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    C Duncan – Dance from a Distance

    by 5:4 December 1, 2024 • 06:00
    December 1, 2024 • 06:00

    It’s 1 December, and the festive season is distantly hoving into view, the perfect time for another 5:4 Advent Calendar, featuring 25 days of sonic wonders, curiosities, trifles and delights. The first of these baubles is Dance from a Distance, a miniature orchestral bit of fun from one of my …

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    Mixtape #57 : Best Albums of 2019

    by 5:4 January 1, 2020 • 11:40
    January 1, 2020 • 11:40

    Happy New Year! i want to start this year by expressing my heartfelt thanks to all of you who have followed and supported 5:4 in the last year, particularly my delectable band of Patrons. Hot on the heels of my Best Albums of 2019 list, i’m beginning 2020 with the …

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    Best Albums of 2019 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 December 30, 2019 • 00:00
    December 30, 2019 • 00:00

    With only a couple of days left until 2019 comes to an end, it’s that time once again to take stock and celebrate the great and the good albums that have been tickling my eardrums in the most beguiling way this year. Just before that, though, it’s perhaps worth stating …

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    Mixtape #55 : Sun

    by 5:4 July 3, 2019 • 12:29
    July 3, 2019 • 12:29

    For the latest 5:4 mixtape, inspired by the incredible heat that’s been sizzling its way across Europe recently, i’ve turned to the Sun as my theme. The mix has a somewhat different tone from my Summer mixtape from four years ago (which was, generally, intended to be quite upbeat and …

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    Mixtape #44 : Spring

    by 5:4 April 3, 2018 • 20:35
    April 3, 2018 • 20:35

    For my April mixtape, i’ve gone for a seasonal theme, exploring music that references and/or alludes to aspects of spring. While all the seasons are, by their nature, in a continual state of flux, i’ve personally always tended to think of spring and autumn as being ‘transitional’, more obviously progressing …

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    Mixtape #37 : Best Albums of 2016

    by 5:4 January 1, 2017 • 08:23
    January 1, 2017 • 08:23

    HAPPY NEW YEAR! i’m starting 2017 in the usual way, with a mixtape bringing together one track from each of the forty albums on my best of 2016 list. i’m sure posterity will come to regard last year as something of a trough in human history, but this mixtape does …

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    Best Albums of 2016 (Part 2)

    by 5:4 December 31, 2016 • 00:02
    December 31, 2016 • 00:02

    * Please note this list has how been superseded by the one on the Best Albums of the Years page * Here they are, then: the best of the best of 2016, each and every one of them packed full of the rarest imagination, invention and ingenuity. i can’t recommend them highly …

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    Mixtape #36 : Best Albums of 2015

    by 5:4 January 1, 2016 • 12:00
    January 1, 2016 • 12:00

    A very HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all! In keeping with 5:4 tradition, here’s the new year Mixtape showcasing music from each of my Best Albums of 2015. Three hours that demonstrate something of the sonic wonders that materialised last year. Enjoy! — and there are links to buy each …

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    Best Albums of 2015 (Part 2)

    by 5:4 December 31, 2015 • 12:38
    December 31, 2015 • 12:38

    * Please note this list has how been superseded by the one on the Best Albums of the Years page * And here, bringing 2015 to a truly glorious end, is the conclusion of my countdown of the year’s best albums.

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