Tag Archives: Richard D. James

Essential Listening: The Best Releases Of 2025

I’m not sure what’s more concerning, that, without checking, I can’t remember all the albums which made my Best Releases Of 2024 list, or that it seems only yesterday that I was writing that column. From now on, instead of … Continue reading

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Essential Listening: Best of Jan Jelinek

It all started with a Secret Thirteen mix in 2014. Before this I’d never heard of Jan Jelinek, and truthfully, the only reason I even gave it a chance was superficial – the disparate track list, and that I recognized … Continue reading

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Essential Listening: The Best Releases Of 2023

Another year in the books already, can’t be many left to go now. Even so music still has the capacity to surprise even those with jaded palates. Did anyone expect new releases from Bob Dylan, The Stones, plus a new … Continue reading

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Song Of The Day – Blackbox Life Recorder 21f by Aphex Twin

From the EP “Blackbox Life Recorder 21f/In A Room7 F760” (2023)

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Essential Listening: The Best Albums Of 2020

Are we all still alive after Christmas with your family? Is your family? Not dismembered among a morass of Turkey bones? I’ve had a stressful Christmas, which I won’t get into, suffice to say Christmas was cancelled and I’ve barely … Continue reading

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