Simian Mobile Disco ‘Whorl’ (Anti)
Cactus alert!! This is almost certainly the best electronic music album ever recorded in the middle of a desert
S’S ‘Exploded View Of Love’ (G@#9)
Where The Young Gods meets Black Flag. We advise you to put on a safety helmet before reading any further
Ryan Teague ‘Block Boundaries’ (Village Green )
It’s billed as a “hallucinogenic Ballardian journey”, but it isn’t quite as hallucinogenic or Ballardian as it might have been
Roedelius ‘Tape Archive 1973-1978’/Kollection 02:Roedelius’ (Bureau B)
Two albums celebrating the granddaddy of all things ambient, experimental and electronic
Olivia Louvel ‘Beauty Sleep’ (Cat Werk)
The award-winning French-born Brit crafts a fresh set of art inspired electronics. Or is it electronics inspired art?
Octave Minds ‘Octave Minds’ (Boysnoize)
Boys Noize? Chilly Gonzales? Together? An unlikely pairing on paper that reaps rewards in the recording studio
Nicholas Krgovich’ On Sunset’ (Tin Angel)
Exploring the underbelly of Hollywood with tracks inspired by leftfield 80s pop and smooth 90s downtempo music
Laetitia Sadier ‘Something Shines’ (Drag City)
Following her 2012 ‘Silencio’ album and hot on the heels of her new Little Tornadoes project, it’s a busy time for the Stereolab singer
KMFDM ‘We Are (Live 30th Anniversary)’ (Metropolis)
Under the radar industrial outfit make a dash for the limelight with a storming 30th anniversary live set
John Foxx ‘B-Movie (Ballardian Video Neuronica) ‘/John Foxx & Steve D’agostino ‘Evidence Of Time ‘Travel (Bureau B)
Two very different albums from one of our favourite pioneers, including a collaboration that finds him at his dark and seedy best