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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 22h

Live tickets are already expensive but you've got to add Barbican membership on top of that if you even want the opportunity to buy them.

Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 22h

Very annoying that the new Daniel Avery album seems to be pretty fucking good but couldn't get tickets to the live show because they all went during the pre sale.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 1d

#TheTwen2ie5 HM5

Addison Rae & Arca - Aquamarine / Arcamarine (2024)

Country: US, Venezuela

Taking advantage of the remix rule to get another Arca production in

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 2d

#TheTwen2ie5 HM4

Chase and Status ft Bou, Irah, Flowdan, Trigga & Takura - Baddadan (2023)

Country: UK, Algeria, Zimbabwe

There's not a lot of UK rap that's beddadan this

youtu.be/rkjNL4dX-U4?...

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 3d

#TheTwen2ie5 HM3

UNIIQU3 - Microdosing (2021)

Country: US

Continuing yesterday's theme of songs I nominated for an end of year poll but somehow missed my 50.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 4d

Goodspeed You! Bad Bunny

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 4d

It's a good start! Trying not to get expectations too high tbh.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 4d

But I think this concept is as much in the mind of the listener as it is in the record itself. Eg LAP has some of the best pop singles of all time therefore Madonna is a singles artist therefore this isn't a proper album.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sure there was a time when you got a new computer and you expected it to be in some way better than the old one.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 4d

And then the solid 7/10 album *must* have been conceived as a whole because there's no outliers on it.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 4d

I think it's to do with the concept of an album and whether you think the artist was aiming to create some coherent whole that runs for ~45 mins, or if they threw in some songs to make up the running time. (Not that it bothers me either way, but some people are more precious about the concept).

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 5d

#TheTwen2ie5 HM2

The Blessed Madonna ft Jamie Principle - We Still Believe (2023)

Country: US

It's always a good time to post this

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 5d

#TheTwen2ie5 HM1

Sahra Halgan - Sharaf (2024)

Country: Somalia

Seen this picked quite a few times and kicking myself for overlooking it on my long list.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 5d

So sorry to hear that ❤️

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 6d

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 25

Jane Paknia & Hagop Tchaparian - Alice in Orchidverse (2024)

Country: US, UK

Lovely way to round out the first half of the list. Next month is going to be more latin-centric and prob a lot more singleton picks.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 7d

"I tried to call the guy back but he didn't answer"

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 7d

But man, *stop shouting all over them*

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 7d

Definitely the most baffling album of the tournament for me. Everyone says it's great but no one says why.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 7d

This kind of thing ended up being a little underrepresented on my list, partly because I was prioritising songs or genres you might not hear so much. So no Kelly Lee Owens, HAAi, Octo Octa, Eris Drew etc even if I do listen to those artists a lot.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 7d

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 24

Avalon Emerson & Storm Queen - On It Goes (2025)

Country: US

There's a whole load of great no fuss club music from the last few years but this is an absolute standout.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 8d

I had the remix on my longlist so this could nudge it into my HMs.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 8d

Hard to tell from a small piece but looks to me like cross-bedding, like from ripples, either formed in water or wind-blown sand.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 8d

everyone post cats in blankets

A tabby cat with white paws looking insanely cute on a blue blanket

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 9d

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 23

Indravathi Chauhan - Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava (2021)

Country: India

My "ultimate golden beat", ie top discovery, from the pop polls and great to see it getting some picks here as well.

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Dan Bright Amaya @spacedan.bsky.social · 9d

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 22

Daboor & Shabjdeed - Inn Ann (2021)

Country: Palestine

Continuing with the anti-colonialism, this time from East Jerusalem.

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