean – Dear April (Blonded)

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Staff Picks 2020 Kristoffer Cornils Editorial Staff

1 Daniel Blumberg – On & On (Mute) 2 Nidia – Nao Fales Nela Que A Mentes (Principe) 3 DJ Python – Mas Amable (Incienso) 4 Omar S – You Want (FXHE) 5 Conrad Schnitzler – Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal HHV Exclusive White Vinyl Edition (Bureau B)

6 Avalon Emerson – DJ-Kicks (!K7) 7 Azu Tiwaline – Magnetic Service EP (Livity Sound) 8 Giuseppe Ielasi – Aix (Keplar) 9 Loraine James – Nothing EP (Hyperdub) 10 KMRU – Peel (Editions Mego)

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Staff Picks 2020 Lars Fleischmann Contributing Writer

1 Nihiloxica – Kaloli (Crammed) 2 Yogtze – Yogtze (Running Back Incantations) 3 Priscilla Ermel – Origens Da Luz (Music From Memory) 4 Houschyar – Temmuz (Macadam Mambo) 5 Bibio – Sleep On The Wing (Warp)

6 Otis Sandsjö – Y-Otis 2 Black Vinyl Edition (We Jazz) 7 Love Songs – Nicht Nicht (Bureau B) 8 Various Artists – Therapy Flowers (–) 9 U.S. Girls – Heavy Light Colored Vinyl Edition (4AD) 10 Lorenzo Senni – Scacco Matto (Warp)

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Staff Picks 2020 Mad Lubi Receiving Department

1 V.A. – The World Is A Cafeteria (Cairo) 2 African Head Charge – In Pursuit Of Shashamane Land (On-U Sound) 3 Gratien Midonet – A Cosmic Poet From Martinique (1979-1989) (Time Capsule) 4 Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis – Deep Listening (Important) 5 V.A. – Bruton Brutoff: The Ambient, Electronic And Pastoral Side Of The The Bruton Library Catalogue (Trunk)

6 Saskia – Eeuwig Op Reis (Stroom) 7 Klaus Schonning – Lydglimt (Frederiksberg) 8 Gianfranco Reverberi & Romolo Forlai – Rivelazioni Di Uno Psichiatra Sul Mondo Perverso Del Sesso (Finders Keepers) 9 Ulla – Tumbling Towards A Wall (Experiences Ltd) 10 V.A. – On The Corner Presents - Door To The Cosmos (On The Corner)

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Staff Picks 2020 Marcus Ryll Music Purchase Department

1 Sorry – 925 Silver Vinyl Edition (Domino) 2 Narrow Head – 12th House Rock Colored Vinyl Edition (Run For Cover) 3 Midwife – Forever (The Flenser) 4 Hum – Inlet (Earth Analog) 5 Hazel English – Wake Up! Colored Vinyl Edition (Marathon Artists)

6 Kinderzimmer Productions – Todesverachtung To Go Black Vinyl Edition (Grönland) 7 Dead Sun – A / B (Flesh And Bone) 8 Gillian Frances – Miles Away from Myself (Decency Den Records) 9 Douglas Greed – Angst (3000 Grad) 10 Cults – Host Green Vinyl Edition (Sinderlyn)

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Staff Picks 2020 Marlen Meinhardt Graphic Department

1 Travis – 10 Songs Limited Indie Exclusive Red & Blue Edition Incl. Demos (BMG) 2 Tom Misch – Beat Tape 2 5th Anniversary Gold Vinyl Edition (Beyond The Groove) 3 Digitalism – Reality 2 (Running Back) 4 Jordan Rakei / Alfa Mist – Wind Parade / Galaxy (Decca) 5 Eels – Earth To Dora (E-Works)

6 V.Raeter – Alltimers (Ecke Prenz Record Club / HHV) 7 Parcels – Live Volume 1 (Caroline) 8 Tegan & Sara – Tonight We're In The Dark Seeing Colors Record Store Day 2020 Edition (Sire) 9 Fatboy Slim – Back To Mine (Back To Mine) 10 Mary J. Blige – My Life (Republic)

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Staff Picks 2020 Martin Silbermann Contributing Writer

1 Fiona Apple – Fetch The Bolt Cutters (Epic) 2 Eartheater – Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin Black Vinyl Edition (Pan) 3 Run The Jewels – RTJ4 Neon Magenta Vinyl Edition (BMG) 4 Nihiloxica – Kaloli (Crammed) 5 Sleaford Mods – All That Glue Black Vinyl Edition (Rough Trade)

6 Zugezogen Maskulin – 10 Jahre Abfuck Limited Hardcover Book Edition (Four Music) 7 LA Priest – Gene Glow In The Dark Vinyl Edition (Domino) 8 The Flaming Lips – American Head Black Vinyl Edition (Bella Union) 9 Stephen Malkmus – Traditional Techniques Black Vinyl Edition (Domino) 10 V.A. – Mogadisco - Dancing In Mogadishu (Somalia '72-91) (Analog Africa)

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Staff Picks 2020 Mauro Denz Marketing Music

1 Clap! Clap! – Liquid Portraits White/Yellow Vinyl Edition (Black Acre) 2 Kamaal Williams aka Henry Wu – Wu Hen Black Vinyl Edition (Black Focus) 3 Alabaster DePlume – To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Volume 1 (International Anthem) 4 Chip Wickham – Blue To Red Black Vinyl Edition (Lovemonk) 5 Truemendous – Huh? EP (High Focus)

6 Hiroshi Yoshimura – GREEN Black Edition (Light In The Attic) 7 Harry Roesli – Titik Api (Lamunai) 8 Soul Media – Funky Stuff Black Vinyl Edition (Nippon Columbia) 9 Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes – What Kinda Music Limited Deluxe Edition (Blue Note) 10 Gretchen x HHV – For The Culture #1: The Bug / Onra / Suff Daddy / Schlachthofbronx (For The Culture / HHV)

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Staff Picks 2020 Maximilian Fritz Contributing Writer

1 Autechre – Sign (Warp) 2 Eartheater – Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin Black Vinyl Edition (Pan) 3 Shinichi Atobe – Yes (DDS) 4 Minor Science – Second Language (Whities) 5 KMRU – Peel (Editions Mego)

6 V.A. – Lifesaver 4 Compilation - 21 - Dedicated To Andrew Weatherall (Live At Robert Johnson) 7 Kelly Lee Owens – Inner Song Black Vinyl Edition (Smalltown Supersound) 8 Ant Orange – You're Super In Diagonal (Karaoke Kalk) 9 Helge Schneider – Mama (Roof Music) 10 Piry Reis – Piry Reis (Piry Reis)

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Staff Picks 2020 Milan Cevik Fashion Purchasing Department

1 Inte*Ra – Aqueduct (Acting Press) 2 Larry Heard – Sceneries Not Songs Volume 1 (Alleviated) 3 Khotin – Finds You Well Black Vinyl Edition (Ghostly International) 4 Lakür – Fantasy In Space (Joule) 5 Mazzo – Gentle Winds (Gated)

6 Frederik The Curious Frog – Not So Kind 02 (Not So Kind) 7 Frank Bretschneider – Abtasten_halten (Faitiche) 8 Mathis Ruffing – Tangible, Elastic (Strictly Strictly) 9 Okvsho – Kamala's Danz (Boyoom Connective) 10 Hyped On Acid – Hyper EP (Cantina Cuts)

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Staff Picks 2020 Niklas Fucks Used Vinyl

1 V.A. – Ghettoboom Volume 1 (Former City) 2 Various Artists – Butter Notes 1 (Butter Notes) 3 Various Artists – Queens Of Club (Raiders) 4 Mathis Ruffing – Tangible, Elastic (Strictly Strictly) 5 Luke Vibert – Luke Vibert Presents: Modern Rave (Hypercolour)

6 Various Artists – DRB012 (Dr Banana) 7 DJ Swagger & Luz1e – Pres. DJ Doom Volume 1 (Goddess Music) 8 DJ Gigola & Kev Koko – Sueno (Live From Earth Klub) 9 DJ Flp – 33451 (3345) 10 Headware – Force Fields Volume 1 (Parallax)

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Staff Picks 2020 Nils Schlechtriemen Contributing Writer

1 Coil – Musick To Play In The Dark HHV EU Exclusive Clear Purple Vinyl Edition (Dais) 2 Koyil – Healing Cycles (Dig) 3 Vladislav Delay – Rakka (Cosmo Rhythmatic) 4 Autotelia – I Green Vinyl Edition (Rocket) 5 Vril – Bad Manners 4 (Bad Manners)

6 Tunes Of Negation (Shackleton) – Like The Stars Forever And Ever (Cosmo Rhythmatic) 7 Neptunian Maximalism – Éons (I, Voidhanger Records) 8 Various Artists – Scandinavian Swords IIII: Atlas Of Visions (Northern Electronics) 9 Actress – Karma & Desire HHV Exclusive Clear Vinyl Art Print Edition (Ninja Tune) 10 Varuna – Mantis 04 (Delsin)

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Staff Picks 2020 Philipp Kunze Editorial Staff

1 Sean Mccann, Matthew Sullivan & Alex Twomey – Saturday Night (Recital) 2 DJ Python – Mas Amable (Incienso) 3 V.A. – The World Is A Cafeteria (Cairo) 4 DJ Screw – All Screwed Up Picture Disc (Sosouth) 5 Azu Tiwaline – Draw Me A Silence (IOT Records)

6 Floating Di Morel – Summer Has Become Cold (Play Loud! Productions) 7 CS + Kreme – Snoopy (The Trilogy Tapes) 8 The Soft Pink Truth – Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase (Thrill Jockey) 9 Tara Clerkin Trio – Tara Clerkin Trio (Lies In) 10 Romeo Poirier – Hotel Nota (Sferic)

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Staff Picks 2020 Riet Meert Used Vinyl

1 Mystic Future,Hughes Giboulay & Aubrey – Cosmic Ray Event (Nightflight) 2 DeFeKT – Mind Lock EP Feat. Jensen Interceptor (International Chrome) 3 V.A. – Zwaartekracht 3 (Zwaartekracht) 4 Cocktail Party Effect – Cocktail Party Effect (Tectonic) 5 Arsonist Recorder – Vaxxer EP (Specimen)

6 Various Artists – April Gabber Vol. 1 (April Gabber) 7 Volruptus – First Contact (bbbbbb Records) 8 Gabber Eleganza & Hdmirror – The Real Life (Live From Earth Klub) 9 Macro Assembler & Data Assault – Enter The Program EP (Program And Control) 10 Various ‎Artists – The Definition Of Neorave (RAVE)

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Staff Picks 2020 Schelle Reseller

1 Macabre – Carnival Of Killers Black Vinyl Edition (Nuclear Blast) 2 Tulus – Old Old Death Black Vinyl Edition (Soul Supply) 3 Amyl And The Sniffers – Live At The Croxton (ATO Records) 4 Kruelty – A Dying Truth Black Vinyl Edition (Profound Lore) 5 Sightless Pit – Grave Of A Dog Black Vinyl Edition (Thrill Jockey)

6 Hilary Woods – Birthmarks (Sacred Bones) 7 Myrkur – Folkesange Black Vinyl Edition (Relapse) 8 Living Gate – Deathlust (Relapse) 9 Emperor – Wrath Of The Tyrant Limited Clear Vinyl Edition (Spinefarm) 10 Napalm Death – Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism (Century Media)

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Staff Picks 2020 Sebastian Hinz Editor-in-chief

1 CS + Kreme – Snoopy (The Trilogy Tapes) 2 Romeo Poirier – Hotel Nota (Sferic) 3 Ruth Anderson – Here (Arc Light Editions) 4 Asa Tone – Temporary Music (Leaving) 5 David Behrman, Paul Demarinis, Fern Friedman, Terri Hanlon & Anne Klingensmith – She's More Wild... (Black Truffle)

6 Waclaw Zimpel – Massive Oscillations (Ongehoord) 7 Ron Boots, Jo Bogaert & Morten Sondergaard – Lachrymation / Ambient Kinsky / Sahara I Mine Haender / Far Boundaries (Stroom) 8 Priscilla Ermel – Origens Da Luz (Music From Memory) 9 Less Bells – Mourning Jewelry (Kranky) 10 Nick Klein – No Shortage Of Rope (Alter)

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Staff Picks 2020 Stefan Mertlik Contributing Writer

1 Mac Miller – Circles (Warner Bros / WEA) 2 Deadnotes – Courage (22 Lives) 3 Zebra Katz – Less Is Moor (The Vinyl Factory) 4 Dream Nails – Dream Nails (Alcopop! Records) 5 Badly Drawn Boy – Banana Skin Shoes (One Last Fruit)

6 Black Lips – Sing In A World That's Falling Apart (Fire) 7 Haiyti – SUI SUI Survival Kit (Warner) 8 Knxwledge – 1988 (Stones Throw) 9 The Strokes – The New Abnormal (RCA) 10 The Weeknd – After Hours (Republic)

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Staff Picks 2020 Steffen Kolberg Contributing Writer

1 Wilma Archer – A Western Circular Black Vinyl Edition (Domino) 2 Sault – Untitled (Rise) (Forever Living Originals) 3 OTTO – Clam Day (PLZ Make It Ruins) 4 All diese Gewalt – Andere Black Vinyl Edition (Glitterhouse) 5 P.A. Hülsenbeck & Michael Schönheit – Reaoing From The Conflux (Altin Village & Mine)

6 Pose Dia – Front View (Bureau B) 7 Jaga Jazzist – Pyramid Clear Vinyl Edition (Brainfeeder) 8 Screenshots – 2 Millionen Umsatz Mit Einer Einfachen Idee (Musikbetrieb R.O.C.K) 9 Art Feynman – Half Price At 3:30 (Western Vinyl) 10 Reymour – Sarabande A Deux EP (Caf?)

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Staff Picks 2020 Thomas Ulrich CEO

1 Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo Black Vinyl Edition (ESGN) 2 Run The Jewels – RTJ4 Neon Magenta Vinyl Edition (BMG) 3 Tyler The Creator – Igor (Columbia) 4 Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes – What Kinda Music (Blue Note) 5 Hi-Tech – DJ Shok presents The Music: Hi-Tech's Golden Era Singles Colored Vinyl Edition (90's Tapes / HHV)

6 Action Bronson – Only For Dolphins HHV Exclusive Green Vinyl Edition (Caroline) 7 Sven Wunder – Eastern Flowers (Doğu Çiçekleri) (Piano Piano) 8 Gretchen x HHV – For The Culture #1: The Bug / Onra / Suff Daddy / Schlachthofbronx (For The Culture / HHV) 9 Cassiopeia x HHV – For The Culture #2: Pöbel MC / Final Prayer Feat. Bernd (Beatsteaks) & Nico (WFAHM) (For The Culture / HHV) 10 Yaam x HHV – For The Culture #3: Pumpkin & Vin’S da Cuero / The Polyversal Souls Feat. Hailu Mergia (For The Culture / HHV)

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Staff Picks 2020 Thorben Kaiser Music Purchase Department

1 Discovery Zone – Remote Control HHV Exclusive White Vinyl Edition (Mansions & Millions) 2 Helge Schneider – Mama (Roof Music) 3 Ducks On Drugs – Stabil Labil White Vinyl Edition (Audiolith) 4 Sault – Untitled (Black Is) (Forever Living Originals) 5 Sault – Untitled (Rise) (Forever Living Originals)

6 Tricky – Fall To Pieces Black Vinyl Edition (False Idols) 7 Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek – Sufi Dub Brothers Silver Vinyl Edition (Fun In The Church) 8 Friends Of Gas – Kein Wetter (Staatsakt) 9 All diese Gewalt – Andere Black Vinyl Edition (Glitterhouse) 10 Cleo Sol – Rose In The Dark (Forever Living Originals)

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Staff Picks 2020 Till Wilhelm Contributing Writer

1 Action Bronson – Only For Dolphins HHV Exclusive Green Vinyl Edition (Caroline) 2 Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo HHV Exclusive Neon Yellow Vinyl Edition (ESGN) 3 Eloquent & Torky Tork – Modus Minus (Sichtexot) 4 Amine – Limbo (Republic) 5 Zugezogen Maskulin – 10 Jahre Abfuck Limited Hardcover Book Edition (Four Music)

6 Haiyti – SUI SUI Survival Kit (Warner) 7 Jockstrap – Wicked City (Warp) 8 Lugatti & 9ine – Tempo Deluxe Colored Vinyl Edition (HHV) 9 Mavi Phoenix – Boys Toys (LLT Records) 10 Haftbefehl – Das Weisse Album (Urban)

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Staff Picks 2020 Tim Caspar Boehme Contributing Writer

1 Wolfgang Muthspiel / Scott Colley / Brian Blade – Angular Blues (ECM) 2 Leo Takami – Felis Catus & Silence (Unseen Worlds) 3 Manfredo Fest – Brazilian Dorian Dream (Far Out) 4 Autechre – Sign (Warp) 5 Actress – Karma & Desire HHV Exclusive Clear Vinyl Art Print Edition (Ninja Tune)

6 Fabiano Do Nascimento – Preludio (Now-Again) 7 Emily A. Sprague – Hill, Flower, Fog (Rvng Intl.) 8 Mary Halvorson's Code Girl – Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12) 9 Ballrogg – Rolling Ball (Clean Feed) 10 Afrikan Sciences – Have It Tall / Daily Gates (ESP Institute)

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Staff Picks 2020 Tobias Deutrich HHV Store

1 Harry Mudie Meet King Tubby's – In Dub Conference Volume One 2 Lotte Kaersa & Graesrodderne – Jubiiilaeum (Tartelet) 3 Don Cherry – Om Shanti Om (Black Sweat) 4 Bufiman – Albumsi (Dekmantel) 5 Gruppe Wir – Wir Sind Die Welt / Früh (Black Pearl)

6 Sansibar – Targeted Individuals (Darknet) 7 XXXV – XXXV Edits 05 & 06 (Cubanized Part 1&2) (Common Series) 8 Niklas Wandt – Erdtöne (Kryptox) 9 Heerlens Percussie Ensemble – Biologic Music (Hot Mule) 10 Larry Heard – Sceneries Not Songs Volume 1 (Alleviated)