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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’t 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 hardcore 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 “Entrance” on Shelter Press, Ryu Hankil’s 8 Rhythm Machine, Rafael Toral’s “Traveling Light” and Takuma Kuragaki’s “Cleave” were all novel sounding and intense electronics records. Oh have to mention Nick Forte’s 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

I’ve been thinking about that over the past month. It really feels like this year has been generous with solid IDM releases. Off the top of my head: - Obviously *OPN’s* *Tranquilizer* — a gorgeous album that came out just recently. - *Matmos* - *SuperValu* (aka Sunken Foel aka Minced Oath — feels like I spent the entire spring digging through his discography, and I’m pretty sure there were more aliases I didn’t get to. While writing this list I also noticed there’s a new Minced Oath release. - Mike Paradinas has been productive. Besides the *Kid Spatula* release, I spotted on streaming another album under his classic moniker. Later found out there were actually two albums. I haven’t listened to them yet, but i’m assuming they’re on the ambient side, like *1977 *release on Balmat from a couple years ago or rather it’s a direct follow-up. - - *Serwed* (duo of electronic artists Flaty and OL) was great excuse to revisit everything they’ve put out as duo, it blended together into a whole and now I can’t say anything specific about the new release itself. it’s worth attention. - - *Djrum* - powerful and heavy drum sections get me so hyped that, every time one of those sentimental piano breakdowns comes in, I find myself getting a bit bored and thinking: come on, man, stop whining, give me more of that intensity. wasn’t able to perceive it as a whole. - - And *Stereolab* for some reason i also want to mention …sure there’s something else I’m forgetting. On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 at 08:00, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 36 lines Getting a jump on the most important question of the year - what was good

> 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’t > 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 hardcore > 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 “Entrance” on Shelter Press, Ryu > Hankil’s 8 Rhythm Machine, Rafael Toral’s “Traveling Light” and Takuma > Kuragaki’s “Cleave” were all novel sounding and intense electronics > records. Oh have to mention Nick Forte’s 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 > > >

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 PM Eric Sorenson <eric@explosive.net> wrote:

quoted 54 lines The Black Dog releases this year have been a revelation. The new "Loud

> 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 here > > 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 <christaylor415@gmail.com> > 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’t > 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 hardcore > 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 “Entrance” on Shelter Press, Ryu > Hankil’s 8 Rhythm Machine, Rafael Toral’s “Traveling Light” and Takuma > Kuragaki’s “Cleave” were all novel sounding and intense electronics > records. Oh have to mention Nick Forte’s 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 > > > > > >