Maribou State ‘Portraits’ (Counter)
From the leafy ‘burbs, Hertfordshire duo turn in gentle, off-kilter belter
Cornelia
Left of centre Scandi electronica
We Are The Muzik Makers
In 1995, a new music magazine catapulted underground electronic music into the mainstream. To mark 20 years since the first issue of MUZIK, we track down its founders to tell the full story (although it wasn’t that hard to find them)
Steve Cobby ‘Everliving’ (Déclassé)
Another quality album from the former Fila Brazillia man using his actual real-life name
Rubik ‘Tone Poem’ (Domestic)
Creating an album using stochastic processes? Do what? Disco dancing this ain’t
Gnod ‘Infinity Machines’ (Rocket)
The shape-shifting noisenik collective get to grips with machines in some style
East India Youth ‘Culture Of Volume’ (XL Recordings)
South coast indie kid turned electronic champion returns with a stunner of a second album
8:58 ‘8:58’ (ACP)
If it looks like Orbital and sounds like Orbital, is it actually Orbital?
Blancmange: Home Truths
Everyone likes Blancmange and their no-nonsense synthpop shizz, right? But forget what you think you know. With the release of an excellent new album, ‘Semi Detached’, Neil Arthur reveals why it really is time for a rethink
Romare
Funk-fuelled cut ‘n’ paste (BA, Hons)