Clockwork ‘B.O.A.T.S.’ (Life And Death)
Melancholic techno and old-fashioned storytelling make for to a sparkling debut album
Bonobo ‘The North Borders’ (Ninja Tune)
A more than worthy follow-up to the much-praised ‘Black Sands’ album and remix set
Billie Ray Martin ‘The Crackdown Project’ (Disco Activisto/dPulse)
Electribe 101 frontwoman worships at the temple of electro pioneers Cabaret Voltaire
Autechre ‘Exai’ (Warp)
Sonic architecture, political engagement and, er, a bunch of other stuff
Karl Bartos ‘Off The Record’ (Bureau B)
Former Kraftwerk linchpin creates beauty from his own back catalogue
Klaus Schulze ‘Shadowlands’ (Synthetic Symphony)
German synth master’s nine millionth album is a lengthy, patchy (geddit?) affair
Letherette ‘Letherette’ (Ninja Tune)
Daft Punk-influenced debut might just herald a new genre – Midlands-glo
Lloyd Cole / Hans-Joachim Roedelius ‘Selected Studies Volume 1’ (Bureau B)
Electronic experiments from an unlikely pairing
Marsheaux ‘Inhale’ (Undo)
Cult Greek duo’s latest album is a devilishly dark synthpop pleasure
Mesh ‘Automation Baby’ (Dependent)
They pile on the beats, but the Bristol electro-rockers aren’t afraid to show their sensitive side