The Chill Out Tent

We asked a selection of The Chill Out Tent’s DJs for their favourite records of the year. Some gave a little bit more

(Listed in the order people responded)

Steve KIW

Cymande: Coltrane (Crooked Man remix)

The Mighty Zaf and Linkwood: Yokai (control remote mix)

Raz & Alfa: Going back to my roots

The Grid: Floatation (Mark Barrott’s return to Sa Trincha remix)

Lola Young: Messy (Discotecas edit)

E R Thorpe: Human Love

Random House Project: Welcome

Lakes and Fires: Searching for sunlight

Laurie Miller: True love (TAPES dub)

Los Twangeros: Star guitar

Birds of Pandaemoneum: I want to believe (instrumental)

Wrong Way Up: Dowhatchalike

Elkin & Nelson: Vamonos (Dam Funk & Lorenzo Soria retouch)

Wrekin Havoc: Shine a light

Crossfire: Crossfire – is It Balearic

Dennis Bovell: untitled (cloud music A1)

Puerto Montt City Orchestra: And we’d be so happy

Visti’s Vinyl Collective: Sunshine in Atalaya (Be Lanuit’s Balearic dub remix)

Sth Notional: Yawn Yawn Yawn (Be Lanuit & Phil Cooper balearic life reality edit)

Wham!: Blue (Armed with Love) (Linkwood’s 80’s extended unreleased vocal)
Change feat. Tanya Michelle Smith: For Loving on You [Dave Lee’s Dubbin’ on You]

Sorcha Bridge

Majestic Fantasies: Space Ghost & Teddy Bryant

2fox, Laville, Tommy Musto: Elevation (Tommy Musto Zero Hour Remix)

Stevie & Sly: Young Gun Silver Fox

Pete Blaker: Love & Devotion

Stacy Kidd & Tiffany Jenkins: Let It Blow (Afro Jazz Extended Remix)

Matt Nearest Faraway

Kenny Dope feat. Róisín Murphy: Born Under Punches (And The Heat Goes On)

Quiet Village & Vanessa Daou: Naked Hunger

Azymuth: Fantasy ’82

Chaz Jankel: Rhumba Jam (Mudd Remix)

Leonidas & Hobbes: Funky Joint Parts I & II

Alex Kassian x Spooky: Orange Coloured Liquid (Part I)

Los Twangueros: Star Guitar

Laura Misch: Alchemy

The Mighty Zaf & Linkwood: Yokai

The Grid: Floatation (Mark Barrott’s Ibiza Sunrise ’90 Re-Work)

Bonus new/not really new musical gem:

DJ Harvey & Andrew Weatherall: 2012 B2b Live at Trouw Mixtape

DJ Steve

Some albums:

Morgan Szymanski and Tommy Perman: Songs for the Mist Forest

James K: Friend

Kwashibu Area Band: Love Warrior’s Anthem

Voices from the Lake: II

Leon Todd Johnson: wa kei sei jaku

Ambre Ciel: Still, there is the sea

Makaya McCraven: Off the Record

Horizontals: Wild Light

Acopia: Blush Response

Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau: Päiväkahvit

Wilson Tanner: Legends

A mix CD:

Call Super: A Rhythm Protects One

A reissue:

Virgo: Landform Code

An EP:

African Head Charge, Adrian Sherwood and Speakers Corner Quartet: Barbican Heights

A single:

The Cure: And nothing is forever (Cosmodelica Electrick Eden Remix)

Mike Bradbury

Some albums:

Durand Jones & The Indications: Flowers

Kokoroko: Tuff Times Never Last

Chaos In The CBD: A Deeper Life

Joe Morris: Some Kind Of Paradise

Causeway: Anywhere

Visions Of Light: The Mandala Vortex

Pepe Link: Scenes From My Soul II

Antony Szmierek: Service Station at the End of the Universe

Decius: Decius Vol. II (Splendour & Obedience)

Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman: Songs For The Mist Forest

A dancefloor destroyer:

Crooked Man: Don’t Leave Me This Way

Paul Hillery

Various Artists: Paul Hillery presents Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours Volume Three

João Leão: Amor Pixelado / One Of These Things First

Σtella: Adagio

Bells Larsen: Blurring Time

Enji: Sonor

Tatsuro Murakami: Mita Koyama-cho

Torn Sail: Steady Weather

Richard Houghten: Sun Lifter

Shabason, Krgovich, Tenniscoats: Wao

mcbaise: Wrongderful

Takuro Okada: Konoma

Tomáš Niesner: adventus mmxxv

Gethin Segel

A bootleg:

Janet Jackson: IF (Kaytranada remix)

An album:

Sewell and the Gong: Patron Saint Of Elsewhere

A single:

DD Mirage: Too Hot

Best thing I bought on Discogs this year:

Digital Funk Addicts: Higher Level

Graeme Ross

Alina Bzhezhinska, Tulshi: Whispers of Rain

yaelllavie: {}*

Susannah Stark & Band: Minor Gestures

Elijah Minnelli: Clams As A Main Meal

Debbie Gaskin & Eternal Love Combo: Debbie Gaskin & Eternal Love Combo

Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer: Recordings from the Åland Islands (IA11 Edition)

Bitchin’ Bajas: Inland See

Cyrus Pireh: Thank You, Guitar

Mohammad Reza Mortazavi: Nexus

Various: Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient Underground

Chris Coco

Some albums:
Ancient Infinity Orchestra: It’s All About Love

KIF Productions: Still Out

DD Mirage: Exotic Illusion

Jonny Nash: Once Was Ours Forever

Leon Todd Johnson: wa kei sei jaku

Giorgio Lopez: Toujours Distante

Sessa: Pequena Vertigem de Amor

Sounds of Rewilding: A Day in the Life of the Knepp Estate

Sewell & The Gong: Patron Saint Of Elsewhere

Some tracks:
Los Twangueros: Star Guitar

Sven Wunder: Daybreak

Ganavya: Madi

Paul Older: Che Disco Vuoi

Kwashiba Area Band: At The Junction

Tigerbalm: Nayar (Bernardo Pinheiro Mix)

Some compilations:

Various Artists: Rotation Soundsytem Presents: Everything You’re About To Hear Is True – Vol 1

Various Artists: Horse Meat Disco Presents Disco & Boogie from Brazil Vol.1

Various Artists: Paul Hillery Presents: Folk Funk and Trippy Troubadours Volume 3

For Mankind

Some recordings:

Chumak and Soyuz: P7 blues 

Morgan Szymanski and Tommy Perman: Songs for the Mist Forest

Jimpster, Ash Lauryn and Oveus: North Atlantic EP

David Crosby: Orleans (Andy Kidds mixes)

Pattern Perception: Smalltown Girl (Zed Bias mix) 

Ralph Session: Boot Tapes (all of them)

Dusan Vranic: Andaluz (Chris Coco dub) 

Ben Westbeech: All in You 

Estrellas en Mastella: Tambores en Benirras (For Mankind and Leo Zero mix)

Some sets:

Tony Humphries at Pikes, Ibiza

Funk D Void and Audiojack at Macarena, Barcelona

Some clubs:

Pikes, Ibiza

Try Outs for the Human Race, London

The nicest people: 

Heidi Lawden, Lol Hammond, Spraoi Mor, Richard Norris and Tigerbalm

The inspiration:

Chez Damier

The festival:

We Are Love

Mike Tate

Some albums:
Chris Coco: Coco De La Isla

Kenneth Bager & Findlay Brown: Silence Was Singing

Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Welcome To The Pleasuredome (2025 Super Deluxe Edition)

Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman: Songs for the Mist Forest

Some singles:
Crooked Man: Don’t Leave Me This Way

Ghost Assembly: I Keep on Making the Same Mistake

Wham!: Blue (ECLA Unreleased Vocal Mix)

SIRS: Let Us Dance Just A Little Bit More

Wildblood & Queenie

Some tracks:

Midland: And You Are?

Fat Tony & Fierce Child: Men Adore (Cinthie Remix)

Gloria Gaynor: Never Can Say Goodbye (Butch Le Butch remix)

Venuto & Jeremy Joshua: Make Me Feel

The album:

Self Esteem: A Complicated Woman

The moment:

Jade and the gays. At Glastonbury, Brighton, on the socials or a radio near you. A year to celebrate the genius of a pop star unleashed. An LGBTQI+ ally of awesome proportions. With Jade in charge of the pop landscape the world is a more hopeful place.

Stevie Poolside

Causeway: Anywhere

Nation of Language: Dance Called Memory

Sprechen: Ein Null – 10 Years of Sprechen

Boysshorts: Athena EP

Mad Professor: Avianca Dubs Vol. 1

Various Artists: Archipelago Cosmic Fusion Gems From France 1978-1988

Romano Music: G Le G Le 2

Richard Norris: Mr Norris Changes Brains

Magic Source: Voodoo Ray

Chris Coco: It Takes Time To Find Your Freedom

Chris Coco: Club Tropicana / Dub Tropicana

Various Artists: Rotation Sound System Presents Everything You’re About To Hear Is True Vol. 1

Andy Bell: I’m In Love

Chuibit: Triángulo de Amor Bizarro

Chewy Beatwell

A single:

C2: Ain’t it Funky Now (ShootTheDuckSoulSkate Edit)

Some albums:

Vega Trails: Sierra Tracks

Chip Wickham: Eternal Now

Me and My Friends: Bring Summer

De La Soul: Cabin In The Sky

Danny Webb

Some EPs:

Alex Kassian: Body Singer

Local Dish Pres: 3 Sucessos De Toronto

Some albums:

Nico Georis: Cloud Suites

Don Leisure: Tyrchu Sain

KIF Productions: Still Out