1. KITSUNE MAISON 2 (KITSUNE): Kitsuné have their own emporium in Paris but this, the first of two collections released in 2006, is the one stop shop for a clutch of must-own singles, like Daft Punk-pilfering Canucks tinkering with Led Zep-filching Aussies on MSTRKFT’S remix of Wolfmother’s Woman. BUY

2. WARRIOR DUBZ (PLANET MU): mixing up drum'n'bass, techno, grime dancehall, and, most of all, dubstep, Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbes' bass-bloated selection will restore your faith in the future of British underground music. BUY

3. SERIOUS TIMES (XL): two CDs of fantastic new Jamaican talent - some of it very new indeed, like the 10-year-old QQ - poised between the 'conscious' traditionalism of roots reggae and the digital bombast of modern dancehall. pre-order

4. KINGS OF TECHNO (RAPSTER): Laurent Garnier unearths the history of Detroit with classic cuts from Iggy, The Temptations, Funkadelic et al while Carl Craig delivers a techno education that moves seamlessly from Visage and Nitzer Ebb to Choice's Acid Eiffel. BUY

5. TROPICALIA - A BRAZILIAN REVOLUTION IN SOUND (SOUL JAZZ): this delightful compilation of Brazilian dissident psych-pop was the vital third prong of this year's Tropicalia revival, accompanying the art exhibition at the Barbican and the reunion tour by Os Mutantes. BUY