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efdemin / efdemin / dial
Dial doesn't disappoint. Lawrence, Pantha du Prince and now Efdemin aka Phillip Sollmann, continues to set the bar high with some of the finest techno to date. This is hot.
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alex smoke / harry klein mix / 17/03/2007
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alex smoke / live at the laundry, australia / 27/01/2007
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ripperton / resident advisor / 26/03/2007
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Yann Orhan

ryuichi sakamoto & christian fennesz / cendre / touch


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colleen / les ondes silencieuses / leaf
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>>>PANTHA DU PRINCE at MUTEK, June 2nd!<<<

dntel / dumb luck / sub pop


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oren ambarchi / grapes of the state / touch
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oren ambarchi / suspension / touch
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alex smoke / resident advisor / 19/03/2007


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ellen allien / the other side of berlin / resist music


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dublee / the beep / mule
boomkat review
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benoit pioulard / fir 7" / type
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human mesh dance (aka taylor deupree) / thesecretnumber12 / 12k
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One of the benefits of being a fag hag is having access to this superb magazine from the Netherlands. Highly recommended. Artistic porn and interesting articles with no boundaries.

helios / unomia / merck


boomkat review
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substance & vainqueur / reverberation/reverberate / scion versions
boomkat review
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substance & vainqueur / surface/immersion / scion versions
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aus / curveland / moteer


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carsten jost / atlantis i + ii / dial
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lusine / podgelism / ghostly
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alex under / 1,2,3 responda otrapez / trapez
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patrice baumel / just electricity / trapez
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sandiego / axum / trapez
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alexi delano / what is control / audiomatique
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Bjork Talks Volta for the Very First Time

ramases iii / honey rose / important


boomkat review
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svarte greiner / knive / type


boomkat review
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belong / october language / car park


boomkat review
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triosk / the headlight serenades / leaf
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octex / podcast 002 / filter27
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Josh Keyes

junior boys / dead horse / domino


I love the Junior Boys, but these remixes fall weak and do them no justice. It's like the remixes are beating the songs like a dead horse.
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A worthy remix by the Junior Boys
stars / sleep tonight (junior boys remix) mp3

dominik eulberg / heimische gefilde / traum


Can anyone explain why there's so much German talking on this release?
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steve bug / fuse presents / music man records

01 plasmik / eight to nine
02 pier bucci / hay consuelo (samim remix)
03 namito / joujou (martin landsky remix)
04 johnny dangerous / problem #13 (beat that bitch)
05 seph / dash (heartthrob's acid for bongo interpretation)
06 guido schneider / halo
07 efdemin / lohn & brot
08 mikael stavostrand feat. big bully / no turning back
09 steve bug / wet
10 guido schneider feat. florian schirmacher / transmission (bets'n'bluffs edit)
11 foremost poets / reasons to be dismal? (beyondsight version)
12 square one / vesuvius (justin martin's "i hope it doesn't blow" mix)
13 mymy / moneybowl
14 bangana / skrik (dub)
15 move d / anne will (vincenzo remix)
16 rhythim is rhythim / the dance (living room mix)
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thomas fehlmann / emo pack / kompakt
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the dead texan / the dead texan / kranky
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benni hemm hemm / kajak / morr
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camera obscura / let's get out of this country
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Incredible site. Don't miss this one. dextro

mark templeton / standing on a hummingbird / anticipate


Edmonton, Alberta based Mark Templeton blows me away with his release on Ezekiel Honig's debut label Anticipate. Textured delicate compositions of experimental melancholy warmth. Similar to Fennesz and sounds you can find on Mitchell Akiyama's label intr_version. Here's a free ep from Anticipate's website.
boomkat review
amidst things uncontrolled + pigeon hunt mp3

shuttle358 / frame / 12k


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shuttle358 / understanding wildlife / 12k
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various / clicks & cuts / mille plateaux
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various / clicks & cuts 4 / mille plateaux
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maetrik / future will survive / treibstoff
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maetrik / sexus / regular
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molder / tongue in the hole / audiomatique
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scsi-9 / history part 1 / world club music
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Lane Coder Photography

helios / eingya / type
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efterklang / under giant trees ep / the leaf label
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luciano / no model no tool / cadenza
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alex smoke + tolga fidan / neds + ilsa / vakant r
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the field / from here we go to sublime / kompakt
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superpitcher / happiness / kompakt
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various / elektronische musik interkontinental 2 / traum
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Never Effect

panda bear / person pitch / paw tracks


Noah Lennox, drummer from the Animal Collective goes solo with his third release, Person Pitch. Lovely fluid psychedelic folk-pop rhythms with playful electronic elements and sweet vocal harmonies.
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great lake swimmers / ongiara / nettwerk
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m rosner / morning tones / apestaartje
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Check out Kate Simko's latest Portland mix. I saw her play at Decibel last September and hearing this set is taking me back to those fond memories.

Brave New Waves, I'll miss you.

Nice work by Hello Von

mikkel metal / brone and wait / echocord


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gui boratto / chromophobia / kompakt
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alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto / insen / raster-noton
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Deep Mix Moscow Radio, my favourite streaming radio station has an extensive downloading links page with the best in quality techno. Thanks to Erik for pointing out this amazing Lawrence set. Enjoy.

Michel de Broin

the go find / stars on the wall / morr

The Go Find creates some of the finest electronic pop music. Well constructed songs that will strum there way into your hearts.
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alex smoke / prima materia ep / soma
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hemmann & kaden / 2 zu 1 ep / freude am tanze
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hug / heroes / kompakt
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various / katapult vol. 3 / karat

01 the mole / conscience down by the tracks near the 80
02 dolibox / winter is late
03 les cerveaux lents (ark et mikael weill) / in the crack
04 skat / nightwalk
05 antislash / bloc 4
06 noze / 2002
07 sonja moonear / 99 erikas
08 automat / prelude 4
09 ark / chantier
10 mikael weill / emie
11 electromanager / wet
12 vita feat erika / carefully hiding
13 cabanne / mixatroos
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guido schneider / filter mix / 01.09.2006
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josh 23 / i am gray and you are gray / rope swing cities

An all net label mix
01 max cavalerra - wasserflimmern (broque)
02 philipp weigl - unrelated (thinner)
03 bluepulp - bottle jazz (phoniq)
04 agaric - guard your home (unfoundsound)
05 elastique v - system killer (belle epoque)
06 ol - fonem (inoquo)
07 la guardia - sierra leone (lesizmo:r)
08 vince - miss 90` (grhk)
09 scout - long term (monoblock remix) (archipel)
10 le cantin - one thing i know (1-bit wonder)
11 paradroid - styro grafx (minlove)
12 bjoern stolpmann - in this place (tropic)
13 cesare vs disorder - fisherman (unfoundsound)
14 blink e palermo - assholamia (wolf+lamb)
15 story - we fall (royale’s just take a chance remix) (dope recordings)
16 ditch - yack (unfoundsound)
17 elastique v - elaborate (belle epoque)
19 k.fog - teranus (uran97)
20 amos - gorgeous (itanet)
21 nulleins - latenight (thinner)
22 milieu - the sleeping earth (rope swing cities)
23 coeval - pisocoanalisis a (-n)
24 kenneth kirschner - 070905 (alg-a)
25 three company - it’s just a phases (north american hardcore)
26 ten and tracer - ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny (rope swing cities)
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minisystem (+ prhizzm) / unit, toronto / jan. 27



Jeff Lee aka minisystem celebrated the release of Madingley last night by packing Unit on Queen W. His music couldn't have sounded better with the help from his friend Prhizzm on keys. For a cool night, everyone was nicely toasted and bobbed along to his gorgeous driven melodic synth tracks. Buy his album through Noise Factory Records.
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maetrik / quality exertion / treibstoff
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pole / steingarten / ~scape
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dean & britta / back numbers / zoe records
Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips are life after Luna. Gorgeous folk rock. For fans of Camera Obscura and Mazzy Star.
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Gerda Steiner & Jorg Lenzlinger

triple r / selection 5 / trapez

01. riley reinhold / point zero 03:04
02. shane berry / fillertet 2 (dominik eulberg rmx) 01:59
03. rico pstel / chief redden 02:48
04. eyerer & atto / supersnack 03:35
05. marek bois / you got good ash (gabriel ananda rmx) 02:24
06. slg / rushhour 03:04
07. luke le mans / the docks 03:04
08. 3 channels / amnesia 01:16
09. j. samuel / gonadodropin 05:43
10. sandiego / rogoredo 03:38
11. florian meindl / tamiflop 2 02:54
12. alex under / el danubio universal 03:08
13. swat-squad / escoria (audio werner rmx) 05:19
14. mark-henning / pokerbot 03:23
15. andrea ferlin / clear 04:52
16. noze - kitchen 03:45
17. und / fox in the box 02:45
18. renato figoli / la stelle sono tante 01:47
19. toro / geht auf zwei 04:13
20. eyerer & atto / supersnack (oliver hacke rmx) 07:47
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lawrence / friday's child / mule

I love Lawrence. This ep is gorgeous and sends me to my happiest dreams.
boomkat review
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Check out Surgery Radio from New Brunswick for set downloads of all things tasty in indie and electronica.
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pantha du prince / this bliss / dial


Pantha du Prince is probably one of my top 3 techno producers of all time. His chiming minimal techno and deeply hidden melodies are delicately assembled into gorgeous deep grooving tracks. This is bliss. Pantha du Prince creates some of the loveliest noises my ears have ever heard. Highly recommended.
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carsten jost & lawrence / live at betalounge
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mikael stavostrand / soulful ep / kontra-musik
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New emerging talent, Joel Pryde from Seattle surprises me with his sweet polished minimal-funk track Retroit. Check out his website for more downloads.

celer / ceylon


Check out Celer's gorgeous ambient organic drone soundscapes. Free downloads from their myspace and lastfm pages. A must listen for lovers of Gas.
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arturo en el barco / music for students


beth dorris mp3
candy tucker mp3
kyle parker mp3

Please purchase the music you love.

Check out Simon Hoegsberg’s Faces of New York series.

anders ilar / nightwidth / narita records
boomkat review
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natural snow buildings / ghost folks / hinah
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recommended by speed of silence

andy vaz / 3-3 / soundvariation
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new.com / monolayer: dubtechno mix / comfort noise

01. murmur - nub - meanwhile 05 (00:00)
02. pole - raum 1 (original) - scape 09cd (00:40)
03. deadbeat - for israel (jaffa revisited) - scape 15 (05:23)
04. dubjack - trebol 4 - groovear 10-02 (08:33)
05. lump - b-print - mental groove ltd 04 (13:01)
06. bulgur brothers - pinto - karat 24 (19:07)
07. pupkulies & rebecca - never know - normoton 18 (23:08)
08. t. jirku - entropy - intr version 05 (26:46)
09. mind over midi - improvise horizon - beatservice 93cd (30:36)
10. pellarin - intercity - statler & waldorf 03 (34:55)
11. deep chord - step 3 (m. huckaby rmx) - synth 01c (36:55)
12. lb dub corp - rhythm division - mote-evolver 02 (41:00)
13. th. melchior & luciano - father - cadenza 11 (46:08)
14. rhythm & sound - let we go (villalobos rmx) - bmx 01 (48:34)
15. rhythm & sound - see mi version (basic reshape) - bmx 04 (51:12)
16. s. mueller - explore - milnor modern 01 (57:30)
17. laplaceausoleil - white rabbit (smbp rmx) - synergy networks 23 (62:02)
18. stalker - lovely passport photographs from tenerife - 1bit wonder 12 (68:08)
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lawrence / teaser / kompakt
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pantha du prince / saturn strobe mp3
I can't wait to hear Pantha du Prince's highly anticipated album This Bliss. Release date January 29th.

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jodi cave / absent / term


Jodi Cave has just released a nice little ep on 12k's sub-label Term. You can download the album here.

amute / the sea horse limbo / intr-version
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hisato higuchi / dialogue / family vineyard
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the album leaf / into the blue again / sub pop
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lcd soundsystem / sound of silver / dfa
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gui boratto / arquipelago / kompakt
maetrik / cologne & back / treibstoff
alex smoke / snider / soma
sten / back four / dial
pantha du prince / lichten / dial
adam kroll / stalker / traum
minisystem / eat the house / unreleased
sami koivikko / pientare / ghostly
thomas schumacher / mad robot / spiel-zeug schallplatten
lars wickinger / gleitflug / traum
scsi-9 / railway one / k2
theodor zox / extruder (maetrik remix) / tic tac toe
alex smoke / make my day (lusine mix) / soma
andy stott / florence / modern love
lawrence / off the line / dial
dublee / route / mule
antonio bruno / blaetterwind / eintakt
junior boys / in the morning (alex smoke remix) / domino
kangding ray / nn/peaks / raster noton
ezekiel honig / more human than human (ezekiel & friends still human mix) / microcosm music
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*Thanks to minisystem for making this mix possible. All feedback is welcome and appreciated. e-mail: basic_sounds@yahoo.ca

>>>>>>>best of 2006<<<<<<<

Another year in review, and what a year. Here's my collection of the top 10 albums I've listened to this year, in no particular order (comparing Alex Smoke to Cat Power seems impossible).

Alex Smoke, a newbie from Scotland who has gained huge success in minimal techno with his textural, driven beats, delivers a brilliant album with Paradolia. His voice has definitely developed since his previous album, which suffered from a lack of consistency as it featured tracks prepared over a five year time span. Paradolia, his second release, is more concise and solid in comparison, and sets a standard that's basically impossible to top. Now on to a completely different artist and genre: Cat Power. Her passionate voice and musical sincerity are both gorgeous and enthralling. She gained tremendous acclaim with her latest offering, The Greatest, and the title says it all. This album appears to be a little lighter emotionally than her previous releases, and a little more complete when it comes to the variety of songs. I've also been blessed with seeing her perform live twice this year and her shows are always very personable. She performs as if she is in a living room singing for close friends, and you can't help but fall in love with her intimacy and beauty. Minisystem, a low-key fellow Torontonian, pops out of the woodwork with his brilliant, nostalgic synth-pop on Madingley. His gorgeous melodies are delicate and driven, and win over the hearts of those with varied tastes in music. Maetrik was new to me this year, although this talented 26 year-old appears to have extensive 12" releases. He surprised me with his texturally complex tech-house on the brilliant Casi Profundo. Kangding Ray sets an improved standard for the Raster Noton label. The clicky techno minimalism on Stabil is amazingly cutting edge, and the superb packaging completes this gorgeous piece of art. Ezekiel Honig from New York City creates deep chord washes and a delicate wet minimal ambience that radiates organic warmth on Scattered Practices. Tokyo-based Chihei Hatakeyama creates charming, tranquil bliss with Minima Moralia, an ambient delight that only gets better with each listen. Thom Yorke from Radiohead goes solo with his release The Eraser; produced with Nigel Godrich, he delivers intensely beautiful, heartbreaking, emotional lyrics while including more electronic elements. Thomas Schumacher's Home CD is an exquisite 12 track mix of minimal, funky, raw techno. Junior Boys, So This Is Goodbye, tops their first release Last Exit. Jeremy Greenspan's captivating waspy sexy voice, synthlines and guitar create warm-hearted, 80's sounding, synth-pop.

It was hard to narrow the list down, and these 10 were selected because each album has consistent quality from start to finish. It's rare that I love an album in its entirety, and I often find myself going straight to my favourite tracks and cringing over some of the others. These 10 albums have passed the cringe test and are worthy of repeat listens this year and for years to come. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

alex smoke / paradolia / soma


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maetrik / casi profundo / treibstoff


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thomas schumacher / home / spiel-zeug


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junior boys / so this is goodbye / domino


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minisystem / madingley / noise factory


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kangding ray / stabil / raster noton


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ezekiel honig / scattered practices / microcosm music



chihei hatakeyama / minima moralia / kranky


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cat power / the greatest / matador records


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thom yorke / the eraser / xl recordings


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tor lundvall / yule / strange fortune



The most gorgeous holiday music, and I hate themed seasonal music. Discovering this has made my day, something unexpected!
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antonio bruno / bleep / dreiton
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