Welcome to the third list of 2025’s end-of-year mania. This one is new for the occasion – listing the best longplayers within techno, trance, electro and more. I know the Isabella Koen record turned up in December last year, but still too late to make our list that year. I also got a copy of this cd and I really treasure it.
Huge thanks to Spectre Noir for not only starting their label this year, but also their streak of amazing releases this year. Thanks also to Erin Hopes for agreeing to an interview this year. The Fukkfacee album on her Manic BB label was just about to make the cut. And that Acruelawakening record was also great, but he put out so much this year it was hard to choose just one.
Best 10 releases of 2025
Yozy – Club F4me (N/A)
Erin Hopes – Ketnology (Lost Domain)
Acruelawakening – Something Bad Is Going to Happen (Pure Violence)
Kiille809 – Euphoria Tunnels (Magdalena’s Apathy)
Silent Spectre – La résurrection des astres maudits (Spectre Noir)
SAS – Industrial Fairytale (Ekstasis)
Genetica – Sacrifice For Nothing (Sunthoid)
Ayline – Sang Veines (Spectre Noir)
Isabella – Miss Ho-Hum (Family Leisure)
Xurry – PXLMCHN (Kóprana)
As per usual you’ll also get a list of my favourite compilations, of which there have been so many this year.
Best 10 compilations of 2025
V/A – Ultra (Spectre Noir)
V/A – Quémalo Todo (N/A)
V/A – Club Formats VA02 (Model Sex)
V/A – Dead Symphony (Pure Violence)
V/A – V23CDVA01 (V23)
V/A – Ils s’embraserent, réduits ensemble (Mama Told Ya)
V/A – Pulsar Ritual (Ninety Three Collective)
V/A – LI$040 (Low Income $quad)
V/A – A Form Shared By Everyone (Explity)
V/A – Transversality (Black Holes)
Shout out to Taladro for actually making one pressed to vinyl. And one that didn’t cost 50 euros like the MTY one. And also the insane Body Musick comp with a million tracks.
Next up is our list of the best EPs in dance music.
