In 2019, Ana Roxanne released ~~~, an amazing EP which landed in our Top 20 of that year, so we’re more than happy to see that the Los Angeles-based ambient singer and composer is soon to unveil her sophomore record. Crafted over the last five years, Because of a Flower was inspired by “interwoven notions of gender identity, beauty, and cruelty” according to the press release. Identifying as an intersex person, Ana Roxanne drew inspiration from spoken word texts borrowed from tonal harmony textbooks to cinematic dialogue samples and castrati aria allusions. Coming with this announcement, she has also unveiled the contemplative yet textured cut “Suite pour l’invisible”. In these troubled times, these seven minutes of pure beauty are more than welcome.

Ana Roxanne – Because of a Flower:

01 Untitled
02 A Study in Vastness
03 Suite pour l’invisible
04 – – –
05 Camille
06 Venus
07 Take the Thorn, Leave the Rose

Like every year, our lists don’t have the pretention to be objective, or exhaustive. We only list the favourite releases of our staff. Also, we probably forgot some very cool stuff and we’re sorry about that. Before unveiling our favourite albums and tracks of 2019, here are the 20 EPs and mixtapes that made our year, as well as a Spotify playlist to (re)discover all these projects.

20. Liss – “Second”

19. Ana Roxanne – “~~~”

18. Chela – “Delivery”

17. Kilo Kish – “REDUX”

16. Andy Stott – “It Should Be Us”

15. Malibu – “One life”

14. Cherushii & Maria Minerva – “Cherushii & Maria Minerva”

13. Hana Vu – “Nicole Kidman / Anne Hathaway”

12. Toro y Moi – “Soul Trash”

11. Christelle Bofale – “Swim Team”

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10. Jackie Mendoza – “LuvHz”

9. Kate Bollinger – “I Don’t Wanna Lose”

8. Kate Teague – “Kate Teague”

7. Magdalena Bay – “mini mix vol. 1”

6. NOIA – “CRISÀLIDA”

5. MUNYA – “Blue Pine”

4. Saeyers – “Saeyers EP”

3. Sandy – “Traces”

2. Dear Japan – “Hollow Hearted Hands”

1. Charlotte Adigéry – “Zandoli”