Martin Gore ‘MG’ (Mute)
The Depeche Mode man delivers a solo instrumental album from his Santa Barbara home studio
Mark Lanegan Band ‘A Thousand Miles Of Midnight’ (Heavenly Recordings)
Lending tunes from his ‘Phantom Radio’ album to some remixing pals reaps rewards for the ever-inventive stalwart
East India Youth: Right Here, Right Now
From sleepy seaside town to thrumming back streets of East London, East India Youth’s follow-up to his Mercury-nominated debut is seeped in the sounds of the city – and it’s a sonic stunner
Marc Houle ‘Restore’ (M-nus)
A-list remixers undertake a makeover of Houle’s minimal classic ‘Restore’ – and it ain’t minimal no more
Laurent Garnier ‘The Home Box’ (F Communications)
French legend returns to banish the curse of jazz techno. World celebrates
Blancmange: Home Truths
Everyone likes Blancmange and their no-nonsense synthpop shizz, right? But forget what you think you know. With the release of an excellent new album, ‘Semi Detached’, Neil Arthur reveals why it really is time for a rethink
Romare
Funk-fuelled cut ‘n’ paste (BA, Hons)
LTO
Mysterious producer, equally enigmatic EP
Evvol
Exotically brewed, haunting trance-pop
Aero Flynn
Lush textured, psych-folk splashed dreampop