Blancmange ‘Commuter 23’ (Blanc Check)
Bowie, Eno, Neu! and existential crisis rendered beautifully
Anna Meredith ‘Varmints’ (Moshi Moshi)
All sorts of unexpected electronic glory from the edge of post-classical world
DJ Flugvél Og Geimskip
Spellbinding Icelandic quirkpop pioneer
Radioland ‘Radio-Activity Revisited’ (The Leaf Label)
Klassic Kraftwerk album gets a pop arty reworking in its entirety
Howes ‘3.5 Degrees’ (Melodic)
When it comes to modular, what comes first, man or machine? Or is it somewhere inbetween?
Yacht: The Shipping Forecast
Former DFA recording artists Yacht have their very own belief system. They have a manifesto too. Not only that, the Los Angeles outfit produce shiny electronic pop music with side orders of extraterrestrial intelligence and future gazing. And it really is as marvellous as that all sounds
Irmin Schmidt ‘Electro Violet’ (Mute)
A 12-CD retrospective of the Can man’s solo work delivers a thorough listening experience for those with stamina
She’s Got Claws
Chilly electronica just like it used to be in the olden days
Wolfgang Flür ‘Eloquence – Complete Works’ (Cherry Red)
A collection of international electropop from former Kraftwerk drummer and full-time Musik Soldat
John Foxx/Harold Budd/Ruben Garcia ‘Nighthawks’John Foxx & Harold Budd ‘Translucence/Drift Music’(Metamatic)
Selected reissues of ambient collaborations from the House of Foxx