Barker & Baumecker: A Murder Of Crows (Ostgut-Ton) This one’s been in irregular rotation on my headphones since the spring. I’ve been trying to figure out what to say about...
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Jimmy Edgar: Sex Drive Remixes (Hotflush Recordings) Three remixes of this cut from Edgar’s last album Majenta, turning the chunky electro original into more dancefloor-ready techno...
Olafur Arnalds: Two Songs For Dance (Erased Tapes) Short and sweet, these two understated pieces suggest movement in a far less obvious way than what one might expect. Both have an elegant...
Cardopusher: Goldo State EP (Iberian Records) Luis Garbán has certainly come a long way since his early gabba/breakcore roots, and he’s been busy. Of all the various Cardopusher...
Rrose x Bob Ostertag: The Surgeon General (Eaux) Rrose reigns supreme again with this 12" kicking off his/her own new Eaux label. (I already reviewed the second Rrose record on the...
Moritz Von Oswald Trio: Fetch (Honest Jon’s) To label the majority of the Moritz Von Oswald Trio’s releases as “jazz” is perhaps wishful thinking… there is...
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...
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...
Ekca Liena & Spheruleus: Mapping The Boundary Layer (Home Normal) The far-off bells and hazy breeze that resound on “Apparatus and Installation” start off this...
Holy Other: Held (Tri Angle) Following up the promise of their With U EP, Manchester artist Holy Other presents this concise 35-minute album of new material. Well, mostly new — some of it...
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...
Blue Daisy & Unknown Shapes: Bedtime Stories EP (Black Acre) Blue Daisy is an artist that’s been floating in my periphery for a while now, but I’ve never really had the...
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...
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