Proxima: Lie Detection/Brainstem (Tempa) I wonder how many electronic music fans have experienced the same love affair I have had with dubstep. When I first started to hear it in 2005 or so...
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Nils Frahm: Juno (Erased Tapes) This absolutely stunning 2-track EP focuses on synthesizer explorations and leaves behind the piano sensibility of Frahm’s previous full-length. Frahm...
Fennesz: Fa 2012 (Editions Mego) Christian Fennesz released “Fa” as part of his impressive debut Hotel Paral.lel on Mego back in 1997. Here we are 15 years later, with Fennesz...
Rrose: Pretinal (Eaux) Rrose picks up the torch of Sandwell District with his own label, Eaux. Preretinal is the first new EP to hit shelves (alongside reissues of all of his Sandwell...
FaltyDL: Hardcourage (Ninja Tune) FaltyDL takes the full early 90s plunge with this 2-tracker on Ninja Tune. He’s always suggested loyalty to dance music of that era, but these two...
Nathan Fake: Iceni Strings (Border Community) Nathan Fake returns with 3 new tracks after an extended silence… all three are reliably tightly crafted, but none of them dives...
Guy Gerber: The Mirror Game (Visionquest) Oddly gloomy single from house producer Guy Gerber, straddling the middle ground between indie pop, headphones listening and club music quite...
John Roberts: Paper Frames (Dial) House producer John Roberts has always been slightly left of center, but there’s something quite inviting about his warm, leftfield house music that...
Perc: A New Brutality (Perc Trax) Label boss Perc returns after his heralded Wicker & Steel release and remix companions with an EP of brand new material. The title is appropriate even...
Function: “Ghost Echoes” (Variance, Sandwell District 2010) I’ve just gone and acquired most of the old Function releases from the past few years. This track stands out as one my...
Brogan Bentley: Brogan Bentley EP (Leaving) I’ve been digging this EP from Brogan Bentley, an odd fusion of dance music and lo-fi bedroom production. It has enough of a swagger to...
James Blake: “Tell Her Safe” (Klavierwerke, R&S 2010) Klavierwerke was the 3rd of James Blake’s trio of EPs in 2010, before he released his full-length album the following...
Jon Convex: Lied To Be Loved (3024) Jon Convex is joined by dBridge as guest vocalist on this threesome of techy house grooves, released on Martyn’s 3024 imprint. Much like...
Jeff Derringer: Passenger EP (Perc Trax) I’ve been writing up a bunch of releases from Perc Trax recently. What can I say? Perc has impeccable taste when it comes to techno and...
Napolian: Rejoice (Software) This EP on Ford & Lopatin’s Software label is a weird, woozy combination of 80s Linn-drum homage and melodic synth-pop flair. It’s a lot of...
Stay+: Fuck Christian AIDS (Ramp Recordings) The most extensive EP by cryptic artist Stay+ is also their most musical and cohesive, after a series of one-off digital singles. The crass...
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