Keep The Faith Events & Warrior FM ‘Best Of 2012′ DJ Charts
DJ Paul Aaaron (Keep The Faith / Groove Lineage / UKSoulJam / NeoSoulWW / Warrior FM) London, UK
Best Of 2012 DJ Charts – Top 30
Miscellaneous Singles, Albums, Promo’s, Events & People Of Note:
1) Lianne La Havas “Is Your Love Big Enough” – Warner.
2) Porsche Smith “Superhuman” – porschesmith.com / cdbaby
3) Dwele “Greater Than One” – E1 | Dwele “Dark Side Of The Mic” – EP/Mixtape/Promo
4) Positive Flow “Flow Lines” Album (ft Omar, Heidi Vogel, Stacy Epps, Colonel Red, Sharlene Hector & more). – Tokyo Dawn Recordings.
5) Par-le “The Light Years Sampler” – Promo
6) Sy Smith “Fast & Curious” Album – sysmith.com / cdbaby
7) Robert Glasper “Black Radio” – Blue Note
8) Frank Ocean “Sweet Life” from the album “Channel Orange” – Def Jam
9) Die & Break – Grand Funk Hustle EP (Digital Soundboy)
10) The Internet ft Syd Tha Kyd “Live It Up” From Purple Naked Ladies EP (Odd Future / OFWGKTA).
11) Cody Chesnutt – “Landing On A Hundred” – Album – Vibration Vineyard
12) Mar “Seeing Her Naked” EP – Marmusic.net
13) Jesse Gamage “Breathe ” (Youtube)
14) Miguel “Adorn” – Single – ByStorm Entertainment/RCA Records
15) JSoul – Beautiful Nights – single – Bandcamp
16) Vanilla “Midnight” – single – (from the album “Sunrise Blend 2” produced by Ta-Ku). JuicyTunes / Bandcamp
17) Choklate Ft Musiq Soulchild “The Stand Pt 1.” (from the album Fly) – MeMusic, LLC
18) Darryl Reeves – “Paradise” ft Rasheeda Ali & Carmen Rodgers (from album “Mercury”) – Epic Life Music Group.
19) Bamalovesoul “On Deck” – bamalovesoul.com
20) Joseph Junior & Maqman “No Better Love” – Single – GoGo Music/ Traxsource.
21) Diva Geek DivaGeek: He Said, She Said – DivaGeek Records
22) Amalia & Atjazz “One” (forthcoming on Amalia “Makings Of” album on Tokyo Dawn Records)
23) Opaz Feat.Cartier Fraser “Mr Lost” from the album “Mr Lost ” – Opaz Recordings / Opaz Multimedia / iTunes
24) Anthony David & Algebra “Official” from “Love Out Loud” Album on E1 Music / Dome Recordings
25) DJ Kemit – Everlasting – album – Nia
26) A.L. “J Dilla EP” – Promo
27) The Sure Co. ft. Nailah Porter “Loose Shots” (from The Sure Co. 5ive album) – Jazz Re:Freshed Recordings.
28) Marsha Ambrosius – ‘Hors DOeuvres E.P/Mixtape/Promo (prelude to ‘Friends & Lovers’ Album)
29) The Floacist – Floetry Rebirth – E1
30) Gregory Porter – “Be Good” – iTunes
Best New Act / Producer: Deep Shoq
Best Record Label: Tokyo Dawn Recordings
Best Live Moment: Bembe Segue’s return to a UK live stage at Ronnie Scott’s with Kaidi Tatham.
Best significant moment: 10 Years Of Maidstone Mela Multi-cultural Festival of Music, Food & Dance.
Also of note: Jessie Ware, Yolanda Brown & Incognito for great work this year.
Those we lost in 2012 duly remembered: Whitney Houston, Jose ‘Joey’ Bertrami, Chuck Brown, Ken Boothe, Terry Callier, Donna Summer, Etta James, Dave Brubeck, Fontella Bass, Marva Whitney, Dick Clark, Jimmy Castor, Donald ‘Duck” Dunn, Hal David – RIP.
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K15 – DJ Kay (Keep The Faith / UKSoulJam / NeoSoulWW / K15 Productions) London, UK
Best Of 2012 DJ Charts – Top 12
Miscellaneous Singles, Albums & Promo’s:
1) Eprom – Prototype (from the album Metahuman)
2) Maverick Soul – HeartFlush (from the album Spectrum)
3) Nas – A Queen’s Story (from the album Life Is Good) – Mercury Records
4) Rival – Headshot Season – Major Music Entertainment Ltd
5) Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Lalah Hathaway – Cherish The Day
(from the album Black Radio) – Blue Note
6) Benedikt Jahnel Trio – Equilibrium (from the album Equilibrium) – ECM Records
7) Roc Marciano – Tek To A Mack (from the album Reloaded) – Decon
8) Vijay Iyer – Lude (from the album Accelarando) – ACT Music
9) Falty DL – Straight and Arrow – Ninja Tune
10) Karriem Riggins – Up (from the album Alone Together) – Stones Throw Records
11) Staycen x Koen – Find My Way (from the EP Never Too Late) – Soundcloud
12) Andres – Hart Plaza (from the EP Second Time Around) – Lavida
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DJ Johnny Blaze (Warrior FM / So Prup DJs) California, USA
Best Of 2012 DJ Charts – Top 10
Miscellaneous Singles, Re-Issues & Promo’s:
Miguel – Adorn – ByStorm Entertainment/RCA Records
J Boog – See Her Again – Don Corleon Records
Solange – Losing You – Terrible Records
D Pryde – Normal – Three21Media
Common Kings – No Other Love – Common Kings Music
Anuhea – Higher Than The Clouds – VP Records
Frank Ocean – Thinking About You – Def Jam / Mercury Records
Shade Sheist – I Still Luv Her – Promo
Scoe – End Of Summer – Hi-Tek Promo
Omar Cruz – Good Times – iTunes
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The DJ Charts are not necessarily in order of preference.
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