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Dispatches from the Underground // January 2025 Pt. 2

New Music

Infinity Knives + Brian Ennals – A City Drowned in God’s Black Tears / It’s always a good day to wake up to news about Infinity Knives + Brian Ennals – InlandVampire777

Stina Stjern – Vivid Peace Restored / Been spending a lot of time in the diverting company of this recently – ‪Nic Brown‬

Fennec – Nice Work Vol. 3 / Austin, TX-based producer Fennec put out a couple of fun EPs last year that I consistently return to when it’s time to inject tempo in the rotation – Listening Habit

The Billows Burn Bright – Reginald Buys a Lighthouse

Eiko Ishibashi – Coma / Fantastic news, a new Eiko album due in March. Can’t wait – Lyndon

(‪Triplicate Records‬) / A beefy selection of choice musical cuts that will delight and entertain. Score your life properly with these brilliant bangers.

Ryan James Mawbey – Nature Mirror (Cruel Nature Records) / Rich, meditative soundscapes ride over rhythmic pulses, weaving a contemplative balance of light and dark textures

Arushi Jain – Delight / I didn’t do a list of my favourite albums of 2024, but had I done, this would definitely be on it –
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan

Black Hill Transmissions – VERSIONS E​.​P.

VA – Rajneeshpuram Reveries: The Birthday Sessions (1982) (Perpetual Doom) / In 1982, the Rajneeshpuram commune in Oregon celebrated Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s birthday with music that blended spirituality and creativity. Rajneeshpuram Reveries: The Birthday Sessions is an archival collection of those songs.

VA – Sleeplaboratory5​.​0 (whitelabrecs) / Just been at the Bandcamp listening party for sleeplaboratory5.0 due out on 18th Jan on @whitelabrecs.bsky.social and I can report that it’s a beautiful, skillfully curated compilation from start to finish. Highly, highly recommended! – Nigel Spencer/Folk Police Recordings

Listening Recommendations

Crescent – Electronic Sound Constructions (h/t Eiderdown Records)

End of the Year / 2024

Peter Margasak / Final 15 selections of my year-end list of new albums from 2024. It’s free to subscribe to the newsletter!

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