Blair Millen
@doepud.co.uk
Music lover and web designer (at Doepud doepud.co.uk). Runs electronic music site The Letter (https://theletter.co.uk). Trying hard to avoid politics on here.
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Who has the best melodies in electronic music? And why do we never talk about this. In my latest Substack I look at nine masters of the overlooked art. Your opinions very much invited. linenoise.substack.com/p/who-has-th...
Who has the best melodies in electronic music? Nine masters of the overlooked art
Featuring.... you'll just have to read it.
linenoise.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Who has the best melodies in electronic music? And why do we never talk about this. In my latest Substack I look at nine masters of the overlooked art. Your opinions very much invited. linenoise.substack.com/p/who-has-th...
Anthony Rother with his annual new album giveaway (name your price)
anthonyrother.bandcamp.com/album/exit-u...
anthonyrother.bandcamp.com/album/exit-u...
EXIT UTOPIA, by Anthony Rother
10 track album
anthonyrother.bandcamp.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Anthony Rother with his annual new album giveaway (name your price)
anthonyrother.bandcamp.com/album/exit-u...
anthonyrother.bandcamp.com/album/exit-u...
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Hey, you can view all of our heartfelt top 10 charts of the year over at @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. Always a nice little treasure trove for discovering new stuff.
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/chart...
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/chart...
2025 Rewind: Contributors’ Charts - The Wire
The Wire ’s Releases of the Year chart for 2025 was compiled from the individual votes of the magazine’s staff and contributors – here are those votes in full
www.thewire.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Hey, you can view all of our heartfelt top 10 charts of the year over at @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. Always a nice little treasure trove for discovering new stuff.
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/chart...
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/chart...
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Ken Downie, founding member of British electronic group The Black Dog, has died. The group helped pioneer the “home-listening” aesthetic in techno music. FIve-Song Peel Session of The Black Dog recorded December 12, 1994. Length: 31:49. #RIPKenDownie m.youtube.com/watch?v=boTx...
The Black Dog - Peel Session (IDM) (1999)
YouTube video by Kosmik Dstroyer
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December 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Ken Downie, founding member of British electronic group The Black Dog, has died. The group helped pioneer the “home-listening” aesthetic in techno music. FIve-Song Peel Session of The Black Dog recorded December 12, 1994. Length: 31:49. #RIPKenDownie m.youtube.com/watch?v=boTx...
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Thanks for a wonderful year and some more incredible music from qd artists - and gift for you all
qd00 fields we found - chroma - now out for everyone x
Seventeen incredible artists delivering stunning albums, in their own inimitable style, showing the endless ways quiet details can be interpreted
qd00 fields we found - chroma - now out for everyone x
Seventeen incredible artists delivering stunning albums, in their own inimitable style, showing the endless ways quiet details can be interpreted
chroma, by fields we found
1 track album
quietdetails.bandcamp.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Thanks for a wonderful year and some more incredible music from qd artists - and gift for you all
qd00 fields we found - chroma - now out for everyone x
Seventeen incredible artists delivering stunning albums, in their own inimitable style, showing the endless ways quiet details can be interpreted
qd00 fields we found - chroma - now out for everyone x
Seventeen incredible artists delivering stunning albums, in their own inimitable style, showing the endless ways quiet details can be interpreted
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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
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.
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Oh my…..RIP, Ken Downie from The Black Dog
December 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Oh my…..RIP, Ken Downie from The Black Dog
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It's time for "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead to be fully embraced as a Christmas song.
December 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It's time for "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead to be fully embraced as a Christmas song.
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The Best Holiday Movies of the Century, Ranked: www.metacritic.com/pictures/the... #11pmspecial
#7 - The Holdovers [82] is a $4 VOD: "When it’s over, the chill it leaves in your spine is destined to last nearly as long as the smile on your face." - Oliver Jones, Observer
#7 - The Holdovers [82] is a $4 VOD: "When it’s over, the chill it leaves in your spine is destined to last nearly as long as the smile on your face." - Oliver Jones, Observer
December 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The Best Holiday Movies of the Century, Ranked: www.metacritic.com/pictures/the... #11pmspecial
#7 - The Holdovers [82] is a $4 VOD: "When it’s over, the chill it leaves in your spine is destined to last nearly as long as the smile on your face." - Oliver Jones, Observer
#7 - The Holdovers [82] is a $4 VOD: "When it’s over, the chill it leaves in your spine is destined to last nearly as long as the smile on your face." - Oliver Jones, Observer
This 70 track compilation from Omnidisc, celebrating 10 years, looks awesome, with tracks from Anthony Rother, Wata Igarashi, Barker and Baumecker, Danny Daze, VRIL, Vivian Koch, AAAA and bunch more. Apart from that, it's only $20! omnidisc.bandcamp.com/album/omnidi...
OMNIDISC 10 YEAR COMPILATION, by Omnidisc
70 track album
omnidisc.bandcamp.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This 70 track compilation from Omnidisc, celebrating 10 years, looks awesome, with tracks from Anthony Rother, Wata Igarashi, Barker and Baumecker, Danny Daze, VRIL, Vivian Koch, AAAA and bunch more. Apart from that, it's only $20! omnidisc.bandcamp.com/album/omnidi...
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Hey there! I put up a live recording on Bandcamp today. 22 minutes of soft tunes recorded in April. Take a gander. Love you all!
whettmanchelmets.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...
whettmanchelmets.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...
Live at the Fffffffestival 2025, by Whettman Chelmets
1 track album
whettmanchelmets.bandcamp.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Hey there! I put up a live recording on Bandcamp today. 22 minutes of soft tunes recorded in April. Take a gander. Love you all!
whettmanchelmets.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...
whettmanchelmets.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...
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We've had a great 2025, to say thank you, these 4 are free or pay what you want as a thank you for all the support we've had. We may even leave the house in 2026!
theblackdog.bandcamp.com
theblackdog.bandcamp.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We've had a great 2025, to say thank you, these 4 are free or pay what you want as a thank you for all the support we've had. We may even leave the house in 2026!
theblackdog.bandcamp.com
theblackdog.bandcamp.com
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hey guys I posted my AOTY 2025 list. optimisticunderground.com/2025/12/15/1...
December 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
hey guys I posted my AOTY 2025 list. optimisticunderground.com/2025/12/15/1...
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Lists of the year's best music are fun, but they're too safe! My list shows you 10 random picks from a pool of 605 (with streaming links). I think they're all good, but you probably won't see the best ones. Is that still worth your time? Can you afford to take the chance without the best assurances?
grab bag '25
endaural.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Lists of the year's best music are fun, but they're too safe! My list shows you 10 random picks from a pool of 605 (with streaming links). I think they're all good, but you probably won't see the best ones. Is that still worth your time? Can you afford to take the chance without the best assurances?
Currently listening to “Charles Dickens Ghost Stories”, read by David Suchet
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Charles Dickens Ghost Stories - Introducing... Charles Dickens Ghost Stories - BBC Sounds
Welcome to Charles Dickens Ghost Stories read by Sir David Suchet.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Currently listening to “Charles Dickens Ghost Stories”, read by David Suchet
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Oh yeah, it's always time to reshare this amazing mix for the holidays. If you haven't heard this, absolutely treat yourself. @liledit.bsky.social took a look back at what it is and how it happened the other year.
December 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Oh yeah, it's always time to reshare this amazing mix for the holidays. If you haven't heard this, absolutely treat yourself. @liledit.bsky.social took a look back at what it is and how it happened the other year.
Peaches shares her recent discoveries with @thenerve.news, including a rather fetching 'Dickanter' www.thenerve.news/p/recommende...
December 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Peaches shares her recent discoveries with @thenerve.news, including a rather fetching 'Dickanter' www.thenerve.news/p/recommende...
charli xcx - the realities of being a pop star itscharlibb.substack.com/p/the-realit...
The realities of being a pop star.
According to my experience...
itscharlibb.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
charli xcx - the realities of being a pop star itscharlibb.substack.com/p/the-realit...
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair www.themoviedb.org/movie/414419...
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
A former assassin—known only as The Bride—wakes up from a coma after her former boss and lover, Bill, shoots her in the head and steals her unborn child during her wedding rehearsal. She soon embarks ...
www.themoviedb.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair www.themoviedb.org/movie/414419...
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For anyone that missed it...This was the last interview BURIAL conducted before he stopped doing them..A good read :
danhancox.substack.com/p/burials-la...
danhancox.substack.com/p/burials-la...
Burial's last interview
A little exclusive, because why not
danhancox.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
For anyone that missed it...This was the last interview BURIAL conducted before he stopped doing them..A good read :
danhancox.substack.com/p/burials-la...
danhancox.substack.com/p/burials-la...
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Check out the @woodfordhalse.bsky.social Bandcamp page & thanks to everyone who’s supported all my releases this year. 🙏🏻
December 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Check out the @woodfordhalse.bsky.social Bandcamp page & thanks to everyone who’s supported all my releases this year. 🙏🏻