Tangerine Dream ‘The Official Bootleg Series Volume Two’ (Reactive / Cherry Red)
Definitive live high watermarks from the kosmiche big time
Go March ‘Go March’ (Unday)
Belgian trio serve up electrifying debut packed full of motorik math-rock jams
Keith Seatman ‘A Rest Before The Walk’ (Ghost Box)
Deep analogue atmospherics for long winter nights
Butterfly Child ‘Futures’ (Dell’Orso Records)
Dreampop godfather flutters out of hibernation for unexpected return
Luke Haines ‘British Nuclear Bunkers’ (Cherry Red)
Unhinged maverick returns with a Dadaist hauntology riff on the Kling Klang sound
Ghost Box Records: Making Dead Men Sing
We’ve had 10 years of wonderful music and fabulous visuals from those genre-defining folk at Ghost Box Records and we’re popping corks with label co-founders Jim Jupp and Julian House to mark the occasion. Stand by for stuff about synths, sci-fi, Bagpuss, electromagnetic fields, alchemists, William Burroughs and haunted dancefloors
Tomo Akikawabaya ‘The Invitation Of The Dead’ (Minimal Wave)
Lost 80s Japanese synthpop treasure rediscovered and remastered
Müller Roedelius ‘Imagori’ (Grönland)
Yin-yang collaboration pairs organic piano explorations with precise digitalism
Julia Holter ‘Have You In My Wilderness’ (Domino)
LA’s extraordinary experimental pop magician delivers her most welcoming long-player yet
Susumu Yokota ‘My Energy’ (Lo/The Leaf)
Subtly stunning tribute to a Japanese master of ambient electronics