Jamie xx ‘In Colour’ (Young Turks)
The production wing of The xx steps out of the shadows with his first solo full-length
Hot Chip ‘Why Make Sense?’ (Domino)
Getting back with your ex isn’t always advisable, but Hot Chip are giving it another shot
Holly Herndon ‘Platform’ (4AD)
The California-based boffin returns triumphant with an ingenious second album of laptop exploits
Grasscut ‘Everyone Was A Bird’ (Lo Recordings)
Plaintive, plangent, poignant – three words to describe the music of this intriguing duo
Gnod ‘Infinity Machines’ (Rocket)
The shape-shifting noisenik collective get to grips with machines in some style
Ghost Harmonic ‘Codex’ (Metamatic)
John Foxx embarks on a new foray into the ambient unknown with Benge and Diana Yukawa
Evvol ‘Eternalism’ (Mad Dog & Love)
The debut album from this Irish-Franco-German trio enchants the darker side of Berlin’s underbelly
Ekoplekz ‘Reflekzionz’ (Planet Mu)
The latest release from Bristol tech geek Nick Edwards may well be his best yet
Die Wilde Jagd ‘Die Wilde Jagd’ (Bureau B)
German analogue/digital duo’s debut rouses with an irresistible call to the fray
Death And Vanilla ‘To Where The Wild Things Are’ (Fire)
Sweden’s latest exports lead the wild rumpus with 1960s-inflected electro-dreampop