• 1. Isserley - SADXMASS
• 2. Necromancia & EK4T3 - Coven The Crypt 1.5
• 3. Mater Suspiria Vision - Crack Witch 3
• 4. Trepaneringsritualen - The Crownless Sovereign
• 5. Alien Vampires - World in Denial
• 6. Elisium Mortis - Terra Maldita Vol. 1
• 7. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts VI
• 8. Jupiterian - Protosapien
• 9. Blvsphemy Records - HΞЯΞΓICS Vol. 1
• 10. Ciberpajé - Covid 666

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As the year 2020 went on and on, I will admit that I found myself listening to less new music and just a shit-load of Killing Joke instead, but in the first half of the year, I enjoyed the following releases a great deal.

In alphabetical order:

• BESTIAL MOUTHS - RESURRECTEDINBLACK
  It was a great experience to work on this album with Alex Degroot and Lynette Cerezo, and I am very pleased with the results of our efforts here. I try not to include my own work in end of year lists, but I find this one to be an appropriate exception - as it’s a great mix of friends creating music I genuinely love.


• BUCK-TICK - ABRACADABRA
  This band is known for their mix of eclectic styles, but they are always incredibly elegant and beautiful. This particular release has a strong positive, and nearly spiritual element to it that was a perfectly timed escape. This is a band that has been writing music for decades and you can hear it in how effortlessly they craft such intense drama.


• Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full
  A purely heart-crushing album. I can’t get enough of this pair-up. Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou both have these huge, transcendent qualities in their sounds that just elevates everything even further when you put them together.


• Executioner’s Mask - Despair Anthems
  This one is the bleakest of the bleak, and I love it so much for it. Antisocial, with blustering self-loathing and animosity. Lots and lots of despair - I mean, it’s right there in the title.


• Pouppeé Fabrikk - Armén
  I love everything Henrik Nordvargr Björkk works on, but this album from his EBM collaborators was a welcome bit of macho energy and snarling confidence.


• The Residents ‎- Metal, Meat & Bone: The Songs Of Dyin’ Dog
  This is a tough fucking record. Hard to explain all that I love about this one. Just listen to the song DIE DIE DIE and you’ll understand what this is bringing to to the table. A hard fucking record.


• SALEM - Fires In Heaven
  This album is quite a bit patchy and very inconsistent in its quality, but that’s frankly what I’ve come to enjoy about Salem, and the high points are very high. This felt like the perfect return from them in regards to my own expectations, and I’ve enjoyed it a lot through the year.


• SET - Where Dreams Come To Pause
  I really enjoyed this one a lot, with its moody atmospheres and fantastic synth lines. It’s just a incredibly well put together from start to finish.


• Ulver - Flowers of Evil
  There is never a time I won’t absolutely love Ulver and any new release they make. Flowers of Evil is a stylistic continuation of their recent album from 2017, which I am all in favor off.


• Uniform - Shame
  Uniform once referenced Cormac McCarthy as their main inspiration for this album, and that explains perfectly why this record has had such a huge impact on me. It’s mean and raw, and I love it.

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• Blanck Mass - Calm with Horses
• Lorn - The Map
• Brian Eno - Mixing Colors
• Nine Inch Nails - Quake Soundtrack (Reissue)
• Mogwai - Zerozerozero
• Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - Another Flower
• 36 - Wave Variations
• Clearing - Themes
• Vatican Shadow - Persian Pillars of the Gasoline Era

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In no particular order:

• Mark Korven - The Lighthouse OST
• Thundercat - It Is What It Is
• Cavern Of Anti Matter - In Fabric OST
• Choir Boy - Gathering Swans
• Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi

Planned releases in 2021:

• New HOMOAGENT 12” on our label C.A.V.E.S.
• Debut Black Sea Crime Complex album/cassette on Primal Architecture
• Antoni Maiovvi & Anta - Church Of The Second Sun LP (with accompanying book written by John Reppion) on Mondo/Death Waltz

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Joana:

• Crystal Castles - III
• Moris Black - Exile Tapes
• Black Dresses - Dreams Come

Chris:

• Lorn - Rarities
• Deadmau5 - SATRN
• Craspore - Omut

Brittany:

• Front Line Assembly - Wake Up The Coma
• Stoppenberg - Frontschlag
• Agonoize - Midget Vampire Porn

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Top 10 Releases of 2019 (Albums or EP’s) - Atilla The Hvn:

• 1. Sidewalks And Skeletons - Entity
• 2. J-zbel - Dog's Fart Is So Bad The Cat Throws Up
• 3. Varg - Sky City : A Weak Heart To Break
• 4. Orphx / Jk Flesh | Light Bringer
• 5. Blawan - Many Many Pings
• 6. Oramics - Total Solidarity Compilation
• 7. V.A. - Forever Ø Tribute Compilation (RIP Øfdream)
• 8. Lorn - Drown The Traitor Within
• 9. Lakker - Época
• 10. Andy Stott - It Should Be Us

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WELL 2020 KINDA SUCKED WRINKLED HAIRY DEATH BALLS IN GENERAL HUH. MUSIC WAS RAD THOS LOTS OV GREAT HARDCORE AND A RESURGENCE IN GREAT UK GARAGE, BREAKS, JUNGLE AND JUKE. HERE'S JUST A FEW OV THE TAPES AND RECORDS I COPPED THIS YEAR TO STAY SANE.

• BAKEY - TAKE IT FURTHER EP 12" (TIME IS NOW)
  HEAVY UK GARAGE, NICE BREAKS HEAVY BASS


• ANZ - LOOS AND TWOS (NRG) 12" (HESSLE AUDIO)
  HEAVY ASF BREAKBEAT TUNES NO CHEEZ


• PRIVATE CALLER / MANI FESTO 12" (HOOVERSOUND)
  92 HARDCORE VIBES WITH JUNGLE AYYY


• BUKEZ FINEZT - THE IDEA OF THE DEVIL 12" (DEEP MEDI MUZIK)
  DARK AS YOU LIKE DUBSTEPPERS


• MARCELDUNE - PRETERNATURAL 12" (REPITCH RECORDINGS)
  HARDCORE VIBIN TECHNOOOOO


• TRINITY CARBON - DOWNFALL OF THE NEMISIS 12" (ART-E-FAX)
  JUNGLE BREAKS AND HARDCORE LETS HAVE IT


• IRON SOUL - BY THE SWORD/HEAVENS REJECTS 12" (DREAM EATER)
  ORCHESTRAL GRIME, CONAN SOUNDTRACK MASHED? OMEN TUNE REFIXED AGAIN? CHECK


• JEREMIAH SAND - LIFT IT DOWN LP (SACRED BONES)
  WEIRDO SOFT PSYCH WITH MANSONESQE LYRIC RIPS BY THE MADE UP CULT LEADER IN THE MANDY MOVIE, OK


• CRESSIDA - SAMBO 12" (VOITAX)
  GRIME AND JUKE INFLUENCED TECHNO? FUCKED IF I KNOW ITS RAD, BOOMKAT WOULD PROBABLY CALL IT HARD DRUM OR SOMETHING WELL MEXICO


• LAKSA - FIRE KIT 12" (HESSLE AUDIO)
  DUBBED OUT BASSLINE FIRE


• VARIOUS - BUTTER NOTES 12" (BUTTER NOTES)
  ORIGINALLY THIS WAS RELEASED AS A 2 LP CALLED QUEENS OF BALTIMORE CLUB, MOST TRAX ARE HERE ON THIS (BOOTLEG?) 12, LEGENDARY B CLUB BREAKS AND HELLA SAMPLED VOX ON THESE


• CREEP WOLAND - CHAMBERLAIN 12" (ASTRAL BLACK)
  JUNGLE UND BREAKS THAT SLIDE AND GLIDE BITCH


• SWISHA & DIYR - SITTIN ON CHROME 12" (SWXDI)
  GHETTO TECH TINGS BRUH KINDA


• HOOVERIAN BLUR - OLD GOLD 12" (SNEAKER SOCIAL CLUB)
  92 HARDCORE VIBES IN 2020 PURE KILLING IT


• BLADE - 1995 EP 12" (FOKUZ RECORDINGS)
  95 GOLDEN ERA JUNGLE BUT FROM 2020


• VARIOUS - UK JUNGLE 003 12" (UK JUNGLE)
  JUNGLE TIP TOP SHYT


• CRAZY DOBERMAN - HYPNAGOGIC RELAPSE AND OTHER PRENUMBRAL PHENOMENA LP (DIGITAL REGRESS)
  WEIRDO JAZZ/NOISE COLLECTIVE DOIN WEIRDO JAZZ NOISE


• FFF - NO ICE CREAM / BACKSTREET DUB 12" (FOXY JUNGLE)
  FUCK FUCK FUCK MO JUNGLE


• CEILI - SWEATING THROUGH MY TEETH 12" (LOBSTER THEREMIN)
  TOP RATE HARDCORE TECHNO FROM MY MAN WITH NO PLAN


• E3 BREAKS / L U C Y / SIR RAH / UNKNOWN ARTIST - WITH THE FRACTURE 12" (CUTCROSS)
  ITS GRIMEY BOSS


• DJ SPEEDSICK - TURN ILLNESS INTO A WEAPON 12" (OPHISM)
  I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE ECSTACY AT LEAST ONCE IN A CLUB


• FILMMAKER - ROYAL DUNGEON 12" (OPAL TAPES)
  ELECTRO BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT JIM


• DOLPHIN - CUNTS RLE EVERYTHING AROUND ME 12" (PRSPCT XTRM)
  WU SAMPLING HARDCORE/SPEEDCORE LETS HAVE IT YOU CUNT, I LOVE U


• VARIOUS - UNTITLED 12" (EPITETH RECS)
  HARDCORE UND SPEEDCORE COLLECTION FROM THE RESURECCTED LEGENDARY EPITETH RECORDS


• 515 CONNECTION - CALL & RESPONSE 12" (TDSR)
  ACID AND BREAKS IN A GRIME CLUB OR SOMETHING


• LUZIE - CYBERNETIC MOVEMNETS 12" (INTERNATIONAL CHROME)
  ELECTRO


• VARIOUS - JUDGEMENT DAY LP (DOOMSHOP RECORDS)
  DOOMSHOP BRING THEIR WHOLE CREW UP FOR A COLLABORATIVE VINYL COMP, DOWN FOR ANYTHING


• THUGWIDOW & BRUSIED SKIES - REQUIEM FOR A SESH 12" (ASTRAL BLACK)
  JUNGLE AND BREAKBEATS ARE GO MY MANS


• VARIOUS - EBG004 - 12" (WE BUY GOLD)
  WHITE LABEL NO INFO, JUKE, JUNGLE AND STUFF ALL KILLA


• DEXORCIST - RAGE SIGNAL 12" (ECSTACY GARAGE DISCO)
  ELECTRO DON TIME TRAVELS BACK TO EARLY 90'S AND RECORDS A HARDCORE RAVE 12, I DUNNO LISTEN TO IT


• INTERPLANTERY CRMINAL - DARKSIDE EP (TIME IS NOW)
  POPER MAD UK GARAGE AND GRIME VIBES


• TOWER BLOCK DREAMS - INTERMITTENT RADIOWAVES 12" (WAREHOUSE RAVE)
  GRIME FROM THE BLOCKS FOR THE MANDEM AND GIRLDEM


• SKELETON KING - BREAKS N PIECES VOL 3 (BREAKS N PEICES)
  BREAKS, DARK UK GARAGE TOP STUFF, THE 2 COMPS THAT PRECEDED THIS ON BREAKS N PIECES KILLED IT THIS YEAR TOO

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In no particular order:

• Dive - Images, Minus Habens Records (1993)
• Children of the Corn - The Last Chapter
• Corrupted - Paso Inferior
• Abigail - Intercourse
• RIDE FOR REVENGE - Under the Eye
• Zendik Farm Orgaztra - Danze of the Cozmic Warriorz (1988)
• O.G. Jigg & Friends - Originals / Remixes
• manson family - heltah skeltah
• Climax Denial/No Dreams - Split [Full CS]
• No Dreams - Down To Nothing Again (Angst)

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Here's my favorite music from 2020, in no particular order:

• clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
• SALEM - Fires in Heaven
• Bleakheart - Dream Griever
• Converge - Endless Arrow
• Vatican Shadow - Persian Pillars of the Gasoline Era
• Akhlys - Melinoë
• Ghostemane - ANTI-ICON
• Ludwig Göransson - Tenet OST
• Benjamin Wallfisch - The Invisible Man OST
• Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts V: Together
• Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full

My plans for 2021 are to release my new album Ouster in February and to follow it up with a remix album later in the year. I'm also working on some new music with my two bands Glacial Tomb and Saeva, if you're a fan of death metal and black metal.

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Top 3 albums:

• 1.BACKxWASH - God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It  (stream)
  My fav release of this year.


• 2. Deli Girls - Boss  (stream)
  Rage and sorrow...


• 3. Code Orange - Underneath  (stream)

Top 3 EPs:

• 1. Zand - Ugly Pop  (stream)
  Also insane videoclips. My fav ep of this year.


• 2. Minuit Machine - Don't Run From The Fire  (stream)
  Beautiful & Harsh, sounds incredible. Close second fav ep~


• 3. Zheani - The Zheani Sparkes EP  (stream)
  Again insane video clips. Beautiful and Hardcore.

Top 3 singles:

• 1. Antonides - Dirt  (stream)
  It speaks for itself...


• 2. Bhaghi - 25  (stream)
  Such wonderful lyrics...


• 3. Vivi Vex - Vengeance Sequence  (stream)
  Vivi dropped another ep thats great, once again cool videoclips.

The rest is fav top 2020 jams without order:

• HO99O9
  - Pigs Want me Dead  (stream)
  - Christopher Dorner (stream)
  - Pray or Prey(stream)
  - Blurr (Mixtape)  (stream) Best enjoyed high as a kite watching on youtube, but also available on spotify etc.


• Grimes - Miss Antrophocene  (stream)
  Finally that dark Grimes album i always wanted 😛


• HEALTH - DISCO4::VOL1  (stream)
  Holy fucking shit, beautiful and harsh like nothing.


• SALEM - Fires In Heaven  (stream)
  Absolute perfection, tho I miss Heather...


• ΔAIMON - In Fire And Blood  (stream)
  Beautiful sorrow and the best ministry cover ever (scarecrow)


• Ghostemane - ANTI-ICON  (stream)
  Basically the current generations Antichrist Superstar. Love the production!


• WARGASM - Backyard Bastards  (stream)
  fun ultraviolence, they have a few more singles mostly amazing.


• Arca - KiCk i  (stream)
  "What a treat it is to be nonbinary..ma chérie...tihihi..BITCH"


• Shygirl - ALIAS  (stream)
  Coolest filthy femme music.

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• Yah Wav - Material Fantasies
• Ellis - Born Again
• Vareons - Vi
• $WAGGOT & Spatial Manufacture Ltd. - Xoexoplanetarium Projector
• hentai boys - 4EVER
• Ojerime - B4 I Breakdown
• Isserley - Tapewormhole
• Janus - DEMO 2020
• Auden - Element
• Arca - KiCk i

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• 1. Various Artists - PSYKEDÆDALUM VOL.2  (stream)
• 2. D4RK3R SIDE - ST4LK3R  (stream)
• 3. Various Artists - Torture Methods / Compilation Chapter I & II  (stream vol. 1) (stream vol. 2)
• 4. Lightex - My Own Phobia  (stream)
• 5. Hyena - La Via del Tamburo  (stream)
• 6. BL▲K. P▲N3L .SKR↑P† - Shinju  (stream)
• 7. †ATMOS†PHERE † OF GOD AND † DEVIL† - †s Th†ere A G†d (EP)  (stream)
• 8. Various Artists - Coven of the Crypt 1.5  (stream)
• 9. ΣΕΘ - Escaping The Eternal Void  (stream)
• 10. svnse† - blindfolded EP  (stream)

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I have a feeling it's getting harder for me every year 😃 but ive got a few that I can highly recommend:

• Minuit Machine - Don't Run From The Fire
• Lxst cxntury - Never Existed
• Draconian - Under a Godless Veil
• VSN7 - Past Passion
• Pensees - Tomorrow

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So much good stuff music wise in 2020 it was tough but here’s my picks:

• Deftones - Ohms
• FEARING - Shadow
• Headie One - EDNA
• King Krule - Man Alive!
• Nuxx Vomica - A Different Place
• Black Marble - I Must Be Living Twice
• Dave Parley - Eyes of Truth
• Bambara - Stray
• Code Orange - Underneath
• PARTYNEXTDOOR - PARTYMOBILE

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2020 have been a really productive year, but also a climax in my music for all projects. It has been a hard year for most of us, with a lot of divisions. People guided by their impulsive emotions are pushing humanity at the edge of ignorance, we need to focus on rationality, and science, for decisions, and to put our emotions in creation, 2020 was the year artists pretended to be virologists and where politicians pretended to know something about art, both were a shame for our species, we need to focus on our future as a species, and stop looking at our mirrors or selfie sticks, we are nothing, nothing but members of the big machinery that is humanity, let's keep this in mind for the years to come.

Music:

• 1. Master Boot Record - C​:​\​>DEFRAG
  I listened to a lot of MBR this year, definitely loving the distorded 8bit with metal style, this is album is one of the numerous great things MBR produced in 2020


• 2. Ophidian - Messenger
  Tracks made for youtube challenges, it results in a very diversified EP with on of the most violent tracks I heard this year


• 3. Sebastien Leger - Secret
  Incredible techno EP with ethereal melodies and rythms


• 4. Sadwrist - 44↻​+​0RRYLIS​-​↻+
  Another twisted masterpiece by Sadwrist


• 5. Igorrr - Spirituality and Distorsion
  The master of operatic metal breakcore is back with a huge collection of tracks with too many influences to be told


• 6. Thr33am - Haunted Tapes // Chapter IV
  Another great collection of tracks, a must in 2020 witch music


• 7. Ceephax Acid Crew - Fossil Funk
  The epic summer track of the year, all versions are very different and inventive


• 8. Salem - Fires in Heaven
  The unexpected return of Salem comes with an album full of experimentations and technical witchcraft


• 9. Ludwig Goransson - Tenet
  Most inventive OST of 2020, a masterpiece of sound design


• 10. Passenger of shit + Ethereal Girl - The Poo Mountains
  This was quite unexpected, but these weirdos made one of a kind album, and definitely one of my 2020 favourite

Movies:

• 1. Radioactive
• 2. Death To 2020
• 3. Lux Aeterna
• 4. Drunk
• 5. Jojo Rabbit
• 6. Soul
• 7. Vivarium
• 8. Light Of My life
• 9. Cuties
• 10. His House

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• Wrong Assessment
• Croatian Armor
• Instruments of Discipline
• Oake
• Stroboscopic Artefacts
• Paysage D' Hiver
• Skee Mask
• Burial
• STL
• Octave
• Ada Kaleh
• Traumer
• Randomer
• Shedbug

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2020 a year that supported deeping into nostalgia to escape from everyday's insanity

Reissues and re-rotation of classics:

• OST - A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Coil - Musick to play in the dark
• Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
• Soundclub - Same (Reissue on Robert Disaro's new label BPC)
• Bardo Pond various releases from the 90s and 00s

• Drew MCDowall - Agalma
• Riki - Riki
• Liar, Flower ‎– Geiger Counter
• Eartheater ‎– Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin
• HEALTH - Disco 4
• Amnesia Scanner ‎– Tearless
• Elysia Crampton ‎– ORCORARA 2010
• Peaking Lights ‎– E S C A P E
• SALEM - Fires in Heaven
• Voodoo Crystals - b l u r r e d
• Joanne Robertson ‎– Painting Stupid Girls
• 1995 epilepsy ‎– 1995 epilepsy
• bar italia ‎– Quarrel (Hype Williams related)
• Mica Levi, Dean Blunt ‎– Inna
• Anna von Hausswolff ‎– All Thoughts Fly
• Slow White Fall ‎– Pushing Through A Wall
• FSOL ‎– A Controlled Vista
• Lol K ‎– The Breeze
• Patriarchy ‎– Asking For It
• Pod Blotz ‎– Transdimensional System
• SRSQ ‎– Temporal Love / Unkept
• Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
• OST - Possessor

• Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky

• Mater Suspiria Vision - Crack Witch 3 + Remixes

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• 1. Soft Crash - Spritzkrieg
• 2. Years of Denial - Human Tragedy
• 3. Linea Aspera - LPII
• 4. Kris Baha - Starts to Fall
• 5. Fractions - NITE NRJ
• 6. SDH - Against Strong Thinking
• 7. Augustus Miller - Machine Learning Experiments
• 8. Kendal - Inferno
• 9. KAS:ST - Unreleased Tracks
• 10. Panther Modern - Ready

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• ∆AIMON - IN FIRE AND IN BLOOD
  these guys dont sound like anyone else and always deliver the goods


• SALEM - FIRES IN HEAVEN
  a welcome return and definitely a leap in songwriting from the first album


• HEALTH - DISCO 4
  even when remixed, the strentgh of HEALTHS melodics shines through


• GEORGE CLANTON & NICK HEXUM- SELF TITLED
  a mixture of vaporwave production and traditional songwriting that elevates both


• JOHN FOXX & THE MATHS - HOWL
  great return to form, john foxx is criminally underrated as a pioneer of electonic music


• CHARLI XCX - HOW IM FEELING NOW
  its pop, but with a production that leaves most avant guard artists sounding mainstream.


• A.G. COOK - 7G
  sounds like the future, and im all in.


• ΔLLICØRN- DREADCVLT
  has all the witchouse tropes but still sounds unique and melodic.


• Shhadows - RENEWAL
  has a great grasp of atmosphere and timeless post punk vibes too.


• POPPY - I DISAGREE
  next level industrial-pop-metal, sounds effortless and does it with toungue firmly in cheek.

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• 1. THR33AM - Haunted Tapes // Chapter IV  (stream)
• 2. △Sco△ - For Dead Relatives  (stream)
• 3. CRYSTAL ATOS - CEA MIXTAPE  (stream)
• 4. ßęđŧīmĕ Šŧōŗĩėş - Mŗŧŷů (With isshellir)  (stream)
• 5. DIЯTY|P∆WS - GARBAGE TAPE [EP]  (stream)
• 6. D E P R E S S E D 0 4 0 - Void  (stream)
• 7. ✞ λ₴MѺÐ∆I ✞ - Ritual Reborn  (stream)
• 8. ᑡlepsydra x Blood Wolf x åpostol - Sempiternal  (stream)
• 9. [LYN] - Lettres D'avenir  (stream)
• 10. brothel. x niteboi✨🌙 - gomez (Forerunner Remix)  (stream)

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Top 10 Musical Moments that Helped Nattymari Get Through 2020

To say that 2020 was a weird year is an understatement. For me it was even weirder. I honestly didn't consume a tremendous amount of music. Instead I concentrated on my own, releasing 11 albums and eps over these long isolated months. I did, however, manage to get excited about enough music that I feel I can eke out a list of the top 10 sonic experiences that excited, inspiured and soothed me through this year of pandemonium. You'll notice a great deal of "hyperpop" on this. The spirit of the current post PC Music scene has greatly inspired me, and reminds me of the collaboration and comradery that was present in 2010-11 in the early Witch House scene. With any luck, we will be able to get some of that back in 2021. Although estranged, I still love and respect everyone I met a decade ago and will forever.

• 1. 100 gecs - Square Garden and Lavapalooza Sets
  Hype or not, this was definitely Lisa and Dylan's year. They unified an entire musical movement in April when they hosted Square Garden. They paid it forward to the artists that inspired them on a remix album. They released a fuck ton of great and challenging music. Most of their best material is in these two live sets. The first, a wild Zappaesque pastiche of discarded musical memes and the second, a poppier set of all new material that mostly exceeds anything on their debut album.


• 2. Laura Les - A2B2 Night of Fire Set
  When Laura plays solo it becomes obvious she has at least as much to do with the success of the collaboration as Dylan Brady does. This Halloween set is an amzing collection of scramz, hardcore and hyperpop. Like the former two 100 gecs sets, this material would make a proper EP without any further development.


• 3.Astra King - Appleville Live Set
  Sort of a throwback to the 60s and early 70s having an artist so comfortable with being known as a cover artist. Reinventing Porter Robinson's "Divinity" and A.G. Cook's "Silver" and an interpolation of Rico Nasty's "Popstar" into earnest indietronica ditties, this music gave me a happy smile during these trying times. Her cover of Blink 192 during PC Music's Pop Carol was the highlight of the event.


• 4. Daddy1 - Various Singles


• 5. The 6ix - Various Singles
  Can't be Natty without a little dancehall in your diet. Since dancehall is all about riddem and vibe, it wasn't the year for it to shine, but Daddy1 and the collective known as The 6ix managed to carry the torch during this season of seclusion. I highly recommend everyone listen to Robbo Ranx's show on Mixcloud every week. He is my favorite selector at the time!


• 6. Nomak b2b EASYFUN - Lavapalooza Set
  Nomak and EASYFUN dissect Taylor Swift's "Folklore" and turn it into a beautiful trancey, ravey masterpiece. Blissful and transcendent, this has been my Zen music all autumn and winter.


• 7. Gupi and Fraxiom - NYU New Music Fest
  Food House are fun. This live set showcased most of what would become the self titled debut LP, but it was much better to see live. The set also featured a track with Gupi singing that should have made the album. "Ride" (which debuted during their Square Garden set) may be my favorite song of the year!


• 8. Sault - 2 Untitled Albums
  This amazing mysterious UK collective became the soundtrack to this summer's U.S. political pandemic. Their sound is like a walk through the history of Black Music, snatching snippets from doo wop,old soul, afrobeat and trip hop/neo-soul. Both powerful and fun to listen to, either is contender for "official" album of the year.


• 9. Alice Goes to Hell - "Magnolia" and Live at Scraggtown
  Both Alice Gas and Andrew Goes Two Hell can turn anything into fantastic nightcored gabber. Super donky and super loud on their own, together thay are a powerhouse of hardcore. Their 909 Worldwide collective is owning the bass airwaves right now and everyone should submit to it's power!


• 10. Rico Nasty - iPhone
  Not much to be said. Poppy and catchy as hell, Dylan Brady and Rico Nasty made the pop song of the year. Proof positive that the hyperpop sound can and will crossover into the mainstream in a year or two (for better or for worse.)

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Favourite releases of 2020, not in any particular order.

• 1. Rob Clouth - Zero Point
• 2. Rafael Anton Irisarri - Distance
• 3. Choir Boy - Gathering Swans
• 4. Baths - Pop Music / False B-sides II
• 5. Juche - eNight Revisted
• 6. Sega Bodega - Salvador
• 7. Public Memory - Ripped Apparition
• 8. Statiqbloom - Beneath The Whelm
• 9. Schwefelgelb - Die Stimme Drängt
• 10. Arca - KiCk i

As for 2020 we can all say it has been a turbulent year. But it also gave me the time to rethink and reinvent some things about myself and my music. 2021 will be the year of hopefully a new album release.

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In alphabetical order:

• Bat for Lashes – Lost Girls
• Blvck ceiling – Wild Horses
• Bones - frombeyondthegrave
• Bones – Offline
• Deftones – ohms
• FLESH – Undergrowth
• Ghostemane - Anti Icon
• Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
• NIN – Locusts
• $uicideboy$ - Stop Staring At The Shadows

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Top 10 Witch House releases of 2020:

• Decomposition - Black Inverted Triangle
• †▼††† - Abaddon
• SAIN't - B.C.
• :Waijdan: - Descend
• ƉɌƎΔM ɃLΔCK - Electrokvlt Deathmusic
• SEMICOLOŊ - FÄULNIS
• ᑡlepsydra x Blood Wolf x åpostol - Sempiternal
• Persona - Psychosis EP
• Nullse† - Transcending the infinite void
• Crystal Cage / Somniare - Accursed Acolyte Evermore Casting

More favorites (Beyond Witch House):

• Olhava - Ladoga
• Black Funeral - Scourge of Lamashtu
• Uada - Djinn
• Minuit Machine - Don't run from the Fire
• Forndom - Faþir
• Morketida / Grieve (Split)
• Lustre - The Ashes of Light
• Borgne - Y
• Severoth - Vsesvit
• Witchbones - Goety
• T.O.M.B. - Thin the Veil
• Afsky - Ofte jeg drømmer mig død
• Unreqvited - Empathica
• Tombs - Under Sullen Skies
• Gaerea - Limbo
• Automb - Chaosophy
• Autumn Nostalgie - Autumn Nostalgie
• Nav - Necrotic Voices from the Æther
• Lamp of Murmuur - Heir of Ecliptical Romanticism
• Svartkonst - Black Waves

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In no particular order:

• 1. ESA - Burial 10
• 2. Suffer Ring - Reverentia
• 3. Autechre - Sign
• 4. Shhadows - Renewal
• 5. :Waijdan: - Descend
• 6. Snog - Lullabies for the Lithium Age
• 7. Empathy Test - Monsters
• 7. Empathy Test - Monsters
• 8. Mr.Kitty - D E Δ T H (Remastered)
• 9. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
• 10. Leaether Strip - Bound With Love (72 track Benefit Compilation)

Other notable releases:

• Dead Voices On Air - A Newer Words Machine
• Provision - Hearts Turn Dark
• SET - Where Dreams Come To Pause . . .
• HEALTH - DISCO4 :: PART I
• Bootblacks - Thin Skies
• Assemblage 23 - Mourn
• ᑡlepsydra - Sacred Symphonies
• ∆AIMON - In Fire And In Blood
• Suicide Commando - Mindstrip Redux
• SAIN't - B . C.
• ESA - Eat their Young / The Scorn EP
• Karger Traum - III
• RECON - Broken Stairs
• Leather Strip - Throwing Bones (Skinny Puppy Tribute)
• Dream Black - Electrokvlt Deathmusic
• Sidewalks And Skeletons - Eternal Rest EP
• Grizzly Steppe - Svalbard

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In alphabetical order:

• Anatomy / Blu Anxxiety - Split EP
• Animal Collective - Bridge To Quiet
• Awenden - Golden Hour
• BACKxWASH - God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It
• Black Magnet - Hallucination Scene
• Blaer - Yellow
• Cabaret Voltaire - Shadow Of Fear
• Code Orange - Underneath
• Einstürzende Neubauten - Alles In Allem
• Elysia Crampton - ORCORARA 2010
• Evilfeast / Uuntar - Odes To Lands Of Past Traditions
• Gezan - 狂 (KLUE)
• Grimes - Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe)
• Kelly Moran / Prurient - Chain Reaction At Dusk
• Liturgy - Origin Of The Alimonies
• Myrkur - Folkesange
• Paysage d'Hiver - Im Traum
• Profligate - Too Numb To Know
• Riki - Riki
• Shedfromthebody - A Dead And Aimless Hum
• Statiqbloom - Beneath The Whelm
• The Soft Pink Truth - Am I Free To Go?
• Thy Catafalque - Naiv
• Urfaust - Teufelsgeist
• Vengeful Spectre - Vengeful Spectre

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• 1. Korine - The Night We Raise
• 2. Fishnarc - WildFire
• 3. The Midnight - Monsters
• 4. Decomposition - Black Inverted Triangle
• 5. Lil Aaron - 808 Rock
• 6. Persona-Psychosis
• 7. Allicorn - Dread Cult
• 8. Filmmaker - Discordian Disco
• 9. Acid Mammoth - Under Acid Hoof
• 10. 100 Gecs - 1000 Gecs and The Tree of Clues

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• Sain’t – B.C.
• †▼††† - Abaddon
• Decomposition - Black Inverted Triangle
• Satanic Hispanic – Living Sacrifice
• Ghostofblu – IV
• SCARLXRD – SCARHXURS
• Ghostmane – Anti Icon
• ∆AIMON - IN FIRE AND IN BLOOD
• Scythe Gang 666 – AK47
• Suffer Ring – Reverentia

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This is a mix between albums and releases, but they all have something in common.

• 1. Sidewalks and Skeletons - 2020
• 2. ᑡlepsydra - Alchimia (Sempiternal)
• 3. REBERHEAD - A​​.​​S​​.​​O​​.​​A​​.​​E.
• 4. SeBlack - Karma
• 5. V.A. - MURDER02
• 6. AL†RS - II
• 7. ΔXIUS LIИK╺╸НИ ДΛЯ KØГО
• 8. ᑡlepsydra - Holy Blood
• 9. SeBlack - Martyr
• 10. Tzafu - Resurrection

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2020.... well, that was one hell of a year. Experienced things I never thought I would in my lifetime. Aside from all the mental anguish and solitude, I managed to produce a full album, two compilations, one EP, a bunch of remixes, various online music festivals, design clothing/merch, ran a label and more. Grateful to you all for the love and support. A musician is nothing without the ears and hearts of others. I appreciate each and everyone that has allowed my music into their lives. Much love to all the labels and artists I've worked with over the years as well. So much more to come.....

Here's some of my favorite releases of 2020 in no particular order:

• Shhadows - Renewal  (stream)
  I love this album. It like emcompasses my roots and their logical progressions. Favorite off the album is "Swamp Thing" feat. Lady of Sorrows on vocals. Was a true pleasure to master for Re:Mission Entertainment.


• ᑡlepsydra - Sacred Symphonies  (stream)
  This producer has quickly become one of my favorites in the WH community. Truly understands fusing genres to create a unique sound that reaches all emotions. My go to on this release would be "Potions, Pt. 1"


• Suffer Ring - Reverentia  (stream)
  I claim this to be one of the best releases of 2020 without a doubt. The first time I heard "Hunter" I knew I was innit. Look out for my remixes of "Kami No Ugoki" and "Lavender and Smoke" on the forthcoming remixes album/CD.


• FLESH - Undergrowth  (stream)
  FLESH's music to me is blissful. Truly dark aesthetic electronic music. Moody synths and low brooding bass is hypnotic and addictive. I was listening to the previous album when I wrote my song "Pause". Very inspirational. It's hard to pick a stand out tune because it's such a solid release as a whole. The title track is definitely one of my favorites.


• Sidewalks And Skeletons - 2020  (stream)
  Jake Lee definitely didn't slow down with all the pandemic chaos releasing a bunch of singles throughout. Collaborations with brothel. , Clepsydra, CashforGold and more. Gotta say I love the tune "SCOPE". Regardless of if it's "phonk" , "witch house" or wtf, I love it. The "Char" cover is well proper too. Can't wait to do some shows together again after all is safe.


• V/A - Lament Configurations: Into The Labyrinth  (stream)
  What can I say? I fucking love Halloween. This horror movie themed compilation will be the first of many to come. All artists involved delivered stellar tracks inspired by their favorite horror/sci-fi movies. Another one that is hard to pin down a favorite track , but Dkryption "Phantasm" sticks out for me. It's also one of my all time favorite movies.


• DREAM BLACK - Mythical  (stream)
  This producer has a dear place in my heart. One of the first WH producers I signed to ECR/SubGoth that continually bends all the rules. This EP released late 2020 has some of his strongest tunes. For me "Forsaken" and "Wasted Years" are the timeless ones for me.


• ᑡlepsydra x Blood Wolf x åpostol - Sempiternal  (stream)
  Three extremely talented producers got together on this one. Blood Wolf has been a favorite for a bit now. Love the use of synths on this one. Really enjoy "Dissension" from Blood Wolf and of course the trio's collab on the title track "Sempiternal"


• Persona - Psychosis  (stream)
  Hardcore and Hard Dance always bring joy in my world. Persona melts Witch House aesthetic with pure Hardcore dance vibes. I hope to see this producer playing Megarave or Thunderdome shows in the future. The song "Find Me" is for sure my favorite off the release.

Honorable mentions:

• brothel. - Skillt
• ∆AIMON - In Fire and Blood
• deadcrow - Lies
• V/A - SubGoth, Vol. 2
• DREAM BLACK - Black Holes (EYESTY Remix)
• PLVGUES - Sent To Walk This Plane Of Existence
• VIDEL - II
• MORGVE ft +d33b+ - blvcksun
• ∆Sco∆ - For Dead Relatives
• barnacle boi - 1111
• deyeying - Living
• V/A - Re:Mission Entertainment 2020 Label Compilation
• bitwvlf - We Leave At Night
• Satanic Hispanic - Living Sacrifice
• Kota Kira - Candlelight feat. Ziiri
• SØLVE - SVNT LACRIMÆ RERVM

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• Sparks - A Steady Drip Drip Drip
  This was the surprise album of the year for my. After 45 years of making great music, they deliver this gem. The quirky & tongue in cheek pop music is as good here as it’s ever been.


• ΣΕΘ (SET) - Closer/Where Dreams Come To Pause
  This album shows a great amount of quality & diversity. He doesn’t care what you think. If it interests him, he does it. Surprisingly, this album with all it’s twists and turns sound really cohesive as well.


• Shhadows - Renewal
  My 1st Shadows release is something I’m quite proud of. The time from conception to completion was pretty fast. I found myself more inspired than I have been in quite some time. I hope it shows from what came out.


• Brothel. w/ S&S - Higher
  Although not an album, a very notable single by these two brilliant artists who keep churning out great new tunes. This was one of the stand outs for me.


• Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
  I have a lot of respect for Grimes in continuing to take artistic risks & exploring darker territories. I feel like she’s still got a lot in her.


• Sidewalks & Skeletons - 2020
  This guy was on fire in 2020. Just killing it with single after single. This collection of songs shows that he has no signs of slowing down any time soon & he still finds was to surprise you.


• Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
  What a gift this artist has been. Everything he releases strikes an emotional chord like no other.


• Destroyer - Have We Met
  I’ve been a fan of Destroyer for several years & think this was another great release. Excellent lyrics as always and very well produced.


• †LOΛΣΓS† - Cold
  The return of a great band in the scene delivering 14 brilliant songs. Dark, emotional, dreamy, intense.

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• END - Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face
• Lxst Cxntury - Universe Of The Past
• Salem - Fires In Heaven
• Freddie Dredd - Suffer
• Funeral Wake - Gutwrencher
• Enjayeff - Enstrumentals [Vol. 1&2]
• Purity Ring - Womb
• Cigarettes After Sex - Cry
• SET - Escaping The Eternal Void
• The Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time: Stages 1-6

2020 started off quite well, the news of the virus was only just starting to become a concern, life carried on as normal. I played shows in Budapest, Hungary in February. And played ARCADIA festival in Russia in March which was amazing, visiting Moscow and Saint Petersburg was a dream come true. But as soon as I returned home the UK went into lockdown, where it basically remained for the rest of the year. So instead I decided to work on as much music as possible, and release at least 1 new track for every month of the year. Which I completed - 12 tracks in 12 months. [not counting remixes]

New S&S tracks of 2020:

• 1. CYBERCRIMES
• 2. LETTING GO
• 3. NOWHERE
• 4. HIDDEN SKIES
• 5. SCOPE
• 6. CHAR
• 7. GLASS COFFIN PART 2
• 8. BIRTH / REBIRTH
• 9. QUEEN
• 10. ETERNAL REST
• 11. BORN TO DIE
• 12. HIGHER

In 2021 I want to continue being prolific, as well as release my new album "A Neverending Descent" which I have been working on for some time now. I also plan to return to Russia for ARCADIA 2. There will be tonnes of new things happening this year, new tracks, collabs, a new album, and as many shows as possible if the world conquers this virus.
Thanks to everyone for listening and sticking around. Much love.

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• High & Low - Blahsum
• POWER FANTASY - HEALTH ft. 100gecs
• WHATS POPPIN - Jack Harlow
• Yoga - 645AR
• Darko - Freddie Dredd
• Genesis - Deftones
• BALD! - JPEGMAFIA
• OPEN THE DOOR - Die Antwoord ft. Panther Modern
• Life Is Good - Future ft. Drake
• Let Me Down - Oliver Tree
• Sorry Bro (I Love You) - Dorian Electra
• Pretty Boy - Joji

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For my 2k20 witch house round up, I’ve selected 13, mainly eastern European, bangers from my DJ sets, performed during Satans Summer parties I’ve organised last year. You can listen to two of the sets in full via Radio Kapitał:
SS2 (stream)
SS3 (stream)

• ∆IŖֆH4D3 x SUICIDE THREAD – ZAMKNUTOEPROSTRANSTVO
• M∞nflower x VSN7 – BIFURCATION POINT
• VSN7 feat. inchantix – MADNESS
• 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖙𝖊 𝖐𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖆 – 𝖆𝖓𝖝𝖎𝖊𝖙𝖞
• D E P R E S S E D 0 4 0 – Upp I Det Blå
• ΔXIUS LIИK feat. CHERNOBURKV – ØЖØГ
• ΔXIUS LIИK x PJ Harvey – white chalk (remix)
• Portwave & Angel Vox - Возвращайся [Refix]
• SLEEPING HUMMINGBIRD – КØСМОС (∆XIUS LIИK RMX)
• SVDNVSS heat. DOVSED – THESE FUCKING TEARS
• ∆XIUS LIИK x ножевые ранения - NНΞЙ
• scowitchboy - Это все сон у тебя все хорошо
• Н О Ж ЛЮБИТ Т Е Б Я - LOVE

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• Josiah Steinbrick - Liquid / Devotion & Tongue Street Blue (Hands In The Dark Records)
• Idra - Lone Voyagers, Lovers and Lands (Seil Records)
• Aho Ssan - Simulacrum (Subtext Recordings)
• мхи и лишайники - Нассать на мир [Piss On The World] (Not Not Fun Records)
• Choir Boy - Gathering Swans (Dais Records)
• Ryan Wade Ruehlen - Ectoplasmic Food Offerings To The God Anubis (Ingrown Records)
• J Hamilton Isaacs - Frozen Iguanas, Bless Their Hearts (Self Released)
• Riki - Self Titled (Dais Records)
• Roly Porter - Kistvaen (Subtext Recordings)
• Ryan J Raffa - Ginkgo (Muzan Editions)

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In random order:

• Tigran Hamasyan - The Call Within
• Bibio - Sleep on The Wing
• Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
• Code Orange - Underneath
• Uboa - Flesh of the World

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Sunset Architects is being laid to rest in a sense, and being reborn in a project whos new name will be announced soon. We wanted to mature our sound and grow more with the coming project. That new music will probably come out closer to spring and summer.

Best of 2020:

• Yung Lean - Starz
• Salem - Fires in Heaven
• Croatian Amor & Scandinavian Star - Two Autumn's
• Tobacco - Hot Wet & Sassy
• Bladee, Mechatok - Good luck
• Gods Wisdom - Small Town Drama
• DJ Billybool - My Fantasy World
• Varg, Croatian Amor - Body of Lila
• KAS:ST - A Magical World
• V.A. - Scandinavian Swords IIII: Atlas of Visions Pt. I

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BLOODBEAK🩸 (aka TEXTBEAK) Top 30 Fave Releases ov 2020:

• 1. Further Reductions - Array
• 2. Maenad Veyl - Reassessment
• 3. TWINS - Mad World
• 4. Houses of Heaven - Silent Places
• 5. Panther Modern - Ready
• 6. Ye Gods - Dumah
• 7. Red Axes - Red Axes
• 8. Various Artists - Ecdisis Vol. 3 (Vinilette, Juanpablo & Mick Wills edits/cuts)
• 9. Various Artists - RAW CULTURE'S PUSHERS 04
• 10. Cold Cave - Waving Hands
• 11. She Past Away - X
• 12. Various Artists - I Fall in Love With the Light: A Sacred Bones Compilation
• 13. Statiqbloom - Beneath the Whelm
• 14. Rhys Fulber - Diaspora
• 15. Bestial Mouths - RESURRECTEDINBLACK
• 16. Years of Denial - Suicide Disco Remixes
• 17. Jeremiah Meece - Suffering
• 18. Broken English Club - Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down
• 19. Teste - Graphic Depictions
• 20. Architectural - Planet Is but a Dream
• 21. Dj Ghettoscraper - Sombodies Husband Somebodies Son, Vol. I
• 22. Geometric Vision - Slowemotion
• 23. Drew McDowall - Agalma
• 24. Filmmaker - Dimensional
• 25. Various Artists - Absolute Body Control 1980-2000
• 26. Legowelt - Tips For Life
• 27. Various Artists - Transition Vol​.​1 (Knekelhuis)
• 28. Daniel Avery - Into The Arms Of Stillness
• 29. TWINS - Great Barrier
• 30. Agent Side Grinder - REMA/X

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• Like most people 2020 is a year we wished we could erase from our memories.
• During lock down I finally bought a record player after releasing 4 albums on vinyl of my own.
• Better late than never...
• So I generally went with what I knew and loved and bought editions of those particular albums.
• I have probably bought 50+ plus records in the last 9 months because we are for better or worse in lockdown in L.A, or at least I have been and pretty much been in the house during this entire time.
• So that being said I picked out the ones that really stick out for me personally.


• There are these amazing electronic albums that were produced by the band Chapter House, that go by the name Global Communications, they are incredible, seek them out.


• I bought 4 of the new Kraftwerk reissues that are all on coloured vinyl and each come with a beautiful booklet with art and pictures in the record release.


• Gorgeous and affordable for the quality.


• Hiroshi Yoshimura-Green on glorious green vinyl, an ambient masterpiece.


• 2 new reissues limited to 500 copies of the classic Christian Death albums-Ashes and Catastrophe Ballet on double gatefold vinyl. Amazing.


• The new reissues of The Cocteau Twins albums-Garlands, Blue Bell Knoll and Victorialand


• A huge and very cheap treasure trove of Vangeleis albums from China, Mask, L Apocalypse Des Animaux, Mondo records the release of Liquid Sky soundtrack, the art work alone is worth buying this release.


• and lastly as far as new music I discovered this relatively new artist by the name Moses Sumney and his double and epic album Grae which I highly recommend.


• Hopefully we will have a better year ahead of us, in the meantime I will be floating in an ambient space world until the shit is longer hitting the fan.


• Look for a new album from The Present Moment in 2021, we have 12 songs in the works and looking to wrap up before the spring.


• xo

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For obvious reasons, this year I preferred more home-listening type of music and less club vibes. I guess I’ve spent almost the whole year listening & creating music at my new home studio isolated and safe. Took a while to make up this list because I didn’t think this year felt so long. Anyways, I desperately miss raves & gigs and hope they will be back before I get too old, haha. One thing I know for sure, there’s gonna be a new Vagina Vangi album this year and if it means something for you, you should definitely thank isolation.
So here’s my selection.

Most fav albums of 2020:

• clipping. - Visions Of Bodies Being Burned
• Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
• Salem - Fires In Heaven
• Osees - Protean Threat
• Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
• HEALTH - DISCO4:: Part 1
• cadeu - hy
• Shygirl - Alias
• Caribou - Suddenly
• Two Fingers - Fight! Fight! Fight!
• Code Orange – Underneath
• King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - KG
• Amnesia Scanner - Tearless
• LIGH TN ING - Fantasy Violence

Track highlights:

• Ulver - Russian Doll
• Jockstrap, Injury Reserve - Robert
• Umbra Vitae - Mantra Of Madness
• Sepultura - Isolation
• Dorian Electra feat. Village People, Pussy Riot - My Agenda
• Slayyyter feat. Wuki - Self Destruct
• Husky - Старуха
• Girlpool - Like I’m Winning It
• Lorn - The Map
• 21 Savages, Metro Booming, Young Nudy - Snitches & Rats
• Zeal & Ardor - Tuskegee
• Cobra Man - Heatwave

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Greetings from the cold north. 2020 was a horrible year for everyone and much have been said about it already in the end of the year roundups. Hopefully the end of this particular suffering is on the horizon now and we can get back to some version of normality again. We are working on our new album and planning for a 2021 release. We should be able to play a few shows after the summer as well, if the gods will it.

With that said, in no particular order, this is 10 of our favourite releases that helped us get through the insane year 2020:

• Seeming - The Birdwatchers Guide To Atrocity
• Purity Ring - WOMB
• Myrkur - Folkesange
• Hex Wolves - Center Remained As Ice
• Sidewalks & Skeletons - 2020
• Bestial Mouths - RessurectedInBlack
• Lingua Ignota - Jolene (single)
• DIVE - Where Do We Go From Here?
• :Waijdan: - Descend
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Idiot Prayer

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• Zebra Katz - LESS IS MOOR
  (fav pick: ZAD DRUMS)


• Purity Ring - WOMB
  (fav pick: pink lightning)


• Virgen Maria - Devil
  (fav pick: Vegan)


• Rico Nasty - Nightmare Vacation
  (fav pick: IPHONE)


• Yaeji - WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던
  (fav pick: IN THE MIRROR 거울)


• Arca -KiCk i
  (fav pick: Watch feat. Shygirl)


• A.G. Cook - 7G
  (fav pick: DJ Every Night)


• Bladee + Mechatok - Good Luck
  (fav pick: Rainbow)


• Shygirl - ALIAS
  (fav pick: BAWDY)


• La Zowi - Elite
  (fav pick: Fulana)

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• Arca - @@@@@
  A non-stop aggressive/beautiful set of music. Arca’s perspective on distorted sounds is jarring in the best way. Innovative and unique. Blurring boundaries and its message propels queer representation in many facets.


• Salem - Fires in Heaven
  After grasping at any and every available Salem track (released and unreleased) this album was always destined to be an obvious on repeat. Nothing will compare to King Night, and Heather’s absence is gaping, but John produced DieWithMe, an all-time favorite now.


• A.G. Cook - 7G
  PC music pioneer created another obnoxiously satisfying release of music that is so happy sounding it’s almost unnerving. It’s ecstasy on crack. Great for when the brain is on overdrive. There is depth to these melodies, behind the gimmick of PC music.


• RTR - Symmetriades
  It’s believed/rumored to be a new Aphex Twin alias, a major influence since childhood. Acid house/IDM tracks sometimes at dizzying speeds. Many layers of intricate sampling and synthesizer work to explore- Have to love Aphex Twin (if it is him).


• Uffie - Tokyo Love Hotel*
  Myspace queen I’ve been following through the years. She delivers a sad, heartbreak album that is easy to relate to. Somber and reflective. Nice change from intense music, more accessible. No Regrets is a top track.


• Aphex Twin Live - Warehouse Project, Manchester 9/20/19*
  Played all his recent live sets on repeat. Has live improv works on analogue synths. Continues to blow brains out.


• SOPHIE - Oil From Every Pearls Un-Insides (Both original & remix albums)*
  Another PC music founder. She’s moved to create more personal electronic works that mix esdanceable with mind-melting. Creating another queer space for her listeners to identify in. The nonstop remix album is a brilliant retake of the extremely personal original.


• Mater Suspiria Vision - Scanners*
  With the current state of the world and politicss, Scanners is RFID mindfuck brainwashing that further propels MSV with new sounds and approaches.. CDX and Aura are classic together. Crack Witch 3 is amazing as well, a recent release from this year.


• White Ring - Gate of Grief*
  Gritty, raw, and hauntingly beautiful. White Ring continues to shape their sound while also maintaining it (if that makes sense) and I’m constantly amused. Album took me through major loss and hardship. Find a haunting police in it. R.I.P. Kendra.


• Jessie Ruins - Dream Analysis*
  Remains a personal favorite for introspective, reflective moments. Murky synths with glittering, indiscernible lyrics. Creates a feeling of sad nostalgia-. almost feels like there are no tracks. Transports to a in-between place that is unique.


• Mushrooms on Synthesizers
  This new YouTube channel of MycoLyco- artist/scientist grows mushrooms and hooks them up to modular synths (think polygraph test hook up on humans). The mushrooms control the parameters and work on the synth freely. Completely fresh take on music and very immersive.

Releases marked with a * were not released in 2020.

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Top 10 Witchhouse 2020:

• r ē p ē ຖ t // k♁sm♁r♁.n̴a̴b̴u̴ ;: feat. OKKVLT KɅTT  (stream)
  Dream haunting ultimate crossover. Both artists perfectly highlight each other’s unique qualities


• ΛΛ4Я4ZΛΛ - cuculus canørus  (stream)
  Bruh.


• LOST OCEVN X FUNΞRΔL FLØWΞRS – PΞЯISHΣĐ  (stream)


• badass wolf shirt - red paint  (stream)
  whole lotta red paint


• Ritual Drops X ERISED - L E A V E Y O U R P A S T  (stream)


• †▼††† - Black Sacrament  (stream)
  This track has a 2nd wave black metal vibe I fuck with


• åpostol - Fucking Dawn (feat. Slasher of Souls)/ Life Is Dying  (stream)
  i couldn’t decide between either of these impressive tracks


• Satanic Hispanic - Living Sacrifice  (stream)
  original soundtrack for apocalypse 2020-21


• nullse† - the silent ones  (stream)


• 666GRAVES - М3ЧŦЫ  (stream)
  somethin about the state I first heard this really hit different

Honorable Mentions:

• JVLA- Such a Whore (Baddest Version/Remix)
  you already know what it is!


• Ghostface Playa - DONT GIVE A FUCK (feat. PHARMACIST)
  mood 2020


• SPIRIT MIST X YUNG HEAR$E – FUCK 12
  shoutout Shadowrealm Recordz and Funeral Home Familia


• YOUTH CODE - Puzzle (Noire Antidote Remix)


• PLVGUES - PLΛNΣS ØV NΛV


• Cardi B Megan Thee Stallion – WAP
  They don’t know this is an invocation to the goddess Inanna


• R I T U ∆ L - $ A L T H /X/ c|†v̵d̴e| ͜b̀|̶v̵ck


• Revolution Peak - The Night Before ▓▓▓

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A look at the year 2020 in Witch House
We currently seem to have adapted well to the current pandemic well with streaming shows, not only were there several online festivals, but the number of bands and fans has grown. Despite what music writers in large publications seem to think, there is a growing audience for Witch House and a growing roster of artists. It seems the somewhat garish era of decay we live in is providing ready ears for the WH sound around the globe. The Witch House Producers Facebook group has over 800 members alone, and the largest of the Witch House groups there has over 13K. members. Witch House has not changed greatly in style, however some of the newer artists are incorporating more inspirations from vaporwave, hiphop, phonk and other musical forms.

These are songs that really grabbed me over this year:

• †▼††† - FAUST
• 209 SINS - 𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕄𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕖 "𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕖" 𝕍𝔽𝕎 - 𝟚𝟘𝟡 𝕊𝕀ℕ𝕊 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕩 𝕋ℝ𝔸ℙ ℝ𝔼𝕄𝕀𝕏
• LEVANAH 2.1 - тєℓℓ мє ωнαт уσυ ∂яєαм
• CROW CVLT - SYNTHETIC YOUTH (ft. Adamup)
• CRYSTΔL C‎ØVEN - MEPHISTO
• ΔLLICØRN - Left Hand Path
• 666GRAVES - Meaning
• DIЯTY|P∆WS - You Gonna Die
• Ϯ_ŁØRÐ_ŁACRĪMA_Ϯ - Сold wind

You can stream all these tracks here

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the worms in my ears

• 1. Archgoat - The Luciferian Crown  (stream)

  Although the début of this record came out in 2018... I just got hip to it this year. Holy hell.. third wave black metal done perfectly and above all grizzly... jaded blasphemous lyricism and TIGHT AS HELL musicianship! One of the most brutal assault I tempted into purchasing in years...non plolitical satanic Finish catharsis. Oh if it were that easy... the percussion... i felt like I was wondering room to room, pedestal of horned goat heads surrounded by extreme gore and skeletal nudity... If the video game DOOM had an alternative soundtrack this would have been it indded.

• 2. Bog of Anguish (Dayton, Ohio)  (stream)

  Black/Doom Metal

  I have had the pleasure on sitting it rehearsals in my city of Sayton, Ohio this past year... with a few underground live events... I see why Metal Archives classify this band as Blackened / doom. However they are so much more.. instead of relying on over reverb induced vocals imagine shredding blasts, accompanied by destructive riffs and keyboardist// no vocals at all, They are not needed in the slightest.. ..celebrtated by the thrash metal community due to pacing and the are also greatly celebrated by the Dungeon Synth community as live band act. Grab your bag of 20 sided dice, a cloak of invsibility, and dagger! You will find yourself in a dreaded sense of communion in hatred and these chords will only foster and embolden the darkest of urges. You can smell the air of burning sulfer and vanquished demonic ghosts when played at full volume. A sonic blast of delapidated churches and cemeteries in sheer dire consequence.. for an instrumental black metal / proto (almost post) dungeon synth project.. no punches are pullled.. I envision Michele Soaviand Dario Argento's The Church everytime I close my eyes when they play...This band bring everything to the fold if you love 2nd & experimental 3rd wave wave black metal, and loved post dungeon synth and older dungeon synth.. seek this band out immediately.

• 3. Ǝ V I L Æ S T H Ǝ T I C - Ｄ Ｏ Ｎ ＇Ｔ Ｓ Ｌ Ｅ Ｅ Ｐ ｖｏｌ．(s)  (stream)

  International Phonk and Doom / post Horrorcore

  Since the blessed demise of WEEDBLAZN' BLACK CAUSCAUSION's (RIP 1 GAWWD) YouTube channel has ceases to exist someone had to attempt to distribute straight vulgar phonk / post horrorcore brutality. This channel visually and musically delivers the good flawlessly... mixing horror and science fiction movie trailers PERFECT with bringing DARK PHONK acts from Poland, America, France... the visual edits are welcome.. the mix tapes are 30-60 minute volumes.. and holy hell if you wanna feel like your syrups outta your mind while chewing up your last 2 percocet while polishing your Uzi... look no farther than this channel... true PHONK B$$eS

• 4. Heat Ray - Heat Ray (Ohio)  (stream)

  Post Retrowave, Darksynth, Outrun (Tech)

  this whole bandcamp are bangers from some outrun mixes futurist prison break vibes. It's like a Sega Genesis outrun techno but with the darkened hues of early John Carpenter and above all very reminiscent of the post Daft Punk French minimalist 4x4 technoir era like Zombie Zombie & ealrier Carpenter Brut. I can see almost all of these tracks used in in a Paul Verhoven movie or any hellish cyberpunk landscape. I am extremely eager to see what the next ep feels like let alone sounds like...

• 5. King Yosef (Ohio)  (stream)

  Experimental Harsh / Doom / Slaughter metal / DEATH x TRVP

  not classified .. experimental.. each track sounds completely different.. allot of traps meshing 90's hardcore vocal stylings over the sheer chaos. excessively blown out distorted trap.. the next level of BLVCK TRVP.. I know a lot of you are in the know.. take Blvck Celing band now added the absolute chaos of H09909 ( and your maybe somewhat close..somehwat... all I can say is its brilliant and and beyond agrssively bleak pissed off .. how I want my future, what can I say?

• 6. CRYSTΔL C‎ØVEN - Shimmering Lights E​.P (UK)  (stream)

  Ethereal female fronted postwave witch house done breathing some much-needed 4x4 nor tech vibes into the scene perfectly... adding a darkwave / post industrialist dance vibe the WH / goth scene needs.. just as much Skinny Puppy as Salem... DO NOT WAIT.. very danceable delight in the candles and black masses set up for 3 am... Crystal Coven remains simply simply unforgettable and astonishing with each new track.

• 7. Tryblith - A New Aeon (Dayton, Ohio)  (stream)

  Blurry eyed shades of consuming madness with broken harmonics and bleeding auricle of debauchery and dismmay. This is a soundtrack of violence in motion paying tributes to 1st and 2nd wave black metal. Reverb heavy disconnected but, tight and ready to fight of the dance floor... Tryblith bleeds from structured speed metal tempos to unleashing full on hate and butchering time signtaures...keeping the listener glued for each progression and feeling themself decay into a world of damnation, isolation and blessed nothingness..

• 8. Eu1ogy (Baltimore)  (stream)

  The track WAGON is like running into a moshpit with a hunting knife...and not a soul can seek shelter. a solid distorted unflinching definitley post H09909 lyrical content and vibe ... if you fuck with GHOSTMANE vibes.. this is WAY into THE next level... take the ethics of post punk , 90's hardcore metal and add broken kvlt trappings... elements... sadistic.. definitely unique but above all aggressive, even with some of the production gets a little softer than most death x trap.. this is DEVTH TRVP with pure Baltimore punk and metal psychosis.. shear brilliance and bloodletting definitely post Aloe Nascar (through a distortion pedal vibe)

• 9. Loher (San Antonio)  (stream)

  okay this BandCamp may only have one track...but dig deeper and you will find more...a deeply and blissful disturbing trove.. This is totally Dj Shadows's Liquid Amber produced ideally but with Witch House and proto PHONK vibes... absolutely dank blown out VHS like fever dream visual consisting of religion and other matters.. brilliant mournfal mournful and ceremonious visuals keeping the darkside of tumblr alive. definite prototype post distorted breaks and bass /chill tech bordering on post witchhouse

• 10. デルタ13 (Russian Federation)  (stream)

  aka @rancidbreed @dxltvxiiiofficial @ucanttouch @cvltwave @c-o-m-a-t-o-s-e @waveform666 @rageofatom @13-high_skill

  listen to all projects available covering japanese funk, dark vaporwave, ty dark techno to post witch x trap... all for the price of one soundcloud this producer is god and has an ear for each specific genre... paying homage and respect while being and audio anarchist.. total freedom chillwave, to phonk, dark tech and almost doom guided pop music... every bipolar mood i have i finished in every one of these amazing, well produced beat structures and escapism...

Follow 209 Sins on bandcamp / youtube / twitter.

• Sevdaliza - Shabrang
• Chernoburkv - Koctn
• Videl - CTC RECORDS COLLAB
• Night Club - Die Die Lullaby
• Eartheater - Phoenix Flames Are Among Us
• Clams Casino - Moon Trip Radio
• Nullobite - entire bandcamp catalogue
• Suffer Ring - To The Slaughter
• Bloodline Genesis - New Generation
• Mansfield TYA- Auf Wiedersehen

I'll be dropping 3 more e.p.s this year, before taking a short break to venture into film making and costume design for 2021. With plans to make 3 short films throughout 2021.

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• IC3PEAK - До Свидания / Goodbye  (stream)

  Gothic opera from two of the darkest hearts in Russia. Nastya's fairy tale ballads are paired with Nick's brutal beats and ambient soundscapes that draw from post-industrial, deconstructed club and witch house influences. I struggle to even pick my fav track from the lot, the sequencing of the album is so good, it just flows from the first track to the last. The ending of "Весело и Грустно" is heavenly. I really hope this will see a physical edition this year.

• SALEM - Fires In Heaven  (stream)

  The most talked about witch house moment of 2020. SALEM returned (sans Heather) with a new album that further cemented their position at the forefront of the scene they helped to mould over a decade ago. Yes, it may be uneven, inconsistent, or not innovative enough, but damn it, it delivered exactly what was needed in this hell of a year. There were many imitations over the years, but no one makes beats like them.

• SeBlack - Karma  (stream)

  Karma may serve as a perfect soundtrack to a dystopian, alien and forgotten world. Merging dreampunk ambient soundscapes, suspenseful witchy atmospheres and pagan techno with Lorn's school of crushing sound design, SeBlack delivered one of the most exciting and unique EPs this year. One to watch.

• Edith Underground - The Flesh of Fallen Angels  (stream) / Neighborhood Watch  (stream)

  Edith fka Internet GF delivered two of the illest video mixtapes this year, directed and shot by herself (with help from Vareons). Channelling zombie rave vibes mixed with tumblr cult classic mixtapes from †een wi†ch, and featuring original production paired with a slew of unreleased remixes, those two projects are a breath of fresh air in the stale witch house youtube realm.

• SAIN't - B.C.  (stream)

  Over the years, SAIN't has artfully carved his own style of energetic and ominous witch house. Drawing from the club-ready witch trance, furthest corners of dark synthwave, as well as heavier and more menacing sounds, "B.C." is a bold and consistent album, exploring further his own take on the genre through pulsing darkwave beats, audacious range of vocals, and some the catchiest melodies witchy 2020 had to offer.

• Shhadows - Renewal  (stream)

  Terrific debut release from Shhadows, supported by guest vocals from Vienna Vox, Videl, Glynnis Braan and Reiya. Equally catchy and dark, Renewal seamlessly blends worlds of witch house, darkwave, synthpop and everything in between into a hit-heavy 6-track EP.

• Voodoo Crystals - b l u r r e d  (stream)

  Blurred, one of two albums VD dropped in 2020, sounds very 2011/12, in the best way possible. Every track is differnet, but they flow naturally in a weird way. It's dark, it's bouncy, it's experimental, it's noisy, it's mutant, it's everything I want from a witch house LP.