Tag: Holly Walker

Best of 2025

Happy New Year to you all. Thank you as ever for checking out the blog. For the second year running over 1,000 of you came to the site, which is really special.

Here are my most played tracks of the year courtesy of Spotify. Heavily featured artists include TEED (as usual), Maribou State, Seb Wildblood, Caribou, Little Dragon and NEIL FRANCES. You’ll find the new Leon Vynehall, along with various bits and pieces across all genres that I had on repeat this year. There is also a complete album by Marconi Union; I think I put it on and then fell asleep while it played in a never-ending loop. You’ll understand when you hear it.

And as a little New Year’s treat, here is a link to my top 48 on Soundcloud. Knock yourself out.

Otherside & Blackoak – Maribou State

One of the first posts I wrote on this site was on the release of Kingdoms in Colour. That was way back in 2018 – the last time electronic duo Maribou State released an album. So it is pretty exciting that they are back with a new album, Hallucinating Love, which will be released on 31st January 2025. The process has been a long one in part due to a serious illness suffered by one of the duo. Chris Davids has required brain surgery due to a rare condition called a Chiari malformation. That they are now releasing new music and announcing live dates is great news for the band and their fans.

7 years is a mighty long time in music, but from the sounds of the first two singles it may have been worth the wait. Both Blackoak and Otherside are unmistakably Maribou State, once again featuring Holly Walker’s beautiful vocals. Excitingly, Andreya Triana is a featured artist on a yet to be released track, which feels like another match made in heaven.

Tickets for their Valentine’s Day gig at Ally Pally go on sale this Friday.