Another year eh? A pretty good year none the less. Infact I feel a little bothered that I've not listened to the albums enough just because there has been a huge quantity of amazing releases from all area's and it's hard to keep track. There's definately a shedload of records that I like that haven't grabbed me immediately and probably will when I go back to them but oh well. Here's my top 25 for 2009!

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Converge
Axe to Fall
Still smashing it after 20 years. Probably their most accessable work and their best since Jane Doe.

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After much painful thinking, especially with over saturation of new music in the last few weeks I bring you my top 25 albums of 2008. I did think for most of the year that it was heading to be a rather tame year for music but after discovering an almost endless supply of new music in the last month I think its been rather fantastic.

For me 2008 will probably spell Dubstep. I've been listening to it for a few years now ever since Benga's "Newstep" compilation was released but never with the intensity and passion that I discovered thanks…

In an effort to actually listen to a lot of the music I seem to amass I have decided it would be a rather good idea to make a somewhat regular playlist with new music I have stumbled upon in the hope that it doesn't get lost in the abyss. I'm not sure how regular it shall be, and if I shall make any further journals in reference to it but it seems a good idea at the moment, even if it is due to boredom somewhat.

The tracks are picked from my recently added fairly randomly from albums, and…

Where is it going? I tend to find that years in music always seem to be better on an odd year and skip past the evens. Last year was an absolutely fabulous year for music but this year hasn't really produced anything special.

What has been notable for me is the rise in certain genre's, well the genre I really want to go into is dubstep which has ballooned this year so far after a steady rise from the last few years. I first got into it in the summer of 2006 when I heard Benga's first compilation album…

Sometimes my journals are too time specific in regards to the way they apply to the music I'm feeling at that exact moment, or that week and can never really represent what I feel about the year as a whole. I really don't think I can avoid this though to be fair and the top 25 albums I did last week was a pretty accurate stamp on the albums released in 2007 that I enjoyed. Even if I did remember a few albums I'd missed straight after (D'Arcangelo) for example.

So for 2007 I think it's affirmed my…

New Suprise Clark EP from Warp just been mailed out to those on the mail list. Sounds awesome on first listen and can be found on the link below

http://bleep.com/?bleep=WAP238D

New album "Turning Dragon" out January 28th and will have much more of a playful rave sound to it which this EP shows off perfectly. Cannot wait!

So this year thanks to rateyourmusic.com I've decided to scrap the usual 10 albums I do at the end of the year and extend, as there's been a lot more good albums than just 10 and I don't want to leave them out. I also feel I've listened to these albums a considerable amount more than any from previous lists.

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Blonde Redhead - 23
Only really discovered them this year and whilst not a superb album, I really like the first half & the mix of male/female vocals. Forgetable but fun.

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Surkin - Action Replay
French…

First mix I've done I want to put on the internet really. Feedback & Comments appreciated. Not amazingly technical but a good selection of Techno/Minimal/Electro songs I put together a month back. Done another one this weekend that will also be on shortly

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=41RL6FZO

Tracklist

1. John Dahlback - Express
2. Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe (Switch Mix)
3. Carl Cox - Spoon
4. Deadmau5 - Lai
5. Error Error - Gompac
6. Marc Houle - Techno Vocals
7. Mikael Jonasson - Chlorophyll
8. Pan-Pot - Charly
9. Rex the Dog - Circulate
10. Spektre - Dark Horse
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This year more than ever I have realised how much the seasons have an effect on what you listen to and have found theres a definate pattern between what genre's are more popular to my ears.

Last year around this time I had just discovered the beautiful ambient sounds of lesser known acts such as Milieu & Fieldtriqp thanks to a look into net labels and also more downtempo acts such as Fila Brazilia & Baby Mammoth. I was also heavily into IDM by that point and I had massively increased listens to acts such as Plaid & Wisp…

So What does everyone think of the new Radiohead album and basically the whole process in which it has been released?

Personally I have yet to give the band any funds for the transaction. Don't slay me so quick as I will definately be transferring some hard earned Cash (Straight?) into the Oxford lad's pockets but I have the same problems with the release that it seems a lot of people do.

Firstly 160kbps is not enough in 2007. This might have been ideal 4-5 years ago when people were still using 56k Modems to download anything with. But those…