So, my friend and colleague, Sinah, also known as Ea Akilat sent over the latest episode of her podcast and asked me if I wanted to include it in my show.

Of course I do! I love her taste in music and I am helping her with her own music, with, hopefully, some collaborations between us coming in 2026.

I played a little B2B set a a local record shop on Saturday and the theme was the best of the year, so the first hour is all vinyl tracks I’ve bought this year, most of which has been released this year. Nick Drake being the exception, but regular listeners know I am in a NIck Drake groove at the moment and I can’t see myself coming out of anytime soon.

Sinahs mix is all about Airwaves Festival and she has discovered some amazing stuff, so stay tuned for that. I don’t have a tracklist so get shazamming!

This is what I played:

William Tyler and Kieron Hebden - If I Had a Boat/Spider Ballad

Four Tet - And Then Patterns

Sault - HTTR

Everything is Recorded - Never Felt Better feat Sampha and Florence Welch

Fred Again - Actual Life Piano Live

Majken - Nearly There

Nick Drake - Northern Sky

Iiris Viljanen - You’ll Meet Him

Nils Frahm and FS Blumm - Leuchter 2

*Ea Akilat Guest Mix*

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