Re: 2025 favorites / standouts?

The Black Dog releases this year have been a revelation. The new "Loud =
Ambient" record and all of the Brutal Life stuff. =20

Daniel Avery's "Tremor" - nice departure and some great vocal collabs =
here

Barker "Stochastic Drift" - his sound design is so so good.

Eusebia "Undertones" - modern drum n bass=20

outside of electronic I mostly listen to sludge, doom, and black metal. =
Death-doom fans were feasting this year : Sunn O))) , Stygian Bough II, =
Evoken "Mendacium" , new Hooded Menace, the Mizmor/Hell split, and =
"Teeth to Sky" by Guiltless have all been on heavy rotation.

> On Nov 25, 2025, at 20:59, Chris Taylor <[email protected]> =
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> Getting a jump on the most important question of the year - what was =
good that came out this year?
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> Seems like the biggest thing would be the Autechre tour (which I =
didn=E2=80=99t catch any chatter about here?!) - got to see them three =
times, each very different, two of them extremely sick.=20
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> NHKyx did a good ep for Skam.=20
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> Ghost Dubs stuff  from this year and last is very good - elegant, =
fresh and musical.=20
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> Foodman did some crazy releases.  I caught him live doing an Electribe =
set.  Very hype and mental - reminded me of 00s minimal at a happy =
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> Cool seeing Topdown Dialectic do some gigs. Definitely melon twisting =
stuff that sounds great on a big system.=20
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> Not IDM but I also dug Sissy Spacek =E2=80=9CEntrance=E2=80=9D on =
Shelter Press, Ryu Hankil=E2=80=99s 8 Rhythm Machine, Rafael Toral=E2=80=99=
s =E2=80=9CTraveling Light=E2=80=9D and Takuma Kuragaki=E2=80=99s =
=E2=80=9CCleave=E2=80=9D were all novel sounding and intense electronics =
records. Oh have to mention Nick Forte=E2=80=99s new harsh noise project =
Green Tea - brilliant.=20
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> Big year for familiar names impressing me massively on the dancefloor =
- DJ Sprinkles, Theo Parrish, Appleblim and Mark Ernestus all delivered.=20=

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> Was it this year that a friend put me onto Guitar - Sunkissed? =
Positive, headnoddy, almost twee computer version of MBV. So sick.=20
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> Ok your turn
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