BBE Staff Selections 2015

Blurb from BBE:

“To celebrate another year of Barely Breaking Even, we’ve let our staff loose on the label catalogue to choose their favourite tracks of 2015. From re-issues of rare 70’s afro-beat records to debut albums by emerging artists and everything in between, we present our own hand-picked highlights from the past 12 months.
Included in the package are tracks from heavy hitters Bilal, Jigmastas, DJ Vadim and Rim Kwaku Obeng, all of whom released albums on BBE during 2015. Remixes from man of the moment Opolopo, Fila Brazilia’s Steve Cobby and U.S. techno powerhouse Myles Sergé have been creating underground heat all year long. Emerging into the limelight, super-talented Portland rapper Vursatyl, New Zealand soul- stress Sacha Vee and UK producer Ghostchant have been enjoying incredible support from the international music press. New material from label stalwarts Inkswel, DJ Oil, Mr Bird, Tricky D & Chris Read also made the final cut, not to forgetting our feel- good hit of the summer, Martin L Dumas’s ‘Attitude, Belief and Determination’. In 2016 we’ll be celebrating 20 years of releasing Real Music For Real People, but in the meantime we’d like to thank you all for your continued support; we really do appreciate it.”

‘Chocolate Milk’ from Chris Read & Pugs Atomz collaborative album ‘Colo(u)rs of the World’ appears alongside tracks by Bilal, Mos Def, DJ Spinna, DJ Vadim and more:

Tracklist:

1. Bilal – Satelites
2. DJ Vadim & Sena – Work Hard
3. Jigmastas – Lyrical Fluctuation 2000
4. Vursatyl – Super
5. Chris Read & Pugs Atomz – Chocolate Milk
6. Jim Dunloop – Leap Year
7. DJ Oil – Beetle Juice
8. Deep Tenor City – Oba
9. Eji Oyewole – Lagos Complex / Lagos Highways
10. Rim Kwaku Obeng – Funky Drummer
11. Rim & Kasa – Love Me For Real
12. Martin Dumas Jr – Attitude, Belief & Determination (Zaf’s Love Vinyl Slight Edit)
13. Sandy Barber – I Think I’ll Do Something Stepping Out (Opolopo Rework)
14. Inkswel – Cloud Eaters
15. The Incognito Traveller – Genevieve
16. Sacha Vee – Hey Sugar
17. Beam Up – Travelling
18. True Ingredients – Boom Time
19. Mr Bird – Save Me
20. Humus – When I Feel Lonely (Dance)
21. DJ Bootsie – River of Roses
22. Stephanie Nicole – Soulutionary One
23. Far Simon – Magic City
24. Dalindeo – Kallion Rytmi
25. Soul Liberation – Touch Me Again
26. Tricky D – Fight You With The Love (Steve Cobby Remix)
27. Ghostchant – Nights Like These
28. Mega Jawns – If I (Myles Serge Remix)
29. Bijan, Virtual V – Le Voyage