Episode 1038: The excitement mounts as Festive 51 votes start to influence alongside four Asia surprises!
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Episode 1038: The Beat Goes On – 20251205 – The Beat Goes On – presented by Zaph Mann
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| Faster Louder | 2:09 | Glitterfast @Glitterfast | Glitterfast EP | (Slovenly Recordings) @SlovenlyRecs | 2025 | https://glitterfast.bandcamp.com/album/glitterfast-s-t-ep |
| England | 4:57 | The Conspiracy | Dungeness ep | (Metal Postcard) @metalpostcard1 | 2025 | https://metalpostcard.bandcamp.com/album/the-conspiracy-dungeness-ep |
| Blackbird | 3:41 | Naked Lunch @nakedlunchmusic | Lights (And A Slight Taste Of Death) | (Tapete Records) @tapete @bureaublabel @tapeterecords @bureaub_hamburg | 2025 | https://nakedlunched.bandcamp.com/album/lights-and-a-slight-taste-of-death |
| Mother Tongue (on B) | 4:05 | Alev Lenz @Alev_Lenz | 4 in a Cycle of Thirds | on Bandcamp | 2025 | https://alevlenz.bandcamp.com/album/4-in-a-cycle-of-thirds @fiveworlds |
| It’s Raining Today | 4:02 | Magnus Carlson & The Moon Ray Quintet | Shadows | (We Jazz) @wejazzhelsinki | 2025 | https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/shadows |
| I’ve missed the rain | 4:00 | Freda D’Souza @freda_d.souza | I’ve missed the rain | on Bandcamp | 2025 | https://fredadsouza.bandcamp.com/album/ive-missed-the-rain |
| Mapag Tuang Taneuh Pianjingeun | 5:55 | Jaydawn x Wukir Suryadi @wukirsuryadi | “Pucung, Pangkur Jeung Hujan Bedog 12” | (Grimloc Records) @grimlocrecords | 2025 | https://grimlocstore.com/product/jaydawn-x-wukir-suryadi-pucung-pangkur-jeung-hujan-bedog-12-black/ |
| Al | 2:27 | 响马 Bande | Toy توي | (Old Heaven Books) @Oldheavenbooks | 2025 | https://oldheavenbooks.bandcamp.com/album/toy |
| 金は天下のまわりもの ‘Money belongs to the world’ | 3:39 | Kasai | 〽 | (Chinabot) @chinabotasia @Chinabot_ | 2025 | https://chinabot.bandcamp.com/album/–2 |
| Mallets ft. Elvin Brandhi @elvinbrandhi | 5:04 | Microcorps @oldfog | Clear Vortex Chamber | on Bandcamp | 2025 | https://microcorps.bandcamp.com/album/clear-vortex-chamber-2 |
| Sk1 | 4:21 | Jerskin Fendrix @jerskinfendrix | Once Upon A Time… In Shropshire | (untitled (recs)) @untitledrecs | 2025 | https://jerskinfendrix.bandcamp.com/album/once-upon-a-time-in-shropshire |
| Switch Over | 3:05 | Horsegirl @horsegirlmusic | Phonetics On and On | (Matador Records) @matadorrecords | 2025 | https://thisishorsegirl.bandcamp.com/album/phonetics-on-and-on |
| Total euphoria | 4:29 | Caroline @carolinetheband | caroline 2 | (Rough Trade) @RoughTrade | 2025 | https://caroline.bandcamp.com/album/caroline-2 |
| Perfect Doom | 2:17 | Wave Generators @wavegenerators | Run Away with a Wild and Rare One | (Fused Arrow Records) @fusedarrow | 2025 | https://wavegenerators.bandcamp.com/album/run-away-with-a-wild-and-a-rare-one |
| Substance P | 5:14 | Peter Evans, Mike Pride | A Window, Basically | (Relative Pitch Records) @relativepitch1 @relativepitchrecords | 2025 | https://relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-window-basically |
| Royalties | 3:50 | Talk Show @stephjammm @qasimnaqviofficial | Miss America | (We Jazz) @wejazzhelsinki | 2025 | https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/miss-america |
| Invocation | 2:14 | Laura Altman @laura.r.altman | Holy Trinity | (Relative Pitch Records) @relativepitch1 @relativepitchrecords | 2025 | https://relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/holy-trinity |
| Bundles of Paths | 11:37 | Jaycock / Burge | Vol.4 Time Geography | (Human Geography Recordings) @Davidajaycock | 2025 | https://human-geography-recordings.bandcamp.com/album/vol-4-time-geography |