Dan Digs Top 100 Tracks of 2023
This year saw an avalanche of amazing sounds from the likes of Skinshape, Eddie Chacon, Skinny Pelembe, Rahill, Ego Ella May, Quantic, Crumb & Melody’s Echo Chamber, Tara Clerkin Trio, Four Tet, Water From Your Eyes, Konradsen, Mo Kolours, Jadu Heart, LANNDS, and, of course, Cleo Sol, Cleo Sol, and, of course of course, Sampha, Sampha, Sampha.
Here are my favorite one hundred tracks from 2023.
(Click on the artist or track title to read my review and/or listen.)
100. kwes. ft Sampha & Tirzah – “Open Up”
99. Close Counters – “Only One”
98. Sam O.B. – “Indian Summer”
97. Raze Regal & White Denim Inc. – “Dislocation”
96. Four Tet – “Three Drums”
95. Tapir! – “On A Grassy Knoll (We’ll Bow Together)”
94. Catching Flies – “True Colours”
93. Denis Biblioni – “Password Protected”
92. Salin – “Si Chomphu/สีชมพู”
91. Until The Ribbon Breaks ft Lucius – “Everything Else But Rain”
90. Dayaway – “A Brief Dream of Sun”
88. Genevieve Artadi – “Forever Forever”
87. FIG – “Seeking For Connection”
86. Memory of Jane – “So Pacific”
85. Fred again.. & Obongjayar – “Adore U”
84. lvusm – “Don’t Waste My Time”
83. Leilah – “Stop Hurting My Feelings”
82. Helado Negro – “LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros)”
81. Orions Belte – “Silhouettes”
80. Kingo Halla – “Promise Chains”
78. Laura Misch – “Portals”
77. Tara Clerkin Trio – “The Turning Ground”
74. Mimik Banka – “Sniper and Meteor”
73. bb sway – “Everything You’ve Always Wanted”
72. Fabiana Palladino & Jai Paul – “I Care”
71. Bibio – “Sorry (Won’t Cut It)”
70. Delilah Holliday – “Silent Streets”
69. Sofia Kourtesis – “Vajkoczy”
68. Santpoort ft Jordan Whitlock, SCayos, & Barnes Blvd – “Love Come Down”
66. Izy – “Close The Door”
65. Crumb & Melody’s Echo Chamber – “Le Temple Volant”
64. Salami Rose Joe Louis ft Brijean – “Propaganda”
63. Jahari Massamba Unit – “Stomping Gamay”
62. Jordan Rakei – “Flowers”
60. Sandunes ft Ramya Pothuri – “The Surge”
58. Abderraouf B Grissa & Dan Drohan – “Theme”
55. Quantic ft Andreya Triana – “Run”
54. Tagua Tagua – “Pra Trás”
53. TOTEK – “Touchh”
51. Night Tapes – “Selene”
50. Sessa – “Vento a Favor”
49. Oh Caroline – “Skin and Bones”
48. First Beige – “Reflections”
47. Weval – “Are You Real”
46. The Ironsides – “The Web”
45. The South Hill Experiment – “Deep Green”
44. Ego Ella May – “Undone”
43. Mary In the Junkyard – “Tuesday”
41. Pollena & Max Wheeler – “Singing to the Void”
40. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Layla”
39. New Sector Movements ft Allysha Joy – “These Times”
38. Yussef Dayes ft Venna & Charlie Stacey – “Black Classical Music”
37. Avalon Emerson – “Sandrail Silhouette”
36. Astrid Engberg ft Moo Latte – “On Time”
35. Secret Night Gang – “Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings”
34. Immy Owusu – “What A Love”
33. ROLROLROL ft Jamie Woon – “Surprise”
32. CARRTOONS ft Rae Khalil – “Grace”
29. The Lahaar (Julien Dyne, Horatio Luna, Surprise Chef’s Lachlan Stuckey) – “Doin’ It”
28. Cleo Sol – “Life Will Be”
27. Young Fathers – “Rice”
26. Phum Viphurit – “Lady Papaya”
25. Maribou State – “Blackoak”
24. LEISURE – “Always”
23. Eddie Chacon – “Step By Step”
22. Daniel Caesar – “Do You Like Me?”
21. Skinny Pelembe – “Oh, Silly George”
19. Lucy Rose – “Could You Help Me”
18. Water From Your Eyes – “Barley”
17. Pedro Martins ft Thundercat & JD Beck – “Isn’t It Strange”
16. L’Impératrice ft Cuco – “Heartquake”
15. Dina Ögon – “Mormor”
14. Laurence Guy ft Wayne Snow – “Iron Mask”
13. Skinshape – “It’s Real”
11. Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21 ft Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – “Mo Ṣe B’ọ́lá Tán”
10. Oscar Jerome – “Far Too Much”
9. Another Michael – “Guitars”
7. Jadu Heart – “There Is No Door”
6. Sampha – “Only”
4. Konradsen – “Out in the Backyard”
2. Mo Kolours – “Time”
1. Speakers Corner Quartet ft Sampha – “Can We Do This?”
Listen to these tracks on my Top 100 Tracks of 2023 playlist on Spotify below and check out my Top 30 Albums of 2023 here and Top 30 Remixes of 2023 here.
2024, we’re ready.