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Liminal Drifter – The Dreams

Australian dreamsonica is on full display from Dr. Simon Order aka Liminal Drifter. And yes, he actually does have a Ph.D. Order has been making

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,

GAS – Rausch

Ambient techno from beyond the grave. The apex of perfection on a rainy Monday morning. Something that is meant to be heard from beginning to

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

A.A.L (Nicolas Jaar) 2012 – 2017

New York based Chilean-American composer and recording artist Nicolas Jaar (Against All Logic) releases a treasure trove of basement tracks and disco loops.  “This Old

Forest Swords – DJ Kicks

Following two successful, timeless albums on Ninja Tune and Tri Angle, Forest Swords takes the helm of a 27-track compilation for !K7’s long running DJ

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

Fluxion – Ripple Effect

For his 7th album, established dub techno producer Konstantinos Soublis (Fluxion) has composed a soundtrack to a movie that doesn’t exist. Play this album through all

Alison Wonderland – Awake

“Punctuated noise” is how others have described the sophomore release from Australian electronic music producer Alison Wonderland. Having listened to the 12 track album start-to-finish,

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

Young Galaxy – Down Time

Electro-pop duo Young Galaxy out of Montreal have arrived with their first fully independent, “punk spirit” album. In a recent press release, the band noted

FKJ – French Kiwi Juice

Debut album from French multi-instrumentalist and singer Vincent Fenton. FKJ has been described as a “flag bearer” of New French House music, but this sounds

Daniel Avery – Song for Alpha

Here we have the second album from electronic music producer Daniel Avery; a hat tip to some of the great avant-garde composers like Brian Eno

Chrome Sparks Album

Chrome Sparks

It’s finally here. “Chrome Sparks’ eponymous debut album boasts a sparkling sound: a euphony of hip-hop, house and bright-beaming synth work.” Release Date: 4/16/2018

Mark Pritchard – The Four Worlds

Warp continues to release ground breaking music with Mark Pritchard’s second solo effort The Four Worlds, an 8-track album that goes deep into an obscure universe of

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

Lone – Ambivert Tools Vol. 3

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

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

Dabrye Box Set

Seventeen years in the making, this 4 album box set includes Dabrye’s One/Three (2001), Two/Three (2006), Three/Three (2018) and Instrmntl. Experience Dabrye’s vision in full —

Chaines – The King

You have to wonder when someone describes an album, or anything for that matter, as simply “interesting.” And what we have here from Manchester U.K.

Kölsch – 1989

When only the purest techno house will satisfy your cravings, choose Kölsch. 1989 is the final album in an autobiographical trilogy of LPs on Kompakt, described

Four Tet – New Energy

Veteran instrumentalist, composer and general legend in the world of electronic music, Four Tet, has released his 15th album New Energy on his own label

Juju & Jordash – Sis-Boom-Bah!

From the Netherlands with regards come Juju and Jordash with their pleasantly surprising 5th album Sis-Boom-Bah! Club hits you’d expert to hear from a House duo like

Shigeto – The New Monday

How often can we judge an album by its’ cover? Mysterious. Familiar. Static. Change. Do these words evoke a particular place or musical genre? For

Mount Kimbie – Love What Survives

Place a track from Mount Kimbie’s 3rd full-length, like “Audition”, next to something from their 2011 debut, such as “Carbonated”, and you’d be surprised to

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