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Written by Nikolaj Bruus. Recommending 10-30 new albums each month (focusing exclusively on albums and EPs – no singles). Feel free to reach out at info@pinkcottoncandyrecords.com if you’d like me to give your release a listen.
Also feel free to e-mail me if you run a label I should check out, a music platform, or know of any new initiatives for a more sustainable music scene. I'm especially interested in music scenes and creative communities outside the US and UK.
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2025 Albums (January-April)
Record Labels
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Northern Europe
A Quiet Room (DK - Copenhagen)
Afvikling (DK - Copenhagen)
Kaos og Stjernen (DK - Copenhagen)
Big Oil Recording Co (DK - Copenhagen)
Posh Isolation (DK - Copenhagen)
Vasen (DK - Copenhagen)
Sensorisk Verden (DK - Copenhagen)
One World (DK - Copenhagen)
Barefoot (DK - Copenhagen)
Part Time (DK - Copenhagen)
Movement Shaped Like a Heart (DK - Copenhagen)
Eget Vaerelse (DK - Copenhagen)
Bedroom Community (IS - Reykjavik)
Smalltown Supersound (NO - Oslo)
Sofa Music (NO - Oslo)
Nakama (NO - Oslo)
Sonic Transmissions (NO - Trondheim)
Subliminal Sounds (SE - Stockholm)
Studio Barnhus (SE - Stockholm)
Labrador (SE - Stockholm)
Year 0001 (SE - Stockholm)
Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox (SE - Gothenburg)
Kontra-Musik (SE - Malmö)
We Jazz (FI - Helsinki)
Fonal (FI - Tampere)
All That Plazz (FI - Helsinki)
No Business (LT)
Amulet of Tears (LT - Vilnius)
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South America
Buh (PE - Lima)
Seminal (BR)
Balaclava (BR)
40% Foda/Maneiríssimo (BR - Rio de Janeiro)
QTV Selo (BR - Rio de Janeiro)
También (EC - Quito)
TraTraTrax (CO)
nodo label (AR - Buenos Aires)
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Oceania
Eremite (Hawaii)
Worlds Within Worlds (AU - Sydney)
Black Truffle (AU)
Chapter Music (AU - Melbourne)
Efficient Space (AU - Melbourne)
Balance (AU - Melbourne)
Room 40 (AU - Brisbane)
Lost and Lonesome (AU - Melbourne)
A Colorful Storm (AU - Melbourne)
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Africa
Hakuna Kulala (UG - Kampala)
Nyege Nyege (UG - Kampala)
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Central Europe
Fundacja SÅ‚uchaj (PL - Warsaw)
Enjoy Life (PL - Warsaw)
BFF Music (PL - Warsaw)
Gusstaff (PL - Zielona Gora)
Instant Classic (PL - Krakow)
Dingn/Dents (SK)
Korobushka (CZ - Ostrava)
Day After (CZ - Pilsen)
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Eastern Europe
CES Records (GE - Tsibilisi)
Muscut (UA)
Oath (TR - Istanbul)
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East Asia / Southeast Asia
Mulemusiq (JP - Tokyo)
Ftarri (JP - Tokyo)
Newhere Music (JP - Tokyo)
Palms & Charms (JP - Tokyo)
EM (JP - Osaka)
KITCHEN. Label (SG)
Pest Productions (CN)
Bié Records (CN - Beijing)
Small Animals (CN - Shenzhen)
Wild (CN - Wuhan)
OverMyBody (TW)
Oslated (KR - Jeju-do)
SoundSupply_Service (KR - Seoul)
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Middle East
Ruptured Records (LB - Beirut)
Al Maslakh (LB - Beirut)
Habibi Funk (DE/LB)
Oath (TR - Istanbul)
Nashazphone (EG - Cairo)
Zabte Sote (IR)
Noise à Noise (DE/IR)
Drowned by Locals (JO - Amman)
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Central America
Umor Rex (MX - Mexico City)
Infinite Machine (MX - Mexico City)
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Southern Europe
Hivern Discs (ES - Barcelona)
Lapsus (ES - Barcelona)
BCore Disc (ES - Barcelona)
Humo Internacional (ES - Oviedo)
Abstrakce (ES - Valencia)
Analogical Force (ES - Madrid)
Bobo Integral (ES - Madrid)
aMARXÉ (ES)
Wah Wah (ES)
Discrepant (PT / ES)
Eastern Nurseries (PT - Porto)
Principe (PT - Lisbon)
Hayes (PT - Lisbon)
Black Sweat (IT)
Flowing Downward (IT)
Die Schactel (IT - Milan)
Several Minor Promises (GR - Athens)
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Western Europe
30M Records (De - Hamburg)
Dial Records (DE - Berlin)
7K! (DE - Berlin)
Miasmash (DE - Berlin)
Habibi Funk (DE - Berlin)
FMP (DE - Berlin)
Vaagner (DE - Berlin)
Staubgold (DE - Berlin)
BPitch (DE - Berlin)
Tresor (DE - Berlin)
Mansions and Millions (DE - Berlin)
Analog Africa (DE)
Compost (DE - Munich)
Midira (DE - Essen)
Mille Plateaux (DE - Frankfurt)
Grisaille (DE - Steinfurt)
Seil (DE - Frankfurt)
Glitterhouse (DE - Beverungen)
Alien Transistor (DE - Weilheim In Oberbayern)
Music from Memory (NL - Amsterdam)
Delsin (NL - Amsterdam)
Kalahari Oyster Cult (NL - Amsterdam)
Dekmantel (NL - Amsterdam)
Nous'klaer Audio (NL - Rotterdam)
Ideological Organ (FR - Paris)
Souffle Continu (FR - Paris)
Latency (FR - Paris)
INA grm (FR - Paris)
No Format (FR - Paris)
Buda Musique (FR - Paris)
Disques de la Spirale (FR - Paris)
Talitres (FR - Bourdeaux)
BLWBCK (FR - Toulouse)
Dauw (BE - Ghent)
Humpty Dumpty (BE - Brussels)
Maloca (BE - Brussels)
Futura Resistenza (BE - Brussels)
Audio. Visuals. Atmosphere. (BE - Antwerp)
Kraak (BE)
Hallow Ground (CH)
CRTTR (CH - Bern)
Danse Noire (CH)
Trost (AT - Vienna)
Col Legno (AT - Vienna)
Infinite Fog (AT - Sankt Kolona)
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UK and Ireland
Chemikal Underground (SCT - Glasgow)
Numbers (SCT - Glasgow)
INDEX:Records (SCT - Glasgow)
Athens of the North (SCT - Edinburgh)
Fort Evil Fruit (IRE)
Diatribe (IRE)
Nyahh (IRE)
Pure Life (UK - Manchester)
Tombed Visions (UK - Manchester)
Decaying Spheres (UK - Manchester)
Young (UK - London)
Wisdom Teeth (UK - London)
Rupture LDN (UK - London)
Lobster Theremin (UK - London)
Diagonal (UK - London)
Dream Catalogue (UK - London)
Brownswood (UK - London)
Future Retro (UK - London)
Rupture (UK - London)
Apollo (UK - London)
R&S (UK - London)
Fabric (UK - London)
Holding Hands (UK - London)
Death is Not the End (UK - London)
On-U Sound (UK - London)
Aus (UK - London)
Disciples (UK - London)
Lex (UK - London)
Memorials of Distinction (UK - London)
Night Slugs (UK - London)
Bercuese Heroique (UK - London)
Kit (UK - London)
Border Community (UK - London)
Astrophonica (UK - London)
Blank Mind (UK - London)
Poly Kicks (UK - London)
Hessle Audio (UK - London)
The Trilogy Tapes (UK - London)
One Little Independent (UK - London)
Soundway (UK - London)
Peach Discs (UK)
Mordant (UK - Hastings)
SVBKVLT (UK)
Metron (UK - New Forest District)
Opal Tapes (UK - Newcastle)
A Strangely Isolated Place (UK)
Timedance (UK - Bristol)
Home Normal (UK - Brighton)
Woodford Halse (UK - Daventry)
The Leaf Label (UK - Yorkshire)
Safe Suburban Home (UK - York)
Another Timbre (UK - Sheffield)
Central Processing Unit (UK - Sheffield)
Audiobulb (UK - Sheffield)
Emotional Response (UK)
Nouvelle Gaze (UK)
Bezirk (UK)
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North America
Telephone Explosion (CA - Toronto)
Cooked Raw (CA - Toronto)
New Motion (CA - Victoria)
Lost Sound Tapes (CA - Vancouver)
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United States
Cardinal Fuzz (US - Alabama)
Backwoodz Studioz (US - Brooklyn)
Temporary Residence (US - Brooklyn)
Ghostly International (US - Brooklyn)
Mexican Summer (US - Brooklyn)
Captured Tracks (US - Brooklyn)
Blank Forms Editions (US - Brooklyn)
Anthology (US - Brooklyn)
NNA Tapes (US - Brooklyn)
DFA (US - Brooklyn)
L.I.E.S. (US - New York)
Hospital Productions (US - New York)
Mississippi (US - New York)
Pi Recordings (US - New York)
Human Pitch (US - New York)
Florabelle (US - New York)
Relative Pitch (US - New York)
Other People (US - New York)
Haus of ALTR (US - New York)
Carrier (US - New York)
Incienso (US - New York)
Audio Antihero (US - New York)
Surf Gang (US - New York)
Neither/Nor (US - New York)
Mode (US - New York)
International Anthem (US - Chicago)
Trouble in Mind (US - Chicago)
American Dreams (US - Chicago)
Candlepin (US - Boston)
T4T LUV NRG (US - New Hampshire)
Vivarium (US - Michigan)
Paradise of Bachelors (US - Chapel Hill)
Noir Age (US - Miami)
100% Silk (US - Los Angeles)
Dinzu Artefacts (US - Los Angeles)
Peak Oil (US - Los Angeles)
Danger Collective (US - Los Angeles)
Cold Blue Music (US - Los Angeles)
Black Editions (US - Los Angeles)
100% Electronica (US - Los Angeles)
Post Present Medium (US - Los Angeles)
ESP-Institute (US - Los Angeles)
Line (US - Los Angeles)
Motion Ward (US - Los Angeles)
Winspear (US - Los Angeles)
Peak Oil (US - Los Angeles)
Fada (US - Los Angeles)
Not Not Fun (US - California)
Detroit Underground (US - Detroit)
Grapefruit (US - Omaha)
Makade Star (US - Winnipeg)
Family Vineyard (US - Indianapolis)
Past Inside the Present (US - Indianapolis)
Joyful Noise (US - Indianapolis)
Sublime Frequencies (Seattle - US)
Never Anything (Seattle - US)
Perpetual Doom (US - New Hope)
Feeding Tube (US - Massachusetts)
Important (US - Massachusetts)
Scissor Tail Editions (US - Oklahoma)
Crafted Sounds (US - Pittsburgh)
Geometric Lullaby (US - Pittsburgh)
Smithsonian Folkways (US - Washington)
K Records (US - Washington)
Tompkins Square (US - San Francisco)
Paisley Shirt (US - San Francisco)
Other Minds (US - San Fran)
Superior Viaduct (US - San Francisco)
Dark Entries (US - San Francisco)
The Flenser (US - San Francisco)
Lost Tribe Sound (US - Wisconsin)
Centripetal Force (US - La Selva Beach)
Aural Canyon (US - Texas)
Language Instinct (US - Texas)
Recital (US - Glendale)
Crash Symbols (US - Morgantown)
Longinus (US - Michigan)
Funeral Party (US - Louisville)
Little Axe (US - Portland)
Pinecone Moonshine (US - Portland)
Kill Rock Stars (US - Portland)
Repeating Cloud (US - Portland)
Pinecone Moonshine (US - Portland)
Canary (US - Maryland)
Out Of Your Head (US - Richmond)
Secretly Canadian (US - Bloomington)
Students of Decay (US - Cincinatti)
Feel It (US - Cincinatti)
Dead Oceans (US - Bloomington)
Julia's War (US - Philadelphia)
No Quarter (US - Philadelphia)
Dead Air (US - Philadelphia)
West Mineral LTD (US - Philadelphia)
No Agreements (US - Boston)
N5MD (US - Oakland)
Matinée Recordings (US - Santa Barbara)
Dust-to-Digital (US - Atlanta)
Elsewhere (US - New Jersey)
Erstwhile (US - New Jersey)
Hooker Vision (US - Athens)
Business Casual (US)