47. Paranoid London – The Motion (2024–UK/USA) #THETWEN2IE5 - 11 Points www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkJc... Quinn Whalley is one of my favourite producers and his frequent collaborations with Mutado Pintado (Clams from Warmduscher) are always ace
PARANOID LONDON WITH MUTADO PINTADO - THE MOTION (FULL VIDEO)
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November 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
47. Paranoid London – The Motion (2024–UK/USA) #THETWEN2IE5 - 11 Points www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkJc... Quinn Whalley is one of my favourite producers and his frequent collaborations with Mutado Pintado (Clams from Warmduscher) are always ace
46. Ty Segall – My Room (2023– USA) #THETWEN2IE5 - 11 Points www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Kf... Ty Segall is one of my favourite artists of this century, and his band is astonishing, see ‘em live if you can. The guitar tone on this has caused arguments with my muso mates but I love it
Ty Segall "My Room" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Drag City
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November 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
46. Ty Segall – My Room (2023– USA) #THETWEN2IE5 - 11 Points www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Kf... Ty Segall is one of my favourite artists of this century, and his band is astonishing, see ‘em live if you can. The guitar tone on this has caused arguments with my muso mates but I love it
Ahhhh man - Mani definitely one of the great bass players. What a loss...
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ahhhh man - Mani definitely one of the great bass players. What a loss...
45. Automatic – Skyscraper (2022–USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFTK... this fell out of my list at one point but the amount I’ve played it in the last couple of years made me think again on that. Their newest stuff is really good, too
Automatic - Skyscraper
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November 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
45. Automatic – Skyscraper (2022–USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFTK... this fell out of my list at one point but the amount I’ve played it in the last couple of years made me think again on that. Their newest stuff is really good, too
44. Young Fathers – I Saw (2023–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPyC... There’s something to be said for Young Fathers’ fondness for brevity. Albums clocking in at just over half an hour is good! I like how this one keeps on ratcheting up the vibes
Young Fathers - 'I Saw' (Official Video)
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November 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
44. Young Fathers – I Saw (2023–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPyC... There’s something to be said for Young Fathers’ fondness for brevity. Albums clocking in at just over half an hour is good! I like how this one keeps on ratcheting up the vibes
43. Phelimuncasi & DJ Nhlekzin - I Don't Feel My Legs (2022–Uganda) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbda... An absolutely filthy banger discovered thanks to PPP – the bass is B I G
PHELIMUNCASI - I DON'T FEEL MY LEGS
YouTube video by Nyege Nyege Music
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November 18, 2025 at 6:59 AM
43. Phelimuncasi & DJ Nhlekzin - I Don't Feel My Legs (2022–Uganda) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbda... An absolutely filthy banger discovered thanks to PPP – the bass is B I G
42. Tony Allen ft Ben Okri & Skepta – Cosmosis (2021–Nigeria/UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnM8... Tony Allen was still going at it till the end hence so much posthumously released material. All of the There Is No End album is great but Ben Okri makes this a fave
Tony Allen - Cosmosis (Official Clip) ft. Skepta, Ben Okri
YouTube video by TonyAllenVEVO
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November 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
42. Tony Allen ft Ben Okri & Skepta – Cosmosis (2021–Nigeria/UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnM8... Tony Allen was still going at it till the end hence so much posthumously released material. All of the There Is No End album is great but Ben Okri makes this a fave
41. Death Valley Girls – I’d Rather Be Dreaming (2020-USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWGD... haunted pop vibes are hardly novel but there’s something about Death Valley Girls that conjures a whiff of the uncanny and eldritch that’s quite pleasing
Death Valley Girls - I’d Rather Be Dreaming (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Suicide Squeeze Records
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November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
41. Death Valley Girls – I’d Rather Be Dreaming (2020-USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWGD... haunted pop vibes are hardly novel but there’s something about Death Valley Girls that conjures a whiff of the uncanny and eldritch that’s quite pleasing
40. Yourboykiran – Out of Control (2024–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgQe... I’m not a 6 Music basher - I just don’t listen much these days but I do try to catch Jamz Supernova when I can cos she drops bombs like this in a casual manner
yourboykiran - Out Of Control
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November 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
40. Yourboykiran – Out of Control (2024–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgQe... I’m not a 6 Music basher - I just don’t listen much these days but I do try to catch Jamz Supernova when I can cos she drops bombs like this in a casual manner
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Earlier this year I started researching/writing an extensive piece about the Stalag rhythm as a follow up to my Sleng Teng piece. It's still in the works, but I couldn't miss the 40th anniversary reissue of Ring The Alarm without penning a few words for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Reissue of the Week: Tenor Saw's 'Ring The Alarm'
1985 was ostensibly the year everything changed for the Jamaican music industry, with the Casio tones of Wayne Smith’s ‘Under Mi Sleng Teng’ seeing every producer reaching for a synth and drum machine...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Earlier this year I started researching/writing an extensive piece about the Stalag rhythm as a follow up to my Sleng Teng piece. It's still in the works, but I couldn't miss the 40th anniversary reissue of Ring The Alarm without penning a few words for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Go on, have a vote, you know you want to
#BPHM8285 THE GRAND FINAL
Here you go - 48 hours to vote, 1 vote in each of the A-Side and B-Side finals in the
🪩BLACK POP HISTORY 1982-1985 POLL🪩
Grandmaster Flash v Patrice Rushen v Sade v SOS Band!
Model 500 v Shannon v Smiley Culture v William Onyeabor!
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Here you go - 48 hours to vote, 1 vote in each of the A-Side and B-Side finals in the
🪩BLACK POP HISTORY 1982-1985 POLL🪩
Grandmaster Flash v Patrice Rushen v Sade v SOS Band!
Model 500 v Shannon v Smiley Culture v William Onyeabor!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Black Pop 1982-1985 GRAND FINAL
Welcome to the Black Pop History 1982-1985 poll, where we're polling the best Black music of the early 80s to determine the ULTIMATE TRACK of that era.
This is the GRAND FINAL - you vote for your fav...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Go on, have a vote, you know you want to
39. Joy Orbison – Flight FM (2024–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsFD... You know a producer’s doing something right if their music is smashing up all the dancefloors. How he keeps you hooked with just a skipping beat and plunging bassline is some sort of sorcery…
Joy Orbison - flight fm
YouTube video by Joy Orbison
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November 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
39. Joy Orbison – Flight FM (2024–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsFD... You know a producer’s doing something right if their music is smashing up all the dancefloors. How he keeps you hooked with just a skipping beat and plunging bassline is some sort of sorcery…
38. Beak > - Oh Know (2021–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK5S... who doesn’t love a bit of threadbare wonky funk? Geoff & Billy are one of the best rhythm sections of the last 15 odd years, so it’s a shame they’re not carrying on in this form…
Beak〉- Oh Know (Official Video)
YouTube video by InvadaOfficial
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November 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
38. Beak > - Oh Know (2021–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK5S... who doesn’t love a bit of threadbare wonky funk? Geoff & Billy are one of the best rhythm sections of the last 15 odd years, so it’s a shame they’re not carrying on in this form…
37. Sault – Monsters (2020-UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlH9... the massively over saturated organ & vocal set against the sweet bass make this sound really incredible but it's all about the lyrics
Monsters
YouTube video by SAULT - Topic
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November 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
37. Sault – Monsters (2020-UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlH9... the massively over saturated organ & vocal set against the sweet bass make this sound really incredible but it's all about the lyrics
36. Anika – Finger Pies (2021–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUSm... There’s a kinda Nico sings Grace Jones thing with Anika’s stuff, which despite how that sounds, always fails to bore. This was the first thing she’s done as Anika in years and was very popular round our way
Anika - Finger Pies (Official Music Video)
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November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
36. Anika – Finger Pies (2021–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUSm... There’s a kinda Nico sings Grace Jones thing with Anika’s stuff, which despite how that sounds, always fails to bore. This was the first thing she’s done as Anika in years and was very popular round our way
35. English Teacher – R&B (2024–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I7z... Everyone in this band is sickeningly talented. They use dynamics really well, they’ve got loads of riffs and Lily Fontaine has got a cool name. Bastards. The original version of this single is worth checking too
English Teacher - R&B
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November 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
35. English Teacher – R&B (2024–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I7z... Everyone in this band is sickeningly talented. They use dynamics really well, they’ve got loads of riffs and Lily Fontaine has got a cool name. Bastards. The original version of this single is worth checking too
34. Wu Lu ft Lex Amore – South (2021– UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibE5... the “chorus” of this, such as it is, somehow manages to distil the existential angst of being 16 into its purest form. Still makes me go funny whenever I hear it
Wu-Lu - South (Official Video) ft. Lex Amor
YouTube video by Wu-Lu
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November 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
34. Wu Lu ft Lex Amore – South (2021– UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibE5... the “chorus” of this, such as it is, somehow manages to distil the existential angst of being 16 into its purest form. Still makes me go funny whenever I hear it
I’m not much of one for Star Wars (loved it when I was a kid) but just caught a bit on the telly and the TIE fighter is still one of the best bits of sound design in a film (and the old Boots security camera as torture unit is still funny)
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m not much of one for Star Wars (loved it when I was a kid) but just caught a bit on the telly and the TIE fighter is still one of the best bits of sound design in a film (and the old Boots security camera as torture unit is still funny)
33. Coy - La Cantine du Vatican (2020– France) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4F... I found this on one of Cosmo Vitelli’s label compilations and have played it to death ever since. Elastic band basslines are the best
Coy - La Cantine du Vatican
YouTube video by imaclichelabel
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November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
33. Coy - La Cantine du Vatican (2020– France) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4F... I found this on one of Cosmo Vitelli’s label compilations and have played it to death ever since. Elastic band basslines are the best
32. Doechii – Nissan Altima (2024–USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGbe... There are absolutely loads of amazing rappers knocking about these days but Doechii’s got more going on than most of the rest put together… she’s got a lot of great singles but this is the one today
Doechii - NISSAN ALTIMA
YouTube video by IamdoechiiVEVO
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November 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
32. Doechii – Nissan Altima (2024–USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGbe... There are absolutely loads of amazing rappers knocking about these days but Doechii’s got more going on than most of the rest put together… she’s got a lot of great singles but this is the one today
31. Katy J Pearson – Alligator (2022–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EUS... I had to listen to this about 10 times in a row when I first heard it. Dan Carey’s bass & production are great but the sugar rush is Katy’s voice, even if she is singing about anxiety & dissociation
Katy J Pearson - Alligator (Official Video)
YouTube video by Katy J Pearson
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November 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
31. Katy J Pearson – Alligator (2022–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EUS... I had to listen to this about 10 times in a row when I first heard it. Dan Carey’s bass & production are great but the sugar rush is Katy’s voice, even if she is singing about anxiety & dissociation
30. Magdalena Bay – Chaeri (2021–USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ben9... clearly a PPP thing. I really like loads of their music but this is the first one I heard, and the bass gets me every time
Magdalena Bay - Chaeri (Official Video)
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November 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
30. Magdalena Bay – Chaeri (2021–USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ben9... clearly a PPP thing. I really like loads of their music but this is the first one I heard, and the bass gets me every time
I must confirm that I wouldn’t do anything for love but I probably will do that
I must confirm that my name is *not* Prince and I am *not* funky
I must confirm that I am *not* coming, so you can stop holding on
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I must confirm that I wouldn’t do anything for love but I probably will do that
29. The Orielles – Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme) (2020–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-7V... I do like a band that’s very comfortable ignoring everything else and doing their own thing - you can hear how much they love playing together on this one
Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme)
YouTube video by The Orielles - Topic
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November 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
29. The Orielles – Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme) (2020–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-7V... I do like a band that’s very comfortable ignoring everything else and doing their own thing - you can hear how much they love playing together on this one
Still sounds utterly mesmerising - happy birthday Mr. Goddard youtu.be/8KNT3NHrCR8?...
Adam And The Ants - Ants Invasion
YouTube video by krokofant67
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November 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Still sounds utterly mesmerising - happy birthday Mr. Goddard youtu.be/8KNT3NHrCR8?...