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Cubicolor – Hardly A Day, Hardly A Night

Time is what inspired this record, and at just under an hour in length, it “weaves together themes of loss, hope, and acceptance” according to a recent presser.

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Lane 8 – Brightest Lights

Maybe Daniel Goldstein is one of the fastest rising American DJs of the melodic house genre. Brightest Lights, his third full length album in 6 years, is full of guest features from POLIÇA, Arctic Lake, Kauf, and Nevve.

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Cerrone – DNA

This is 21st century disco music from Cerrone: one of the most influential artists of the original disco-era!

Floating Points – LesAlpx / Coorabell

Sam Shepard gets down with some fancy sound machines and looks to pull listeners onto the dance floor with this double track release ahead of a new full length coming soon.

Peggy Gou – Moment EP

Both tracks feature Korean lyrics over looping piano melodies, and should be well received on any set list.

NAVVI – 25O2

They’ve trusted their instincts, and embraced the nightclub. So hypnotic, and so good.

MEUTE – Live in Paris

This is the debut album from a German techno marching band… a German techno marching band! The idea of marching band music is being overhauled

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Us3r – 1985

Amazon product designer by day and bedroom composer by night, his debut is snappy, clever, nostalgic dance music that does not disappoint.

Manics – Binary EP

Release Date: 3/9/2019 Straight out of new wave nostalgia we have Manics, a duo from San Francisco mixing indie pop vocals with melodic dance music.

Rhye – Blood Remixed

Rhye’s 2nd album gets a proper electronic remix treatment with collaborators including Washed Out, Tensnake, Moon Boots, Jacques Greene, Little Dragon and more. More blazing

The Samps – Breakfast

What a bizarre amalgamation of mashups there are on this debut album from California-based trio The Samps. So many genres have been fused together here

Chrome Sparks – Be on Fire EP

Yeah, this will do: sweet synthy glitch goodness from Jeremy Malvin on Counter Records, an imprint of the mighty Ninja Tune label. Be on Fire

RÜFÜS DU SOL – Solace

RÜFÜS DU SOL leans towards darker dance floors with Solace, lamenting on one-sided relationships and longing for second chances. It’s more or less still the

Scratch Massive – Garden of Love

The fourth studio album from the French duo is catching a lot of buzz online right now, and has been described as “between shadow and

Maribou State – Kingdoms in Colour

Despite the pressure of following an Internationally acclaimed debut album, the English duo continues to marry smooth-buttery-smooth live instrumentation with warm electronics on their sophomore

Claptone – Fantast

The masked EDM performer (how many are there now?) drops a radio friendly Sophomore album of cheerful house music that’s in stark contrast to the

DJ Koze – Knock Knock

The much anticipated follow up to Stefan Kozalla’s 2013 break through Amygdala is everything great about electronic music.

Anemone – Baby Only You And I

Bleeding into the edges of alternative we have Montreal-based artist Chloé Soldevila sounding a lot like Stereolab mixed with Mark Pritchard. It’s worldly, jammy, strange,

Gui Boratto – Pentagram

Ten years have passed since lord of the dance floor Gui Boratto released his breakthrough debut Chromophobia. And what now? Five Pillars of Techno and

Zhu – Ringers Desert Pt. 1

And who is this mysterious man cutting circles in the Namibian desert? It’s Chinese-American DJ and producer ZHU delivering the most suitable sort of Electronica

Simian Mobile Disco – Murmurations

Electronic duo Simian Mobile Disco have returned with their 5th studio album named after “giant cloud formations of starlings”. Collaborating with London’s all female Deep

Le Galaxie – Pleasure

How ridiculous does a Bengali tiger look in front of an ice cave? Or maybe it just looks like an ice cave, and Le Galaxie’s

Güero – My Way My Rules

Your and Your Hippie Friends imprint drops an extended hymn to the synth overlords with My Way My Rules; a super ultra electro prog rock

George FitzGerald – All That Must Be

Following a deal with indie label Domino after his debut Fading Love on Double Six Records, the English electronic musician relished the idea that he

ODESZA – A Moment Apart

More of the same from Odesza, but it’s sure to ignite their fan base regardless. “A Moment Apart”, the third full length album from the

Crywolf – Skeletons EP

EDM crowd pleaser Justin Phillips aka Crywolf is back with this 9 track EP on Okami Records, and there is a lot to love here.

Ki:Theory – Silence

Virginia-based DJ and multi-instrumentalist Joel Burleson aka KI:Theory (pronounced “Key Theory”) blends alternative rock and glitchy electronica on this  blazzey blah of a record. It’s all those tired EDM

Carl Craig – Versus

Carl Craig is known for Techno. So what is this? A collaboration between the Detroit iconoclast and a French Orchestra– a fabulous album that takes