Who do you instabuy?

aphex

kettel

bvdub

dino jr./ j Mascis

Radiohead

Wisp

Björk

quite a lot actually.

some artists I'll pre-order without listening to a second of music. aphex, boc, autechre, opn, unknown mortal orchestra, viet cong/preoccupations, alex g, gy!be are the first ones that spring to mind. oh, also mbv and the avalanches not that they release stuff very often.

then other artists I need to hear a single/teaser before committing, to get a better idea of what direction they're going in, such as squarepusher, bibio, flylo, and i guess loads more.

I also find that limited runs or limited/coloured variants can sometimes tip me over the edge when deciding to pre-order. if something's 1/250 or whatever, I'm more likely to just fucking go for it due to fomo.

It appears I instabuy iTAL tEK also.  Looking back, I think I've pretty much got everything he has released, including a load (but not all) of his remixes. Also a few of his earlier Soundcloud tracks, and the legendary Terminator 2 EP on Net-lab.

I don't instabuy anyone. Every arstit is capable of producing shit.