so, I don't know why it took me so long to get started on this but I think it's about time for the 2026 edition of the thread where I share music I've been enjoying lately
I have been saving stuff I've been enjoying lately in a notepad file so I have a lot ready to go, but I won't add it all at once since that would be quite a flood
will try and tag people when it's an artist who's acct I know the @ of
anyway to begin with here's the latest from an artist I've known for a while, loved their music a lot for a while and who only seems to go from strength to strength with each new release
kind of contemplative but playful downtempo
7 track album
shared this one when it came out but keep finding myself coming back to it a lot and finding new dimensions within it to love and appreciate
blends together elements from downtempo, idm, jazz, drum & bass and broken beat
https://socool.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-nines
#ElectronicMusic #Downtempo #IDM #Breakbeat #Jazz #BrokenBeat
9 track album
this is a lot more dancefloor focused than the original album (which I'm 99% sure I shared in last year's thread) and a great companion to it
travels through a spectrum of various different permutations of latin house
https://oathcreations.bandcamp.com/album/serendipia-remixes
6 track album
always think I've heard everything by deepchord / rod modell but always seem to manage to stumble across something new
very wintery meditative dub techno
youtube link because not on bandcamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnubPGFQzPQ
think I might have shared this when it came out, but it deserves another go around, great collection of covers in a kind of industrial synth poppy style.
i've sung the praises of the God Tonight cover multiple times but the whole collection is great.
very nice little collection of glitchy idm-y tracks
6 track album
I've been on a search a lot lately for what I have in my mind as the perfect realisation of ambient jungle / atmospheric dnb and I think this is about as close as I've found
not on bandcamp so youtube playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD1tTFioAwuP5bDNfH_OQqGhTbzPDr9dx
anyone who's followed me for a while and seen the music I share probably knows my deep love for john beltran
my recent explorations in more jungle / dnb and adjacent stuff has had me coming back a lot to the album where he took inspiration from all that
https://apollorecords.bandcamp.com/album/moving-through-here-1997
#ElectronicMusic #Techno #DrumAndBass #Jungle #Techno #House
14 track album
time for another batch from the logs I think:
This one is a very cool EP of industrial-ish noisy electro:
4 track album
Obviously very far from the first time I've heard something by @socool but the first thing I've heard by CommsBreakdown.
Really good sort of downtempo-y / electronica-y track in both of its incarnations
https://commsbreakdown.bandcamp.com/album/my-brain-feels-so-good
2 track album
credit to my friend panoramascene (not on the fedi but go check out his bandcamp) for putting me onto this one
a kinda j-poppy album that draws from a few places, I particularly like the more deep house influenced tracks like "siren".
youtube playlist as not on bandcamp
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ks70bh5P53aie0UhF65BzN1GbTMw-V9-o
whilst I'm shouting out panoramascene here's another tip via him.
very solid EP of kinda functional techno but with some cool unique flourishes that elevate it into something unique
5 track album
after posting about CommsBreakdown's collaboration with socool he directed me to his Dadtronica albums
Checked out this one and it's a strong collection of various strains of dance music viewed through a kinda IDM lense, looking fwd to pt.2!
https://commsbreakdown.bandcamp.com/album/dadtronica-eclectica
#ElectronicMusic #IDM #Techno #UKG #DrumAndBass #DnB #HouseMusic
11 track album
moving back to ones I previously noted down:
this one kinda slipped past me when it came out but glad I made time to go back and check it out
very solid indie pop/rock with often funny & tongue in cheek lyrics
11 track album
this one's not quite up there with some of my favourite timedance releases but an absolutely stacked line up of featured artists and all the tracks are pretty good, with a few great standout tracks, mix of various different kinds of bass music and techno
23 track album
some really pretty melody driven electro / techno
https://feelmybicep.bandcamp.com/album/home
3 track album
so following up on the previous part I finally got time to check out CommsBreakdown's second Dadtronica release
It's a great album living in one of my favourite zones of music, the kind of IDM, Ambient Techno, Chillout zone.
https://commsbreakdown.bandcamp.com/album/dadtronica-ambientus
10 track album
Probably a good day to dig out some stuff from my notes I wanted to recommend:
Dragon Trax have a new release out but don't overlook their previous from a few months back.
A collaborative EP that balances electronics, live instruments and spoken word.
4 track album
Very fun bit of bouncy acid house from @FastGhost
track by Fast Ghost
Recently spoke to @limneticvillains due to a track of his I was mastering for a bonkwave release, after a chat he sent me over a code for this.
Very happy he did because it's a great blend of electronics and rock that feels quite industrial
https://limneticvillains.bandcamp.com/album/multiple-divisions
12 track album
There's also a new Convair ( @Undercat ) EP out today, I attended the listening party last night and it's great.
I'd like to also highlight her previous release which I picked up a while back.
Lovely atmospheric instrumental rock that feels a bit shoegazey
4 track album
Finally (for today), I'd like to share this beautiful instrumental jazz album by @nigelharpur it released a few years ago but I was lucky enough to happen to attend a listening party for it a couple weeks back and was instantly enamoured by it.
https://nigelharpur.bandcamp.com/album/carnival-for-little-creatures
9 track album
I said finally... but I just spotted this in my notes and had to share.
Long been a fan of @zext_tH and his albums of largely electronic music which span from beautifully delicate to harsh and experimental noise. This one gives you a bit of both.
14 track album
@ordosmarkzero
Thank you!
Doing my best to shed my inbuilt very English 'modesty forbids' trait, so can say that I am really proud of the album and it's a genuine thrill to hear that someone loves it.
@nigelharpur
you absolutely should be!
I'm actually listening to it in full again right now and it really is so good :)
Ordos Mk.0
Nigel