New Electronic Records of 2025

• F7 – Lost In Flower [Acting Press]

Yes! Acting Press does it again! Record of the year? I think so 🙂

https://www.discogs.com/release/34588240-F7-Lost-In-Flower

• C.K – Bubblegum Utopia [PRS]

Text from A-side: “This one is for the ones who trust, imagine and believe”

I’ve been playing this record for a while now, and I can assure you that the track Viscous (Club) always shines on the dance floor.

• Alex Kassian x Spooky x Placid Angles – Orange Coloured Liquid [Test Pressing Recordings]

I’m not usually a big fan of remixes of great classics but damn! These edits or remixes, whatever you want to call them, are truly incredible! Alex Kassian and John Beltran know how to treat these gems the way they deserve to be treated!

• Erika de Casier – Lifetime [Independent Jeep Music]

I remember that a good friend of mine, Iona, played an Erika Casier record and I was amazed by its beauty.

Then I realized that she had some incredible collaborations with Central and the Regelbau crew! From then on, I became a lover of her sound, and this new album is no exception! It has sensual downtempo vibes, R&B, and even trip-hop! This album is a gem from start to finish, but if I had to pick one track, it would be “December” <3

• Chaos In The CBD – A Deeper Life [In Dust We Trust]

The 14 track LP marks a significant evolution in Chaos In The CBD’s artistic journey. Known for their signature sound epitomised by their breakout EP Midnight In Peckham on Rhythm Section, the duo’s debut album unites live instrumentation and vocal collaborations for the first time, fusing together key musical influences such as Ambient, Soulful house, R&B, Jazz & Balearic into a melting pot of an epic journey that will surely become a future classic.

If Midnight In Peckham was the duo’s coming of age; then their debut album is Chaos In The CBD coming full circle. It features contributions from legendary figures such as Josh Milan of Blaze, Lee Pearson Jr., Stephanie Cooke and UK grime MC Novelist, among others.

• Purelink – Faith [Peak Oil]

Sailing beyond the boundaries of electronic music, Purelink embrace liquidity on their second album, washing live instrumentation and exposed vocals over their patented cascade of dubbed ambience and ebbing rhythmic experimentation.

Since 2020, Tommy Paslaski (aka Concave Reflection), Ben Paulson (aka kindtree) and Akeem Asani (aka Millia) have channeled their most euphoric musical whims into the Purelink project.

Drifting between brittle ’90s drum ‘n bass and dub techno on their cult debut 12″ ‘Bliss / Swivel’ and vaporizing Windy City jazz and post-rock motifs with muggy soundscapes on 2023’s critically revered first full-length ‘Signs’, the trio have managed to define a painterly signature sound that’s reflective but not reverent. Sure, Purelink’s music can be graceful and bucolic, but it’s powered by their innate devotion to the dancefloor’s soundsystem.

• Darkness Darkness – Animation [A Visiting Link]

https://www.discogs.com/release/32620287-Darkness-Darkness-Animation

The mysterious A Visiting Link returns with an 8-track LP. My favorites are the first and last tracks <3

Written & Produced by Darkness Darkness at Magnetic Dress and Dedicated Computer Realm.