PLAYLIST/TEAM EFFORT
A summary of the last month on the Monolith Cocktail site

Each month Dominic Valvona curates an eclectic musical journey from all the choice releases featured on the Monolith Cocktail, with records selected from reviews by Dominic, Brian ‘Bordello’ Shea and Andrew C. Kidd. Plus Matt Oliver’s essential hip-hop revue and a smattering of tracks we didn’t get the chance to write about for a lack of time and space.

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Ramson Badbonez  ‘Weight’
FRSHRZ X Tom Caruna Ft. Essa, Phill Most Chill, Clencha, Frisco Boogie, YU, Jehst, Homeboy Sandman, Willie Evans Jr., Dr Syntax, Doc Brown, Wizdom (Green Jade), Chill aka Greenzilla, Jaz Kahina, Mas Law, Koba Kane, Blade, Pavan, Seanie T, Michie One, Graziella, Watusi87, K9, Si Philli, Apex Zero, Genesis Elijah, Longusto, Nutty P, Tubby Boy, LeeN, Skillit, F-Dot-1, SKANDOUZ, Dray, Artcha, Georgious Lazakis, Dekay, Dee Lush, Briti$h, Anyway tha God, Quartz Crystallius, Lemzi, BREIS, Leo Coltrane, Jugg GTB, Slippy Skillz, Scorzayzee, Obi Joe, El Da Sensei, Whirlwind D, Dillon, Cuts From Jazz T  ‘BARS 50MC – Remix’
Azalu ‘Fleshbite’
Lunch Money Life  ‘Love Won’t Hide Your Fears (The Bishop And The Bunsen Burner)’
GOAT  ‘Unemployment Office’
Flat Worms  ‘Suburban Swans’
Part Bat  ‘Okay’
Group O  ‘The Answer Machine’
Black Milk  ‘Downs Get Up’
Apollo Brown  ‘Three Piece’
Open Mike Eagle  ‘We Should Have Made Otherground A Thing’
Raw Poetic, Damu The Fudgemunk  ‘The Speed Of Power’
Stik Figa, Blu  ‘Uknowhut? (The Expert Remix)’
Jaimie Branch  ‘Bolinko Bass’
Trademarc, Mopes, SUBSTANCE810  ‘No Huddle’
Joell Ortiz, L’ Orange  ‘In My Feelings’
Kut One, Jamal Gasol  ‘Stay Sucker Free’
Belbury Poly  ‘The Path’
Hydroplane  ‘Stars (Twilight Mix)’
Slow Pulp  ‘Broadview’
Yann Tiersen  ‘Nivlenn’
Rojin Sharafi  ‘dbkkk’
Andrew Hung  ‘Find Out’
Misya Sinista, ILL BILL, Vinnie Paz, DJ Eclipse  ‘Verbal Assualt’
Verbz, Nelson Dialect, Mr. Slipz  ‘Edge Of Oblivion’
Koralle, Kid Abstrakt  ‘Mission’
Rhinoceros Funk, Rico James  ‘Pump This’
Sa-Roc  ‘Talk To Me Nice’
Elisapie  ‘Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven)’
MacArthur Maze, DJ D Sharp, Blvck Achilles, Champ Green, D. Bledsoe  ‘Switching Lanes’
Bixiga 70  ‘Malungu’
Gibralter Drakus  ‘Exode Ritual’
Dave Meder  ‘Modern Gothic’
Knoel Scott, Marshall Allen  ‘Les Funambules’
Vitamin G, Illinformed  ‘Big Spender’
NC Lives  ‘Cycle’ Candid Faces  ‘Coming Home’
The Legless Crabs  ‘Unstoppable’
Neon Kittens  ‘Sunburn On My Legs’
En Fer  ‘Mon Travail, Mon Honneur Et Ma Perseverance’
Craig Fortnam  ‘All Dogs Are Robots’
Liraz  ‘Bia Bia – JM Version’
Galun  ‘Mirror’
Exit Rituals  ‘A Fluid Portrait’
Dot Allison  ‘220Hz’

Hi, my name is Dominic Valvona and I’m the Founder of the music/culture blog monolithcocktail.com For the last ten years I’ve featured and supported music, musicians and labels we love across genres from around the world that we think you’ll want to know about. No content on the site is paid for or sponsored and we only feature artists we have genuine respect for /love. If you enjoy our reviews (and we often write long, thoughtful ones), found a new artist you admire or if we have featured you or artists you represent and would like to buy us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/monolithcocktail to say cheers for spreading the word, then that would be much appreciated.

THE JUNE SELECTION: 50 plus tracks from the artists/bands we championed, rated and loved during the last thirty days. This is the eclectic, global and influential Monolith Cocktail Monthly Playlist, with music chosen from all the releases we covered in June plus those we didn’t have room for at that time. Selectors include Dominic Valvona (who curated this expansive playlist), Matt Oliver, Brian ‘Bordello’ Shea, Andrew C. Kidd and Graham Domain.

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Valia Calda ‘Stalker’
La Jungle ‘La Compagnie de la Chanson’
Ramuntcho Matta ‘Hukai’
Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra ‘Nation Rising’
Killer Mike Ft. Jagged Edge ‘SUMMER’
Royalz Ft. THE HIDDEN CHARACTER ‘God In Da Ghetto’
Professor Elemental ‘Ready Or Not’
DJ Mk & Sonnyjim ‘WORTH THE RISK’
Revival Season ‘Chop’
Vieira and The Silvers ‘The Judge’
Trees Speak ‘Radiation’
Cat Box Room Bois ‘California Stars’
ANGHARAD ‘Postpartum’
Outer Limit Lotus ‘Let The Night Ride You’
The Kingfishers ‘Lapwings’
Sedona ‘Domino’
Katie Von Schleicher Ft. Lady Lamb ‘Elixir’
Mari Kalkun ‘Munamae Loomine (The Creation Of Munamagi|)’
Sparks ‘Not That Well Defined’
Bob Dylan ‘Queen Jane Approximately’
Maija Sofia ‘Four Winters’
Mike Cooper Ft. Viv Corringham ‘A Lemon Fell’
Dirty Dike Ft. Jam Baxter ‘The Places We’ve Been In’
The Chives ‘Your Mom’s A Bitch’
Lunch Money Life ‘The God Phone II’
Martha Skye Murphy ‘Dogs’
Sacrobosco ‘Pearl’
CODED ‘Binary Beautiful (Sunshine Variation)’
Baldruin ‘Zuruckgelassen’
Lauren Bousfield Ft. Ada Rock ‘Hazer’
Ital Tek ‘The Mirror’
Joe Woodham ‘Spring Tides’
WITCH ‘Streets Of Lusaka’
Celestial North ‘Otherworld’
Psyche ‘Kuma’
Omar Ahmad ‘Cygnet Song’
Luzmila Carpio ‘Inti Watana – El Retorno del Sol’
Ricardo Dias Gomes ‘Invernao Astral’
Andrew Heath ‘Fold’
Granny Smith ‘Egypt’
Spindle Ensemble & Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan ‘Lucid Living – Live’
Pawz One & Preed One ‘Revenge Of Silky Johnson’
ILL BILL, Non Phixion, La Coka Nostra, Kool G. Rap, Vinnie Paz ‘Root For The Villain’
Syrup Ft. Twit One, C. Tappin & Turt ‘Timing Perfect’
John Coltrane Ft. Eric Dolphy ‘Impressions – Live’
Vermin the Villain & ELAM ZULA ‘POWER OF TWO’
King Kashmere & Alecs Delarge Ft. HPBLK, Ash The Author & Booda French ‘Astro Children’
Lukah ‘First Copy’
Kool Keith ‘First Copy’
Stik Figa & The Expert ‘Slo Pokes’
S. Kalibre Ft. Scoob Rock, Slap Up Mill, Jabba The Kut ‘Murda Sound Bwoy’
Verbz, Nelson Dialect & Mr. Slipz ‘Beside Me’
Dillion & Diamond D ‘Uncut Gems’