Jan St. Werner: Blaze Colour Burn (Thrill Jockey) Jan St. Werner is perhaps best known as one half of Mouse on Mars, but he’s also the man behind Lithops in addition to collaborating...
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The Black Dog: Tranklements (Dust Science) Ken Downie continues his ongoing collaborations with the Dust Science guys on this stellar new full-length. “Tranklements” is Sheffield slang for...
John Beltran: Amazing Things (Delsin) A bit of a curveball from Delsin given their recent focus on all things warehouse and techno. John Beltran deserves the special treatment, though, as...
Pet Shop Boys: Electric (x2) I was hesitant to include Pet Shop Boys here since they are such a pure pop outfit, but they’ve always been pretty close to my heart. What a relief,...
Kölsch: 1977 (Kompakt) For years, Kompakt was a sure thing to me for great dance music. It didn’t matter if it was a club thumper like Michael Mayer’s “Speaker” or...
John Roberts: Fences (Dial) John Roberts’ second album on Dial veers rather clearly away from the 4-to-the-floor house motifs of his debut. Glass Eights suggested an organic palette...
Mount Kimbie: Cold Spring Fault Less Youth (Warp) The second album from Mount Kimbie coincides with a lateral move from Hyperdub to Warp Records. Upon first blush, that change makes...
Greg Haines: Where We Were (Denovali) The latest offering from sound artist Greg Haines is decidedly different from his others. Haines himself describes it as “explorations into...
Pixel: Mantle (Raster-Noton) Anyone who’s had a cellphone for more than a few years and works with audio or a computer with speakers knows that once upon a time it was nearly...
Atom™: HD (Raster-Noton) Uwe Schmidt outdoes himself yet again with a cheeky but brilliant album of slick electronic pop that veers pretty far left of center. It’s certainly one of...
Exploring Jezebel: Weltmeister (Hospital Productions) Dominick Fernow (aka Prurient, Vatican Shadow, and countless others) explores the dark side of power-based sex with this odd noise...
Atom™: Cold Memories (Sähkö) Uwe Schmidt recorded Cold Memories as Atom Heart way back in 1994, when it was nearly impossible to avoid some kind of project of his. This was before the...
Lee Gamble: Diversions 1994-1996 (PAN)Lee Gamble: Dutch Tvashar Plumes (PAN) Lee Gamble was new to me when he released these two albums on the esteemed PAN label. Each release is unique...
Ital Tek: Nebula Dance (Planet µ) Ital Tek’s 2012 full-length moves away from the darker dubstep sounds he explored a few years ago and instead brims with a vibrant energy. This...
Main: Ablation (Editions Mego) Mego continues its winning streak releasing quality new music. They’ve managed to resurrect Robert Hampson’s Main project for this new album, his...
Christian Löffler: A Forest (Ki Records) The pastoral combination of delicate IDM, dancefloor motifs, and songs that comprise A Forest make it an overlooked gem of 2012 for me. I stumbled...
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