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jackzebra - 弓长张 (2024)

#1 Chinese trapper jackzebra blasts the far East drain contingent to the top of the leaderboard. All the beats on here go crazy.

Schnuffel - Häschenparty (2008)

A towering achievement. A perfect little green apple Jolly Rancher for the ears. These rabbits have got a hold on me. I hear the Häschenalarm in my sleep.

Rrose x Polygonia - Dermatology (2024)

I return to Rrose again and again. That crafty brain technician. Spine-tingling psychoacoustic potions splash onto 5am wormhole techno. Go see the live act!

Acid Souljah - Off the Yae (2024)

souljah lol

N.E.D.S. Kru feat. The Wee Man - Here You (That’ll Be Right) (2007)

I’m no authority on Scottish cultural history, but what I’m guessing happened here is approximately the following: the (one-man?) NEDS Kru & Wee Man thought they’d make a track affectionately ribbing their local Glasgow ned (“non-educated delinquent”) community in a Trailer Park Boys-esque documentary effort, but accidentally made a banger whose bangerdom transcended the mission. I’ve jammed this on the train to work an embarrassing number of times, daydreaming of Buckfast and random street fights.

Doctor Jeep - Machine Learning (2023)

Some of the freshest & hardest-hitting dance tracks I’ve heard in years, period, exclamation point. And a friend of a friend, apparently!

BADSISTA - Montagem da Xereca (2023)

The distorted kicks in here really do it for me. This summer was the big Baile / Mandelão kick for me. Most of the tracks keep up with my recent high-tempo fixations, and it’s a lot more challenging & fun to mix than house or techno.

DJ Blakes - A Lenda (2023)

Sampling the Quran, System of a Down, Like a G6 and a nuclear reactor alarm all within 3 minutes is genuinely insane. The video makes me laugh too. I gotta make it to Brazil.

DJ Black Low - Uwami (2021)

Pretoria’s Black Low writes an epic in his own melodic and phraseological language. I love the patient evolution and little energy shots sprinkled throughout this album.

Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg (2021)

Totally disaffected spoken post-punk from 9th-inning Britain. Lyrics could stand on their own. Bits of Massive Attack, My Dad Is Dead and Lebanon Hanover in there.

CCCP Fedeli alla Linea - Ortodossia (1985)

An absolute ripper of an EP from my favorite Italian band. No wasted seconds. Don’t miss Punk Islam! What especially amazes me about CCCP is that their 1990 return as chainsmoking serious post-post-punks yielded Epica Etica Etnica Pathos, which for me is a masterpiece.

Suzy Sheer - Euphoriphilia (2024)

I guess this falls somewhere under the pavilion of TikTok postverbal brainmelt music. Those little doggie yapping sounds near the end really hit.

Golden Boy - Chao Garden (2020)

RIP. Golden Boy was a virtuoso in this raved-up breakcore-hardcore style. The open hihats on this record will slice your head off. Play this for your friends for a guaranteed strong reaction.