Dub, triphop, soft IDM. Mood exactly like the album cover.
Burning Pyre – Imago
Entrañas – Los Cueros Al Sol
I’m not familiar with the latin electronics world that this record lives in, so I found this album especially refreshing, new, interesting, and exciting. The melting of latin percussions and rhythms with the kind of dubstep and bass music that I’m familiar with creates this bridge that I know how to walk but shows lots of new tricks along the path.
IE – Reverse Earth
It’s like Dead Can Dance with a spaced out psychedelic tone, ambient tempo, and occasional spoken word. Amazing for work and focus.
Barker – Stochastic Drift
Soothing slow-tempo electronic music, sometimes IDM, sometimes with acoustic components. Great to focus and work by.
Erika de Casier – Lifetime
I heard about the trip hop revival a few weeks ago for the first time, otherwise I hadn’t paid attention to this being a trend in the past year. Well, this record is clearly nothing else than pure and original trip hop, so there’s that. I’ll need to keep an eye on how this evolves.
Djrum – Under Tangled Silence
From ambient through experimental electronics and IDM to modern classical. Quite a journey. Great listen with a focus and in the background as well.
Wu-Tang Clan & Mathematics – Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman
This is such a gem of a rap record, it sounds like a real classic. It took me by surprise and I can see this running for my year-end toplists just because of how much I played this within a single week already. Who would have thought Wu-Tang would dominate my scrobbles in 2026.
Calibre – they want you
It’s good old classic drum and bass.
The Black Dog – Loud Ambient
Easy-to-listen IDM for focus and doing stuff.
Anna von Hausswolff – ICONOCLASTS
It’s like a contemporary album by Dead Can Dance (so not the medieval ones or Spiritchaser) with a hint of Björk (from the Homogenic era) and jazz. Symphonic, deep, ethereal.
I have no idea what genre tag to add to this post though. Alternative contemporary classical?