Records You May Have Missed: Spring 2025
Explore releases that may have passed you by this Spring, from Eiko Ishibasi to Caroline, and more.
Every season, every month, every day, more records are released than we can listen to — no matter how much we wish we could. “Records You May Have Missed” aims to showcase some albums that fell under the Discogs community’s radar. Whether from large, established artists or fresh faces, these new releases, reissues, and compilations never made it into our best-selling charts. Nonetheless, they’re just as worthy of a listen.
In no particular order, dive into the records you may have missed in spring 2025 below.
Antigone
Eiko Ishibasi
Eiko Ishibashi’s first vocal-driven album since 2018’s The Dream My Bones Dream finds the Japanese composer at her most delicately layered while tackling apocalyptic topics. With longtime collaborators Jim O’Rourke and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto in tow, Antigone weaves together elements of jazz, ambient, synth-pop, and musique concrète into a singular, dreamlike fog. Ishibashi’s voice drifts through the mix like an embrace at the end of the world.
Recommended if you like: Hiroshi Yoshimura, Nala Sinephro, Shabaka, Ana Roxanne, Jeff Parker
45 Pounds
YHWH Nailgun
NYC’s YHWH Nailgun came out swinging on their debut 45 Pounds, a 20-minute burst of controlled chaos that sounds like little else in the current rock landscape. Led by drummer Sam Prickard, the band puts rototoms front and center, transforming the oft-maligned ’80s relic into a relentless rhythmic weapon. The result is a disorienting blend of math rock precision and hardcore punk energy that still somehow barely resembles either.
Recommended if you like: Lightning Bolt, Hella, Black MIDI, Model/Actriz, Melt-Banana, Still House Plants
Caroline 2
Caroline
With Caroline 2, the London collective strides past the vast minimalism of their self-titled debut. The album leans into deeper contrasts, pairing rich textures with clipped electronics and balancing precision with rough edges. It’s a focused and self-assured step forward from one of music’s most promising groups.
Recommended if you like: Low, Horsegirl, Hand Habits, Foxwarren, Suss, Cameron Winter
Stochastic Drift
Barker
When Barker dropped Utility in 2019, his airtight arpeggios and drumless techno felt like a revelation. Six years later, Stochastic Drift lets a little air in. The Berlin-based producer retains his signature textures and crystalline synth work but employs looser, more fragmented rhythms. Less floor packer, more sonic puzzle box, Stochastic Drift rewards close listens with its depth and detail.
Recommended if you like: Autechre, Laurel Halo, Jan Jelinek, Oval, Floating Points
Faith
Purelink
On Faith, Chicago trio Purelink — Tommy Paslaski, Ben Paulson, and Akeem Asani — weave live instrumentation, tactile rhythms, and vaporous vocals into their already lush, airy sound. Guest appearances from Loraine James and Angelina Nonaj add a new human pulse to the haze: James brings a vulnerability to “Rookie,” while Nonaj’s spoken word drifts through “First Iota” like a memory. It’s a record that invites you to dissolve into it.
Recommended if you like: Ulla Straus, Fennesz, Klein, Astrid Sonne, Jlin
Friday Night
Livy Ekemezie
In 1983, Nigerian artist Livy Ekemezie dropped Friday Night, a sleek, infectious slice of Afro-disco, and then vanished from the public eye. Long a cult favorite among diggers, the album blends slick synths, rubbery basslines, and floor-filling grooves with breezy charm. Now, thanks to Odion Livingstone’s first reissue in eight years, Friday Night is getting its due again as one of the many overlooked gems from Africa’s vibrant ’80s funk and disco scene.
Recommended if you like: Kashif, Luther Vandross, Rick James, Earth, Wind & Fire, James Brown
Church of Kidane Mehret
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
Drawn from a rare 1972 private press and a nearly lost 1963 recording, The Church of Kidane Mehret is a glimpse into the early work of Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, Ethiopian nun, composer, and singular musical voice. Long known for her meditative solo piano pieces, this is the first official release to capture her playing anything else. Here, she turns to the pipe organ and other sacred instrumentation, casting her holy melodies across vast drones and devotional space.
Recommended if you like: Kali Malone, Kelly Moran, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros, William Basinski
Sketches For World Of Echo / Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In And Out
Arthur Russell
Recorded live at Phill Niblock’s Experimental Intermedia Foundation in 1984 and 1985, these stripped-back solo sets capture Arthur Russell with just cello, voice, and silence. Long considered the spiritual precursor to World Of Echo, the performances are finally presented in full for the first time. They’re skeletal, imperfect, and deeply human, revealing Russell’s process in real-time.
Recommended if you like: Phil Niblock, John Cale, Broadcast, Julia Holter, The Durutti Column
Joesph, What Have You Done?
Rainy Miller
Rainy Miller’s Joseph, What Have You Done? is a stark album that draws from grime, melancholia, and spoken word to create something closer to an audio diary set to music than a traditional record. Full of autotuned voice notes, religious imagery, and references to growing up in gray Northern England, it’s a dynamic work, perfectly fit for anyone searching for a bit of emotional gloom to curl up in.
Recommended if you like: Geologist, Andy Stott, The Field, Leon Vynehall, Aya
Scanners
Anthony Naples
With Scanners, Anthony Naples steps out of the foggy after-hours of his goopy 2023 record, Orbs, and onto a more kinetic stage. Trading ambient dub for something more physical, Naples taps into the DNA of classic Chicago house and gritty New York techno while still keeping his atmospheric touch; it’s a worthy addition to any discerning clubber’s shelf.
Recommended if you like: LFO, Larry Heard, DJ Python, Topdown Dialectic, Basic Channel
TV, Anime & Manga New Age Soundtracks 1984-1993
Various
TV, Anime & Manga New Age Soundtracks 1984–1993 showcases the early sounds that elevated the monumental rise of Japanese entertainment. From the intensity of Geinoh Yamashirogumi’s “Kaneda” to the hypnotic groove of Chumei Watanabe’s mech-inspired arrangements, this compilation maps an era when synths, strings, and traditional instruments fused to take over the world.
Recommended if you like: Yellow Magic Orchestra, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, Vangelis, Bonobo
Sogolo
Witch
Zamrock’s most known entity, Witch, returned this spring with their first new record in four decades, Sogolo. Possessing all the major traits that make the regional genre famous, the band’s comeback is gritty, fuzz-drenched, and politically charged. With characteristic searing riffs and traditional rhythms, Sogolo proves that the spirit of Zamrock is alive and well, with a bright future.
Recommended if you like: Nzogzi Family, Chrissy Zebby Tembo, Goat, Thee O Sees, Wand
Road Fever: New Generation Carnival Riddims From St. Lucia And Dominica
Various
Road Fever is a no-holds-barred blast of Dennery Segment and Bouyon riddims. This 14-track compilation taps some of the Caribbean’s sharpest producers for a set that fuses trap, drill, dancehall, and more into a high-octane vision of modern carnival music. Best played loud.
Recommended if you like: DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, DJ Taye, DJ Marfox, Nídia
Corpus Offal
Corpus Offal
Born out of the mire of Seattle’s Cerebral Rot, Corpus Offal’s debut serves up a gruesome feast of old-school blackened death metal: disgusting vocals, swampy production, chugging riffs, and just enough Slayer-style flair to keep it unholy. It’s not reinventing the wheel, but for anyone with a closet full of faded death metal tees, this is required listening.
Recommended if you like: Death, Tomb Mold, Blood Incantation Paganizer, Autopsy
Baú 83-87
Mercenárias
Mercenárias carved out a space in Brazil’s punk and post-punk underground, and this newly reissued collection locks in the all-female band’s legacy. Spanning 1983 to 1987, it compiles ten rare tracks left off their studio LPs, plus an early live set and a long-lost studio session. Remastered from the original tapes and released via Nada Nada Discos, the set captures the band at their most jagged.
Recommended if you like: The Slits, Malaria!, Kleenex, Gang Of Four, The Gun Club
Planet Mu 30
Various
Since the mid-’90s, Mike Paradinas’ Planet Mu imprint has pushed electronic music beyond the club mainstream by soldering jungle, dubstep, breakcore, glitch-hop, and beyond into something restless and original. This anniversary compilation presents that spirit across two CDs, featuring longtime Mu stalwarts like Venetian Snares, Luke Vibert, Ital Tek, and Paradinas himself (as µ-Ziq), alongside footwork innovators Jlin, Traxman, and RP Boo, as well newer voices like Nondi_, Rian Treanor, and Saint Abdullah.
Recommended if you like: Flying Lotus, Aphex Twin, Plaid, Boards Of Canada, Mark Pritchard
Trésor Magnétique
Francis Bebey
Sourced from fragile tapes discovered in his son’s home, this posthumous collection of unreleased tracks and archival recordings offers an intimate window into the colorful world of Francis Bebey. A true pioneer, the Cameroonian musicologist danced on the line between tradition and technology by skillfully pairing pygmy flutes with drum machines, threading folk guitar through electronic backdrops, and sidestepping all expectations.
Recommended if you like: Anna Butterss, Dur-Dur Band, Joni Haastrup, The Funkees, BadBadNotGood
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