BUYFI SELECTS_010 (12/02/25)

Oklou's friends, Dijon's friends, an education in subgenre, and why you should maybe stop saying "EDM."

2 Dec 2025 — 6 min read

Good afternoon. This week is all about songs you may have missed, from artists you hopefully haven't missed.

First business, then, selections from Oklou, Dijon, RamonPang, and more.

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BUYFI SELECTS_010

DECEMBER 02 2025 SELECTIONS

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In 6 days, Rachel and I will see Dijon live, here in Chicago. In anticipation of this (sure to be mind-altering and world-shattering) gig, I've been listening back through his catalogue, digging into the music that sunk it's teeth deep into my brain long before the Mk.gee / Big Mike's cataclysm, before Absolutely fully established Dijon as a force to be reckoned with, and long before Bieber.

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Dijon playing "Talk Down" in San Francisco. A perfect time capsule from my time in California- Dijon's music, Ashley Gellman putting me on a guestlist, and Captain + Stoker coffee always in frame.

If you haven't already listened to Absolutely, as well as this year's Baby, then feel free to start there (immediately, please, for god's sake).

But, if you're well versed in Dijon's more recent offerings, take a gander back in time with this week's first selection- listen to "Magic Loop," the product of a 2019 collaboration with production duo DJDS.