Peter Zinovieff ‘Electronic Calendar: The EMS Tapes’ (Space Age)
An engaging retrospective of the great man’s work from 1965 to 1979
Jaga Jazzist ‘Starfire’ (Ninja Tune)
Third album from Londoner James Mathé is a real cerebral charmer
Renegade Soundwave ‘Biting My Nails’
Gary Asquith winds back to 1989 and recounts a tale about cocaine, cursed death masks and a somewhat informal business meeting with Robert Plant
Jonteknik ‘Structural’ (Jonteknik Music)
Is this the album about architecture that Kraftwerk never made?
In Fields ‘Phantoms’ (Desire)
Forging a new union of man and machine – with a little help from some ghosts
Biosphere/Deathprod ‘Stator’ (Touch)
Ambient music as background? Not a bit of it, as this well-matched split album proves
Mono Life ‘Phrenology’ (Advanced)
A dance music memento mori from the self-styled Skull From Hull
Martin Gore ‘MG’ (Mute)
The Depeche Mode man delivers a solo instrumental album from his Santa Barbara home studio
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
Various Artists ‘Science Fiction Park Bundesrepublik’ (Finders Keepers)
Eclectic compilation from the back-in-the-day West German DIY scene, where the cassette tape was king