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The Best Rap Singles of 2025

www.passionweiss.com/2025/12/26/t...
The POW Best Rap Singles of 2025 | Passion of the Weiss
You're now rocking with the best
www.passionweiss.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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feeling festive 😊 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The Black Dog's second album Temple Of Transparent Balls dropped through the cracks a bit, including because it was hard to find and released soon after Bytes. It seemed a bit non-committal compared to what came before. Listening now it sounds pristine after 32 years

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The Black Dog - The Actor and Audience
YouTube video by YusofPlays
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Shocking news and a huge loss. @dhla.me digs into the mystery of Ken Downie and why he's mattered to us. A deep dive from Music for Adverts to "Mental Health Hotline"...
“Magic Can Be Fun”: remembering Ken Downie of The Black Dog - CDM Create Digital Music
Much about The Black Dog was and remains wrapped in an air of mystery and mischief, so perhaps it’s unsurprising that Ken Downie’s death this week came as an unexpected shock to those outside of his s...
cdm.link
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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A highly requested feature is here! Dark Mode is now available on the Discogs app for iOS and Android: https://disc.gs/4pLV9Co
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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It’s with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Ken Downie on 20/12/25. Rest In Peace brother, you will be deeply missed and never forgotten. Our condolences to Sheena and his family.
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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A director who never wanted to overshadow his movies, Rob Reiner always imbued his work with heartfelt humanity. The Letterboxd community looks back at the many great films from a giant of American cinema. boxd.it/2Tq
December 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Legowelt Tips & Tricks in Music Alchemy : Masterclass at Pulsar Sound Lab
Masterclass at Pulsar Sound Lab
Legowelt Tips & Tricks in Music Alchemy : Masterclass at Pulsar Sound Lab
sonicstate.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Rob Reiner (1947–2025)
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Oh yes - Aya at no 1 and DJ Haram at no 3 in @mixmag.net
producers of the year mixmag.net/feature/the-...
go listen to their music!
The Top 25 Producers Who Defined The Year 2025
The artists who make the culture tick
mixmag.net
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Invisible Jukebox mix: Ikonika

Listen to the music we played to Ikonika during their Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 503/4. Featuring Introspekt, Loraine James, Peter Gabriel and more.

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Invisible Jukebox mix: Ikonika - The Wire
Listen to the music we played to Ikonika during their Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 503/4
www.thewire.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Rap at its best
The 40 Best Rap Songs of 2025
Featuring Playboi Carti, Fly Anakin, Pluto, fakemink, MexikoDro, JT, Tezzus, and more.
pitchfork.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Brian talks about how synth designers can work with your weird-ass ideas. Plus the importance of the Ondes Martenot as a synth designer! And UI lead Hannah Lockwood joins from UI to talk about green.

As usual, this winds up being about more than just the synth.
Absynth creator Brian Clevinger on synths, emotions, and "weird-ass ideas" - CDM Create Digital Music
We have updated hardware classics, so why not software? Absynth's original creator, Brian Clevinger, weighs in on what motivates his instrument creations and what strikes emotional resonance. From Nat...
cdm.link
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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First trailer for Kristoffer Borgli's The Drama starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson 💖

In theaters April 3, 2026 via A24
December 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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An 84-track compilation of drum & bass has been released to raise money for the victims of Jamaica's Hurricane Melissa

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84-track drum & bass compilation raising aid funds for Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa released
The compilation follows Floodlight's 2022 fundraiser for Pakistan's flood victims
djmag.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Arguably the best yet from Surgeon’s non-club solo vessel, chasing up a slew of works as part of The Transcendence Orchestra duo with a freezer-fresh sheet of beat-less trips including a riff on a Coil cut

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December 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Ooh! Yeah, got your modular or other source and want to quickly grab percussion sounds without editing? Solved!
A new free Live tool from Robert Henke lets you grab short sounds easily - CDM Create Digital Music
Quick! Your modular/synth/contact mic/pot-and-pan is making amazing sounds, and you want to capture them for fast 1-shots/drum racks. And you hate the tedious editing/naming admin! Robert Henke's new ...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Shane Parish announces 'Autechre Guitar,' an album of Autechre songs performed on solo acoustic guitar. Hear the first two tracks:
Shane Parish Announces Album Of Autechre Covers On Acoustic Guitar
Shane Parish first came on my radar about a year and a half ago when he released his gorgeous fingerstyle guitar interpretation of Aphex Twin’s “Avril 14th.” He’s continued to release beautiful music ...
stereogum.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Autechre will play 24 shows in Europe next year.
Autechre announce 2026 European tour · News ⟋ RA
The Rochdale duo will play 24 dates next September and October.
ra.co
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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A great review of @ikonika.bsky.social 's new album in todays Guardian
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
The album is out today
Ikonika: Sad review – vocal-led new direction is a hit for the Hyperdub veteran
(Hyperdub)The dancefloor producer weaves seductive and steely lyrics with their trademark production in a convincing embrace of pop
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Microwave 1-style wavetables, modeled analog Curtis filters and envelopes, and Iridium-style modern features for arp, etc. Here's the rundown of this unexpected Thanksiving treat and hello from the launch event in Berlin:
Waldorf's Protein: soul of Microwave in an 8-voice wavetable synth, €329 - CDM Create Digital Music
It's Thanksgiving in the USA, but Germany's got your Protein, and what a surprise. The classic Microwave 1 wavetable sound meets a tweakable, compact desktop housing and 4-layer, 8-voice architecture....
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November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Jimmy Cliff had one of the sweetest voices in popular music of all time.

It was a pleasure to speak to him a dozen years ago for this profile. Rest in peace sir.

thequietus.com/interviews/j...
Many Rivers Crossed: Jimmy Cliff Interviewed | The Quietus
Jimmy Cliff was born James Chambers on April’s Fool’s Day, 1948 in the Somerton District of St. James near Montego Bay, Jamaica. He reputedly chose the stage name Cliff to reflect the heights he inten...
thequietus.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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It's too bad you have to wait until you hit 50 to realize that basically nobody under 35 knows anything or has any opinions worth listening to. But it's science!
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM