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Staff Picks 2021 Andreas Brüning Contributing Writer

1 Seefeel – Succour (Redux) (Warp) 2 The Bug – Fire Grey Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 3 Don Zilla – Ekizikiza Mubwengula (Hakuna Kulala) 4 Delay Grounds – Genus Marbled Snowy White Vinyl Edition (Lapsus) 5 Dark Star Safari – Walk Through Lightly (Arjunamusic)

6 Imaginary Number – Imaginary Number (Yuku) 7 Thomas Köner – Nuuk (Mille Plateaux) 8 Proc Fiskal – Lothian Buses EP (Hyperdub) 9 Ayuune Sule – Puto Katare Yire (Rebel Up) 10 Beatriz Ferreyra / Natasha Barrett – Souvenirs Cachés / Innermost (Persistence Of Sound)

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Staff Picks 2021 Benjamin Mächler Contributing Writer

1 Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony – Promises Marbled Vinyl Edition (Luaka Bop) 2 Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams Red Vinyl Edition (Transgressive) 3 Aaron Frazer – Introducing ... Black Vinyl Edition (Dead Oceans) 4 Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Milky Clear Vinyl Edition (Age 101) 5 Joy Orbison – Still Slipping (XL Recordings)

6 Evidence of Dilated Peoples – Unlearning Volume 1 Black Vinyl Edition (Rhymesayers) 7 Cleo Sol – Mother (Forever Living Originals) 8 Hiatus Kaiyote – Mood Valiant Black Vinyl Edition (Brainfeeder) 9 Boldy James & The Alchemist – Bo Jackson (ALC) 10 Marteria – 5. Dimension Black Vinyl Edition (Green Berlin)

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Staff Picks 2021 Björn Bischoff Contributing Writer

1 Godspeed You Black Emperor – G_d's Pee At State's End! (Constellation) 2 Haftbefehl – Das Schwarze Album White & Black Marbled Vinyl Edition (Urban) 3 Sarah Davachi – Antiphonals Black Vinyl Edition (Late Music) 4 Mogwai – As The Love Continues Black Vinyl Edition (Rock Action) 5 Loscil – Clara (Kranky)

6 Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Carnage (Goliath) 7 Lana Del Rey – Chemtrails Over The Country Club Black Vinyl Edition (Interscope) 8 A Winged Victory For The Sullen – Invisible Cities Ultra Clear Vinyl Ediiton (Diggers Factory) 9 BBNG (BadBadNotGood) – Talk Memory Black Vinyl Edition (XL Recordings) 10 Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg Black Vinyl Edition (4AD)

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Staff Picks 2021 Carl Streletzki Music Puirchase Department

1 Godd Boddies – Ill Visions (SCMD Music) 2 Bush Babees – Gravity (90's Tapes / HHV) 3 Robohands – Green (Village Live) 4 Creatures Of Habit – Parasites Paradise Picture Disc Vinyl Edition (Real Life Drama) 5 Devaloop & Ryler Smith – Eternal Dreams (Krekpek)

6 Gozudrums – Alley Affairs (Jindujun) 7 Gerry Mulligan – Night Lights Deluxe Edition (New Land) 8 Twit One – AUDDA Control (Augenringe Unter Dem Dritten Auge) 9 Hiroshi Suzuki – Cat (We Release Jazz) 10 MC Rene – Irgendwas Stimmt (Krekpek)

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Staff Picks 2021 Christian Koester Product Presentation

1 Armand Hammer & The Alchemist – Haram Deluxe Edition (Backwoodz) 2 th1rt3en (Pharoahe Monch) – A Magnificent Day For An Exorcism (Fat Beats) 3 Breeze Brewin – Hindsight (Matic) 4 Moor Mother & billy woods – BRASS (Backwoodz Studioz) 5 Kenny Segal – Indoors (Ruby Yacht)

6 Tragedy Khadafi x Dead Monarchs – Tabula Rasa (Class A Records) 7 Vic Spencer – Legend Laws Of Power White Vinyl Edition (Supa Sounds) 8 Armand Hammer – Rome (Backwoodz Studios) 9 Vic Spencer – Legend Laws Of Power (Supa Sounds LLC) 10 Vic Spencer X August Fanon – Psychological Cheat Sheet 2 (Tuff Kong)

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Staff Picks 2021 Christian Neubert Contributing Writer

1 Aesop Rock X Blockhead – Garbology (Rhymesayers) 2 Godspeed You Black Emperor – G_d's Pee At State's End! (Constellation) 3 Kurt Stenzel – OST Jodorowsky's Dune Lita 20th Anniversary Clear Vinyl Edition (Cinewax) 4 Zement – Rohstoff (Crazysane Records) 5 Takeshi's Cashew – Humans In A Pool (Laut & Luise)

6 Jb Hanak – Une Derniere Fois Green & Yellow Vinyl Edition (Diggers Factory) 7 Retrogott & Nepumuk – Metamusik (Sichtexot + Entbs) 8 François De Roubaix – Les Secrets De La Mer Rouge (Transversales Disques) 9 Aesop Rock – Appleseed Translucent Clear Vinyl Edition (Rhymesayers) 10 Roc Marciano – Mt. Marci (Fat Beats)

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Staff Picks 2021 Christoph Benkeser Contributing Writer

1 Anna Mabo – Notre Dame (Bader Molden) 2 Eli Keszler – Icons Clear Vinyl Edition (LuckyMe) 3 Black Country, New Road – For The First Time Black Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 4 Mala Herba – Demonologia (Aufnahme + Wiedergabe) 5 Conny Frischauf – Die Drift (Bureau B)

6 Leslie Winer – When I Hit You You'll Feel It Black Vinyl Edition (Light In The Attic) 7 Cid Rim – Songs Of Vienna White Vinyl Edition (LuckyMe) 8 Thomas Fehlmann – Böser Herbst (Kompakt) 9 Innere Tueren – Welten EP (Kann) 10 Rolltreppe – Rolltreppe (Bachelor)

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Staff Picks 2021 Daniel Holbach Software Developer

1 Genesis Owusu – Smiling With No Teeth (House Anxiety Records) 2 System Olympia – Delta of Venus (Okay Nature Records) 3 Eyedress – Mulholland Drive (Lex Records) 4 YUNGMORPHEUS & Eyedress – Affable With Pointed Teeth (Lex Records) 5 Joy Orbison – Still Slipping (XL Recordings)

6 Rochelle Jordan – Play With The Changes (Young Art) 7 Patrick Paige II (The Internet) – If I Fail Are We Still Cool? Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl Edition (Fat Possum) 8 Myd – Born A Loser (Ed Banger / Because Music) 9 Mndsgn – Rare Pleasure Colored Vinyl Edition (Stones Throw) 10 Brijean – Feelings Blue & Pink Swirl Vinyl Edition (Ghostly International)

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Staff Picks 2021 DJ BONEY S Used Vinyl

1 AgainstMe – Inequalities EP (Liquid Drops) 2 Bufiman & Dalo – WAR1201 Philipp Otterbach Remix (Warning) 3 Dagga – Inert Hologram (Jupiter4) 4 Helium – The Work EP (Kalahari Oyster Cult) 5 Luz1e – Radical Optimism (Voitax)

6 Martinelli & DJ Frankie – Negative Union (Program And Control) 7 Salome – Fatal Glow (Lobster Theremin) 8 V.A. – A.C.A.B. Part One (777) 9 V.A. – Tonic Noise (None/Such) 10 V.A. – Zwaartekracht 4 (Zwaartekracht)

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Staff Picks 2021 Donald & Rave HHV Label

1 Alfa Mist – Bring Backs HHV Exclusive Peach Vinyl Edition (Anti) 2 BBNG (BadBadNotGood) – Talk Memory Black Vinyl Edition (XL Recordings) 3 The Coast To Coast Band – Coast To Coast (Athens Of The North) 4 Dean Blunt – Black Metal 2 (Rough Trade) 5 Ernest Ranglin – In The Rain (Emotional Rescue)

6 Gil Scott-Heron – Pieces Of A Man HHV Exclusive Transparent Green Vinyl Edition (BGP) 7 Mathematik – Ecology (90's Tapes / HHV) 8 Ryo Fukui – Mellow Dream HHV Summer Of Jazz Exclusive Blue Vinyl Edition (We Release Jazz) 9 Stimulator Jones – La Mano (Mutual Intentions) 10 The Dave Pike Set – Mathar (Wallen Bink)

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Staff Picks 2021 Doreen HHV Store

1 Helium – The Works EP Original & Unreleased Mixes (Kalahari Oyster Cult) 2 V.A. – Planet Love: Early Transmissions 1990-95 (Safe Trip) 3 Ludwig A.F. Röhrscheid – Velocity 2021 Repress (Exo Recordings International) 4 Phil Evans – S-Mile (Pager) 5 DJ Black Low – Uwami (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

6 Motor City Drum Ensemble – Fabric Presents: Danilo Plessow (Fabric) 7 Nebula – Same As Me Feat. Robert Owens Simoncino Rmx (Vibraphone) 8 mister T. – Soul Shower (Cold Busted) 9 Grand Puba – I Like It / The Jam Feat. The Sunny Daze Band (Good For You) 10 The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die HHV GSA Exclusive Silver Vinyl Edition (Bad Boy)

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Staff Picks 2021 Ecki Software Developer

1 Future Sound Of London – Music From Calendars (Jumpin & Pumpin) 2 Scorn – The Only Place (Ohm Resistance) 3 The Limit – Caveman Logic Blue Vinyl Edition (Svart) 4 Paul Weller – Fat Pop Standard Black Vinyl Edition (Polydor) 5 Brenk Sinatra – Boss Spieler University (Wave Planet)

6 Muslimgauze – Narcotic (Staalplaat) 7 Menahan Street Band – The Exciting Sounds Of Menahan Street Band Colored Vinyl Edition (Daptone) 8 Panke x HHV – For The Culture #5: MC Cheek, Prof. X & B-Side / MC CheeK & Figub Brazlevic (For The Culture / HHV) 9 Reigning Sound – A Little More Time With Reigning Sound (Merge) 10 Joe Strummer – Assembly (BMG)

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Staff Picks 2021 Elena Customer Service

1 Juju – Live At 131 Prince Street Black Vinyl Edition (Strut) 2 Amancio D'Silva – Konkan Dance (Roundtable) 3 V.A. – Ena Tefariki / Oriental Shake, Farfisa Madness & Rocking Bouzoukis From The Greek Laika Movement (1961-1973) (Radio Martiko) 4 Minoru Muraoka – Bamboo HHV Summer Of Jazz Exclusive Green Vinyl Edition (Mr Bongo) 5 Str4ta – Aspects (Brownswood)

6 William S. Fischer – Akelarre Sorta (Elkar) 7 Carlos Nino & Friends – More Energy Fields, Current Water Spirit Colored Vinyl Edition (International Anthem) 8 Laraaji – Flow Goes The Universe (All Saints) 9 Costa Blanca – Viaje A Prantia (Altercat) 10 V.A. – Echo Wielkiej Plyty (The Very Polish Cut-Outs)

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Staff Picks 2021 Elisabeth Pieplow Music Purchase Department

1 Karkhana – Al Azraqayn (Karl) 2 Gaznevada – Gaznevada Black Vinyl Edition (Italian) 3 BAB – Aidour (Crowdspacer) 4 Janet & Jak Esim And Ensemble – Sefardim (Rumi Sounds) 5 Lingua Ignota – Sinner Get Ready (Sargent House)

6 Galt MacDermot – Coffee Cold / Space Black Vinyl Edition (Fraternity) 7 Sacrilege – Ambulance Station Squat London 1985 / 1st And 2nd Demos Clear/Black Splatter Vinyl Edition (Back On Black) 8 Selda – Selda HHV Exclusive Pink Vinyl Edition (Pharaway Sounds) 9 Kutiman – Guruji (Siyal Music) 10 Amelia Cuni – Parampara Festival 13.3.1992 (Black Truffle)

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Staff Picks 2021 Fionn Birr Contributing Writer

1 Jorja Smith – Be Right Back Red Vinyl Edition (Membran) 2 Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Milky Clear Vinyl Edition (Age 101) 3 Hudson Mohawke – Hudson's Heeters Volume 1 (Warp) 4 Nas – King's Disease II Gold Vinyl Edition (Mass Appeal) 5 Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under (Polydor)

6 Dean Blunt – Black Metal 2 (Rough Trade) 7 Cautious Clay – Deadpan Love (Cautious Clay) 8 BBNG (BadBadNotGood) – Talk Memory Black Vinyl Edition (XL Recordings) 9 Haiyti – Mieses Leben (Hayati) 10 Mädness (Mädness & Döll) – Mäd Löve (Mädness)

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Staff Picks 2021 Florian Aigner Editorial Staff

1 Rat Heart – Rat Heart (Shotta Tapes) 2 Jac Berrocal, David Fenech, Vincent Epplay – Exterior Lux (Akuphone) 3 Leslie Winer – When I Hit You You'll Feel It Black Vinyl Edition (Light In The Attic) 4 Time Cow, RTKAL, Gavsborg – Elephant Man (Equiknoxx Musiq) 5 Jane Arden & Jack Bond – Anti-Clock (Low Company)

6 Madteo – Head Goes Wrong By Noise (Honest Jon's) 7 Tirzah – Colourgrade Black Vinyl Edition (Domino) 8 Oi Les Ox – Crooner Qui Coule Sous Les Clous (The Death Of Rave) 9 Koopsta Knicca – Da Devil's Playground Yellow Translucent Vinyl Edition (D-Evil) 10 Laila Sakini – Into The Traffic, Under The Moonlight Clear Vinyl Edition (Laila Sakini)

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Staff Picks 2021 Franziska Nistler Contributing Writer

1 LSDXOXO – Dedicated 2 Disrespect (XL Recordings) 2 Skee Mask – Pool (Ilian Tape) 3 Perel – Star (Running Back) 4 Sedef Adasi – Fantasy Zone (Public Possession) 5 Lana Del Rey – Blue Banisters (Urban)

6 Blawan – Make A Goose (Ternesc) 7 Park Hye Jin – If You Want It Yellow Vinyl Edition (Clipp.Art) 8 Planetary Assault Systems – Say It Loud (Token) 9 Schwefelgelb – Der Rest Der Nacht Clear Light Blue Vinyl Edition (N-Plex) 10 Loraine James – Reflection (Hyperdub)

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Staff Picks 2021 Hendrik Stein Music Purchase Department

1 Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors – Selected Works (1985-2005) (Time Capsule) 2 V.A. – Belong To The Wind (Forager) 3 DJn4 – Tales Of Z (Emotional Response) 4 Benedikt Frey & Tim Toh – Nava (R.i.O.) 5 CV Vision – Tropical (South Of North)

6 V.A. – WAR1202 (Warning) 7 Misa Blam – Misa Blam I Oni Koji Vole Funky (Discom) 8 New Born – Galaxy EP (Schatzi Musik) 9 Ok Eg – Intertidal Zone (Wax;O Paradiso) 10 Alice Damon – Windsong (Morning Trip)

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Staff Picks 2021 Jana-Maria Mayer Contributing Writer

1 Ja, Panik – Die Gruppe Ja, Panik Black Vinyl Edition (Bureau B) 2 Kaelan Mikla – Undir Köldum Nordurljósum (Artoffact Records) 3 Gràb – Zeitlang (Not On Label) 4 Smerz – Believer (XL Recordings) 5 Beverly Glenn-Copeland – At Last! Record Store Day 2021 Edition (Transgressive)

6 Tirzah – Colourgrade Black Vinyl Edition (Domino) 7 Mega Bog – Life, And Another (Paradise Of Bachelors) 8 King Woman – Celestial Blues (Relapse) 9 Free Dust – Woo'd Early Blue Marbled Vinyl Edition (Past Inside The Present) 10 Nichts – Tango 2000 Remastered Deluxe Transparent Blue Vinyl Edition (Cargo)

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Staff Picks 2021 Jens Pacholsky Contributing Writer

1 Goldie – Timeless 25 Year Anniversary Edition (London) 2 Autechre – Chiastic Slide (Warp) 3 Arovane – Atol Scrap Remastered Edition (Keplar) 4 Seefeel – Succour (Redux) (Warp) 5 James Bernard – Unreleased Works: Volume 1 Acid Dreams Yellow Vinyl Edition (A Strangely Isolated Place)

6 Guedra Guedra – Vexillology (On The Corner) 7 Squarepusher – Feed Me Weird Things Black Vinyl Edition (Warp) 8 Muqata'a – Kamil Manqus (Hundebiss) 9 Zuli – All Caps (UIQ) 10 Scotch Rolex – Tewari (Nyege Nyege Tapes)

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Staff Picks 2021 Kristoffer Cornils Editorial Staff

1 Rosaceae – DNA (Pudel Produkte) 2 Scotch Rolex – Tewari (Nyege Nyege Tapes) 3 Richard Youngs – CXXI (Black Truffle) 4 Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee Black Vinyl Edition (Dead Oceans) 5 Senyawa – Alkisah (Les Album Claus)

6 Lucy Railton – 5 S-Bahn Blue Vinyl Edition (Boomkat Editions) 7 Emeka Ogboh – Beyond The Yellow Haze (A-Ton) 8 Hotel Kali – Hotel Kali (Antime) 9 Fletcher Tucker – Unlit Trail (Adagio 830) 10 Lawrence English – Observation Of Breath (Hallow Ground)

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Staff Picks 2021 Lars Fleischmann Contributing Writer

1 Museum Of No Art – One Night At The Pool (Kame House) 2 Anatolian Weapons – Mantili EP (Kame House) 3 Vinicio Adames – Al Comienzo Del Camino (Trueclass) 4 Bremer / McCoy – Natten Black Vinyl Edition (Luaka Bop) 5 Circuit Des Yeux – -IO- (Matador)

6 V.A. – IDMEMO: A Future Of Nostalgia Volume 2 (Above Board Projects) 7 Love-Songs Und U.Schütte – Spannende Musik (Bureau B) 8 Niklas Wandt – Solar Müsli Curacao Vinyl Edition (Bureau B) 9 Qnete – RM12013 (R.A.N.D. Muzik) 10 V.A. – And Felt Like... (Knekelhuis)

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Staff Picks 2021 Louisa Neitz Contributing Writer

1 Squid – Bright Green Field Black Vinyl Edition (Warp) 2 International Music – Ententraum Black Vinyl Edition (Staatsakt) 3 Greentea Peng – Man Made (Caroline) 4 Yu Su – Yellow River Blue (Music From Memory) 5 Flock Of Dimes – Head Of Roses Black Vinyl Edition (Sub Pop)

6 Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams Red Vinyl Edition (Transgressive) 7 Emeka Ogboh – Beyond The Yellow Haze (A-Ton) 8 Leo Nocentelli – Another Side Clear Vinyl Edition (Light In The Attic) 9 Grouper – Shade (Kranky) 10 Matthew E. White – K Bay Black Vinyl Edition (Domino)

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Staff Picks 2021 Mad Lubi Receiving Department

1 Baligh Hamdi – Instrumental Modal Pop Of 1970's Egypt (Sublime Frequencies) 2 New Life Trio – Visions Of The Third Eye (Early Future Records) 3 V.A. – La Ola Interior: Spanish Ambient And Acid Exoticism 1983-1990 (Bongo Joe) 4 Cos / Danell Schell & Dick Annegarn – Mein Machine It Schön / The Ff Boom (Finders Keepers) 5 Alessandro Alessandroni – Alessandro Alessandroni E Il Suo Complesso (Sonor Music Editions)

6 Full Circle – From Knowhere (Good Morning Tapes) 7 V.A. – The Paths Of Pain The Caife Label Quito 1960-68 (Honest Jon's) 8 Uman – Chaleur Humaine (Freedom To Spend) 9 Spiritczualic Enhancement Center – Carpet Album (Kryptox) 10 Aurita Y Su Conjunto – Chambacu (Mississippi)

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Staff Picks 2021 Marcus Ryll Music Purchase Department

1 Cassandra Jenkins – An Overview On Phenomenal Nature Aquamarine Vinyl Edition (Ba Da Bing) 2 Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams Red Vinyl Edition (Transgressive) 3 Mogwai – As The Love Continues Black Vinyl Edition (Rock Action) 4 Doused – Murmur (Extended) (Flesh And Bone) 5 Soley – Mother Melancholia (Lovitt)

6 Organi – Parlez-Vous Francais? (Alien Transistor) 7 Midwife – Luminol (The Flenser) 8 Various Artists – Let's Go Into Space VI (Not On Label) 9 Lume – False Calm Black Vinyl Edition (Ohmstead) 10 Vanishing Twin – Ookii Gekkou Black Vinyl Edition (Fire)

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Staff Picks 2021 Martin Silbermann Contributing Writer

1 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Butterfly 3000 (Virgin Music) 2 Skee Mask – Pool (Ilian Tape) 3 Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime Purple Vinyl Edition (Matador) 4 Parquet Courts – Sympathy For Life Green Vinyl Edition (Rough Trade) 5 Low – Hey What (Sub Pop)

6 Fehler Kuti – Professional People (Alien Transistor) 7 V.A. – Edo Funk Explosion Volume 1 (Analog Africa) 8 El Michels Affair – Yeti Season Black Vinyl Edition (Big Crown) 9 Spirit Of The Beehive – Entertainment, Death Blood Red Vinyl Edition (Saddle Creek) 10 Faye Webster – I Know I'm Funny Haha Black Vinyl Edition (Secretly Canadian)

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Staff Picks 2021 Milan Cevik Receiving Department

1 Alex Kassian – Leave Your Life (Pinchy & Friends) 2 Liquid Sun – Garden Of Eden (Cold Blow / Musique Pour La Danse) 3 V.A. – Small Hours 004 (Small Hours) 4 Hearthug, Sohrab, Jeku & Cousin – Witness 01 (One Eye Witness) 5 J Rock – Street Wize 35th Anniversary Edition (De Rap Winkel)

6 Clara Rockmore – Theremin (Fantome Phonographique) 7 Crispr – Dyad Symmetry EP (Clone West Coast Series) 8 V.A. – For The Love Of You Volume 2 (Athens Of The North) 9 Dashiell – Going Fast Nowhere (Felt Sense) 10 Telephones Presents – Point Breaks / Beach Breaks 2 (European Carryall)

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Staff Picks 2021 Moritz Harsch Shipping Department

1 Harleckinz – From The Levels Below (90's Tapes / HHV) 2 Cormega – The Realness 20th Anniversary (Tuff Kong) 3 Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony – Promises Marbled Vinyl Edition (Luaka Bop) 4 OutKast – ATLiens 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (La Face) 5 Mannish – Audio Sedative (90's Tapes / HHV)

6 Science Of Sound – Kaleidoscope Phonetics Black Vinyl Edition (90's Tapes / HHV) 7 Godfather Don & Parental (de Kalhex) – Osmosis Black Vinyl Edition (Akromegalie / HHV) 8 The Nonce – The Sight Of Things / Who Falls Apart (HHV Boombap 45s) 9 Munk Wit Da Funk – Holly Hoodz Anthology Vol. 2 HHV Exclusive Grey w/ Green & Black Marbled Vinyl Edition (Hip Hop Enterprise) 10 Golden Swords & F-Plus – Classical Weapons (Chopped Herring)

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Staff Picks 2021 Niklas Fucks Used Vinyl

1 The Duty Freedom – Chronic Durations EP (Snc) 2 Fitz Gore & The Talismen – Fitz Gore & The Talismen (Perfect Toy) 3 V.A. – Message From The Parazone (Parallax) 4 Luz1e & DJ Swagger – Present DJ Doom (Warning) 5 Yazzus – Steel City Dance Discs Volume 21 (Steel City Dance Discs)

6 V.A. – Tonic Noise (None/Such) 7 DJ Swagger & DJ Aedidias – Speed Limit EP (Time Is Now) 8 Amadeezy – Eastside G-Ride (International Chrome) 9 LSDXOXO – Dedicated 2 Disrespect (XL Recordings) 10 V.A. – Sachsentrance Volume 001 (Sachsentramce)

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Staff Picks 2021 Nils Schlechtriemen Contributing Writer

1 Autechre – Chiastic Slide (Warp) 2 Skee Mask – Pool (Ilian Tape) 3 Takeshi's Cashew – Humans In A Pool (Laut & Luise) 4 Bicep – Isles Black Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 5 Neptunian Maximalism – Solar Drone Ceremony (I, Voidhanger Records)

6 Gazelle Twin & Nyx – Deep England Black Vinyl Edition (Nyx Collective) 7 Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement – Flying Fish Ambience Colored Vinyl Edition (Hospital Productions) 8 Low – Hey What (Sub Pop) 9 Vladislav Delay – Rakka II (Cosmo Rhythmatic) 10 Acavernus & Yantra – Gnose (Buh Records)

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Staff Picks 2021 Philipp Kunze Editorial Staff

1 Kurt Vile – Speed Sound Lonely KV (Matador) 2 Dean Blunt – Black Metal 2 (Rough Trade) 3 Tara Clerkin Trio – In Spring EP (World Of Echo) 4 Rat Heart – Rat Heart (Shotta Tapes) 5 Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble – Le Le (Jazz Room)

6 Maxine Funke – Seance (A Colourful Storm) 7 Soccer Committee – Tell From The Grass (Morc) 8 Jac Berrocal, David Fenech, Vincent Epplay – Exterior Lux (Akuphone) 9 Claire Rousay – 17 Roles (All Mapped Out) 10 Mario Rui Silva – Stories From Another Time 1982-1988 (Time Capsule)

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Staff Picks 2021 Schelle Reseller

1 Amyl And The Sniffers – Comfort To Me Black Vinyl Edition (Rough Trade) 2 The Body – I've Seen All I Need To See Black Vinyl Edition (Thrill Jockey) 3 Vessel Of Iniquity – The Doorway (Sentient Ruin Laboratories) 4 Disimperium – Malefic Obliteration (Sentient Ruin Laboratories) 5 Olhava – Frozen Bloom (Avantgarde)

6 Gaahls Wyrd – The Humming Mountain (Season Of Mist) 7 Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Carnage (Goliath) 8 Marianne Fathfull With Warren Ellis – She Walks In Beauty (BMG) 9 Merauder – Master Killer Clear / Red / Purple Splatter Vinyl Edition (Rebellion) 10 Metallica – Metallica Remastered Vinyl Edition (Universal Music International)

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Staff Picks 2021 Sebastian Hinz Editor-in-chief

1 Tomaga – Intimate Immensity Black Vinyl Edition (Hands In The Dark) 2 Joe Mcphee & Lasse Marhaug – Harmonia Macrocosmia (Actions For Free Jazz) 3 Heta Bilaletdin – Nauhoi ((K-RAA-K)3) 4 Aboutface – °S (Ad 93) 5 Sweepsculp (Upsammy) – Sweepsculp (Nous Klaer Audio)

6 Space Afrika – Honest Labour Clear Vinyl Edition (Dais) 7 Perila – How Much Time Between You And Me? (Smalltown Supersound) 8 Martina Lussi – Balance (Präsens Editionen) 9 Teresa Winter – Motto Of The Wheel Blue Vinyl Edition (The Death Of Rave) 10 Joy Orbison – Still Slipping (XL Recordings)

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Staff Picks 2021 Stefan Gerats Marketing Music

1 El Michels Affair – Yeti Season Black Vinyl Edition (Big Crown) 2 Jaubi – Satanic Nafs (With The Gaslamp Killer & Mophono Remix) (Astigmatic) 3 BBNG (BadBadNotGood) – Talk Memory Black Vinyl Edition (XL Recordings) 4 Sault – NINE (Forever Living Originals) 5 Soul Supreme – Let's Ride / Runnin' (Soul Supreme)

6 Durand Jones & The Indications – Private Space Black Vinyl Edition (Dead Oceans) 7 Jordan Rakei – What We Call Life Transculent Green Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 8 40 Winks – Field Recordings (Project: Mooncircle / HHV) 9 Henryk Debich – Monika / Zabawa W Ciemnosci Yellow Vinyl Edition (Astigmatic) 10 Mustafa Kus & Imece – Veda EP Red Vinyl Edition (Ironhand)

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Staff Picks 2021 Stefan Mertlik Contributing Writer

1 Turnstile – Glow On (Roadrunner) 2 Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Milky Clear Vinyl Edition (Age 101) 3 Sonder Bombs – Clothbound (Take This To Heart) 4 Sleaford Mods – Spare Ribs Black Vinyl Edition (Rough Trade) 5 El Michels Affair – Yeti Season Black Vinyl Edition (Big Crown)

6 Julia Stone – Sixty Summers (BMG) 7 One Step Closer – This Place You Know (Run For Cover) 8 Black Country, New Road – For The First Time Black Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 9 Serpentwithfeet – Deacon Black Vinyl Edition (Secretly Canadian) 10 Shame – Drunk Tank Pink Black Vinyl Edition (Dead Oceans)

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Staff Picks 2021 Thomas Ulrich CEO

1 Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams Red Vinyl Edition (Transgressive) 2 Embryo – Auf Auf (Madlib Invazion) 3 Skee Mask – Pool (Ilian Tape) 4 Altin Gün – Yol Black Vinyl Edition (Glitterbeat) 5 Boogiemonsters – God Sound Black Vinyl Edition (90's Tapes / HHV)

6 AzudemSK Vs. Morlockko Plus – 6000 Fuß Über Bayreuth (Mofo Airlines) 7 Main Source – Breaking Atoms (90's Tapes / HHV) 8 IDLES – Crawler Eco Vinyl Edition (Partisan) 9 Turnstile – Glow On (Roadrunner) 10 Madlib – Sound Ancestors (Arranged By Kieran Hebden) Silver Vinyl Edition (Madlib Invazion)

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Staff Picks 2021 Thorben Kaiser Music Purchase Department

1 Slowthai – Tyron Black Vinyl Edition (Universal) 2 Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Milky Clear Vinyl Edition (Age 101) 3 Maurice Brown – The Mood (De Rap Winkel) 4 Patrick Paige II (The Internet) – If I Fail Are We Still Cool? Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl Edition (Fat Possum) 5 Ozan Ata Canani – Warte Mein Land, Warte HHV Exclusive Beige Vinyl Edition (Fun In The Church)

6 4 Mars – Super Somali Sounds From The Gulf Of Tadjoura (Ostinato) 7 Devin The Dude – Soulful Distance (Coughee Brothaz Enterprise / Empire) 8 Alice Phoebe Lou – Glow (Motor Entertainment) 9 Maulgruppe – Hitsignale (Major Label) 10 Joachim Franz Büchner Band – Ich Bin Nicht Joachim Franz Büchner (Buback)

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Staff Picks 2021 Till Wilhelm Contributing Writer

1 Injury Reserve – By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Not On Label) 2 Haiyti – Mieses Leben (Hayati) 3 Armand Hammer & The Alchemist – Haram (Backwoodz) 4 C. Tangana – El Madrileño (Sony) 5 Boldy James & The Alchemist – Bo Jackson (ALC)

6 BRKN – Drama (Sweet) 7 Mac Miller – Faces Yellow Vinyl Edition (Warner) 8 Berwyn – TAPE2/FOMALHAUT (Columbia) 9 NMZS – Egotrip (Antilopen Geldwäsche) 10 Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Milky Clear Vinyl Edition (Age 101)

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Staff Picks 2021 Tim Caspar Boehme Contributing Writer

1 Nala Sinephro – Space 1.8 (Warp) 2 Mind Maintenance – Mind Maintenance (Drag City) 3 Amaro Freitas – Sankofa (Far Out) 4 Space Afrika – Honest Labour Clear Vinyl Edition (Dais) 5 Koreless – Agor (XL Recordings)

6 Kuunatic – Gate Of Kluna (Glitterbeat) 7 Sun Ra – Lanquidity (Strut) 8 Papiro – La Finestra Dentata (Marionette) 9 Trees Speak – Posthuman (Soul Jazz) 10 Blackdown – udk (Keysound Recordings)

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Staff Picks 2021 Tim Tschentscher Contributing Writer

1 Sam Gendel – Fresh Bread (Leaving) 2 Roger Fakhr – Fine Anyway (Habibi Funk) 3 Ralph Heidel – Relief (Kryptox) 4 Suzanne Kraft – About You (Melody As Truth) 5 The Zenmenn – Enter The Zenmenn (Music From Memory)

6 Skee Mask – Pool (Ilian Tape) 7 Fabiano Do Nascimento – Ykytu (Now-Again) 8 Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine – A Beginner's Mind Black Vinyl Edition (Asthmatic Kitty) 9 Black Country, New Road – For The First Time Black Vinyl Edition (Ninja Tune) 10 Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony – Promises Marbled Vinyl Edition (Luaka Bop)

Staff Picks 2021

Staff Picks 2021 Tobias Deutrich HHV Store

1 Heike Tittmann – Wie Ein Baum Will Ich Sein (Miss You) 2 Cecil McBee – Sextet: Music From The Source (Pure Pleasure) 3 The Pilotwings – Les Charismatiques (Brothers From Different Mothers) 4 V.A. – Planet Love: Early Transmissions 1990-95 (Safe Trip) 5 Ludwig A.F. Röhrscheid – Velocity 2021 Repress (Exo Recordings International)

6 DJ Plead – Relentless Trills Red Vinyl Edition (Boomkat Editions) 7 Turnstile – Glow On (Roadrunner) 8 V.A. – Naya Beat Volume 1: South Asian Dance And Electronic Music 1983-1992 (Naya Beat) 9 Cass. & Niklas Wandt – Esculturas Rupestres (Candomble) 10 V.A. – Belong To The Wind (Forager)