So we draw to an end another wonderful year of music.

Just over 3 hours to get your ears around, it's a smokers delight for the most.

Thanks as always to the artists and record labels for getting the music out there.

This is just a short sample of the many many lovely records in 2025.

I may have sneaked one in right from the back of 2024, but whats one song between friends.

Press Play & Enjoy.

KiF Productions - Swaledale to Blakeney Straits (Excerpt)
Morgan Szymanksi and Tommy Perman - Rodrigo's River
The Swan & The Lake - Impressions of Mankind 
Perth Lewis - Drawing The Shades 
Hawksmoor - Golden Dolphins
Tambores En Benirras -  Mi Sueno Vive En Reverb (Ruf Dug Remix)
George Koutalieris - Seasons
KlangKollektor - Isle of Stonsey
Subnesia - Atardecer 
Dj Pippi & Willie Graff - Noche De Primavera (Nad version by Dan Tyler)
Ambala - Don't Forget (ft. Troels Hammer, OliO, Mikkel Nordsø & Kasper Tranberg) 
Neumayer Station - Crossings
Bold Parade - Risperidone (Tambores En Benirras Slow Ride Remix)
Nightdubbing - Nightdubbing (Manu Archeo Remix)
Pepe Link - Belfast (ft. Pere Navarro) 
Arrival - One (Solstice/Underbank Mix)
William Orbit - Water From a Vine Leaf (Rune Lindbæk Edit)
Pleasure Voyage - Puertas Del Cielo 
Powerhouse Jim & The Fitness Centre - Silver Lining Syndrum
Chaz Jankel - Rhumba Jam (Mudd Remix)
Powerhouse Jim & The Fitness Centre - That'll Be Busy
Strange Marks - Undiscovered Shore (2025 mix)
Dai Nakamura - Colourfield 
Orbital Ensemble - Brasa
Joao Leao - One Of These Things First (Undiú)
Rogê - Road to Nowhere 
Dimitri From Paris Vs. Chatobaron - Chez Madame La Baronne (Sac vide version)
Brochure - Joking (Universal Cave Terrace Mix)
Kenneth Bager, Tolga Böyük - Osaka By Night 
Wrekin Havoc - Method Man 
Sewell & The Gong - Communion Phase (Sounds Of Slackness Holy Spirit Dub)
KiF Productions - Swaledale to Blakeney Straits (Excerpt)
Torn Sail - Mud People Reprise
Mad Disco Edits - Good To Me 
 

Music From 2025

Listen to an excerpt of THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM by Laura Dave and narrated by Rebecca Lowman, Tessa Albertson, Colin Donnell, and CJ Wilson. 

THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM Audiobook Excerpt

Pre-order: https://hedchef.bandcamp.com/album/syn002-snowbound

@hedplacesynthetics are advising stockists that the planned public release of product 'SYN002' (prototype name ‘Snowbound’) has been recalled and re-engineered to minimise unforeseen side effects.

'Snowbound’ was compounded by in-house chemist @hedchef, with subjects reporting sonic emissions variously described as “deep and pacey tech house thump”, “dissonant bleeps shifting over a thick, persistent bassline” and “an irresistible club weapon”.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Hedchef 'Snowbound'

‘Emergency. Which service do you require?’

‘He’s trying to burn down my house. He’s going to kill me.’

They thought it was another false alarm. They were wrong.

This page-turning crime thriller debut is perfect for fans of Nadine Matheson, Sam Holland, and Helen Fields. 

 As the acrid smoke clears, Detective Liz Field can only watch as the charred remains of Anne Evans’s home slowly collapse – with her body still trapped inside.

A heroic Response officer almost died trying to save Anne from the fire, but he was too late.

When they pick through the rubble, it seems the blaze that tore through her house left nothing behind.

Detective Field is handed the case, but resources are already stretched thin following a high-profile shooting just days earlier. Despite years of frantic 999 calls and false alarms, it appears no one knows much about Anne. The person in the system only appeared nine years ago. But why?

The more Field discovers, the more disturbing the picture becomes.

Anne had been written off as a nuisance – a paranoid recluse. But is it really paranoia, if all that you feared comes true?

Praise for Hannah Brennan:

‘A gripping, all-encompassing banger’ Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent 

‘A police procedural with bite […] I was hooked’ Jennie Godfrey, The List of Suspicious Things

‘Dark and pacy – with a twist I never saw coming […] an electric debut’ C.L Miller, The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder

Nothing Left Behind, By Hannah Brennan, Read by Rachel Atkins

‘Sweet, charming, and completely delightful!'- Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop 

 A standalone cozy romance filled with books, baby dragons, and happily ever after guaranteed!

Emmy has an enemy, and his name is Luke. The good news? She rarely sees him. The bad news? When she does, she (and her pet dragons) are reminded just how handsome he is.

Besides, Emmy is too busy focusing on her dragon-fuelled business to have time for love. But when both she and Luke approach the same local investor for funding, she’s suddenly unable to avoid him. The kookie investor insists they must compete for the cash by working at the local failing baby dragon bookshop to prove their magical business knowledge.

Determined to win the funding, Emmy dives into the task. But making a very flammable bookshop fit for baby dragons is no small feat, and it seems these rivals may need to join forces. Could Luke and Emmy’s fiery animosity spark something more between them?

Tropes:

Enemies-to-lovers 🌞

Bookshop romance 📚

Small town 🍂

Low spice ✨

The Baby Dragon Bookshop, By A. T. Qureshi, Read by Kelsey Jaffer and Shahjehan Khan

Listen to an excerpt from SPIRITUAL HYGIENE by Iyanla Vanzant

SPIRITUAL HYGIENE Audiobook Excerpt

Pre-order: https://herrensauna.bandcamp.com/album/10-years-v-a-vol-4

Berlin-based label and queer collective @herrensauna returns with the fourth compilation instalment, which laid the foundation for the record label in 2020 as its first release.

Ranging from full techno work-outs, club heaters and wonked-out rhythms to showcase the full breadth of the Herrensauna sound. @slim-soledad provides near-finale heater 'Medianoche en Llamas'.

Premiere: Slim Soledad 'Medianoche en Llamas'

In this episode, the Takhayyul Project welcomes Adnan Khan, an acclaimed Canadian writer, editor, photographer, and visual storyteller. We discuss Adnan's recent work chronicling how the global trade in plastic waste has exploited some of the most vulnerable communities, such as refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Istanbul, and of the importance in bringing empathy and depth to similar stories that often go untold.

Date of episode recording: 2025-11-09T00:00:00Z
Duration: 39.18
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Meryem Zișan Köker; Hazal Aydın.
Guests: Adnan Khan
Producer: Dr. Sertaç Sehlikoglu; Meryem Zișan Köker; Hazal Aydın; edited by Alexander Pymm

Transcription link: https://www.takhayyulproject.com/s/Imagining-Turkey-w_-Adnan-Khan.docx

Imagining Wastelands: Turkey's Waste and Recycling Policy at the Periphery with Adnan Khan

Despite mine closures and talk of phasing out, global coal usage is at an all-time high, with countries like the UK still importing coal for key industries. Dr Andrew Seaton, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in History, joins Professor Philip Schofield to discuss how coal never truly disappeared but evolved in form and influence. From Britain's re-importation of coal to global surges in consumption, Dr Seaton challenges the idea of a clean energy transition, and uncovers coal’s deep ties to industry, health, inequality, and the climate.


Date of episode recording: 2025-12-01T00:00:00Z
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Professor Philip Schofield
Guests: Dr Andrew Seaton
Producer:  Professor David Docherty OBE & Dr Paul Ayris (Pro-Vice-Provost LCCOS: Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science, UCL)

Transcription link: https://liveuclac-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/ucylaem_ucl_ac_uk/ESY-yPbC7wJAsD5EGLcfFSoB3Ozb3iq-QB5bhEQBTX3q6g?e=JdZ8Yq

Broken - Postyr Project

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