Arushi Jain: Raga Time
Deploying contemporary electronics that riff on Indian classical idioms, modular synthesist Arushi Jain crafts potent and beguiling otherworldly sounds
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
Squarepusher ‘Dostrotime’ (Warp)
Shape Shifting
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
Ultramarine ‘Folk’ (Foam On A Wave)
Reissue for genre-defining masterwork Long before Bibio, Tuung or Minotaur Shock came on the scene, or the term…
Wild Terrier Orchestra
Sounds from the Greek underground
Electribe 101: Soul Survivor
The second album by Electribe 101 is the stuff of legend. Dismissed as “crap” when they were dropped by their major label in 1992, ‘Electribal Soul’ is nothing of the kind. When it finally saw the light of day, singer Billie Ray Martin proudly showed off this lost classic
Pepe Deluxé: Cabinet of Curiosities
A spectrogram-powered Russian synth, Tibetan drums made of human skulls, and the world’s largest cowbell are just some of the weird instruments that feature on the new album from Helsinki’s Pepe Deluxé. We lift the lid on their box of delights