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New year, new list! I've changed the title from "listening logs and recommendations" to "music recommendations" because these aren't really listening logs, which involve putting down everything I listen to regardless of how much I like or dislike it.

As usual, check the [[用户Wiki:Demobanker/2021 listening log and recommendations|2021 list]] and [[用户Wiki:Demobanker/2022 listening log and recommendations|2022 lists]] to see what it's about, and [https://rateyourmusic.com/collection/Demobanker/strm_relyear/2025 here] for an uncommented list of other music which I enjoyed (and a few I didn't) from this year. Also feel free to peep my [[用户Wiki:Demobanker/sandbox|sandbox]] for drafts.

[[用户Wiki:Demobanker/2024 music recommendations|2024 <--]] | 2025

== The List ==
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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[Extra Nightmare]]
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note: best-of remastered album
electronicore, 2010s mainstream metalcore 

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Killer best-of, with the only major misstep being the lack of Secret Traveler. The weird "glass transformer" sound effect that keeps getting used in the '''Traumatic Syndrome''' and '''Imperfect Cherry Blossom''' remaster is also a bit distracting because I associate that more with sound design centric music.
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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[20 Years of Dawn]]
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|评论=EDM grabbag

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I'm always iffy checking out EDM comps without a specific topic since they're usually a mixed bag of genres I like and genres I don't like, but this one is consistently on the side of genres I like. Personal highlights are the UK garage '''June Bug''' and the multi-genre '''Lunarfall''' and '''ever-maple'''.

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== Haven't listened to, but have some interests in ==
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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[TIMELESS]]
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|评论=various jazz styles


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While I was making the wiki page for this album I checked the translation of the originals multiple times because I was heavily doubting that I was identifying them correctly (I was correct for everything except track 1, which I couldn't figure out from the preview). I love jazz arrangements that really expand on the originals like this.
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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[Touhou Guit. Mix]]
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|评论=future rock


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Very Whitefists-esque in its combination of metal and 2010s EDM, and the EDM parts are pretty exciting too.
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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[BLACK PARSE]]
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|评论=trap


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I really do need to listen to this circle more. Even though I'm hopelessly unequipped to talk about modern hip hop<ref>Though in the process of trying to understand it by asking for recommendations by zoomers in the know, I learned that I can listen to artists like Pi'erre Bourne, Xaviersobased or Osamason and appreciate the production tricks and vocals, so maybe I'm doing better than your average guy who's super into metal?</ref> these guys are basically pioneering an actual wave of Touhou hip hop, moving it beyond Tamaonsen's long-dominant brand of fun but corny EDM pop rap. I'd rather people listen to them than a certain posse that launders watered down underground sounds (I can't tell the difference but people who's more knowledgeable about underground rap has claimed that) through Cool&Create tier fandombaiting meme garbage. Anyways go read what I wrote about FAKE KILL in the 2024 list.
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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[東方 REC at DNA]]
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|评论=trap


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Another circle from this hip hop wave, and the first track with its UK drill and rage-influenced instrumental certainly makes an impression.
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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[Never Die]]
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|评论=pop rap


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Going from the preview, this circle seems to be partly from Tamaonsen's lineage of EDM pop rap and partly from the lineage of hip hop circles influenced by Unknown Beats (seriously, I was not expecting the preview to start with Jersey club beats).
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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[Phantom（Pandora-Box）]]
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|评论=djent, progressive metal


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Pretty much sounds like melodic bedroom djent that I'd see a lot browsing got-djent in 2012 but I'll indulge in a bit of this type of nostalgia

kinda funny that I'm adding this for nostalgia reasons even though a few hours ago I was gushing about the crazy interpolations on the new [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kdZj85dKQrmQrqXC0Zcmtt6a-MSsE8HfU Panzerballett album]<ref>Übercode Œuvre (2025)</ref> and how they'd be a god-tier VGM metal arrangement group
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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[WE ONLY LIVE TWICE]]
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|评论=post-bop


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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[Gensokyo Party Vol. 6 Border in Stasis]]
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|评论=various genres, mostly EDM


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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[TOUHOU ACID SOUNDS 001]]
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|评论=bass music


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I'm a big fan of G Jones and EPROM's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quVA9Qkc9z8 Acid Disk]<ref>Acid Disk 2 (2022)</ref> series, which puts the popular 90s acid bass sound in a late 2010s bass music context, resulting in some really gnarly headbanging tunes. And guess what this EP references on its cover?

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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[The Ascension]]
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|评论=EDM


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Despite liking Jerico's stuff a lot when I first got into Touhou music, I haven't listened to them in a really long time. Putting this here as a reminder to do that.

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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[Touhou Colours： Emerald]]
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|评论=colour bass


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Gonna be real here, the inclusion of trance this time feels a bit like an regression to the mean, like the circle wasn't confident that Touhou music fans would want to check out an comp that's all colour bass and decided to add some trance to make it closer to a typical Touhou EDM album. Still, there's some intriguing genre combos here, like the 3 tracks that try to combine speedcore and colour bass. Plus, the announcement says they've got someone from Rushdown (which is THE colour bass label!) on the album, which is an amazing pull. 

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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[Wakaremichi]]
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|评论=various genres


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I came across their music on Bandcamp while going thru the Touhou tag and finding [[Eiyasyou Synthetic]], a unique percussive take on synthwave. Fast forward a few years and they actually have an album out! There's some nice fantasy music going on and some industrial stuff, as well as other styles.

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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[Dark Magic Tragedy]]
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|评论=synthwave, darksynth


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I tend to dislike most synthwave outside of the darksynth subgenre, but I'll still consider checking the genre out if it's related to artists I like. For reference, my favorite synthwave projects are [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LFJ7zSFUa8 Astrophysics]<ref>Synthetic Magic (2020)</ref> and [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kjWyqi9wDghZNBssUeugROOMs8JP1jfK0 Boucle Infinie]<ref>Summit (2022)</ref>, both of which are much better known for their non-synthwave music (Astrophysics being one of the notable artists from the dreambreak/2020s wave of internet-based breaks scene, and Boucle Infinie being the side project of EDM-djent pioneer The Algorithm). In terms of labels, I've found [https://telefuturenow.bandcamp.com/ Telefuture]'s output to be consistently interesting, perhaps helped by it being founded by chiptune artists who are interested in pushing the boundaries of the genre rather than indulging in 80s nostalgia. I also love [[幻想郷深夜ドライブ Vol.1]], and Antares Enigma seems to be The circle that's trying to push Touhou synthwave to the next level, so I figured I'd give them a try.

All of this is to say, this is an attempt to get out of my comfort zone a bit, and I'm going into it aware that I might end up not liking it. Still, about half of the album is darksynth, and it has a ZUNstyle remix of Carpenter Brut, so I'm probably gonna have a good time. 

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{{用户:Demobanker/模板/引用音乐相关信息|专辑=[[Neon Realms LP]]
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|评论=EDM grabbag


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I'll probably miss out a lot without the [[ALTERZINE ＃01|accompanying zine]] (which the Bandcamp says is in Indonesian) but getting to listen to EDM bangers is still nice. The zine not only showcases Touhous in futuristic streetwear designs that the album is themed around, but it also has interviews relating to the Indonesian Touhou fandom. From what I gather from the announcement those interviews are with the huge [https://twitter.com/Alter_Synth/status/1925159156316770616 Old Adam Bar community], as well as [[NATSUKI RECORDS]], an early circle in the country's scene that released an album as far back as Comic Frontier 2. Even if EDM is not your thing, this is at least intersting from a history perspective.

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== Extras ==
check out this movie called [https://twitter.com/fartdysphoria/status/1877536392332312985 remilia perez], I watch it once every few days and get amazed by all the details

== Linked Releases and Other Footnotes ==