Prequel Tapes ‘Inner Systems’ (R’coup’d)
Shadowy German offers up 80s UK electronica as blueprint for glitchy synth goodness
Jóhann Jóhannsson ‘Sicario – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ (Varèse Sarabande)
A film soundtrack that makes the most of things that go bump in the night
Underworld ‘Second Toughest In The Infants’ (Universal Music Catalogue)
A masterclass from Romford’s finest in how to do a 20th anniversary reissue
Streeeams
Bright as buttons blissed-out electropop
St Germain ‘St Germain’ (Parlophone France)
Ludovic Navarre makes long awaited return with something of a curveball
Roots Manuva ‘Bleeds’ (Big Dada)
Rodney Smith returns with album number six. Any good? Let’s not ask silly questions, eh?
Merz ‘Thinking Like A Mountain’ (Accidental)
Mauled by the music industry in the 90s, Conrad Lambert serves up impressive sixth album
Sim Hutchins
Off-kilter glitch-ambience meets weird-techno
Zaflon
The new school of “chuck it all in and give it a good stir” drum ‘n’ tronica
Death In Vegas On ‘MTV Fashionably Loud’
It’s 1997 and guess who’s been invited to play on MTV’s leading catwalk-cum-rock concert crossover show? Only psychedelic big beat electro-grunge pioneers, Death In Vegas…