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:
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Obviously *OPN’s* *Tranquilizer* — a gorgeous album that came out just
recently.
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*Matmos*
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*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
>
>
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