Space Blanket: That’s A Wrap
Shimmering synths, hazy ambience and a spot of “space trumpet”… Space Blanket make warm, cosmic sounds you’ll want to cosy up to
Keith “Radioactive Man” Tenniswood
Keith “Radioactive Man” Tenniswood – formerly one half of Two Lone Swordsmen with Andrew Weatherall – considers his primary influences. Whatever you do, don’t mention bangers
Marie Davidson: Clowning Around
Loaded with epic synth action and co-produced by Soulwax, the latest offering from Canadian producer Marie Davidson is blisteringly good – clubby, punchy, and quite possibly her finest yet
Alex Paterson: Sphere And Now
As driven and restless as ever, and with a new, career-spanning “director’s cut” compilation in the shops, The Orb’s Alex Paterson reflects on his eventful 30-year journey – with good tales, to boot
Arushi Jain: Raga Time
Deploying contemporary electronics that riff on Indian classical idioms, modular synthesist Arushi Jain crafts potent and beguiling otherworldly sounds
Squarepusher ‘Dostrotime’ (Warp)
Shape Shifting
Lost Souls Of Saturn: Alternate Realities
As “multidimensional creative dissidents” Lost Souls Of Saturn, Seth Troxler and Phil Moffa fuse elements of techno, dub, house, jazz, psych and ambient into vivid and expansive new shapes. Enhanced by augmented reality, it’s quite the trip
Andy Oppenheimer ‘The Devil’s Dancers’
Andy Oppenheimer of Oppenheimer Analysis recalls the creation of their self-released 1982 synthpop gem ‘The Devil’s Dancers’, which became a cult classic and dancefloor favourite when it was reissued on Veronica Vasicka’s Minimal Wave label
Plaid ‘Feorm Falorx’ (Warp)
Space Odyssey
Plastikman and Chilly Gonzales: Minimal To The Max
As Plastikman, Richie Hawtin is the king of reduction. But ‘Consumed In Key’, a collaboration with piano maestro Chilly Gonzales, is a radically different take on minimal techno, a step into uncharted territory that pushes both artists way beyond their comfort zones. The result is simply stunning