The Illicit Grooves Awards 2021

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* 1. What is your Favourite Compilation Album of 2021

Eddy Ramich presents Croatian Blue (BBE Music)

Inside A.MA volume 4 (A.MA Edizioni)

Strata Records: The Sound of Detroit Volume 1 (BBE Music)

J Jazz Volume 3: Deep, Modern Jazz From Japan (BBE Music)

Fermented Grooves Volume 1 (Stereo Ferment)

Future Bounce Club Series Volume 1 (Future Bounce)

Global Sounds (Boomerang Records)

Outlines VA (ANMA/Cognitiva Records)

Kapote presents Mushroom House Volume 2 (Toytonics)

Sun After The Rain (Allison Records)

Stylin' 1000 (Heard and Felt)

Heavenly Remixes Volume 1 (Heavenly Records)

Global Afrobeat Movement Volume 2 (NYP Records)

Wine 4 Melomanes (BBE Music)

Soulful Culture 2 (Tribe Records)

Global Riddims Volume 4 (NYP Records)

Future Bubblers Volume 5 (Future Bubblers/Brownswood)

Compost Nu Jazz Selection Volume 3 (Compost Records)

Under The Influence Volume 9 (Z Records

Mainstream Funk (We Want Sounds)

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* 2. What is your favourite track of 2021

Warriors of the Dystotheque feat. Lydia Kaye - Broken Minds (Fly Beat Music)

Rebecca Vasmant feat. Harry Weir and Emilie Boyd - Dance Yourself Free (Tru Thoughts)

Scrimshire feat. Cleveland Watkiss - The Pile (Albert's Favourites)

Pigeon - Yagana (Soundway Records)

Little Simz feat. Obongjayar - Point and Kill (Age 101)

Melonyx - Melanin Queens (Tru Thoughts)

Nubya Garcia - La Cumbia Me Esta Llamando (Suricata Remix) (Concord Jazz)

Balimaya Project - Soninka/Patronba (Jazz Re:Freshed)

The BRKN Record feat. Ugochi Nwaogwugwu - On The Daily (Mr Bongo)

Kameelah Waheed - America The Beautiful (Ramrock Records)

Sean Khan - Azawala (Kaidi Tatham Remix) (BBE Music)

El Payo - Frequency (Stay True Sounds)

JAB - 5,6,7,8 (Dance For Life) (Joondada)

Amanda Whiting feat. Farrah Boule and Mark Norton - Just Blue (The True Jazzchild Remix)

Anthony Joseph - Swing Praxis (The Kaidi Tatham Remix)

Ill Considered - The Lurch (New Soil)

Penya feat. Ruben Bulnes - False Prophets (Liminal Recordings)

Corto Alto - Brotherhood (Worm Discs)

Snazzback feat. China Bowls (Worm Discs)

Aurora Dee Raynes - The Letter (Tru Thoughts)

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* 3. What Is Your favourite Album of 2021

Scrimshire - Nothing Feels Like Everything (Albert's Favourites)

Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow (Movementt)

Chelsea Carmichael - The River Doesn't Like Strangers (Native Rebel Recordings)

Rebecca Vasmant - With Love From Glasgow (Rebecca's Records)

Melonyx - Black Elixir (Tru Thoughts)

Balimaya Project - Wolo So (Jazz Re:Freshed)

Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (Age 101)

Daniel Casimir - Boxed In (Jazz Re:Freshed)

Cool Affair - 1804 (Cool Affair Records)

Theo Croker - BLK2THEFUTUREIIA FUTURE PAST (Sony Masterworks)

Secret Night Gang - Secret Night Gang (Brownswood Recordings)

Bunn DeBrett Quintet - BDQ 01 (BDQ Records)

Alex Malheiros - Tempos Futuros (Far Out Recordings)

Irreversible Entanglements - Open The Gates (International Anthem)

The BRKN Record - The Architecture of Oppression Part 1 (Mr Bongo)

Ill Considered - Liminal Space (New Soil)

Milena Jancuric - Shapes and Stories (A.MA Records)

B-ahwe - Motions (Independent Release)

Anthony Joseph - The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running For Their Lives (Heavenly Sweetness)

Josef Akin - Flightcase (Sola Terra)