Music Tracking 2025

These are 2025 releases that I've taken note of, listed alphabetically by artist, with VA comps at the bottom. My grades, where available, are in brackets at the end of the line (stars in B+ range). Lines in blue indicate that I have a physical copy (albeit sometimes just a promo CDR); in green are records that I graded based on a Rhapsody stream or other such source. Most records have release dates and a brief generic note.

Unheard records are prioritized 0-3 (graded records are 4-5). The priotization is based subjectively on personal interests, reviews I've noticed, reviewers I particularly respect, what I know about the artists, etc. Roughly speaking: 0 is something I have no reason to consider (default page omits 0); 1 has been noted as having some cred somewhere; 2 is something I have some specific reason to search out; 3 is something I'll listen to ASAP.

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New Releases

  • 2hollis: Star (Interscope) [04-04] - experimental hip-hop [**]
  • 36 & Zakè: Stasis Sounds for Long-Distance Space Travel III () [06-03] - electronic
  • μ-Ziq: 1979 (Balmat) [10-31] - ambient
  • Above & Beyond: Bigger Than All of Us (Anjunabeats) [07-18] - prog trance
  • Actress: Grey Interiors (Smalltown Supersound -EP) [02-07] - ambient
  • Sheldon Agwu: Kintsugi (Sanctum) [04-11] - ambient [*]
  • Gaby Amarantos: Rock Doido (Deck) [08-28] - technobrega
  • Amulets: Not Around but Through (Beacon Sound) [02-21] - ambient
  • Arid Landscapes: Arid Landscapes (self-released) [09-19] - ambient
  • Shinichi Atobe: Discipline (DDS) [12-06] - deep house
  • Daniel Avery: Tremor (Domino) [10-31] - electronic
  • Aya: Hexed! (Hyperdub) [03-28] - electronic [B]
  • Bambara: Birthmarks (Wharf Cat/Bella Union) [03-14] - trip hop
  • Barker: Stochastic Drift (Smalltown Supersound) [04-04] - techno [***]
  • Barry Can't Swim: Loner (Ninja Tune) [07-11] - downtempo [***]
  • John Also Bennett: Στον Ελαιώνα/Ston Elaióna () [07-25] - ambient
  • Mohinder Kaur Bhamra: Punjabi Disco (Naya Beat) [10-31] - house
  • Bicep: Chroma 000 () [01-14] - ambient house
  • Bitchin Bajas: Inland See (Drag City) [09-26] - electronic [***]
  • Blawan: SickElixir (XL) [10-10] - UK bass [*]
  • The Bug: Implosion (Pressure) [11-21] - ambient dub [*]
  • Burial: Comafields/Imaginary Festival (Hyperdub -EP) [08-01] - electronic
  • Cahl Sel: Traces () [10-14] - ambient
  • Calibre: Little Foot () [05-23] - dubstep
  • Call Super: A Rhythm Protects One (Dekmantel) [10-03] - Dj mix [**]
  • Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: Gift Songs (Mexican Summer) [03-21] - electroacoustic
  • Car Culture & Physical Therapy: Rest Here (NAFF) [10-09] - trip hop
  • Carré: Body Shell () [04-18] - dubstep
  • Carrier: Rhythm Immortal (Modern Love) [10-24] - ambient dub [*]
  • The Choir: Translucent () [01-09] - ambient
  • Civilistjävel!: Följd (Felt) [02-14] - ambient
  • Clark: Steep Stims (Throttle) [11-07] - IDM
  • Close Counters: Lovers Dance Academy () [02-12] - electronic
  • Coatshek: Sound Bath (Dark Entries) [08-01] - downtempo
  • Cosey Fanni Tutti: 2t2 (Conspiracy Internatioal) [06-13] - dark ambient
  • Anla Courtis & Lehtisalo: 1972 (Full Connect) [03-04] - electroacoustic [A-]
  • Kara-Lis Coverdale: From Where You Came (Smalltown Supersound) [05-09] - ambient [B]
  • Kara-Lis Coverdale: A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever (Smalltown Supersound) [09-12] - ambient
  • CRRDR: Latincore Legend (Trampa) [10-17] - electronic
  • Dania: Listless (Somewhere Press) [10-03] - downtempo
  • Marie Davidson: City of Clowns (Deewee) [02-28] - techno [A-]
  • Death in Vegas: Death Mask (Drone) [06-06] - acid techno
  • Debit: Desaceleradas (Modern Love) [11-07] - dark ambient
  • Decius: Decius Vol. II (Splendour & Obedience) (The Leaf Label) [ 01-31] - acid house [***]
  • Disiniblud: Disiniblud () - electronic
  • DJ Elmoe: Battle Zone (Planet Mu) [03-14] - footwork
  • DJ K: Radio Libertadora! (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [08-08] - Brazil funk [**]
  • DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us (Pampa) [04-04] - downtempo [**]
  • DJ Lag: Southside Mixtape () [11-14] - electronic
  • DJ Love/DJ Danz/DJ Ericnem: Budots World: 3-Hit Combo! (Eastern Margins) [12-03] - EDM [***]
  • DJ Python: I Was Put on This Earth (XL -EP) [03-28] - ambient techno
  • DJ Shaun-D: From Bubbling to Dutch House (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [05-23] - electronic [***]
  • Djrum: Under Tangled Silence (Houndstooth) [04-25] - electronic [***]
  • Eris Drew: DJ-Kicks () - electronic
  • E-Dancer: E-Dancer (One House) [06-13] - techno [***]
  • Eats Everything: We Lost Ourselves and Found a Family () [03-07] - tech house
  • ERR: stream no grade: Either/Orchestra: Nalbandian L'Ethipien [Éthiopiques 32]
  • Lawrence English: Even the Horizon Knows Its Bounds (Room40) [01-31] - ambient
  • Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe: Lateral (Verve/Opal) [06-06] - ambient [*]
  • Roger Eno: Without Wind, Without Air (Deutsche Grammophon) [10-31] - ambient
  • Ex_libris: Ex_Libris 001 (Ex#x5f;libris -EP) [06-27] - electronic [**]
  • Ex_libris: Ex_Libris 002 (Ex#x5f;libris -EP) [06-27] - electronic [**]
  • Facta: Gulp (Wisdom Teeth) [06-20] - techno house
  • FaltyDL: Neurotica (Planet Mu) [06-13] - hyperpop
  • Fantastic Twins: Suite of Rooms (House of Slessor -EP) [02-14] - IDM
  • Feeo: Goodness (AD 93) [10-10] - ambient [B]
  • Fluxion: Haze () - elecronic
  • Nico Georis: Music Belongs to the Universe () [04-04] - ambient
  • Glaive: Y'all (Slowsilver03/Broke) [09-26] - EDM
  • Goldie Presents Rufige Kru: Alpha Omega (Metalheadz/London) [05-16] - drum & bass
  • GoldLink: Enoch () [05-30] - hip house
  • Goldmund: Layers of Afternoon () - electronic
  • Markus Guentner: Black Dahlia () [02-07] - ambient
  • Gyrofield: Suspension of Belief (Kapsela -EP) [06-13] - techno [***]
  • Headache: Thank You for Almost Everything () [10-17] - trip hop
  • Kieran Hebden & William Tyler: 41 Longfield Street Late '80s (Eat Your Own Ears) [09-19] - ambient
  • Tim Hecker: Shards (Kranky) [02-21] - ambient [**]
  • Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill: Clay () - electronic
  • HHY & the Kampala Unit: Turbo Meltdown (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [04-11] - African/electronic [**]
  • The Hidden Cameras: Bronto () [09-12] - deep house
  • Hieroglyphic Being: Dance Music 4 Bad People (Smalltown Supersound) [04-18] - electronic [***]
  • HiTech: Honeypaqq Vol. 1 (Loma Vista) [05-09] - electronic [*]
  • James Holden & Waclaw Zimpel: The Universe Will Take Care of You (Border Community) [06-13] - electronic [A-]
  • Jeremy Hyman: Low Air () [10-24] - house
  • IE: Reverse Earth (Quindi) [05-09] - electronic
  • Wata Igarashi: My Supernova (Dekmantel) [11-07] - minimal techno
  • Immersion & SUSS: Nanocluster Vol. 3 (Swim~) [02-14] - prog electronic
  • In Transit: In Transit () [10-24] - electronic
  • Introspekt: Moving the Center (Tempa) [06-20] - dubstep
  • Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O'Rourke: Pareidolia (Drag City) [08-29] - drone
  • J.o.y.s.: J.o.y.s () [04-04] - ambient
  • Park Jiha: All Living Things (Glitterbeat) [02-14] - ambient
  • K-Lone: Sorry I Thought You Were Someone Else (Incienso) [11-14] - microhouse
  • Kettama: Archangel (Steel City Dance Discs) [10-03] - techno
  • Khadija Al Hanafi: !OK! (Fada) [01-20] - footwork
  • Klein: Sleep With a Cane (Parkwuud) [10-01] - ambient
  • Kloke: Lucidity () [08-08] - jungle
  • Kölsch: Kinema (Ipso) [10-17] - house
  • Sofia Kourtesis: Volver (Ninja Tune -EP) [08-01] - deep house [**]
  • Chris Lake: Chemistry (Black Book) [07-11] - house
  • Rindert Lammers: Thank You Kirin Kiki (Western Vinyl) [04-18] - ambient
  • Jamie Lidell/Luke Schneider: A Companion for the Spaces Between Dreams (Northern Spy) [10-31] - ambient
  • Lindstrøm: Sirius Syntoms (Feedility) [05-23] - electronic
  • Loco Dice: Purple Jam () [05-23] - minimal techno
  • Daniel Lopatin: Marty Supreme [Original Soundtrack] (A24) [12-25] - electronic
  • Los Thuthanaka: Los Thuthanaka (none) [03-22] - Latin electronic
  • Loscil: Lake Fire (Kranky) [05-02] - ambient
  • Lust for Youth & Croatian Amor: All Worlds (Sacred Bones) [03-07] - indietronica
  • M83: Resurrection (Believe) [12-10] - ambient
  • Valentina Magaletti & YPY: Kansai Bruises (AD 93) [08-22] - electroacoustic
  • Malibu: Vanities (Year0001) [10-03] - ambient
  • Kali Malone & Drew McDowall: Magnetism (Ideologic Organ) [11-07] - electroacoustic
  • Maribou State: Hallucinating Love (Ninja Tune) [01-31] - downtempo
  • Jako Maron: Mahavélouz (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [02-07] - afrofuturism [***]
  • Matmos: Metallic Life Review (Thrill Jockey) [06-20] - electronic
  • MC BF & DJ Yuzak: Bebeto E Romário (Mandelão, EP) [09-17] - Funk brasilero [**]
  • MC Yallah & Debmaster: Gaudencia (Hakuna Kulala) [07-25] - electronic [*]
  • Matt McBane: Buoy () [02-28] - ambient
  • Walt McClements: On a Painted Ocean (Western Vinyl) [04-04] - ambient
  • Mechatok: Wide Awake () [08-08] - bubblegum bass
  • Miffle: Goodbye, World (self-released) [09-05] - ambient [*]
  • Mild Minds: Gemini (Foreign Family Collective) [02-21] - house
  • Modeselektor: DJ-Kicks () [09-12] - electronic
  • Abul Mogard: Quiet Pieces () [05-30] - ambient
  • Kelly Moran: Don't Trust Mirrors (Warp) [10-01] - ambient [***]
  • More Eaze & Claire Rousay: No Floor (Thrill Jockey) [03-21] - ambient
  • Bob Moses: Blink () [10-17] - electropop
  • Myd: Mydnight (Ed Banger) [08-29] - house
  • Anthony Naples: Scanners (ANS) [05-02] - electronic
  • Nazar: Demilitarize (Hyperdub) [04-25] - kuduro [*]
  • Ninajirachi: I Love My Computer (NLV) [08-08] - electronic [**]
  • NZO: Come Alive () [06-13] - IDM
  • Ø: Sysivalo (Sähkö) [09-19] - electronic [B]
  • Oneohtrix Point Never: Tranquilizer (Warp) [11-17] - electronic [**]
  • The Orb: Buddhist Hipsters (Cooking Vinyl) [10-10] - electronic
  • Pé: Æzæl: Eternity of Nonexistence (Tokinogake) [05-09] - electronic [B]
  • Pidgins: Refrains of the Day, Volume 2 (Lexical) [04-04] - electronic
  • Natasha Pirard: Fernande, Cecile () [11-21] - ambient
  • Ploy: It's Later Than You Think (Dekmantel) [04-04] - tech house [**]
  • Polygonia: Dream Horizons (Dekmantel) [0-13] - minimal techno
  • Lyra Pramuk: Hymnal (7K!) [06-13] - electroacoustic
  • Sam Prekop: Open Close (Thrill Jockey) [09-26] - electronic [*]
  • Pulse Emitter: Tide Pools (Hausu Emitter) [09-26] - elecronic
  • Purelink: Faith (Peak Oil) [06-06] - ambient dub
  • Raven: Gnosis (Incienso) [02-14] - ambient
  • Gareth Quinn Redmond: Múscailte () [11-07] - ambient
  • Jane Remover: Revengeseekerz (DeadAir) [04-04] - hyperpop [*]
  • Rival Consoles: Landscape From Memory (Erased Tapes) [07-04] - IDM [**]
  • Romance: Love Is Colder Than Death (Ecstatic) [05-23] - ambient
  • Claire Rousay: A Little Death (Thrill Jockey) [10-31] - electronic
  • rRoxymore: Juggling Dualities (!K7) [07-17] - ambient techno
  • Jackson Ryland: Hydraplaning () [06-13] - electronic
  • Saapato: In Alaska () [01-14] - ambient
  • Sextile: Yes, Please. (Sacred Bones) [05-02] - EBM
  • Sherelle: With a Vengeance (Method 808) [04-09] - jungle/footwork [***]
  • Ship Sket: InitiatriX (Planet Mu) [10-31] - UK bass
  • Shlohmo: Repulsor (R&R) [10-31] - electronica
  • Silkback: Attrition (Planet Mu) [07-18] - UK bass
  • Sir Hiss: Time Dilation () [10-02] - electro
  • Six Sex: X-Sex (Dale Play -EP) [03-06] - hard dance [A-]
  • Skeleten: Mentalized (2MR) [02-07] - trip hop
  • Skepta & Fred Again . .: Skepta . . Fred (Epic/Warner UK) [08-29] - UK hip-hop
  • Skrillex: Fuck U Skrillex U Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3 (Atlantic/Owsla) [04-01] - electronic [B-]
  • Skrillex: Hit Me Where It Hurts X (Atlantic/Owsla -EP) [11-21] - electronic [B]
  • Slikback: Attrition (Planet Mu) [07-18] - UK bass [*]
  • Emily A. Sprague: Cloud Time (RVNG) [10-10] - ambient
  • Paul St. Hilaire: w/The Producers (Kynant) [09-26] - dub techno
  • Steffi & Virginia: Patterns of Vibration (Dekmantel) [04-25] - house
  • Nick Storring: Mirante (We Are Busy Bodies) [03-21] - electroacoustic
  • Sudan Archives: The BPM (Stones Throw) [10-17] - art pop [A-]
  • Surgeon: Shell~Wave (Tresor) [05-02] - techno
  • Harvey Sutherland: Debt () [10-10] - tech house
  • Antony Szmierek: Service Station at the End of the Universe (Mushroom Music) [02-28] - UK hip-hop [***]
  • TEED: Always With Me () [12-05] - deep house
  • Throwing Shapes: Throwing Shapes (WRWTHWW) [09-05] - ambient
  • Time Cow: Scaring 1100 Chickens to Death (Kullijhan) [03-21] - dancehall [*]
  • Tokimonsta: Eternal Reverie (Young Art) [03-07] - deep house
  • Rafael Toral: Traveling Light (Drag City) [10-24] - ambient
  • Traxman: Da Mind of Traxman Vol. 3 (Planet Mu) [02-07] - footwork
  • U.e.: Hometown Girl ( 28912) [01-16] - ambient
  • Ulver: Neverland (House of Mythology) [12-31] - ambient
  • Akira Umeda & Metal Preyers: Clube Da Mariposa Mórbida (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [07-11] - world/electronic [*]
  • Unspecified Enemies: Romance in the Age of Adaptive Feedback () [03-28] - techno
  • Vega Trails: Sierra Tracks () [03-28] - chamber jazz
  • Sammy Virji: Same Day Cleaning (Capitol) [09-19] - UK garage [**]
  • Voice Actor & Squu: Lust (1) (Stroom) [01-14] - ambient dub
  • Voices From the Lake: II (Spazio Disponible) [12-05] - ambient techno
  • Vylet Pony: Love & Ponystep (Horse Friends/32.7 the Creek) [07-11] - electropop
  • Leon Vynehall: In Daytona Yellow (Studio Ooze) [10-03] - deep house
  • Wagon Christ: Planet Roll (De:tuned) [10-17] - downtempo
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge: Objects (Universal UK) [12-05] - ambient
  • Joe Westerlund: Curiosities From the Shift (Psychic Hotline) [10-24] - electronic
  • Weval: Chorophobia () [09-05] - prog breaks
  • Whatever the Weather: Whatever the Weather II (Ghostly International) [03-14] - ambient
  • Chris Williams: Odu: Vibrations II (AKP) [09-26] - prog electronic [**]
  • Charlotte de Witte: Charlotte de Witte (KNTXT) [11-07] - electronic
  • Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno: Liminal (Verve/Opal) [10-10] - ambient pop [**]
  • Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno: Luminal (Verve/Opal) [06-06] - ambient pop [**]
  • Dustin Wong: Gloria (self-released) [04-01] - ambient
  • Yetsuby: 4Eva (Pink Oyster) [03-26] - IDM
  • Zeds Dead: Return to the Spectrum of Intergalactic Happiness () [03-07] - dubstep
  • Marina Zispin: Now You See Me, Now You Don't (Scenic Route) [03-07] - coldwave

Reissues, Etc.

  • Ansamblul Hyperion: Conducerea Muzicală: Iancu Dumitrescu (1980, Corbett vs. Dempsey) [01-10] - electronic [A-]
  • Avicii: Avicii Forever (Universal Music AB) [05-16] - house
  • Borghesia: Clones (1984, Dark Entries) [05-07] - electronic [**]
  • Master Wilburn Burchette: Master Wilburn Burchette's Psychic Meditation Music (1974, Numero Group) [06-13] - experimental [*]
  • Patrick Cowley: Hard Ware () - electronic
  • Carl Craig: Desire: The Carl Craig Story () - techno
  • Jeremy Dower/Tetrphnm: Personal Computer Music 1997-2022 () - electronica
  • Dub Syndicate: Obscured by Version (1989-96, On-U Sound) [02-28] - dub [***]
  • Electric Satie: Gymnopédie '99 (1998, In Sheep's Clothing) [06-27] - electronic [***]
  • Fred Again . .: USB002 (Warner UK) [12-12] - UK garage
  • Kali Malone + Drew McDowall: The Sacrificial Code (Ideologic Organ) [04-11] - drone
  • Orbital: Orbital 2 (The Brown Album Expanded) () [05-23] - electronic
  • Jean Schwarz: Unreleased & Rarities (1972-2002) (Transversales Disques) [11-07] - electronic [***]
  • Studio: West Coast (2006, Ghostly International) [01-24] - electronic [A-]
  • Hiroshi Yoshimura: Flora (1987, Temporal Drift) [03-20] - ambient [***]
  • Krautrock Eruption: An Introduction to German Electronic Music 1970-1980 (Bureau B) [03-21] - krautrock [B]
  • Planet Mu 30 (Planet Mu) [05-09] - footwork
  • Tectonic Sound () [07-18] - dubstep

Priority Counts

  • Priority 1: 150
  • Priority 2: 2
  • Priority 3: 0
  • Priority 4: 67
  • Priority 5: 0

Total: 219