BEST OF 2018, featuring BRUCE, DERU, DJRUM, DOS SANTOS, MAKAYA MCCRAVEN, STEFFI, SKEE MASK, STEVE HAUSCHILDT, TIM HECKER, X-ALTERA + many more, on this extended year-in-review ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast. co-hosts CHRIS WIDMAN, JOSHUA P FERGUSON, HENRY SELF + LUKE STOKES mix 4 diverse hours of future music favorites from 2018. [aired 6 + 13 december 2018 on WLUW 88.7fm chicago]

>CHRIS WIDMAN
Skee Mask “Flyby Vfr” (Compro, Ilian Tape, 2018)
X-Altera “Check Out The Bass” (X-Altera, Ghostly Intl., 2018)
LMajor “Raving Cru” (Dig the New Breed, Pt. 1, WNCL Recordings, 2018)
Mika Vainio & Vigroux “Netereournepas” (Ignis, Cosmo Rhythmatic, 2018)
Detboi “Beast” (Ice Cold, Metalhead, 2018)
The Maghreban “Monster Vip” (R&S Records, 2018)
Bruce “Cacao” ( , Hessle Audio, 2018)
Martyn “Cutting Tone” (Voids, 3024, 2018)
Lone “Hyper Seconds“ (Ambivert Tools Volume Three, R&S Records, 2018)
DJRum “Sex” (Portrait with Firewood, R&S Records, 2018)
Lake Haze “Prototype I” (The Observer EP, Crème Organization, 2018)
Heavee featuring DJ Phil “Move Back” (WFM, Teklife, 2018)
Slikback “Acid” (Lasakaneku, Hakuna Kulala, 2018)
Throwing Snow “Vulpine” (Houndstooth, 2018)

>JOSHUA P FERGUSON
Leon Vynehall "Drinking It In Again (Chapter IV)" — Nothing Is Still — Ninja Tune
Arp "Folding Water" — Zebra — Mexican Summer
Deadbeat "Hebatallah and Bashar" — Wax Poetic for This Our Great Resolve — BLKRTZ
Ross from Friends "Wear Me Down" — Family Portrait — Brainfeeder 
Steffi "Between Form and Matter" — Air Texture VI — Air Texture
Steve Hauschildt "Syncope" — Dissolvi — Ghostly International
Beach House "Black Car" — 7 — Sub Pop 
Makaya McCraven "Universal Beings" — Universal Beings — International Anthem
Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids "An Angel Fell" — An Angel Fell — Strut
Vels Trio "The Wad" — Total Refreshment Records
Khruangbin "Maria Tambien" — Con Todo El Mundo — Night Time Stories
Dos Santos "Cordva" — Logos — International Anthem
Kamasi Washington "Fists of Fury" — Heaven and Earth — Young Turks

>HENRY SELF
Thom Yorke "Suspirium" - Suspiria - XL
Steve Hauschildt "M Path" - Dissolvi - Ghostly International
Rhye "Phoenix" - Blood - Loma Vista
Maribou State "Kingdom" - Kingdoms In Colour - Counter
Matthew Dear "Bunny's Dream" - Bunny - Ghostly International
Daniel Avery "Glitter" (Jon Hopkins Remix) - Domino
DJ Koze feat. Róisín Murphy "Illumination" - Knock Knock - Pampa
The Field "Hear Your Voice" - Infinite Moment - Kompakt
Tim Hecker "Keyed Out" - Konoyo - Kranky
Nils Frahm "All Melody" - All Melody - Erased Tapes

>LUKE STOKES
Senyawa - Undo the World -  Sujud - Sublime Frequencies
Gruth - Jurupari Despumation - Befallen EP - Tormenta Electrica
Deru - Pyre - Torn In Two - Friends of friends
Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow - Annihilation - Annihilation Soundtrack - Lakeshore Records
Chris Liebing - Novembergrey - Burn Slow - mute
Foamek - Loomis - Radar Ruins - Youngbloods
Bulkhead - Whiplash - Aft Pressure - 2MR
Chancha Via Circuito - Nino Hermoso - Bienaventuranza - Wonderwheel 
Max Cavalerra - Auralis - Dimensions - Broque
Anenon - Verso - Tounge LP - Friends of Friends
Ocoeur - Shelter - Inner - n5MD 
dondadi - No Conduit - atm world - green house
Actress x London Contempory Orchestra - N.E.W. - Lageos - Ninja Tune