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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  • 2hollis: Star (Interscope) [04-04] - experimental hip-hop [**]
  • μ-Ziq: 1979 (Balmat) [10-31] - ambient
  • Actress: Grey Interiors (Smalltown Supersound -EP) [02-07] - 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
  • ERR: stream no grade: Ashé Mystics: Fizzy Bubble Hummm
  • Daniel Avery: Tremor () - 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 [***]
  • Mohinder Kaur Bhamra: Punjabi Disco (Naya Beat) [10-31] - 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
  • 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 [*]
  • 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
  • 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 () - 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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-]
  • 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
  • Park Jiha: All Living Things (Glitterbeat) [02-14] - ambient
  • 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
  • ERR: grade bad priority: Knucks: A Fine African Man
  • Sofia Kourtesis: Volver (Ninja Tune -EP) [08-01] - deep house [**]
  • Jamie Lidell/Luke Schneider: A Companion for the Spaces Between Dreams (Northern Spy) [10-31] - ambient
  • Lindstrøm: Sirius Syntoms () - 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
  • 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 [**]
  • 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 () - electronic
  • Kelly Moran: Don't Trust Mirrors (Warp) [10-01] - ambient [***]
  • More Eaze & Claire Rousay: No Floor (Thrill Jockey) [03-21] - ambient
  • Myd: Mydnight (Ed Banger) [08-29] - house
  • 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
  • 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 [*]

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