albums of 2020

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1. close lobsters “post neo anti: arte povera in the forest of symbols” (last night from glasgow & shelflife)
2. svalbard “when i die, will i get better?” (church road records)
3. oblique strategies “raw pastiche” (we stay true)
4. east man “prole art threat” (planet mu)
5. napalm death “throes of joy in the jaws of defeatism” (century media)
6. cyrus malachi “the blind watchmaker” (revorg)
7. sven wittekind “lost & found” (sick weird rough)
8. wiley “the godfather 3” (wiley)
9. davey woodward & the winter orphans “love & optimism” (a turntable friend)
10. arrest! charlie tipper “red” (old bad habits label)
11. jesu “terminus” (avalanche recordings)
12. boyracer “on a promise” (emotional response)
13. offthesky and the humblebee “we were the hum of dreams” (laaps)
14. jk flesh “depersonalization” (hospital productions)
15. wolfhounds “electric music” (a turntable friend)
16. mønic “trawler tapes” vols 1 & 2 (osiris music)
17. squarepusher “be up a hello” (warp)
18. ewa justka “upside down smile” (editions mego)
19. even as we speak “adelphi” (shelflife)
20. autechre “plus” (warp)
21. memory drawings “a few scattered hours” (second language)
22. the humble bee “nightmark” (dauw)
23. culto del cargo “memorie in lingua morta” (no label)
24. debussy “la mer” (edit.futurum)
25. heavy discipline “heavy discipline” (painkiller)
26. taylor swift “evermore” (s/r)
27. unknown t “rise above hate” (universal)
28. the luxembourg signal “the long now” (shelflife)
29. holst “the planets” (edit.futurum)
30. european sun “european sun” (where it’s at is where you are)
31. the flatmates “the flatmates” (subway / happy happy birthday to me)
32. milky wimpshake “confessions of an english marxist” (bobo integral)
33. busy microbes “playing” (rural colours)
34. taylor swift “folklore” (s/r)
35. sandro galli “hypnotik series” (gynoid audio)
36. pinch “reality tunnels” (tectonic)
37. jessy lanza “all the time” (hyperdub)
38. jetstream pony “jetstream pony” (kleine untergrund schallplatten)
39. autechre “sign” (warp)
40. the humble bee “daymark” (dauw)
41. caustic wound “death posture “ (profound lore)
42. sansibar “targeted individuals” (darknet)
43. leeched “to dull the blades of your abuse” (prosthetic records)
44. margins “i tired for hours” (fluid audio)
45. public enemy “what you gonna do when the grid goes down” (def jam)
46. datblygu “cwm gwagle” (angst)
47. juama wulffluw xciv “ngoma injection” (hakuna kalala)
48. abstrakt sonance “ishtar” (deep dark & dangerous)
49. throwing muses “sun racket” (fire records)
50. ital tek “outland” (planet mu)
51. ruin lust “choir of babel” (20 buck spin)

 

remixes of 2020

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1. oathbreaker “ease me” (jesu remix)
2. ron morelli “laugh taker” (mick harris remake)
3. endlec “skg electrik” (makaton cordyceps remix)
4. hyph11e “barnacles” (kode9 remix)
5. endlec “death by midrange” (deep dimension remix)
6. dadub “airless subjugation” (scorn remix)
7. last japan ft. killa p “exhale” (sully remix)
8. prizma ft. killa p “bun down” (somah vocal remix)
9. altern-8 “activ 8 (come with me)” (nhs isol 8 remix)
10. body count “6 in tha morning - 2020”
11. scorn “stone dub”
12. ryuji takeuchi “inner justice” (d. carbone remix)
13. public enemy ft. nas, rhapsody, black thought, jahi, yg & questlove “fight the power” (remix 2020)
14. scorzayzee “illa soul” (whodiniz remix)
15. alcest “protection” (ben chisholm version)
16. charles webster “the spell” (burial mix)
17. scorzayzee “great britain” (1st blood & invisible orchestra version)
18. discarda ft. irah “killstreak” (hypegrade remix)
19. sarah strandberg “scorpio stinger” (ayako mori remix)
20. kryptic minds “badman” (cocktail party effect remix)
21. jlsxnd7rs/rocks foe “warren & justin” (boofy & hi5ghost remix)
22. flux of pink indians “nothing is not done “ (vinilette edit)
23. memory drawings “a few scattered hours” (the green kingdom remix)
24. c trip a “thought streams” (jesu mix)
25. paragon “black imagining” (jk flesh remix)
26. blackdown ft. jamakabi “juicy patty (blackdown’s big size 24 vip)
27. memory drawings “i guess you’ll never know” (mücha remix)
28. endlec “death by midrange” (deep dimension ’95 gabber shout out remix)
29. godflesh “new dark ages” (dissolve mix)
30. belphegor “necrodaemon terrorsathan” (2020 version)
31. the wedding present “crawl (locked down and stripped back)”
32. regis “blood witness” (simon shreeve version)
33. ron morelli “laugh taker” (overlook remix)
34. kahn “dread” (dubkasm dub 4)
35. viviankrist “blue iron” (iron flesh reshape)
36. go hiyama “ubiquity” (radial remix)
37. ron morelli “laugh taker” (parrish smith remix)
38. rider shafique, ishan sound & kahn “when shall we dub”
39. olexii “untitled 3” (advanced human remix)
40. jk flesh “dissociation” (rainforest spiritual enslavement remix)
41. swordman kitala “heat flexx” (o’flynn, ekhe remix)
42. mentah “no disrespect” (jaydan remix)
43. insolate “obscure object of desire” (dawn razor remix)
44. serum “earth rot” (original sin remix)
45. jetstream pony “out of reach (r7music remix)”
46. ayako mori “acid gradation” (ricky cross remix)
47. panasonic untitled zoviet france remix
48. hiroaki iizuka “flk” (ayako mori remix)
49. loefah “mud” (grey.scale bootleg)
50. blawan “immulsion” (come to me in full electric mix)
51. bdrmm “a reason to celebrate” (glok remix)

 

reissues of 2020 (singles)

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1. meat whiplash “don’t slip up” (optic nerve, 7”)
2. cutmaster singh “acid bhangra rarities & re edits” (masaala, 12”)
3. james dean driving experience “sean connery” (optic nerve, 7”)
4. nikki nitro x p money “standard” (jaguar records)
5. newham generals “war wid” (butterz, 12”)
6. eric b & rakim “i ain’t no joke” (mr bongo, 7”)
7. the clouds “tranquil” (optic nerve, 7”)
8. joy division “love will tear us apart” (rhino, 12”)
9. sugar minott “murder” (black roots, 7”)
10. lil kim “crush (jazz mix)” (galaxy sound co, 7”)
11. the wedding present “once more” (optic nerve, 7”)
12. kryptic minds “badman / distant (2020 remaster)” (osiris music)
13. ice cube “it was a good day” (throwdown, 7”)
14. eric b & rakim “i know you got soul” (mr bongo, 7”)
15. scorzayzee “great britain” (gotham city, 12”)
16. vivien goldman “launderette” (staubgold, 7”)
17. big daddy kane “raw” (old chillin’, 7”)
18. the loft “up the hill and down the slope” (optic nerve, 7”)
19. so solid crew “21 seconds ep” (umc, 12”)
20. nwa / above the law “straight outta compton “ / “black superman” (west coast classics, 7”)
21. the vaselines “son of a gun” (optic nerve, 7”)
22. joy division “atmosphere” (rhino, 12”)
23. joy division “transmission” (rhino, 12”)
24. even as we speak “blue suburban skies” (optic nerve, 7”)
25. the house of love “christine” (optic nerve, 7”)
26. gang starr “jazz thing” (mr bongo, 7”)
27. beyonce / amerie “crazy in love “ / “1 thing” (home hitters, 7”)
28. the vaselines / the pooh sticks “dying for it” (glass modern, 7”)
29. sugar minott “heartical respect” (common ground international, 12”)
30. pavement “sensitive euro man” (matador, 7”)
31. the primitives “thru the flowers” (optic nerve, 7”)
32. notorious b.i.g. “juicy” (45 kings, 7”)
33. revolving paint dream “flowers in the sky” (optic nerve, 7”)
34. soft cell “mutant moments ep” (big frock, 10”)
35. roc marciano ft. sean price “snow” (fat beats, 7”)
36. loefah “natural charge” (version, 12”)
37. 52nd street “look into my eyes” / “express” (be with records, 12”)
38. the raincoats “extended play” (peel session) (smells like, 10”)
39. dr dre / the lady of rage “nothing like a g thang” / “afro puffs” (west coast classics, 7”)
40. panasonic “remix” (sähkö, 12”)

reissues of 2020 (albums)

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1. east village “hotrod hotel” (slumberland)
2. sugar minott & the black roots players “meet the people in a lovers dubbers style” (black roots)
3. mobb deep “hell on earth” (get on down)
4. ice-t “original gangster” (music on vinyl)
5. the rosehips “the rosehips” (local underground)
6. the beloved “where it is (special edition)” (new state entertainment)
7. kryptic minds “one of us (2020 remaster)” (osiris music)
8. loop “a gilded eternity” (reactor)
9. carcass “necroticism - descanting the insalubrious” (earache)
10. the flatmates “love and death” (subway)
11. morbid angel “altars of madness (ultimate edition)” (earache)
12. mccarthy “the enraged will inherit the earth” (optic nerve)
13. morwell unlimited & prince far-i & the arabs “a.1 dub” / “cry tuff dub encounter “ (cherry red)
14. razorcuts “the world keeps turning” (optic nerve)
15. robert forster “danger in the past” (needle mythology)
16. ice-t “rhyme pays” (sire)
17. ut “in gut’s house” (blast first)
18. joy division “closer (40th anniversary edition)” (rhino)
19. nails “unsilent death” (10th anniversary edition) (southern lord)
20. the charlottes “lovehappy” (radiation)
21. junior byles “beat down babylon” (cherry red)
22. josef k “the only fun in town” (les disques du crepuscule)
23. razorcuts “storyteller” (optic nerve)
24. the fall “reformation post-tlc” (cherry red)
25. disfear “soul scars” (la familia)
26. bmx bandits “c86” (glass records modern)
27. pale saints “the comforts of madness” (4ad)
28. television personalities “and don’t the kids just love it (30th anniversary edition)” (fire)
29. augustus pablo “moods of pablo” (radiation roots)
30. cocteau twins “victorialand” (4ad)

 

artist compilations of 2020

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1. quoit “collection” (ohm resistance)
2. heavenly “a bout de heavenly: the singles” (damaged goods)
3. the pop group “alien blood” (mute)
4. the blanche hudson weekend “standing on the lift to the scaffold: 2009-2013” (next phase: normal)
5. prince far-i “the trojan albums collection” (cherry red)
6. ruff sqwad “unreleased gems” (hour vibes, 12”)
7. sven wittekind “reflection 2 - best of 2015-2019 produced & collected by sven wittekind” (sick weird rough)
8. vivien goldman “resolutionary (songs 1979-1982)” (staubgold)
9. the primitives “bloom! the full story 1985-1992” (cherry red)
10. television personalities “some kind of happiness? singles 1994-1999” (fire)
11. lewis parker “the 45s box set” (king underground)
12. kode9 “unreleased for a reason: lost dubs vol.1 [2000-200?]”
13. peace test “collection” (not sure)
14. sandro galli “reload” (space shuttle recordings)
15. beastie boys “beastie boys music” (capitol)
16. dropdead “demos 1991” (armageddon)
17. scholastic deth “bookstore core” (625 thrashcore)
18. the bachelor pad “all hash and cock - the very best of the bachelor pad” (emotional response)
19. chulo “diez amos de poderviolencia (2009-2019)” (to live a lie)
20. onyx “lost treasures” (x-ray records)

v/a selections of 2020

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1. “join the future uk bleep & bass 1988-91” (cease and desist)
2. “black riot: early jungle, rave and hardcore” (soul jazz)
3. “music over distance” (signal records)
4. “positive times infinity: an emotional response compilation” (emotional response)
5. “stimulus swim” (hyperdub)
6. “reverberations of stone” (ohm resistance)
7. “somewhere in england: a sunday records tribute to they go boom!!” (sunday records)
8. “typical girls, volume 5” (emotional response)
9. “right back where we started from - female pop & soul in seventies britain” (cherry red)
10. “no future: complete singles collection - the sounds of uk82" (cherry red)