IDOL Staff picks 2023

Each member of the IDOL team has contributed to this playlist by selecting two significant tracks from the year. The first from one of the labels distributed by IDOL, and the second not (yet) included in the catalog. Can you spot the IDOL artists?

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A
• Afro B – Wo Wo Wo / Afrowave. More information
• Ana Carla Maza – Las Primaveras / Persona Editorial
• Analogue Monsta, TOKiMONSTA, Suzie Analogue – Time To / Young Art
• Antonin – Antonino / Ekler’o’shock
• AllttA – Can’t Slow Down / On and On Records

B
• B-ahwe – Reload / Bridge The Gap (SRD)
• BEN plg – Le goût du sel / Pour La Gloire

C
• Caravan Palace – MAD / Lone Diggers
• carbeau – Madrugada / NUDA
• Coffintexts – Ur Body So Smooth / Clasico Records
• Cotonete + Leron Thomas – Day In Day Out / Heavenly Sweetness

D

• Daphni – Cloudy (Kelbin Remix) / Jiaolong (SRD)
• DJ Sneak – Love Can Make It Happen / Heist Recordings. More about the label
• Duñe – Think About You / Divine
• Dee Diggs, Matt FX – Do It / toucan sounds. Read the co-founder’s interview/li>

E

• Eliott Blaise-Lassire – Rvae / Onto Records
• Erick the Architect ft. Channel Tres – Ambrosia / Architect Recording Company. More information

F

• Flavien Berger – Sapon / Pan European Recording / Vibrance. Find out more about Flavien Berger’s AI clip
• Font – Sentence I / ACRO
• Fred Again.. & Brian Eno – Secret / Text Records (SRD)

G

• Giulia Falcone – Lettre à mes parents / Peermusic. More about the label
• Glauque – Deuil / AUGURI LABELS
• Grand Eugène – Danser / Délicieuse Records

H
• Hanaa Ouassim – Kamanja Ice / Pan European Recording. More about the label
• Hania Rani + Patrick Watson – Dancing With Ghosts / Gondwana Records. More about the label
• Henri Texier – Apache Woman / Label Bleu

I

• Izo FitzRoy – Give Me The High / Jalapeno

J

• Julio Bashmore – Bubblin (Edit) / Local Action. Read the founder’s interview
• Julia Jean-Baptiste – Je continue à danser / Kwaidan
• JyellowL – Benteyga / JyellowL Records

K

• King Ayisoba – Good Things God Knows / Glitterbeat Records
• KUOKO – ALL I WANT / Kabul Fire Records. More about the label

L

• La Femme – Aloha Baby / Disque Pointu
• Later. – Turn Away / Cookie Records
• L’impératrice & Cuco – Heartquake / microqlima. More information
• Lord Apex, Greentea Peng – In Your Heart / E/M Worldwide. More information
• LORD$ – Billy Joel / Tricatel

M

• Mali Velasquez – Medicine / Acrophase Records
• Marcel Vogel and LYMA – Keep on Stepping / Boogie Angst
• Matthew Halsall – An Ever Changing View / Gondwana Records
• Meryl – Vite / Maison Caviar
• Mounika. – BonXair / MaJu. Records & I.O.T Records
• myst milano. – Thirteen / Halocline Trance (SRD)

N

• Naâman, Groundation – Raindrops (Cheer Up Remix) / Big Scoop
• Naïssam Jalal – Rituel du soleil / Les couleurs du son
• NOBE – Phonecall (deserve It) / La Tebwa
• NVDES, The Zilliez – Party People / B3SCI. Read the founder’s interview

O

• Oscar #Worldpeace – Never Know / Worldpeace Records. More information

P

• Peet – Déjà fait / Baco
• Peverelist – Pulse V / Livity Sound Recordings (SRD)
• Please – It’s Only a Band / For A While
• PPJ – Bicha / Recherche & Développement
• Primero – Vie de chien / Labrique

S

• Sabrina Bellaouel – Body / InFiné. Read the founder’s interview
• Senbei, Al’tarba – Stain City / Banzaï
• Sheherazaad – Mashoor / Erased Tapes. Read the founder’s interview
• Sheldon, 3010, H JeuneCrack – Le sac / 75e Session Records. En savoir plus sur le label
• Sholto – The Pearl That Glitters / Root Records
• Simone Ringer – DANCE / CryBaby
• Sissoko, Segal, Parisien, Peirani – La chanson des égarés / Nø Førmat!
• Songes – Don’t be Afraid / Cuelove
• Sterling Grove – Do It / House of Youth records. More about the label
• Stuck in the Sound – Le Soleil / Upton Park
• SuperJazzClub – WICKED / SuperJazzClub Inc. Relive their IDOL Session

T

• The Psychotic Monks – Post-Post- / Vicious Circle

U

• UTO – Zombie / InFiné
• Uppermost – HUMILITY DRIVES MEANINGFUL INTERACTIONS / Uppwind
• Urde – Elle est où ? / Maintenant ou Jamais Records

V

• Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X / Fire Records
• Vox Low – We Walk / Born Bad Records. Read the founder’s interview

Y

• YĪN YĪN – Takahashi Timing / Glitterbeat Records
• Yemi Alade – Fake Friends / Effyzzie Music. More information

Z

• Zylva “DreamSs” / Squama Recordings. More about the label