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April 2025

Mixes & Albums

• Basic Channel - Q1.1
• Studio - West Coast

  The vocals aren't my favorite but this oozes summer in a way I haven't heard before.
• Michele Mercure - Beside Herself

  A collection of synthesizer loosies from the 80s. They are all very ahead of their time & it's great that these were able to see the light of day.
• Barker - Stochastic Drift

  It's dub techno but if the techno was a forest and there's a refreshing breeze blowing through.
• YHWH Nailgun - 45 Pounds

  Genre-wise I don't know what to call this. It's tight, I'll say that. I liked the back-half of the album a lot more than the front.
• Skee Mask - Pool

  The runtime on this is a little excessive, but it's all good, so I can't fault Mr. Skee.
• SHERELLE - WITH A VENGEANCE

  This is jungle & it's really good, but the real reason this album is on here is because of how cool the cover is.

Songs

• Yung Lean, Thaiboy Digital, Bladee - Buildings

  I should've put this on last month, but I'm still listening to it. Cloud rap classic. Takes me back.
• Air France - No Way Down
• Fakemink - Music and Me
• Autechre - Rotar
• deer park - Fess Up
• Tirzah - Inside Out

  Really scratched an itch for a few days.
• POiSON GiRL FRiEND - THE FUTURE IS NOW

  Anytime I revisit MELTING MOMENT I get a new favorite song off of the EP. This is this instance's obsession.
• jonatan leandoer96 - Machines

  Everything drones in a way that's very true to the song's name. Great pre-sleep song.

March 2025

I've been listening to a lot of mixes & albums that really only work as a cohesive body, so I've broken these out into a separate list.

Mixes & Albums

• 454 - Elevator Music (Mix)
• Big Bud - Infinity + Infinity

  This feels like the 90s DnB version of SAW1. Some remarakbly detailed and layered tracks that will blend into the background if you let it.
• Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 (Mixed)

  This is an all-timer of mine. Very early example of electronic music; it has this very slow & subtle build that just fills me with energy and a desire to move.
• Jeff Mills - Live at The Liquid Room, Tokyo (Mix)

  10/10 but I shouldn't need to tell you that.
• gum.mp3 - Black Life, Red Planet

  This ones from a NYC jungle scene that includes another favorite of mine, Dazegxd. Super refreshing, modern take on some classic rave styles.
• Hiroshi Yoshimura - Flora 1987

  A fabled ambient rarity that got a re-release. This album holds a very special place in my heart; finding a YouTube rip years ago changed the way I view music. Everything about this album is very natural and organic. Whatever sunlight does to a plant, this will do to your soul. How fortunate am I to own a physical copy of a work like this.
• Chuquimamani-Condori - DJ E

  Another month, another Elysia Crampton appearance. I can safely say I have never heard anything like this, ever.
• Huerco S. - Railroad Blues

  A nice dub techno EP that goes great with Being Busy. Clean & industrious.
• ML Buch - Suntub

  Quicky approaching most-listened-to-album-of-all-time status for me. She is the best.
• Basic Channel - Q 1.1

  A dub techno classic, revisited since Hard Wax got some represses in stock (I bought one). GOAT shit.

Songs

• 454, Pig the Gemini - Extraordinaire
• Bladee - Apple
• EQ - Boytoy

  Really cool. Takes a lot of that indie-sleaze-revivial sound (bad) and injects it with feedback & droning vocals (good).
• PJ Harvey - A Perfect Day Elise

  How did she come up with this?
• Tujiko Noriko - Empty

  Minimalist, repetitive pop with gallons of texture.
• Unwound - Feeling$ Real

  Big news - I finally get this band. Great companion for making a chicken pie.
• This Is Lorelei, MJ Lenderman - Dancing in the Club - MJ Lenderman Version

  I'm not too crazy about This Is Lorelei (Nate's work under Water From Your Eyes rocks, though), but get Jake on there and all of a sudden my ears are O P E N. Good tune.
• Smerz - You got time and I got money

  #RealLovers on top. Fun, bubbly, smooth.
• SOPHIE, Autechre - BIPP - Autechre Mix
• Merely, Malbu - idle citi

  I was put onto this from a Pitchfork article about Malibu's NTS show (good read). Super slow & ethereal. To me, conjures up the image of the sun rising over foggy valleys.

February 2025

Yeah, my swag is back.

• Chicane - Lost You Somewhere (honorable mention to Opus III - Evolution Rush)

  Don't get me wrong, trance should definitely be kept in the past, but man if it doesn't rip sometimes.
• blotter - win again
• fakemink - Easter Pink

  This is an earworm. I unapologetically love how ringtone-y this sounds. The video is pretty cool, too.
• Oklou - plague dogs

  Really refreshing new release. Give the whole album a listen - I'm a huge fan of how low-key everything manages to be while remaining poppy & engaging.
• Electric Wizard - I, The Witchfinder

  There's so much sound here & it's all so syrupy and thick. Love.
• Autechre - Slip
• E+E - El Sueño Del Forastero

  This is a perfect mix & all I listened to for two days straight. If you're not familar with Elysia, you should check out her project EDITED/REMIXED. I find her sound so unique; it's very maximal but has this natural and lightweight texture (think a drunk walk home in the rain) that I can't get enough of.
• Total Blue - Chaparral

  Kinda what I imagine the soundtrack to my life would be if I were a fish in an aquarium.
• SpaceGhostPurrp - Underground
• Joni Mitchell - Edith and the Kingpin

  This one gets a little carried away with the made-up characters but I think that's just a part of the charm. I hope that one day I can ramble with a quarter of the grace of Joni in her prime.
• Mabe Fratti - No Se Ve Desde Acá

January 2025

I started this month in a bit of a rut with respect to music discovery. I mainly revisted some old favorites, and listened to a lot of looping, repetitive music.

• Bladee - Noblest Strive

  First listen of 333. I'm putting it at #3 on my Bladee album power rankings (in the best way).
• My Bloody Valentine - Only Tomorrow

  The way the riff cuts through the noise towards the end is next-level.
• Patch+ - Us2
• Joanna Newsom - Only Skin

  I think this is my fourth time falling in love with this song. Unbelivable songwriting. Listen on CD if you're able; Soundcloud rips don't do it justice.
• Sade - Fear (inspired by Requisit - Blue is the Color)
• Ulla - foam angel
• Sadesper Record - Whitesheep Walks - Groove Tape Mix
• 808 State - Ancodia

  Absolute time capsule. I wish I could've gone clubbing in the 90s.
• Björk, Dom T. - Alarm Call - Snooze Button Mix

  There's a whole catalog of these officially-released Björk remixes and they're all so good. Who knew?