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I'm listening to Magyar Posse's phenomenal 2004 album "Kings of Time" while in sauna, and the old wounds, they are opening again. #music #magyarposse #kingsoftime #postrock

https://magyarposse.bandcamp.com/album/kings-of-time

"It’s the idea that art is a kind of mirror. You create something in a very selfish way and then when you release it into the world, it becomes a mirror. If other people see themselves reflected back in what you’re doing, then there is a sense of touching people."

Steven Wilson

#music #stevenwilson #art

Even though it may not feel like it yet, we are already heading toward brighter days, toward spring.

For #VerdantVoices #TuneTuesday here is Amorphis with Come the Spring, a song that sounds like it in itself is lush with life and full of unstoppable force of the nature.

https://youtu.be/y9mmhsIqj48

Finnish Christmas day weather forecast in a nutshell #amorphis #bingcrosby #joulu #christmas #vinyl #musadontti #vinylcommunity

Nothing signals the end of the year quite like the flood of Wrapped-posts from various streaming services on social media.

I thought I’d follow in Steven Wilson’s footsteps and make my own Wrapped post about the actual physical records I listened to the most in 2025 for the lovely Mastodon #vinylcommunity

Here we go!

Amorphis -Borderlands
Saimaa ja Yona - Solovey
Saimaa - Vol 7
Krypta - Lasipalatsi
Scott Walker - 4
Liekki - Korppi
Camel - Nude
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Steven Wilson - The Overview
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Bon Iver - 22, A Million

#ActualPhysicalWrapped2025 #vinyl #vinylcommunity #music

It is beginning to look very wintery here up north and for whatever reason this record always pops into my mind everytime I am surrounded by a lot of snow.

Mew - Frengers

#mew #vinyl #vinylcommynity #nowspinning

Autumn and post-rock go so well together. #music #postrock #autumn

Godspeed You! Black Emperor announced their 2026 European tour dates. So glad to see Tampere here! #gybe #godspeed_you_black_emperor #tour #music

The Who - Who's Next

Got this second hand copy for pennies few years ago. It used to be in public library's collection and its condition is accordingly. It pops, it crackles, it tends jump here and there but it also rocks.

#vinyl #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #thewho

Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue

Solo album by Beach Boys drummer is certainly not what you expect it be. Cover photo in itself is point on. Weary eyed and bearded Dennis could not seem to be much further from the jollyness of BB. Haunting and longing songs accompanied with Dennis' weathered voice on this record paint a beautiful picture of loss and tragedy, feelings that must have contributed to his tragic demise.

#vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #nowspinning

So anyway I exported my humble ~500 record collection from Discogs and raked some statistics from it. Some big surprises, some not so big surprises.

Top 5 years of original release:
1. 1973: 17 records
2. 1971: 16 records
3. 2021: 16 records
4. 1977: 15 records
5. 1980: 15 records

Top 5 decades:
1. 1970: 125 records
2. 1990: 81 records
3. 2000: 76 records
4. 2010: 75 records
5. 1980: 62 records

Top 5 artists:
1. Amorphis: 26 releases
2. Iron Maiden: 14 releases
3. Steven Wilson: 14 releases
4. King Crimson: 13 releases
5. Opeth: 13 Releases

Oldest release:
Bing Crosby - White Christmas 7" (1954)

Latest release:
Krypta - Lasipalatsi EP (2025)

Approximate weight of my collection:
97 kg 780 g
(minus the sleeves, boxes etc. Average 12-inch set as 150g)

Will do this again in couple of years and see if these rankings have changed.

#vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #discogs

I don't know who needs to hear this, but I just found out that you can add custom fields to you collection in Discogs! Just open your collection and click the "Manage Custom Fields" on the upper right corner. Wanna write a unique Haiku-poem for each record? Just add a Textarea-field. Or maybe you want to catalogue each entry with a color that specific record evokes in your head? Just add a dropdown-field with specific colors as selectable options. #discogs #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity

Visited an awesome record shop/coffee shop in Tallinn Estonia last weekend, Moritz Records. They have a great second hand vinyl and cassettes selection. If you are in the area I heartily recommend to pay them a visit. #recordshop #vinyl #vinylcommunity #tallinn #estonia

Blurred Finger Death Punch #makeasongartificial #hashtaggames

Faith No More - King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime

This is THE Faith No More album for me. Being all over the place stylistically, it's amazing how this album can sound so consistent and deranged at the same. And it's unmistakably FNM on any chosen second of it's duration. Star A.D. is one of my Mike Patton performances ever. #faithnomore #vinyl #vinylcommunity

Tool -Lateralus

24 years ago today my favorite album of all time was released. #vinyl #vinylcommunity #tool #lateralus