It was very kind of you and massively appreciated.
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This is where I will catch up on all the music I missed this year! Kinda had a year off from listening to loads of music in 2025. Got burnt out putting on events and surrounding my every waking moment with music so I deferred to podcasts and movies or just silence. I’m ready to dip my toes in again - especially as I’m buying a new stereo this week - yiewww
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thanks in advance for all the great recs and lining up my christmas/new year listening
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Albums
- KiF – Still Out
- Prajñāghoṣa – Flow Of Adhiṣṭhāna
- All of Thought Leadership’s stuff
- Alek Lee – Cold Feet
Compilations
- Ambientale
- Transcoastal
- Rotation Sound System Presents Everything You’re About To Hear Is True Vol 1
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These are my proper standouts. Love Letters is my favourite single / song in years tbh
Albums:
Jonny Nash - Once Was Ours Forever
Neumayer Station- Crossings
Single:
Coyote & Peaking Lights - Love Letters
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Worked out my list of favourite albums for the year. In no particular order.
Exotic Gardens - Morning Dubs
Nadah El Shazly - Laini Tani
Rhythm Doctor - Digital Juju
Indica II - High In The Sky
Kuunatic - Wheels Of Omon
Mytron & Zongamin - Congregate
Monzanto Sound - The Channel
The New Eves - The New Eve Is Rising
Oltrefuturo - Culto Del Sol
Poor Creature - All Smiles Tonight
Geese - Getting Killed
Billy Woods - Golliwog
SML - How You Been
The Bug vs Ghost Dubs - Implosion
Steve Gunn - Daylight Daylight
Caroline - Caroline 2
Emergence Collective - Swimming In The…
Oren Ambarchi etc - Ghosted III
Mondo Lava - Utero Dei
Eiko Ishibashi - Antigone
Steve Hauschildt - Aeropsia
Sherelle - With A Vengeance
Modern Nature - The Heat Warps
Apta - The Pool
Milkweed - Remscela
Joe H-W & Paul Cousins - in a fugue state
dgoHn - Alterations In Gyral Form
Quade - The Foel Tower
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Nice.
I’d omitted Rythm Dr and Morning Dubs from my thinking about 2025 lists. Great records.
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Well there’s my list of records to explore sorted. Nice one.
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Stuff I bought which I’ve enjoyed this year….
Edits (vinyl)
Lovehandles - Unrequited Dub
Rahaan - Mi Nina Es Mejor (Rahaan Vocal Version)
Eclectic Journeys - Da Da Dim
Lex Wolf - Lextended 3
NAD - Haz Lo Tuyo
Reggae Reissues (vinyl)
Barrington Levy - One Foot Jo Jo/To Love Someone
TJ Thomas - Sad To Know I Am Leaving
Lee Scratch Perry & Mad Professor- Madman Dubwise
Junior Delgado - Don’t Trouble Trouble/Yard (Dubmasta versions).
Dennis Brown & Aswad - Promised Land
Ciddy Bop - Warrior
Sonya Spence - Peace & Unity
<<. Balearic. >> stuff. All Bandcamp/digital.
Alek Lee - Cold Feet EP
Guy Contact & Solar Suite - Perfect Harmony EP
Nic Jalusi - Eternal Sunset EP
ddwy - Beaming Backwards EP
Cal C - Bath Bomb EP
Ryan Spencer - Between Dreams EP
Junk System - Beach
Kamazu & Caravan - Kwaai Umhlaba (Kwaito Global) (Instrumental)
Glen S, Murrin, Marius - In The Dust EP
T3AL - Weightless (Om Unit
<<. Modern Dub. >>
Some favourites from 2025
Kliche - Dabrea EP
DJ Ojo - Tongue Tied EP
Mystery Tiime - Everything (12” Mix)
Yassokiiba- Dub 5 / Dub 3
Holy Tongue - Ambulance Dub/The Bigger Tutti
Miles J Paralysis - Snicket Rhythm
Rude Audio - North Star Dub
Hidden Sequence - Isms & Schisms
Hidden Sequence & Aketi Ray - Hidden Sequence Meets Aketi Ray LP
N1 Sound - People Have the Right To Build
Prince Istari - Under Me Acidhead (Cut 4)
Siva - Skeleton EP
Coreysan- Heavy Load (Nina Walsh Remix)
Androo - Reprise (kierkegaard mix)
Various Artists - Head Echo 01 EP
Adrian Sherwood, African Head Charge & Speakers Corner Quartet- Garden of Inspiration EP
Element - Motion Exchange EP
Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III & Remixes. N1 Sound mix of Thunderflies is some of their best work.
Other stuff:…
Everything by Miles J Paralysis. The Persian versions on Mysticisms absolutely banging.
Acolyte - The Blue Dark (Eyes of Others Remix). Love, love, love. Hypnotic and addictive. Tip!
Omid Geadizadeh - Like The Sea Knows Blue EP
Ugne Uma - Rage Love, Strange Love. Forum tip, thank you x
Didn’t buy many new albums as far as I can see. Although I missed the Rhythm Dr and Morning Dubs from my thinking which someone else mentioned and both are excellent. The Init album also got repeated plays. As did Joe’s, especially poolside on holiday.
The one I said for Furtive 50 was: Courtney Bailey - In Dream LP. The track Like A Heaven made it for me.
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Had a proper think now. So here goes…
Tracks -
The All Seeing I - Return of The Crooked Cat
Kuniyuki - Tremor
Kangkollektor - Isle of Stonesy
Junk System - Tarzan Dance
Ze Ibarra - Segredo
James Kumo - Motivate Your Mind
Ugne Uma - Rage Love, Strange Love
Matthew E White - Cool Out
Julia Mestre - Marvailhosamente Bem
Alek Lee - Too Soon
Keanu Nelson - Place Where I Go
DJ Lelewel - Piano Dub (Milord Remix)
@pacific.coliseum - Hatsudai
Sasha Foam - Costa De Acido
@Joe - When Love Takes Over
Palace Pasador - Footprint Affair - Dub
N1_Sound - Such Love
Ruf Dug - Manctalo Beach - More Amour Remix
Quiet Village & Vanessa Doau - Naked Hunger
Cantoma - Light Before - Noche Española Remix
Mystery Tiime - A Cruel Dub
Alex Kassian X Spooky - Orange Coloured Liquid
Space Ghost - Majestic Fantasies
Johnny Sais Quoi - Love On Ice
Magari - Guida Notturna - Josh Ludlow Remix
Sex Judas - Its In Your Eyes - Original and Olav Brekke Mathisen & Sideshow Jogge remix
Stella & The Longos - En Retard
Universal Cave & The Street Road Band - (Till You’re) Back In My Arms - Coyote Remix
Edits -
@lovehandles - Unrequited Dub (digital in 2024 though, but I am still counting it, one, because I had no idea it existed before this year, and, two, I have played it at two gigs and the reaction has been incredible - also if you forget to mix out of it because you are distracted the second track flows in perfectly).
Protek - I Love to Dance with You - @TheNightlark edit
LCD Soundsystem - Home - Tom Sharkett edit
Loose Ends - Hanging On A String - Random House Project edit
Discotecas - Ask A Dream
Fundido - Its Outta Loving - DJ Lloyd Edit
Albums -
Rio Kosta - Unicorn
@Joe - Some Kind of Paradise
DD Mirage - Exotic Illusions
Good Block - Window
Mystic Jungle - Sunset Jungle
Chaos In The CBD - A Deeper Life
Discovery Tracks -
Eden - Free - Special Maxi Version
Secret Service - Lets Dance Just A Little Bit More
Apsaras - Apsaras
Vermettya Royster - Give Me Your Love
Miss Kittin - Cosmic Love Radiation
The Beloved - Pablo - Special K Dub
Luke - I Love You - Frontera Mix
Lighthouse Family - Question of Faith - Idjut Boys Mix
Frankie - I Need Your Lovin - Giancarlo’s Ambient
Ilija Rudman - Who’s Crying Now
Fallout - The Morning After - Sunrise Mix
Simon Hinter - Perfume
J Dalton - Game
Mike Panera - Can’t You Believe
Mike Francis - Features of Love
Steve Rachmad - Strings of Love
Jayme Marques - Africa, Brasil Te Ama
Fabrizio Esposito - Aria - Acid Dub Mix
Ban - Irreal Social
Discovery Albums -
Alle - Dine Paen Ojne (finally pulled the trigger)
Mixes -
@joe Live at Mareh Festival
@howler live at The Golden Lion
Hunee at Dekmantel Selectors
Auntie Flo - TPP550
Clobber -
Kavi Handprinted Shirt from Otherwise.
Also, special shout out to @elzorro who responded to me moaning that the Tears t-shirt wasn’t available to be sent to the US, and he bought it for me, packed it in his luggage for a family trip to the US, went to a post office and mailed it to me. What a dude.
TV - Traitors (all of them, I find it fascinating and I don’t really have to do much thinking so I can zone in and out), oh and Andor, that was top.
Oh and shoutout to @Pauleast77 for his excellent interviews on this very site. Very good at what he does, is our Paul.
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Here we go…
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Born Under Punches (And The Heat Goes On) by Kenny Dope feat. Róisín Murphy
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Floatation by The Grid - (Mark Barrott’s Ibiza Sunrise ’90 Re-Work)
Bonus new / not really new musical gem…
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@lovehandles Where is your Pat Benatar edit available digitally?
Thanks
It’s not for sale digitally mate, sorry -vinyl only x
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Playing a gig tonight and all three of us have packed it.,
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Do any UK shops have copies do you know, and if it’s sold out, is it getting a repress?
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As I have broken my not buying anymore records recently, I will try and pick up a copy. If there’s any left.
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My oldest daughter absolutely loves it. That and Tiffany after watching the latest Stranger Things. All things 80’s.
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Oh good.
No plans re Tiffany you may be relieved to hear
This was the og inspiration
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It wasn’t part of the original plan as there was no guarantee of selling the initial run but I think shops will be restocking sooner rather than later
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Music I enjoyed in 2025
Florence Adooni - A.O.E.I.U. (An Ordinary Exercise in Unity)
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, & Andreas Werliin - Ghosted III
Barker - Stochastic Drift
Bitchin Bajas - Inland See
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Gift Songs
Erika de Casier - Lifetime
Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Different Rooms
Chuquimamani-Condori - Edits
The Circling Sun - Orbits
The Cosmic Tones Research Trio - The Cosmic Tones Research Trio
ddwy - Beaming Backwards
Djrum - Under Tangled Silence
Greg Foat - 6 Days in Leysin
Melvin Gibbs - Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2
Joy Guidry - Five Prayers
Holden & Zimpel - The Universe Will Take Care of You
james K - Friend
Ariel Kalma & Asa Tone - O
Alex Kassian x Spooky x Placid Angles - Orange Coloured Liquid
keiyaA - hooke’s law
Los Thuthanaka - Los Thuthanaka
Erik M. - Soft Wish
Malibu - Vanities
Move 78 - In the Age of Data
Anthony Naples - Scanners
Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas - Totality
Night Heron - ESCAPISM
No Joy - Bugland
Nourished By Time - The Passionate Ones
Oklou - choke enough
Oneohtrix Point Never - Tranquilizer [“album of the year”]
Palace Pasador - Footprint Affair
Pino Palladino & Blake Mills - That Wasn’t a Dream
Purelink - Faith
RAVEN - GNOSIS
Resavoir & Matt Gold - Horizon
Secondo - Over Under
Smerz - Big city life
SML - How You Been
Stereolab - Instant Holograms on Metal Film
Thought Leadership - Ace of Swords
Ron Trent - Lift Off
Wikipédias Organizadas - Alfabetos Mesopotåmicos
YHWH Nailgun - 45 Pounds
Zan’Ten - Zan’Ten & Friends
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