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Poolside – Low Season

The eagerly awaited 3rd album from Los Angeles group Poolside is a welcome trip to the tropics; so warm and wonderful!

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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.

Blaue Blume – Bell of Wool

On this record, it’s no secret that the Danish art pop band romanticize the glory days of early 80’s new wave in Britain.

The Cinematic Orchestra – To Believe

If you’ve found British electronic-duo The Cinematic Orchestra too safe, predictable or just plain boring in the past, their first album in 12 years is

Weval – The Weight

Amsterdam-based duo Weval‘s sophomore release is heavy on skill, soft on vocals, and emotionally dark. This is the kind of genre-blending electronic music for people

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

TENDER – Fear of Falling Asleep

Psychological struggles can make it hard to sleep. When the body tires, but the mind simply will not, our anxieties or fears may heighten to

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

Nite Haus – Saturation

Fans of Crystal Castles and New Order will surely enjoy this sweet synthy synthwave from German / American electronic duo Nite Haus. This, their second

DJ Koze – Knock Knock

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

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

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

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.