the lists of 2021

singles

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1. edit select “far north” (kontrafaktum, 12”)

2. gremlinz & jesta / overlook “infinity “ / “lone pine” (droogs, 12”)

3. ramson badbonez “dark city” (boot, 12”)

4. kool keith, scorn & submerged “distortion” (ohm resistance, 12”)

5. the declining winter “the definition glance” (acuarela, 7”)

6. overlook & karim maas “heart of darkness” (uvb-76, 12”)

7. spine “himnos mambises” (practiced hatred, lathe-cut 7”)

8. low end activist “engineers origins” (low end activism, 12”)

9. memoriam “failure to comply” (reaper entertainment)

10. red sleeping beauty ft. mary wyer “second time” (matinee recordings)

 

11. future materials “on the other side” (osiris music)

12. gee bag x illinformed “foreigners” (dinked, 7”)

13. gremlinz & jesta “albatross” / “RRLCO” (UVB-76, 12")

14. juga naut & jazz t “marble & granite” (boot, 7”)

15. sophie “BIPP (autechre mix)” (numbers, 12”)

16. blockdata “vacuum decay” (ohm resistance, 12”)

17. monrella/jk flesh “see red” (avalanche)

18. altern-8 “hard crew” (stafford north, 12”)

19. headie one “2 chains” (single on relentless)

20. sam krats ft. craig g, mysdiggi, ramson badbonez, gee bag, phoenix da icefire & jazz t “culture” (revorg, 12”)

 

21. lewis parker “all I got” (king underground, 12”)

22. mick harris “hednod” - any of "five." to "nine." (bandcamp)

23. ryuji takeuchi “no life, no music ep” (local sound network)

24. tulip88 ft. ash the author “out here” (self-released single)

25. stars on fire “ready, steady, go!” (cloudberry records, 7”)

26. exhumed "worming ep" (relapse)

27. zomby “chaos reigns” - any of I to V (Warehouse Rave, 12” series)

28. unis “proletarijat 009” (proletarijat)

29. carcass “kelly’s meat emporium” (nuclear blast)

30. blackdown/burial “shock power of love ep” (keysound recordings, 12”)

31. unknown t “ww2” (universal)

32. secret shine “empyrean” (bandcamp)

33. SZA “good days” (top dawg, 10”)

34. tech level 2 “depths ep” (avalanche recordings)

35. the dividing line “hypocrite” (new age records)

36. low end activist “get dark” (low end activism, 12”)

37. uniiqu3 “heartbeats” ep (local action)

38. peace test “40%” (to live a lie)

39. low end activist ft. sikka rymes “invite chaos (kill dem)” (low end activism, 12”)

40. the great leap forward “revolt against an age of plenty” (a turntable friend)

41. swansea sound “indies of the world” (7” on skep wax, hhbtm and formosa punk - there’s also a cassette on lavender sweep)

42. arrest! charlie tipper “trust me” (breaking down, lathe-cut 7”)

43. sven wittekind “whiplash” (ipsographic)

44. killa’s army & XL mad “badman ting” (numa recordings, 12")

45. the noise floor “2000 fingers ep” (local sound network)

46. krys “dampfmaschine” (sick weird rough)

47. hella ft. logan_olm “chattings” (songtrust)

48. sir beans OBE “part Of it” (7” single on AE productions)

49. overlook / karim maas “video nasties” / “dimensions” (droogs, 12”)

50. iller instinct “smr001” (scared money records, 12”)

51. eklipse “london city” (self-released)

52. sandro galli “bass line 134” (acidworx)

53. sarah strandberg “back from hell” ep (fallen angels)

54. swansea sound “swansea sound” (lavender sweep, cassette)

55. your old droog & MF doom “dropout boogie” (mongoloid banks/nature sounds)

56. nolay “You don’t know” (self-released)

57. conflicto de interes “abolicion” (give praise records)

58. the catenary wires “mirrorball” (skep wax, 7”)

59. jammz “dark & light” (i am grime)

60. would-be-goods “saturn’s child” (bandcamp)

61. rolo tomassi “cloaked” (e-one)

62. real numbers “brighter then ep” (slumberland recordings, 12”)

63. lars klein & ryuji takeuchi “old soldiers never die” ep (local sound network)

64. holsten “sealed in time” (droogs, 12”)

65. urban carnage “nihai infilak” (give praise records)

66. matt love “little ray of sunshine ep” (hillbilly heaven)

67. pessimist “all hope lost” (berceuse heroique, 12”)

68. low Order “unification” (low order, 12”)

69. the total rejection “paul’s eye john’s teeth” (raving pop blast! 7")

70. satrumentalz with big toast and the strange neighbour ft. oliver sudden, gee bag, mysdiggi and bee unreal “dust off the vinyl” (revorg, 7”)

71. various artists “1fgrm007” (1forty)

72. nomine & youngsta ft. riko dan “dark & light” (sentry records)

73. roughneck jihad “the little assassination handbook” (boot, 12”)

74. various “virus panic red” (maximum minimum, 12”)

75. mercston “4th Quarter” ep (klm Records)

76. jk flesh vs echologist “echology vol 2” (avalanche recordings)

77. karen “extended play” (shambotic)

78. insolate “sins ep” (symbolism)

79. sidetracked / autodidact split cd (problems they persist)

80. seon / tassid / jacidorex & david asko “virus panic red” (maximum / minimum)

81. swindle ft. knucks, ghetts, akala & kojey radical “blow ya trumpet” (single on bmg)

82. your old droog & that god fahim ft. pharoahe monche “slam dunk” (mongoloid banks)

83. styles p ft. ibrahim maalouf “stay true” (guilty by association, 7”)

84. tape waves “tired” (emotional response)

85. jme, frisco & shorty “norf face ep" 

86. slow crush “hush” (church road)

87. jetstream pony “misplaced words” (spinout nuggets, 12”)

88. serum “cut & shut” (souped up, 12”)

89. cesrv “the underground” (tijolo, 12”)

90. kazuya kawakami “845” (local sound network)

91. proc fiskal “lothian buses ep” (hyperdub, 12”)

92. fatima al qadiri “malaak” (hyperdub)

93. warcollapse “bound to die ep” (bye bye productions)

94. roachee “rebels” (self-released)

95. cerebral rot “vile yolk of contagion”

96. charlotte de witte “formula“(KNTXT, 12”)

97. kobe jt ft. lyrical strally “on my way” (1forty)

98. benoit pioulard “silencer” (bandcamp)

99. disentombed “purity severed by the antediluvian” (unique leader)

100. gage “back 2 bell!ngham” (2 b real)

albums

[home]

1. lock up “the dregs of hades” (listenable)

2. ROCK s/t (home assembly music)

3. carcass “torn arteries” (nuclear blast)

4. an autumn for crippled children “as the morning dawns we close our eyes” (prosthetic records)

5. dean wareham "i have nothing to say to the mayor of l.a." (double feature)

6. scorn “the only place” (ohm resistance)

7. death toll 80K “the future is yours” (to live a lie)

8. astatine “carcosa” (arbouse)

9. western edges “dependency” (sound of silence)

10. blockheads “trip to the void” (LIXIVIAT records)

 

11. the great leap forward “revolt against an age of plenty” (a turntable friend)

12. a new line related “love in a unitary authority (parts 1 to 9)” (home assembly music, cassette)

13. gatecreeper “an unexpected reality“(relapse)

14. the catenary wires “birling gap” (skep wax)

15. memoriam “to the end” (reaper entertainment)

16. the bug “fire” (ninja tune)

17. swansea sound “live at the rum puncheon” (skep wax, hhbtm, lavender sweep etc)

18. final “oblivion Vol 1” (avalanche recordings)

19. nothing clean “disappointment” (psycho control)

20. the declining winter "recordings of weird air” (signal records, cassette)

21. sweeney “misery peaks” (sound in silence)

22. ollie jackson “south foreland”

23. g36 vs jk flesh “disintegration dubs” (pressure)

24. astatine “la fréquentation assidue des lisières” (arbouse Recordings)

25. observatories “flowers bloom, butterflies come” (iikki)

26. the dividing line “owe you nothing” (new age records)

27. world peace “COME AND SEE” (twelve gauge records)

28. unknown t “adolescence” (stay solid)

29. terminal bliss “brute err/ata” (relapse)

30. david lance callahan “english primitive i” (tiny global productions)

31. haiku salut “the hill the light the ghost” (secret name)

32. noctule “wretched abyss” (church road records)

33. the humble bee “light trespassing” (motion ward)

34. martha argerich “schumann: kinderszenen op 15 & kreisleriana op 16” (deutsche grammophon)

35. regional justice center “crime and punishment“ (closed casket activities)

36. boyracer “assuaged” (emotional response) 

37.  chime school s/t (slumberland recordings)

38.  scotch rolex “tewari” (hakuna kulala)

39.  manni dee “a low level love” (perc trax)

40.  møl “diorama” (nuclear blast)

41. misery for a living “life is but the shipwreck of our plans” (against the sun / 5 feet under / italian extreme underground / passion means struggle / sedation / sp discos)

42. panoptique electrical “decades (2001-2021)” (sound in silence, cd-r)

43. isnaj dui “bright star”

44. cerebral rot “excretion of mortality” (20 buck spin)

45. david christian & the pinecone orchestra “for those we met on the way” (tapete)

46. jarhead fertilizer “product of my environment” (closed casket activities)

47. vilify “illusion of self” (ohm resistance)

48. karim maas & stave “godless” (uVB-76)

49. rey sapienz & the congo techno ensemble “na zala zala” (nyege nyege tapes)

50. dj overdose “emulator armour” (l.i.e.s)

 

remixes

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1. sophie “BIPP"(autechre mix) (12” on numbers)

2. future materials “the human image” (scorn dub version)

3. demonik “labyrinthe” (raw mix)

4. the noise floor “tnf010102” (ryuji takeuchi remix)

5. kwartz “reinforced control” (monrella remix)

6. satrumentalz ft. big toast, the strange neighbour, oliver sudden & gee bag “fuck off london” (curt cataract remix)

7. cimm & youngsta ft. riko dan “hear that” (trends & boylan remix)

8. dj pleasure “watch ur step” (skore & logan remix) (low down deep)

9. low end activist ft. razor “get dark” (silas r. remix)

10. the fog bank “the age of today” (the declining winter remix)

 

reissues on 33

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1. hood “the hood tapes” (acuarela discos)

2. leatherface “mush” (dire / call of the void)

3. the pop group “y in dub (dennis bovell mixes)” (mute)

4. insect warfare “world extermination”

5. x-o-dus “english black boys” (factory benelux)

6. squarepusher “feed me weird things” (warp)

7. blackbeard “i wah dub” (plg)

8. lull “moments”(cold spring)

9. doom “the complete peel sessions 1988-1989” (sonarize)

10. the fall “rock against racism xmas party (stretford civic theatre, 23.12.77)” (ozit dandelion)

11. keith hudson “the black breast has produced her best, flesh of my skin blood of my blood “ (vp records)

12. u-roy “natty rebel” (umc)

13. ultramagnetic MCs “critical beatdown“ (music on vinyl)

14. chaotic discord “fuck religion, fuck politics, fuck the lot of you “ (radiation reissues)

15. morbid angel “domination” (earache records)

16. wolfhounds “bright and guilty “ (optic nerve)

17. extreme noise terror “phonophobia” (back on black)

18. girls at our best “pleasure” (optic nerve)

19. king tubby “majestic dub” (demon)

20. sacrilege “ambulance station squat london 1985” (back on black)

reissues on 45

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1. mobb deep “shook ones (parts I and II)” (get on down, 7”)

2. blueboy “john peel session 03.12.94” “good news week” (precious recordings of london, 2x7”)

3. stakker humanoid “sT8818r humanoid” (de: tuned, 12”)

4. eric b & rakim “eric b for president” (king underground, 7”)

5. demonik “labyrinthe” (mint condition, 12”)

6. epmd “i'm housin’” (mr bongo, 7”)

7. fret “fret” (osiris Music)

8. twang “where’s the rub?”, “sharp“, “kick and complain”, “snapback” (all on shambotic - thank you so much for these)

9. the jasmine minks “janice long session 24.11.86” (precious recordings of london, 2x7”)

10. wu-tang clan “gravel pit” (45 kings, 7”)

11. ice cube “it was a good day” (throwdown, 7”)

12. heavenly “john peel session 07.05.94” (precious recordings of London, 2x7”)

13. the jasmine minks “john peel session 17.02.86” (precious recordings of London, 2x7”)

14. downpour “do you remember when it was all about the drums? Parts I and II” (home assembly, cassette)

15. jasmine minks “as always “ (shambotic)

16. krs-one “sound of da police" (jive, 7”))

17. bmx bandits “long session” (precious recordings of London, 2x7”)

18. mobb deep “drink away the pain” (old chillin’, 7”)

19. kool g rap & dj polo “road to the riches” (5 borough breaks, 7”)

20. nexus 21 “progression logical” (network, 12)

artist compilations

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1. beatnik filmstars “pop scum / not the worst of...” (the old bad habits label)

2. television personalities “some kind of trip (singles 1990-1994)” (fire records)

3. culture “children of Zion - the high note singles collection “ (cherry red)

4. insect warfare “Entomological siege” 3xLP (f.o.a.d, 2019)

5. cody “the habit of understanding (singles 1997-2002)” (shinkansen)

6. television personalities “some kind of happening (singles 1978 to 1989)” (fire)

7. errol brown & the revolutionaries “tip top dub” (cherry red)

8. the loft “ghost trains and country lanes “ (cherry red)

9. terrorizer “before the downfall: complete demos live and unreleased tracks 1987-1989” (f.o.a.d)

=10. kissamatic lovebubbles "kissamatic lovebubbles" (shambotic)

=10. new age steppers “stepping into a new age 1980-2012”(on-u-sound)

=10. conflict “statements of intent 1982-1987” (cherry red)

gigs

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covid forced a truncated list:

1. svalbard @ tufnell park dome

2. wolfhounds & the great leap forward @ 229

3. the jesus and mary chain @ the roundhouse

The Arms Trade Is Making A Killing: singles of 2019

[dagmar terrace n1]

1. pessimist “austerity” (osiris music, 12”)

2. fret “salford priors” (black opal + combat recordings, 12”)

3. scorn “feather” (ohm resistance, 12”)
4. close lobsters "all compasses go wild" (last night in glasgow)

5. fret “slowly moving in” (l.i.e.s, 12”)

6. jk flesh “in your pit ep” (pressure, 12”)

7. blade “dark friends” / “make it connect” (boot, 7”)

8. gang starr ft j.cole “family & loyalty” (ttt/gang starr enterprises)

9. p jam x capo lee “nando’s riddim” (mean streets, 12”)
10. the jasmine minks “step by step” (a turntable friend, 7”)

[balls pond n1]

11. jeff rushin “amongst us” (arts)
12. izco & capo lee “stack & grind” (rinse)
13. ryuji takeuchi “rps ep” (eclectic, 12”)

14. insolate “disgrace” (h.omevvork rec, 12”)

15. etch & nico lindsay “don’t wanna know” (sneaker social club, 12”)

16. boyracer “strong arms” (emotional response, lathe-cut 7”)
17. bukkha ft. killa p “badda den dem“ (infernal sounds, 12”)
18. burial “claustro” (hyperdub, 12”)

19. ikonika “into u (kaka bootleg)” (night slugs, 12”)

=20. cappo & senz beats “tidal wave” (boot, 12”)

=20. squarepusher “vortrack” (warp, 12”)

[city of london]

21. robert forster “inferno (brisbane in summer)” (tapete)

22. dizzle kid ft. killa p “how many times” (1fgrm004) (1forty)

23. mrshl ft. grim sickers “the crown” (subaltern records, 12”)
24. math & physics club “indian ocean” (matinée recordings, 7”)
25. ewa justka “you are repeating yourself indeed” (inner surface, 12”)
26. monrella “build time” (trauma collective, 12”)

27. ryuji takeuchi “phenomenon of combination ep” (depth. request, 12”)
28. the royal landscaping society “goodbye” (matinée recordings)

29. krept “morley’s freestyle” (virgin emi)

30. gantz “garam” (exit records, 12”)

[lauderdale tower]

31. jk flesh / submerged + blacktacular “no exit strategy of certain benefit” (black lives matter) (ohm resistance, 7”)

32. merky ace “look like loubz” (prophet man)

33. robert sekula “not santa claus” (bandcamp)
34. lady lykez ft. scratcha dva & lioness “muhammad ali” (hyperdub)

35. terror danjah ft. hitman hyper “red card riddim” (tru thoughts)

36. greencryptoknight “superman” (boot, 12”)
37. durrty goodz x rapid “bar code #6” (no hats no hoods)
38. flame 2 “dive” (pressure, 12”)

39. j:kenzo ft. flowdan “like a hawk” (artikal music, 12”)

40. obituary “a dying world” (relapse)

[liverpool]

41. lx one & killa p “link up” (vantage records)

42. exhumed / gatecreeper split (relapse, 10")
43. p jam “p cut (remix)” (beatcamp, 12”)

44. arrest! charlie tipper “the 93%” (old bad habits, 7”)
45. various avian artists “let nature sing” (the rspb)

46. ghostface killah “party over here” (music generation)

47. enclave “factionless” (darknet)

48. ewa justka “acid on acid” (new york haunted, cassette)
49. dayflower “sweet georgia gazes” (cloudberry, 7”)
50. cocktail party effect “radioactive fruit” (osiris music)

[sunderland]

51. failed flowers “faces” (slumberland, 7”)

52. the harvest ministers “summer’s here again” (bandcamp)

53. richie hawtin, cortechs & mental resonance “core resonance (close combined)” (plus 8 records)
54. the wedding present “jump in, the water’s fine” (come play with me, 10”)
55. vetchinsky settings “anymore” (vertical features, 7”)

56. spooky bizzle “haunted joyride version excursion” (oil gang, 12”)
57. the perfect english weather “call me when the rain comes” (matinée recordings)
58. boyracer "bored & lonely" (emotional response, lathe-cut 7")
59. goat terror “unholy march” (sentient ruin laboratories, 7”)
60. cortechs “transparent shadow / distance between two” (d!st!nct)

[bromley fc]

61. aidan moffat & rm hubbert “cut to black” (rock action)

62. juga-naut & giallo point “the passion” (juga-naut)

63. boylan ft. flowdan “start up” (nomine sound, 10”)
64. jetstream pony “i close my eyes” / “it’ll take more than a friday” (kleine untergrund schallplatten, 7")

65. the claim “journey” (a turntable friend)
66. carcass “under the scalpel blade” (decibel, flexi-disc)
67. jackal “jackal ep” (painkiller)

68. the popguns “carrying the fire” (matinée recordings)
69. the bv’s “charlie, i don’t know who you are” (kleine untergrund schallplatten, 7”)
70. the declining winter “a journey to silsden afc and back” (paper piano)

[barbican]

71. ethan montgomery / the declining winter “53˚48’57.1”n 1˚32’36.2”w” (north brewing, 7”)

72. cortechs “here is not here” / “deconstruct” (d!st!nct)

73. the flatmates “shut up and kiss me” / “rescue me” (old bad habits, 7”)
74. devourment “cognitive sedation butchery” (relapse)

75. pinch & kahn ft killa’s army “crossing the line” (tectonic, 12”)
76. cortechs “dawn of fate” (machine box, 12”)

77. overlook “séance” (osiris music)
78. black lotus “aether” (flash recordings, 12")

79. house worker & el mende$ ft. scorzayzee “sorry mr coffee and biscuits” (house worker)
80. natty x mala xx zephaniah “word & sound” (i & i music, 12”)

[hoxton]

81. arrest! charlie tipper “freedom of speech ep” (breaking down, cd-ep)

82. riko dan “informer” (cta)

83. visceral disgorge “architects of warping flesh” (agonia records)

84. flowdan “tramplezone ep” (spentshell)

85. surgeon “raw trax 2” (dynamic tension, 12”)

86. cortechs “imperfect circles” (d!st!nct)

87. scratcha dva “kill all a’dem” (allyall)

88. brain tourniquet “brain tourniquet” (painkiller)

89. the claim “just too far” ep (a turntable friend)

90. bubblegum lemonade “heaven with you” (matinée recordings)

[gaskin street n1] [art: zabou]

91. noisem “filth and style” (20 buck spin)

92. the humble bee & benoit pioulard “i suppose i’m your past” (dauw)

93. nails “i don’t want to know you” (nuclear blast)

94. cheval sombre “been a lover” (market square, 7”)
95. dj premier ft westside gunn, conway & benny “headlines” (payday records)
96. novelist “reload king” (self-released)

97. nazar "un sanctions" (hyperdub)
98. michael schwarz "nevermind ep" (micro fon)

99. surgeon “raw trax 1” (dynamic tension, 12”)

100. niereich “warehouse industries ep” (coincidence records)

[edinburgh]

bubbling under: sarge, durrty goodz, roger robinson, full of hell, wiley, jammer, big zuu x capo lee, stavrogin, bubblegum lemonade again, body count, the a-team, mastiff, tesseract ft sarge, ayako mori, cerebral rot, jeff rushin again, cortechs again, verb t & pitch 92 ft. truemendous, regional justice center, azure blue, the hit parade, trim, pessimist again, snoop dogg, makaja gonzales, kissamatic love bubbles, red sleeping beauty, goatburner, dj dbmassive, monkey marc & pinch ft ninja man, tiki dan, killa p, soom t, rider shafiq and irah, ghostface killah, david lance callahan, hypho, the royal landscaping society again, kanine & p money, brujeria, coffins, goatburner again, infinikill beats ft scorzayzee, silvina romero, niereich again, nasty jack ft. armour, hitman hyper, yhunga & sharky major, kanine ft. killa p, sharky major, nasty jack & discarda, hitman hyper x silencer, house worker & el mende$ ft. scorzayzee again, berthold city, loraine james, insist, 1349, klaudia gawlas, entombed a.d., jaydan, unhappy fly, ian martin, gothtrad / jk flesh, quentin ravn, isolate again, kidnapped, nieriech vs shadym & tximeleta, wiley again, dj dbmassive again, niclas erlandsson, cro-mags, axis of despair, my darling you!, king kahali & raekwon, electrorites, trim again, tribe of pazuzu, evergreen symphony, rejection pact, nightjacket, tuomas rantanen, sandro galli, shorty ft. wiley, erb n dub ft. harry shotta, slow white fall, hysh?, lost souljah ft jon e clayface, marco ginelli, kryss hypnowave, flowdan again, gal tsadok-hai, tawa girl, tex-rec, circle court, meridian dan, sandro galli again, drvg cvltvure, novelist again and many many others

[canonbury n1]