{"id":2811,"date":"2026-02-25T16:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2811"},"modified":"2026-02-25T19:43:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:43:31","slug":"ireallylovemusic-vs-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2811","title":{"rendered":"ireallylovemusic vs 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">better late then never. <br \/>here&#8217;s a list of albums that were released in 2025 that made my soundsystem rattle.<br \/>in no particular order : <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>the expert \u2013 vivid visions<br \/>pop will eat itself \u2013 delete everything<br \/>adrian sherwood \u2013 the collapse of everything<br \/>mura masa \u2013 selected weapons (2023-2024) ep<br \/>weval &#8211; chorophobia<br \/>ghost &#8211; skeleta<br \/>the black dog &#8211; my brutal life 2<br \/>the black dog \u2013 my brutal life : the ambient mixes<br \/>the black dog \u2013 loud ambient<br \/>matt baila &amp; acme &#8211; around the world in 80 breaks<br \/>miles cooke &#8211; ceci n\u2019est pas un portrait<br \/>galaktic rogue &#8211; rogue tv season 2<br \/>bicep &#8211; takkuuk<br \/>krafty kuts &#8211; finest cuts<br \/>mark stewart &#8211; the fateful symmetry<br \/>public enemy &#8211; blue sky over projects (apartment 2025)<br \/>tuft zong \u2013 tuff zongs<br \/>yann tiersen &#8211; the liquid hour\/rathlin from a distance<br \/>death in vegas &#8211; death mask<br \/>john tejada &#8211; the watchline<br \/>skillex- f.u.s<br \/>tame impala &#8211; deadbeat<br \/>low end activist \u2013 airdrop ii\/airdrop iii<br \/>various artists &#8211; tectonic sound<\/em><br \/><br \/>as you can see it was a year of some familiar names. <br \/>as per the previous post (which was posted prior to the very sad news re ken), a lot of the year was soundtracked by the brilliant releases\/mixtapes released by <strong>the black dog<\/strong>.<br \/>there was also an album of new material by <strong>adrian sherwood<\/strong> released (his last &#8216;solo&#8217; album was back in 2012), and the final album by <strong>mark stewart<\/strong>, both being included will be of no surprise to anyone who follows this hidden corner of the old fashioned web.<br \/>then the insanity of noise infused dance\/electronica via <strong>mura masa<\/strong>, <strong>death in vegas<\/strong>, and the absolute sonic chaos of the <strong>skrillex<\/strong> &#8216;album&#8217; for when such a need kicked in.<br \/>however, the main surprises for me were : <br \/>&#8211; the return of <strong>pop will eat itself<\/strong> who released an amazing album that shows that the lads have no desire to become radio 2 friendly, <br \/>&#8211; the welcome return of hip hop to the ireallylovemusic playlist.<br \/>new albums put out on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rucksack records<\/span> included the psychedelica sample heavy grooves of the first producer album by <strong>the expert<\/strong>, the slow-n-dark beats of <strong>galactik rogue<\/strong>, and the heavy vocal sounds of <strong>miles cooke<\/strong>,<br \/>and, the excellent hip hop\/turntablism mixtape series that new kid on the block, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">weaponize records<\/span>, have released over the last few years (this years treats were the party blends by <strong>krafty kuts<\/strong>, and the eclectic world genre bouncing mixtape by <strong>matt balia and acme<\/strong>), soundtracked most of the days when the sun was out.<br \/><br \/>let&#8217;s see what audio treats are to be added to the archive in 2026.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>better late then never. here&#8217;s a list of albums that were released in 2025 that made my soundsystem rattle.in no particular order : the expert \u2013 vivid visionspop will eat itself \u2013 delete everythingadrian sherwood \u2013 the collapse of everythingmura masa \u2013 selected weapons (2023-2024) epweval &#8211; 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