BeatCaffeine’s Favorite Tracks of 2023
With the final “best of” list for 2023, I dive into some of our favorite tracks of the year. Out of all of the year-end lists, this is easily the most difficult to pull together given how many great tracks are worthy to be included in such a list. This year, I went about this differently. Instead of just listing the tracks, I also included the album, 12″ or 7″ that the track was associated with in hopes to encourage everyone to be purchasing the vinyl or digital releases (which is important for these artists and labels!). No commentary included with these, we’ll just let the music do all the talking.
Since there was so many more incredible tracks released this year, I’ve included a BeatCaffeine Spotify 2023 “Best of” Playlist at the end of this list featuring over 130 tracks!
Happy New Year to everyone, and thanks to all of you that continue to support BeatCaffeine and all the associated monthly DJ nights (Rebirth, Night Moves).
Here are BeatCaffeine’s Favorite Tracks of 2023
40. Larry Manteca — “UFO Bossa″
(Four Flies)
39. Cleo Sol — “Desire”
(Forever Living Originals)
38. The Circling Sun — “Kohan”
(Soundway)
37. Pedro Ricardo — “Ode ao Gato”
(Soundway Records)
36. The Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble ft. Chip Wickham — “Beg, Borrow, Play”
(ATA Records)
35. Young Gun Silver Fox — “Rolling Back (Disco Mix)”
(Légère Recordings)
34. Explorare (Tommaso Cappellato) — “Melody Lounge”
(Explorare)
33. Cumulative Collective — “Suede Bear”
(Ten Lovers Music)
32. Michel Sardaby– “Welcome New Warmth (Delfonic Re-edit)”
(Gamm)
31. Nicola Conte ft. Zara McFarlane — “Life Forces”
30. Cecilé McLorin Salvant — “Wuthering Heights (Kassa Overall Mix)”
(Nonesuch Records)
29. Nautilus — “Sweet Power Of Your Embrace”
(Urban Discos)
28. Charlie Stacey — “Charlie’s Tune”
(Night Dreamer Records)
27. Nat Birchall — “Song Of The Ancestors”
(Ancient Archive of Sound)
26. Collettivo Immaginario — “Tempo Al Tempo“
(Domanda Music)
25. Cruisic ft. Baku Furukawa — “Come With Me”
(Flower Records)
24. Stefano De Santis — “Barra Nova“
(Ten Lovers Music)
23. Salami Rose Joe Louis & Brijean — “Propaganda”
(Brainfeeder)
22. Kamaal Williams — “Stings”
(Black Focus Records)
21. The Takashi Nakazato Set — “Rumbara”
(Ten Lovers Music)
20. Phil Moffa – “Alma Del Mundo (Photay Remix)”
19. Yoni Mayraz — “Palms”
(Astigmatic Records)
18. Nova Vida — “My Only”
(BDQ Records)
17. Malcolm Strachan — “Nossa Dança“
(Haggis Records)
16. Kyoto Jazz Massive — “This Feeling (Da Lata Remix)”
(HMV Record Shop)
15. Menagerie — “Earthrise”
(Freestyle Records)
14. Isaiah Collier — “Village Song“
(Night Dreamer)
13. Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarpCollective — “Fire (We Are The Horsemen Remix)”
(BBE)
12. Zaimie — “Wildfire”
(Splash Music Productions / Splash Blue)
11. Bernardo Pinheiro & The Amazon Orchestra — “Virabrequim (Voilaaa Remix)”
(Onda Boa)
10. GeeW — “Brazilian Freeez”
(Colin Curtis Presents)
9. The Lahaar — “Doin’ It”
(Soundway Records)
8. Juju — “Clã Samba“
(Colin Curtis Presents)
7. Maleet — “Caridad”
(Push The Fader)
6. Tartan — “Cynical Gringo” (Re-edit of Cesar Mariano & Cia. “Futebol De Bar”)
(Tartan Records)
5. Andrés — “Flipwood Mac” (Re-Edit of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams)
(Hot Pot Records)
4. Domo Domo — “Happening In The Streets (Domo Domo rework)”
(Vega)
3. Yussef Dayes — “Black Classical Music“
(Brownswood)
2. Andy Hay — “I Believe in Love”
(self-released)
1. Energy Exchange Ensemble ft. Oscar Jerome — “Lime Green Skies”
(Energy Exchange Records)
Here is also a BeatCaffeine Spotify 2023 “Best of” Playlist featuring over 130 tracks!
