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Used to live in cool places and do cool things. Now I just drink coffee and post music.

Classical / Jazz / Electronic / Ambient / Beats / Grooves / Experimental / World

Fix your hearts or die.
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*Cuppa Coffee's Top 100 albums in 2025*

The usual mix of classical, electronic, ambient, a little bit of blues, hip hop, techno, etc.

My No.1 album was Billy Woods' GOLLIWOG but the majority were absolutely not albums from 2025.

Looking forward to another year of music.

Your faves?
*Cuppa Coffee's Top 100 albums in 2025*

The usual mix of classical, electronic, ambient, a little bit of blues, hip hop, techno, etc.

My No.1 album was Billy Woods' GOLLIWOG but the majority were absolutely not albums from 2025.

Looking forward to another year of music.

Your faves?
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Scarlatti on the Piano: A Playlist

ross-review.blogspot.com/2025/12/scar...
Scarlatti on the Piano: A Playlist
ross-review.blogspot.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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"From Brian Eno and Aphex Twin to the KLF and the Orb, chill out with these essential ambient albums."

Essential Ambient Albums — 1978 to Today: www.discogs.com/digs/music/e...
December 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Ruin two bands by combining them:

Béla Bartók and the Flecktones
ruin two bands by combining them:

kornplay
December 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Ruin two bands by combining them:

Slick Rick Astley
ruin two bands by combining them:

the revolting cockteau twins
ruin two bands by combining them:

kornplay
December 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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This really is excellent. Give it a listen; it's only 10 minutes.
At what point do you start understanding?

From Old English to Modern American English in One Monologue
youtu.be/842OX2_vCic...
From Old English to Modern American English in One Monologue
YouTube video by Simon Roper
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
#NowListening

Julie Fuchs – Mademoiselle (Donizetti, Rossini, Berlioz, Meyerbeer)

(DG, 2019)

Opera
December 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Last Week in Music of 2025

Hip hop - Tribe Called Quest
Electronic - Dovs, Lust for Youth
Christmas - Britten, Bach
Jazz - Hank Mobley, Julia Hülsmann, Som Três
Latin - Roberto Juan Rodriguez, Som Três
Baroque - Monteverdi
Ambient - Masayoshi Fujita, Dylan Henner, Audrey Carmes

Faves?
December 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
#NowListening #5albums25

Lust For Youth & Croatian Amor – All Worlds (Sacred Bones, 2025)

Electronic Pop / Experrimental Pop / Ambient
December 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Yes, I had meringue and cream *and* panettone and custard for breakfast.
December 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
#NowListening #5albums25

Dylan Henner – Star Dream FM (Phantom Limb, 2025

Ambient
December 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
#NowListening #5albums25

Masayoshi Fujita – Smoking Tigers (Original Score) (Erased Tapes, 2025)

Ambient / Acoustic / Soundtrack
December 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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How much music exists in the world
youtu.be/q_erK4WCzjs?...
How Much Music Exists in the World? A Thought Experiment That Breaks Your Brain.
YouTube video by DavidAsherBrown
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#NowListening #5albums25

DOVS – Psychic Geography (Balmat, 2025)

Ambient / Electronic
December 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
#NowListening getting ready for Christmas with...

Som Três – Tobogã (Odeon, 1970)

Bossa Nova / Latin Jazz / MPB
December 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#NowListening getting ready for Christmas with...

Roberto Juan Rodriguez – El Danzon De Moises (Tzadik, 2002)

Latin / Jazz / Klezmer
December 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
#NowListening

Hank Mobley, Kenny Dorham & Sonny Clark – Curtain Call (Blue Note, recorded 1957/released 1984)

Hard Bop
December 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#NowListening

Hank Mobley – The Flip (Blue Note, 1970)

Hard Bop
December 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reading heartwarming news about lottery winners in Spain from those towns that suffered wild fires

But hate that life is such a lottery
December 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The Week in Music

Soul - Donny Hathaway
Blues - BB King, Taj Mahal, Junior Wells, T-Bone
Electronic - Naples, Aurelia Smith, Yorke
20th Century - Glass, Chin, Dutilleux, Webern, Berg, Kapustin

Any faves?
December 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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It’s with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Ken Downie on 20/12/25. Rest In Peace brother, you will be deeply missed and never forgotten. Our condolences to Sheena and his family.
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#NowListening

McCoy Tyner – Sama Layuca (Milestone, 1974)

Post-Bop
December 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#NowListening #5albums25

Philip Glass – The Complete Piano Etudes (Vanessa Wagner)

(InFiné, 2025)

Contemporary Classical / Minimalism / Piano Solo
December 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Last few google deep dives...

Orange Wine
Livery Companies of the City of London
Electroconvulsive Therapy

My personalised ads have gone very weird.
December 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
#NowListening

B.B. King – Deuces Wild (MCA, 1997)

Blues
December 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM