~ Megasoup’s 50 Favorite Albums (plus one fantastic compilation) from 2020 ~
- Ak’Chamel The Giver Of Illness – The Totemist (Akuphone)
- Alabaster DePlume – To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol.1 (International Anthem)
- Alicia Keys – Alicia (RCA / AKW)
- Andrea – Ritorno (Ilian Tape)
- Aril Brikha – Dance of a Trillion Stars (Mule Musiq)
- Aukai – Game Trails (aukaimusic)
- Awkward Corners – Dislocation Songs (Shapes of Rhythm)
- Azu Tiwaline – Draw Me A Silence (IOT)
- Babani Koné – Babani Koné (Discograph)
- Channelers – Isles Beyond (Inner Islands)
- Clap Clap – Liquid Portraits (Black Acre)
- Cleo Soul – Rose In The Dark (Forever Living Originals)
- CS + Kreme – Snoopy (The Trilogy Tapes)
- D.K. – Live At The Edge (12th Isle)
- Emily A Sprague – Hill, Flower, Fog (RVNG)
- Ezra Feinberg – Recumbent Speech (Related States)
- Flying Vipers – Cuttings (Jump Up!)
- Fools – Fools Harp Vol. 1 (Music From Memory)
- Golden Retriever and Chuck Johnson – Rain Shadow (Thrill Jockey)
- Greg Foat – Symphonie Pacifique (Strut)
- Halftribe – Cloud Dreaming And Shadows (Shimmering Moods)
- Heliocentrics – Telemetric Sounds (Madlib Invazion)
- Huerta – Junipero (Voyage Recordings)
- Julianna Barwick – Healing Is A Miracle (Ninja Tune)
- Kenji Kihara – Slow Slope Sleeps (Inner Islands)
- Kiln – Astral Welder (Ghostly International)
- K-Lone – Cape Cira (Wisdom Teeth)
- Koyil – Healing Cycles (DIG)
- Kutiman – Wachaga (Siyal Music)
- Let It Come Down – Songs We Sang In Our Dreams (Joyful Noise)
- Luke Jenner – 1 (Manono)
- Martina Bertoni – All The Ghosts Are Gone (Karlrecords)
- Mary Lattimore – Silver Ladders (Ghostly International)
- Matthew Halsall – Salute To The Sun (Gondwanna)
- Mourning [A] BLKstar – The Cycle (Don Giovanni)
- Nat Birchall Meets Al Breadwinner – Tradition Disc In Dub (Tradition Disc)
- Nihiloxica – Kaloli (Crammed Discs)
- Numün – Voyage Au Soleil (Musique Impossible)
- Ocoeur – Everything (n5MD)
- Plant Lab – Plant Lab (Crash Symbols)
- Run The Jewels – RTJ4 (BMG)
- Sault – Untitled (Rise) (Forever Living Originals)
- Sarah Davachi – Cantus Descant (Late Music)
- Siti Muharam – Siti of Unguja: Romance Revolution on Zanzibar (On The Corner)
- Sven Wunder – Wabi Sabi (Piano Piano)
- The Sorcerers – In Search Of The Lost City Of The Monkey God (ATA)
- Vagues Imaginaires – L’île D’or (Not Not Fun)
- Vestals – Holy Origin (Dust Editions)
- Wanderwelle – A State of Decrepitude (A Strangely Isolated Place)
- X.Y.R. – Pilgrimage (Not Not Fun)
- V/A – A Little Night Music: Aural Apparitions from the Geographic North (Geographic North)
~ Megasoup’s 10 Favorite EPs & 12″ singles from 2020 ~
- Azu Tiwaline – Magnetic Service (Livity Sound)
- Dengue Dengue Dengue – Continentes Perdidos (On The Corner)
- Deradoorian – Cosmic Garden EP (Self Released)
- D.K. – The Ancient Kingdom (Good Morning Tapes)
- Green House – Six Songs For Invisible Gardens (Leaving)
- Nicola Cruz – Hybridism (Multi Culti)
- Penya Na Msafiri Zawose – Penya Safari E.P. (On The Corner)
- Planets Don’t Last – Planets Don’t Last (Aural Canyon)
- Sugarloaf Gangsters – Temarasa / Chor Gway (G.A.M.M.)
- V/A – Espectrum 2, Ep1 (AvantRoots)
~ Megasoup’s 20 Favorite Reissues / Archival Releases from 2020 ~
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Just Coolin’ (Blue Note)
- Brian Eno – Film Music 1976-2020 (UMe)
- Global Communication – Transmissions (Evolution)
- Hiroshi Yoshimura – Green (Light In The Attic)
- Intergalactic Federation – 1 / 2 (Fantasy Enhancing)
- Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry with Seskain Molenga & Kalo Kawongolo – Roots From The Congo (Planet Ilunga)
- OK Jazz – Pas Un Pas Sans (Planet Ilunga)
- Orchestra Baobab – Mouhamadou Bamba (Syllart)
- Orchestra Baobab – Viva Bawobab S1/Si Bou Odja (Syllart)
- Prince – Sign O’ The Times: Super Deluxe Edition (Warner)
- Priscilla Ermel – Origens Da Luz (Music From Memory)
- Ranil – Ranil y su Conjunto Tropical (Analog Africa)
- V/A – 12 Bombazos Bailables (Vampi Soul)
- V/A – Cadence Revolution: Disques Debs International Vol. 2 (Strut)
- V/A – Color De Tropico: Compiled by El Dragon Criollo & El Palmas (El Palmas)
- V/A – Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History Of The World’s Music (Dust To Digital)
- V/A – Oriental Rare Groove: Rare Funky Songs From The Arabic World (Wagram)
- V/A – Guasa, Cununo y Marimba – Afro-Colombian Music From The Pacific Coast (Vampi Soul)
- V/A – The World Is A Cafeteria: American Soul Music (and one song from Ghana) 1955-1998 (Cairo)
- V/A – Time, Tone, & Texture (Invisible, Inc.)
