Re: 2025 favorites / standouts?
Rjyan Kidwell <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:44:27 -0500
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--000000000000d58b700644999433 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable South England Hate Club became one of my favorite labels this year. 9 releases orbiting breakcore aesthetics with really solid production values & ideal level of wicked humor to balance the aggro/dark mania. https://southenglandhateclub.bandcamp.com/album/grimesthorpestyle is a good place to start imo. On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 3:15=E2=80=AFPM Eric Sorenson <[email protected]> = wrote: > The Black Dog releases this year have been a revelation. The new "Loud > Ambient" record and all of the Brutal Life stuff. > > Daniel Avery's "Tremor" - nice departure and some great vocal collabs her= e > > Barker "Stochastic Drift" - his sound design is so so good. > > Eusebia "Undertones" - modern drum n bass > > 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]> > wrote: > > > > Getting a jump on the most important question of the year - what was > good that came out this year? > > > > 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. > > > > NHKyx did a good ep for Skam. > > > > Ghost Dubs stuff from this year and last is very good - elegant, fresh > and musical. > > > > 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 hardco= re > tempo? > > > > Cool seeing Topdown Dialectic do some gigs. Definitely melon twisting > stuff that sounds great on a big system. > > > > > > Not IDM but I also dug Sissy Spacek =E2=80=9CEntrance=E2=80=9D on Shelt= er Press, Ryu > Hankil=E2=80=99s 8 Rhythm Machine, Rafael Toral=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CTravel= ing Light=E2=80=9D and Takuma > Kuragaki=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CCleave=E2=80=9D were all novel sounding and i= ntense electronics > records. Oh have to mention Nick Forte=E2=80=99s new harsh noise project = Green Tea > - brilliant. > > > > Big year for familiar names impressing me massively on the dancefloor - > DJ Sprinkles, Theo Parrish, Appleblim and Mark Ernestus all delivered. > > > > Was it this year that a friend put me onto Guitar - Sunkissed? Positive= , > headnoddy, almost twee computer version of MBV. So sick. > > > > Ok your turn > > > > > > --000000000000d58b700644999433 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>South England Hate Club became one of my favorite lab= els this year. 9 releases orbiting breakcore aesthetics with really solid p= roduction values & ideal level of wicked humor to balance the aggro/dar= k mania.</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://southenglandhateclub.b= andcamp.com/album/grimesthorpestyle">https://southenglandhateclub.bandcamp.= com/album/grimesthorpestyle</a> is a good place to start imo.=C2=A0</div><d= iv><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><di= v dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 3:15=E2=80=AFPM = Eric Sorenson <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]<= /a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0= px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">T= he Black Dog releases this year have been a revelation. The new "Loud = Ambient" record and all of the Brutal Life stuff.=C2=A0 <br> <br> Daniel Avery's "Tremor" - nice departure and some great vocal= collabs here<br> <br> Barker "Stochastic Drift" - his sound design is so so good.<br> <br> Eusebia "Undertones" - modern drum n bass <br> <br> outside of electronic I mostly listen to sludge, doom, and black metal. Dea= th-doom fans were feasting this year : Sunn O))) , Stygian Bough II, Evoken= "Mendacium" , new Hooded Menace, the Mizmor/Hell split, and &quo= t;Teeth to Sky" by Guiltless have all been on heavy rotation.<br> <br> > On Nov 25, 2025, at 20:59, Chris Taylor <<a href=3D"mailto:christay= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:= <br> > <br> > Getting a jump on the most important question of the year - what was g= ood that came out this year?<br> > <br> > 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, e= ach very different, two of them extremely sick. <br> > <br> > NHKyx did a good ep for Skam. <br> > <br> > Ghost Dubs stuff=C2=A0 from this year and last is very good - elegant,= fresh and musical. <br> > <br> > Foodman did some crazy releases.=C2=A0 I caught him live doing an Elec= tribe set.=C2=A0 Very hype and mental - reminded me of 00s minimal at a hap= py hardcore tempo? <br> > <br> > Cool seeing Topdown Dialectic do some gigs. Definitely melon twisting = stuff that sounds great on a big system. <br> > <br> > <br> > Not IDM but I also dug Sissy Spacek =E2=80=9CEntrance=E2=80=9D on Shel= ter Press, Ryu Hankil=E2=80=99s 8 Rhythm Machine, Rafael Toral=E2=80=99s = =E2=80=9CTraveling Light=E2=80=9D and Takuma Kuragaki=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CCl= eave=E2=80=9D were all novel sounding and intense electronics records. Oh h= ave to mention Nick Forte=E2=80=99s new harsh noise project Green Tea - bri= lliant. <br> > <br> > Big year for familiar names impressing me massively on the dancefloor = - DJ Sprinkles, Theo Parrish, Appleblim and Mark Ernestus all delivered. <b= r> > <br> > Was it this year that a friend put me onto Guitar - Sunkissed? Positiv= e, headnoddy, almost twee computer version of MBV. So sick. <br> > <br> > Ok your turn<br> > <br> > <br> <br> </blockquote></div> --000000000000d58b700644999433--