The Christmas Special 2025

A collection of holiday- and winter-themed vaporwave releases

Let’s not beat around the bush: 2025 was a particularly bleak year in terms of global politics and the music industry.

At the same time, I rarely had as much fun doing my job in my almost 25-year career as a music writer (in fact, I published my first album review in a German music magazine in 2001).

I have to thank you, dear reader – I truly appreciate …