Forrest Fang - Perihelion
this is the first, so far only album by Fang to have made an impression on me. his work often feels cloying and saccharine. in this case his new age / world fusion thing really works for me. lots of very interesting microtonal percussive lines that feel like an alternate path between west coast minimalism & berlin school synth. does it still feel like something corny that would have played in a Natural Wonder store in the 90s? sure.

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https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/perihelion

Ø - Oleva
this is the only album i will recommend with a Pink Floyd cover on it. Mika Vainio's typical stark minimalist beats and unique sound palette is always captivating.

#crecs
https://sahkorecordings.bandcamp.com/album/oleva

Nikolaienko - Rings
2021 album from this Ukrainian artist based in Estonia. it is the interplay of many lo-fi tape loops adding up to something quite pleasant.

#crecs
https://nikolaienko-faitiche.bandcamp.com/album/rings

Roedelius - Selbstportrait I

mostly it all sounds like bedroom demo recordings of ideas / sketches, but it's Roedelius, so it remains compelling. originally released 1979.

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https://roedelius-official.bandcamp.com/album/selbstportrait-i

Gregg Skloff - And The Flairwell Four
i always think you can dip into any of Skloff's albums and you'll find something really great. this one's no exception. bass guitar + effects add up to a really serene set of vignettes.

#crecs
https://greggskloff.bandcamp.com/album/and-the-flairwell-four

Bohdan Stupak - Microvariations
a 2025 release from Ukranian artist @wkalmar. glassy drones and overtones

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https://kahvicollective.bandcamp.com/album/microvariations

David Edren - Daarbuiten

Edren, who also records as DSR Lines, presents more of his gamelan / mbira inspired electronic music.

#crecs
https://dedren.bandcamp.com/album/daarbuiten

worriedaboutsatan - Glass Infinities

beatless synth noodling, quasi-psychedelic, sometimes moody

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https://worriedaboutsatan.bandcamp.com/album/glass-infinites

Hideo Nakasako - Collected Sound Fragments

a little garden of comfy, but strange sound environments.

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https://muzaneditions.bandcamp.com/album/collected-sound-fragments

Tetsu Umehara - Handwritten

inspired by the architecture of imagined places, it's a compelling set of effervescent synth bubbling, field recordings, and the odd string instrument fumbling around and bumping into corners.

#crecs
https://tetsuumehara.bandcamp.com/album/handwritten-2

Autechre - AE_2022－

i've been living with this gigantic collection of (so far) two years worth of concert recordings for most of the year, putting two or three on my work playlist for a few weeks, until i start to get my head around individual shows, then moving on. doing it this way, i can hear the progression of how s & r approached the material over time... it's been pretty rewarding process as a listener.

#crecs

https://autechre.bandcamp.com/album/ae-2022

Loula Yorke - speak, thou vast and venerable head

propulsive modular synth zones with a fuzzy, soft sound palette. someone else said "kosmische music" and yeah, i can see it.

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https://quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/speak-thou-vast-and-venerable-head

Scott Cortez - Twin Radiant Flux

lovesliescrushing guy. RIYL SOTL.

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https://lineimprint.bandcamp.com/album/twin-radiant-flux

Field Lines Cartographer - Groundwaves

2018 release from @FieldLinesCartographer
he has a brand new one out that i'll probably list further down the thread, but i revisited this one in 2025, and i think it's overall my favorite of his things. really heavy synth zones.

#crecs
https://fieldlinescartographer.bandcamp.com/album/groundwaves

Guenter Schlienz - Organ Studies

a 2023 release that sounds like ecstatic music from pre-new-age 70s. calm, droning throbs and crystalline pings echo through a thick bed of tape hiss.

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https://guenterschlienz.bandcamp.com/album/organ-studies

TM404 - Syra

Andreas Tillander's third album from 2021, a warm, enveloping, fuzzed out take on acid as heard from the chill out room. many Roland devices utilized.

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https://kontra-musik.bandcamp.com/album/syra

Christophe Petchanatz - THIS IS THE PLACE

a 2025 release by @Klimperei presenting a diverse array of experimental sound sketches with electronic and acoustic sources.

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https://klimperei.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-the-place

Benge - Modulisme Session 131

a new set from synth master Benge playing a dozen modular systems for 9 tracks of tasty bleepbloops. i really need to do a deep dive of Modulisme one of these days.

#crecs

https://modulisme.bandcamp.com/album/modulisme-session-131

Aindulmedir - The Winter Scriptures

i finally dove into dungeon synth after a bit of "where do i start?" trepidation. a lot of auditions later, i found i'm not into a lot of it at all, but the winter-synth variety has some really lovely stuff. i basically bought everything from this artist. this reminds me of some of the Scandinavian stuff from the 1990s that helped me get over industrial music. pretty and tranquil.

#crecs

https://aindulmedir.bandcamp.com/album/the-winter-scriptures

Muslimgauze - Drugsherpa

i've been way into muslimgauze for decades now, haven't yet made my way through the entirety of his gargantuan discography. this one was (sort of) new to me. it is different mixes of material that appears on other albums like Al Zulfiqar Shaheed and Hamas Arc, which is some of my fave stuff from him. trancey & propulsive. listening to muslimgauze feels very appropriate these days, given the horrors in the news re: Israel.

#crecs
https://muslimgauze.bandcamp.com/album/drugsherpa

Yuri Urano - New Earth

ambient in all-caps probably. swooshing pads and filtered field recordings. very nicely done. took a chance on a download code from @dragonseyerecordings and i'm glad i did.

#crecs

https://yullippe.bandcamp.com/album/new-earth

Mukqs - Eye Frame

easily my favorite album from sampler-god Mukqs, annoyingly good. hard to believe it's all constructed with SP-404, with, as he famously always declares, "without overdubs". intensely captivating sound piles.

#crecs
https://mukqs.bandcamp.com/album/eye-frame

Topdown Dialectic - Vol 2

top shelf weird dubtechno dance music from an alternate universe where Vladislav Delay had more influence than Basic Channel. confounding sample piles that somehow add up to a swirling kind of funk. extreme goodness.

#crecs
https://peakoil.bandcamp.com/album/vol-2

Marc Hasselbalch - Titan Knife

2025 release by @funcgen. heavy electronic textures

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https://marchasselbalch.bandcamp.com/album/titan-knife

Steve Brenner - Vernal Equinox

a 1988 release straddling the line between 80s new age and the Berlin school of synth jams. this shit goes, boy, it's so fuckin good. i would love to be at a skating rink with this playing.

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https://stevebrenner.bandcamp.com/album/vernal-equinox

Seefeel - Squared Roots

finally checking out the newer material from this outfit, this one from 2024. definitely feels like it's directly descended from the stuff they were up to in the 1990s. spooky, but also kinda jittery vibes.

#crecs
https://seefeel.bandcamp.com/album/squared-roots

Bienoise - Most Beautiful Design

a straight ahead glitch album from 2018. nice frayed digital hash with prettiness sneaking through. the way it ought to be.

#crecs
https://forceincmilleplateaux.bandcamp.com/album/most-beautiful-design

Civilistjävel! - Järnnätter

lo-fi drumbeats crushed up & mixed with some wobbly synth pads. works for me.

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https://civilistjavel.bandcamp.com/album/j-rnn-tter

:zoviet*france: - digilogue

i really wanted this album in the 1990s, but never had the $$ to get it until now. the zovs explore the tensions between analogue and digital equipment, and their respective failings and end up with some really intriguing, rhythmic soundworlds. great shit.

no bandcamp link, sadly.

#crecs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Ge1a1HfHE&list=PLMMTrEN3GJc6nvP-7_d5uhyKHlZthWB4l

Lagowski - Strange Minds 1-10

i went on a big kick of @lagowski / S.E.T.I. stuff this year. i enjoyed the scruffy, informal weirdo vibes in his Strange Minds series... i'll link the first in the series, there's ten altogether.

#crecs

https://lagowski.bandcamp.com/track/strange-minds-1

Sustainer - Anticuario

loops of old, out of style music. pretty, sometimes unsettling. could be backroomsy type shit if you're into that.

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https://rottenmaneditions.bandcamp.com/album/anticuario

Monolake - Studio

2024 release from this venerable producer, who used to be on masto @roberthenke but isn't active any longer. his synclavier compositions stand apart from other people doing techno-adjacent music, and has always found a welcome place in my listening rotation.

#crecs

https://roberthenke.bandcamp.com/album/studio

Vladislav Delay - Visa

another artist whose work dominated my listening year was Vladislav Delay (partner of @poemproducer). fractured, dubby samples colliding in a disorienting minimalist yet maximalist style that is fully unique to him. so much to learn from his music.

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https://vladislavdelay.bandcamp.com/album/visa

Éliane Radigue - Feedback Works 1969-1970

Radigue is a towering figure in experimental music, a living legend of noise and ambient. this might be my favorite work of hers, typically long unfolding drones and strange textures.

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https://elianeradigue.bandcamp.com/album/feedback-works-1969-1970

Hissquiet - Sublunar Reverie

one thing i love is when an artist who does a lot of spiky noise music does some pretty music. this is very pretty indeed. it stayed in rotation for several months. @hissquiet is a cool bean too, everyone go follow 'em.

#crecs
https://hissquiet.bandcamp.com/album/sublunar-reverie

Kali Malone - All Life Long

somber and severe compositions for choir, brass and organ. a touchpoint is Arvö Part, but a bigger touchstone is doom metal. fittingly, Stephen O'Malley from Sunn O))) is credited as producer. beautiful stuff for bleak times.

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https://kalimalone.bandcamp.com/album/all-life-long

@c_reider I'm not into the doomy thing, but Malone and O'Malley produced an album for this cellist which got a lot of praise. Railton shows up on Malone's releases too.

https://lucyrailton.bandcamp.com/album/blue-veil

@c_reider and my lucky last is just a general one based on the flavour of what you've shared so far - I find it very personal-sounding and intriguing. mostly quite pretty but sometimes discordant and surprising. I'm listening to it and wondered if it might fit in somewhere here.

https://pietuarvola.bandcamp.com/album/meid-n-t-ytyy-valvoa-jottemme-nukkuisi-sill-maailma-on-liukas