Our yearly Christmas special has descended — a mix of experimental and off-the-shelf holiday music to lift the spirit.This festive season is extremely off. Images of joy alternate with scenes of terror on our screens and in our thoughts. We hope that this Christmas is a moment not to look away but to gaze inward. Music not only soothes but also nurtures perseverance. Or as Death says, explaining the nature of belief in Hogfather (2006) — “You need to believe things that aren’t true. How else they can become?”This year’s mix is collaged by Scrying the Landscape’s Hannah Pezzack and Elina Tapio, together with Rubber’s own The Social Lover.@hannah-pezzack@elinatapio@the-social-loverTracklist:Christine Sonntag & Ton Lebbink- AdventBiosphere - RotationFairy Pilots - I Dream Of Mighty SpiritsOorbeek - StillenachtX Ray Pop - Christmas BongAtom Tm - Weißes Rauschen (Erster Teil)Coil - Christmas Is Now Drawing NearCulturcide - Depressed ChristmasWojchech Rusin - SalvationDylan Henner - Merry Christmas, Mr LawrenceThe Social Lover - Spiking the punchRev A.W. Nix - Death May Be Your Christmas GiftElectric Sewer Age - Moon's Milk (Waning)Xela - Of The Light And Of The StarsSuicide - Hey LordThe Jon Matthy Quartet - Misery And Suffering ForeverHematic Sunsets - Der Im KellerGinji Ito - Hokori Darake No Christmas Tree The Craving For WineNEY - Ein Einsamer Vogel'Belief' As According To DeathSaskia - SloopyMondlane - SolsticeNtski - TreesongGhadelia Tazartes - Assassins 2Marcel - God Rest Ye Merry GentlemenAmbrosial - Spinning Around