Long Reads

Mercurial producer Loraine James embraces fractured IDM, lustrous pop and a sharp cast of collaborators for her latest solo venture – arguably her most assured and absorbing work to date

Returning with his first new material in 12 years, Midge Ure reflects on his punk adventures, synth epiphanies and five decades of highs and lows

Fifteen long years since their last full-length album, Seefeel present the magnificent ‘Sol.Hz’ – a richly atmospheric drift through dub-heavy bass, fragmented hooks and lustrous sound design

Instrumental trio Haiku Salut and pianist Meg Morley have ReimagineD the soundtrack to a 1930 German silent film with typically cinematic verve

All ghostly ambience, noir-ish drone and propulsive electronics, J Zunz conjures UP slow-burn soundscapes that shimmer with a creeping, otherworldly unease

Eschewing their usual avant-garde provocations, Laibach are back with their most pop-facing record yet – a gloriously hook-laden set packed with undeniable bangers. Didn’t see that one coming…

Best known as one half of The Knife, Olof Dreijer’s inaugural solo work is a rush of vivid yet unconventional dance music – joyful, exuberant and gloriously unbound by customary clubland expectations

Jim Noir is dead. For 20 years, the enigmatic alter ego of Alan Peter Roberts has been the purveyor of perfectly wonky retro-pop. Fear not, though – the man beneath the bowler hat is about to relaunch himself as electronic maestro The Dook