Blancmange ‘Semi Detached’ (Cherry Red)
Following his reappearance in 2011, Neil Arthur’s music just gets better and better the second time around
Biosphere/Deathprod ‘Stator’ (Touch)
Ambient music as background? Not a bit of it, as this well-matched split album proves
ALSO ‘ALSO’ (R&S)
Bass men Appleblim and Second Storey break beats, boundaries, the mould, everything…
Walls ‘Urals’ (Ecstatic Recordings)
The last offering in an album trilogy, but is it the end or a new beginning for the accomplished London duo?
Twin Shadow ‘Eclipse’ (Warner Brothers)
If it’s powerful 80s style synthpop you’re after, George Lewis Jr delivers
Stealing Sheep ‘Not Real’ (Heavenly Recordings)
Liverpool outfit make good on their debut album promise with an inventive follow-up
Squarepusher ‘Damogen Furies’ (Warp)
Album number 14 sees Mr Jenkinson stripping down the kit list and ferociously nailing tracks in one take
Sonnymoon ‘The Courage Of Present Times’ (Glow365)
A third collection of intricate and beautiful music from the innovative New Englanders
Prefuse 73 ‘Rivington Não Rio’ (Temporary Residence Ltd)
Chaotic samples and enveloping beats – Prefuse 73 is at it again
Portico ‘Living Fields’ (Ninja Tune)
From jazz mags to Electronic Sound, it’s been a strange trip for the group formerly known as Portico Quartet