Best of 2025 mix - Volume 1

 

I won't say too much about how 2025 was for me on a personal level, except to say I've had better years... On the positive side, it's been yet another excellent year for new music. As I mentioned previously, I still have quite a few releases to catch up on, once I've done that volume 2 should hopefully follow within the next 2 weeks. This first volume consists mostly of albums released the first 9 months of the year, plus a few which caught my attention quite recently. 

I wish all of you a happy new year and hope you enjoy this first offering, a bit later than usual. Cheers!

  1. Mandrake Handshake - Hypersonic Super-Asterid (8:33)

  2. MIEN - Tungsten (4:00)

  3. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek - Istanbul’un Kuslari (3:10)

  4. Gros Coeur - Montréal (5:25)

  5. The John Denver Airport Conspiracy - Portman Road (2:37)

  6. Titanic - Alzando el Trofeo (3:26)

  7. The Budos Band - Overlander (2:50)

  8. Population II - Rédemption Naturelle (3:13)

  9. House of All - Oh What Is Love Made For (2:40)

10. The Gentle Good - Dark Skies (4:05)

11. Floral Image - The Score (3:44)

12. La Nouvelle Musique - Still Life (4:31)

13. Monde UFO - No Sight Screening (2:44)

14. Stereolab - Transmuted Matter (4:13)

15. Dinastía Moon - Morita (3:28)

16. Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto - Count of Four (6:04)

17. Wombo - Spyhopping (2:24)

18. The Ex - Monday Song (5:40)

19. REFAIM - Or Va Zel (5:47)

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Man Erg's ∞th Monumental Mix

 

Happy New Year, everyone! To kick off 2025, here is Man Erg's ∞th Monumental Mix, a selection of some of his favourite artists and tracks from 2024. While Man Erg and I have quite similar wide tastes in music, each year his song selection features a few artists I'm not familiar with, plus a few I somehow missed. I'm never disappointed, and need to check out their other releases. I hope you enjoy diving into this mix as much as I loved putting it together. Here's to discovering new favourites and celebrating another year of amazing music. Cheers!

Part 1:
  1. Louis Fontaine - Insalata Russa (4:05)
  2. Kit Sebastian - Odyssey (3:40)
  3. Astral Bakers - Within a Heartbeat (3:40)
  4. Isobel Campbell - Do or Die (2:34)
  5. Beak> - Hungry Are We (5:00)
  6. Magick Brother & Mystic Sister - The Tower (3:15)
  7. Brown Spirits - Mind Rocker (Part 1) (3:34)
  8. Stick in the Wheel - Steals The Thief (7:20)
  9. Jane Weaver - Happiness in Proximity (3:44)
10. BaBa ZuLa - Arsiz Saksagan (Cheeky Magpie) (6:10)
11. Goat - Dollar Bill (5:46)
12. Trust Fund - New University (3:03)
13. The Greek Theatre - Who Was That Man (4:58)
14. Kim Deal - Summerland (3:01)
15. SHOLTO - The Pony (3:05)
16. Aquaserge - Le Saut du Tigre (3:08)
17. Sababa 5 & Yurika - Empty Hands (3:20)
18. Julia Holter - Who Brings Me (3:30)
19. Club Kuru - Before the World (5:43)

Part 2:
  1. Asher White - Downstate Prairie (4:02)
  2. The Rowan Amber Mill - Keep On (6:10)
  3. La Luz - Poppies (3:29)
  4. The Panturas - Lasut Nyanggut (4:20)
  5. Beautify Junkyards - Here Everything is Still Floating (3:58)
  6. Cosmic Analog Ensemble - The Patterns of a Hand (2:14)
  7. The Bookshop Band - Dirty Word (3:40)
  8. anaiis & Grupo Cosmo - Toda Cor feat. Luedji Luna (3:47)
  9. Mdou Moctar - Imouhar (5:06)
10. Georgian - Soleil (3:28)
11. Fievel Is Glauque - It's So Easy (2:08)
12. Cabane - Italian Mysteries feat. Kate Stables (3:25)
13. Christopher Owens - White Flag (5:01)
14. Stephen Pastel and Gavin Thomson - We Have Sex (2:56)
15. Dummy - Minus World (2:32)
16. The Soundcarriers - Wider Arcs (3:45)
17. Bananagun - Free Energy (4:35)
18. Chrysanths - Fleet (3:49)
19. Laetitia Sadier - Une Autre Attente (2:38)
20. Tapir! - Mountain Song (7:12)

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Best of 2024 mix - Volume 1

 

Another year draws to an end and here's my first volume featuring a few favourites from the past 12 months. Despite stating a year ago I hoped to be a bit more active on the blog this year, that didn't go exactly as I hoped! If anything I had more personal issues and work problems than last year, but hopefully (there's that word again!) the worst is behind me and I WILL be more active next year.
Volume 2 of my favourites should be on the blog before the year is out, or even before Christmas if I really put my mind to it, and will be much longer, most probably in 2 parts. Volume 1 contains what I like to call the "hits", volume 2 will be much more eclectic. After that, most probably early next new year, I'll be posting Man Erg's best of 2024 mix, I'm sure that'll be full of gems new to me and you.

I hope you all have a great Christmas and new year, and many thanks to everybody who has enjoyed my mixes/posted comments on this blog. Cheers!

  1. Heavy Meddo - La Mer (5:40)
  2. Mary Ocher - Sympathize (feat. Your Government) (3:01)
  3. Laetitia Sadier - The Inner Smile (4:46)
  4. The Love Explosion - Out to Sea (3:38)
  5. Elephant Stone - Lost in a Dream (4:25)
  6. The Folk Implosion - Right Hand Over the Heart (3:27)
  7. ORB - Karma Comes (3:38)
  8. Beak> - The Seal (6:10)
  9. Sababa 5 & Yurika - Halilim Halilim (3:47)
10. Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra - Tension (4:54)
11. Jane Weaver - Univers (5:07)
12. Giant Day - Ignore the Flood (3:11)
13. Dina Ögon - Milton (3:25)
14. Gruff Rhys - They Sold My Home to Build a Skyscraper (3:04)
15. Jon McKiel - Everlee (2:51)
16. Theodor - Guadeloupe (3:32)
17. Kit Sebastian - New Internationale (3:48)
18. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - The Human Race (3:41)
19. La Luz - Close Your Eyes (3:49)
20. Project Gemini - Lost in the Woods (Bacchanal) (3:52)

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Best of 2023 mix - Volume 2

 

  1. Druid Fluids - Then, Now, Again & Again (3:23)
  2. Charif Megarbane - Pale Baleine (2:44)
  3. A.J. Kaufmann - King of Kreuzberg (2:25)
  4. Modern Cosmology - Trauma Release Makes Free (4:28)
  5. Allah-Las - Dust (3:26)
  6. JJ Whitefield - Orecchiette (1:55)
  7. April March & Staplin - Parti Avec le Soleil (2:38)
  8. Huw Marc Bennett - Pinc Sunset (3:49)
  9. Celistia - Hoy (3:38)
10. Melody Fields - Home at Last (3:34)
11. Ricardo Dias Gomes - Menos (4:58)
12. Maya Ongaku - Nuska (4:44)
13. Forever Pavot - Décalco (3:44)
14. 3 A.M. Again - Dust in Sunlight (3:55)
15. John Matthias & Jay Auborn - Long Time Dead (4:26)
16. Lorelle Meets the Obsolete - Datura (4:52)
17. Kristin Hersh - Constance Street (2:52)
18. Dina Ögon - Berget (3:15)
19. Monde UFO - Air Quality (2:33)
20. EMZYG - Ely / Akari (Radio Edit) (3:59)
21. Matt Berry - Too Many Hats (3:18)
22. Marlene Ribeiro - You Do It (7:21)
23. Altin Gün - Dere Geliyor (3:45)
24. Badge Époque Ensemble - Thinking of God (2:24)
25. The Sundae Painters - Hollow Way (5:17)
26. Paintbox - Shadow Bridge (3:04)
27. White Canyon & The 5th Dimension - As Above So Below (4:03)
28. Laure Briard - Au Diable le Coeur Arraché (3:23)
29. Thought Bubble - Pondlife (5:02)
30. Eje Eje - New Roots (Winter) (3:01)
31. Missing Jack & The Kameleons - Hidden Gem (7:19)

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Man Erg 2023 Mix />7even<\

 

Belated happy new year to you all! As promised here is Man Erg's selection of favourites from last year. He sent me quite a huge list of songs, which I was more than happy to compile for this almost 4 hour long mix. There's a few artists I'm not too familiar with featured here, from what I've heard they're definitely worth investigating further. Hope you enjoy listening to this mix as much as I enjoyed compiling it. Cheers!

Part 1:
  1. Protomartyr - 3800 Tigers (2:22)
  2. Benedict Benjamin - White Noise (3:16)
  3. Belbury Poly - The Path (4:19)
  4. Nighttime - Spring, You Come Again (3:40)
  5. The Clientele - Fables of the Silverlink (8:24)
  6. Squid - Swing (In a Dream) (4:27)
  7. Vanille - La Rose (3:43)
  8. Altin Gün - Leylim Ley (4:12)
  9. The Polyphonic Spree - Section 49 (Hop off the Fence) (3:29)
10. John Matthias & Jay Auborn - Auto Psalm Engine (4:57)
11. Meg Baird - Ashes, Ashes (6:06)
12. Dina Ögon - År (3:50)
13. Avey Tare - Hey Bog (9:22)
14. Orions Belte - Balloonfest '86 (2:39)
15. Homunculus Res - Fine del Mondo (4:04)
16. Shana Cleveland - Mayonnaise (2:55)
17. Dorotheo - Cristina (2:57)
18. Anona - Anona (4:26)
19. Yo La Tengo - Brain Capers (5:30)
20. John Cale - Marilyn Monroe's Legs (Beauty Elsewhere) (6:51)
21. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - As the Carousel Swings (4:58)
22. Modern Cosmology - A Time to Blossom (7:15)
23. Holy Wave - Hypervigilance (4:58)
24. Blonde Redhead - Via Savona (5:05)
25. Paintbox - Today & Tomorrow (4:09)
26. Derrero - Sigh of Life (2:25)

Part 2:
  1. Celistia - Epílogo (4:23)
  2. @ - Camera Phone (4:21)
  3. Sunfruits - Believe It All (4:04)
  4. Forever Pavot - La Mer à Boire (5:43)
  5. Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - A Fresh Dawn For North Cheshire (4:21)
  6. Large Plants - No Time to Make it Right (2:08)
  7. Monde UFO - Garden of Agony (3:36)
  8. Ulrika Spacek - No Design (4:51)
  9. The Gaslamp Killer & The Heliocentrics - Rumble in the Jungle (5:23)
10. White Canyon & The 5th Dimension - Ancient Secrets of Green Leaf (4:22)
11. Emma Anderson - Xanthe (2:30)
12. Rose City Band - Mariposa (7:14)
13. Slowdive - Shanty (5:43)
14. Eerie Wanda & Kramer - Antebellum (6:04)
15. Death and Vanilla - Find Another Illusion (4:01)
16. Brown Spirits - Space Race (4:41)
17. En Attendant Ana - The Cut Off (2:38)
18. Goat - You'll Be Alright (3:36)
19. Jihad Darwish - 4 Parakeets (4:22)
20. The South Hill Experiment - Every Stride (3:55)
21. Maria BC - Mercury (4:08)
22. Kassi Valazza - Watching Planes Go By (5:55)
23. Mathew's Hidden Museum - Naked & Rolled in That Rotten Dirt (3:03)
24. Cory Hanson - Driving Through Heaven (10:28)
25. Wax Machine - Sister (3:18)
26. Kolezanka - Cheers! (3:48)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 92

 

  1. Metin Alatli - Mevlana Boyle Dedi (3:25)

  2. The Garment District - The Starfish Song (6:30)

  3. Momus - The Beast (4:07)

  4. Maurizio Fabrizio - Angela D. (5:40)

  5. Ernest Honny - Kofi Psych (4:28)

  6. MEMORIALS - Peacemaker (5:25)

  7. Wet Fruit - St. Charles (4:35)

  8. The Budos Band - Curled Steel (2:28)

  9. Jacco Gardner - Hypnophobia (5:26)

10. Wreckless Eric - Standing Sunday Morning (3:39)

11. Broadway Project - Beauty (3:30)

12. The Silhouettes - Lunar Invasion (5:30)

13. Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Political Cannibalism (4:22)

14. Sons of Mu - Small World (5:00)

15. Vert:x - Machine / Oblique (4:27)

16. Frankie Teardrop Dead - What It's All About (2:50)

17. Françoise Hardy - À Sa Merci (3:45)

18. Mordant Music - Fallen Faces (3:38)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 86

 

  1. Mala Herba - Bandoska (2:50)
  2. Gold Dust - Go Gently (4:22)
  3. Louis Fontaine - Difetti Cristallini (3:37)
  4. Sparklehorse - King of Nails (4:16)
  5. The Ones - Lady Greengrass (2:38)
  6. Midwich Youth Club - Blueberry (3:42)
  7. Hooveriii - The Pearl (3:31)
  8. Ipek Yolu - Mustang (3:39)
  9. Midnight Rodeo - The Big Melt (4:14)
10. Mary Lorson & Billy Coté - Dig a Hole (5:08)
11. Billy Green - Amanda (3:45)
12. Canned Heat - Poor Moon (3:22)
13. Janko Nilovic & The Soul Surfers - Interlude (1:46)
14. Altin Gün - Rakiya Su Katamam (3:40)
15. Drum Circus - Now It Hurts You (2:44)
16. Forever Pavot - Au Diable (4:15)
17. Derek Stanley Austin - Brandy-S-Schnapps (2:38)
18. Jawbone - Jeremiah Dreams (5:44)
19. Monsieur Doumani - Koukkoufkiaos (5:37)
20. Villa Boas feat. Stella Chronopoulou - Tora (2:21)
21. Black Market Karma - Aping Flair (with Ruari Meehan) (5:29)

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Best of 2022 mix - Volume 1

 

Well, here we go again, time for this year's personal favourites of 2022. Due to work commitments unfortunately I've not been able to listen to as much new stuff as the previous few years, but still found plenty of excellent albums, though probably only enough for 2 volumes this year. Just one thing to add about my selections, each track I pick isn't neccessarily my favourite on each album, I usually go with how they'll fit on each mix.

My top 10 albums of the year...? Can't decide just yet but the albums by Gwenno, The Black Angels, The Cool Greenhouse and Gilla Band are definitely in there. After this 1st volume, as per usual I'll be posting Manerg's favourites this year, looking forward to hearing his selections. Hopefully that'll be posted before the year is out. So, Happy Christmas to all of you out there, and extra special thanks to everyone who has posted comments on the blog. Hope you enjoy this collection. Cheers!


  1. Ty Segall - Saturday Pt. 2 (4:06)
  2. The Cool Greenhouse - Musicians (5:27)
  3. Loop - Fermion (4:16)
  4. Gwenno - Kan Me (4:06)
  5. Nok Cultural Ensemble - Y.T.T.T. (5:03)
  6. Big Joanie - Insecure (3:17)
  7. Otoboke Beaver - Yakitori (1:44)
  8. Lalalar - Simülasyon Terk (4:15)
  9. O'o - Moon (3:17)
10. The Black Albumen - Tempters / Circle (5:47)
11. OCH - Silverstjärnan (4:57)
12. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Dread & Butter (2:53)
13. The Telephones - Arrow (4:18)
14. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek - Odam Kireç Tutmuyor (3:42)
15. Pedro Salvador - As Novas Aventuras do Mercado-Deus (5:06)
16. Minami Deutsch - Grumpy Joa (5:29)
17. GIFT - Pez (4:42)
18. Badge Époque Ensemble - Conspiring with Nature (7:12)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 80

 

  

  1. The Blue Angel Lounge - Secure Existence (3:08)
  2. Mark & The Clouds - The Same Old Dream (4:14)
  3. João Donato - Lunar Tune (4:52)
  4. Dana Gillespie - Dead (3:08)
  5. The Minders - Comfortably Tucked Up Inside (2:25)
  6. Egg Hunt - Me and You (3:44)
  7. Gwenno - An Stevel Nowydh (4:47)
  8. Electrick Sages - In My Little Sahara (3:14)
  9. Rotary Connection - I Took a Ride (Caravan) (6:01)
10. Dead Sea Apes, Adam Stone, Black Tempest - Shop Soiled (7:20)
11. The Telephones - Call It If It Is (3:19)
12. Fugu - F15 (Alactaga Sauteur) (2:17)
13. Piere Cavalli - Un Soir Chez Norris (2:27)
14. Jeff Simmons - Wonderful Wino (2:57)
15. The Spectre Collective - Thermal Underground (6:40)
16. Ghost Power - Panic in the Isles of Splendor (3:39)
17. Lalalar - Abla Deme Lazim Olur (3:09)
18. Barbara & Ernie - For You (3:34)
19. Sherpa the Tiger - Stolen Numbers (4:52)
20. Silver Sunshine - Way Up in the Big Sky (3:37)

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