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FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON PRESENT AMORPHOUS ANDROGYNOUS - The Isness
After six years of complete silence on the Future Sound Of London front, the duo resurect their alter ego Amorphous Androgynous for a surprising journey into prog-rock. And it is not as bad as it sounds...

HIS NAME IS ALIVE - Last Night
Following his amazing collaboration with gospel singer Lovetta Pippen on Someday My Blues Will Cover The Earth, Warn Defever returns to a guitar-based sound and crafts more beautiful songs for the soul diva.
HIS NAME IS ALIVE: THE INTERVIEW

NIGHTMARES ON WAX - Mind Elevation
Twelve years after the release of the first Nightmares On Wax album comes Mind Elevation. Only the fourth album from George Evelyn, this record continues to explore the dopey beats and soulful songs championed by the Nightmares.

SCHNEIDER TM - Zoomer
Zoomer is Schneider TM's second album. Combining intricate electronica with a brilliant pop ethic, this opus is as exiting as it appears out of time.

SPACEHEADS - Low Pressure
Formed toward the end of the eighties, Spaceheads have shaped a particular sound fueled with jazz incurtions in electronic settings. This album, their sixth, is groovy and inspiring. 

SUPERSPRITE - Color Mixing
Supersprite main man Howard Gillam spent his formative years playing live sets around his native Portland, Oregon. Color Mixing, his first album, is a brilliant collection of melodic electronica.

TARWATER - Dwellers On The Threshold
After exploring the dark realms of their inspiration on their last album, Tarwater offer here a much more upbeat and straightforward collection of songs.

UPLAND - Upland
Dark and atmospheric, the first Upland album is impressive by its sonic manipulations and abstract settings. Far from being distant and inaccessible, this album is in fact inhabited by creative human inputs.

VENETIAN SNARES - Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits 1972-2006
VSNARES - 2370894
Relative new comer Aaron Funk has made a strong mark on the noise scene with his first couple of albums, released last year. With two more albums released this year, and a third one on the way, could be accused of being a bit over-active. These two albums are different in many ways, and work as complementing each other.

BOOM BIP – Seed To Sun
One of the best producers around, Boom Bip follows his album with Doseone with another slice of twisted Hip-Hop, released on the new Warp offshoot label Lex Records.

BOVINE LIFE +/v KOMET – Reciprocess +/v Vol. 1
Scotland’s Bovine Life meets Germany’s Komet in this first in the Reciprocess +/vs split series co-curated by Philippe Petit, head of Bip-Hop, and Christopher Murphy, the man behind Fällt.

GUS GUS – Attention
Everything had become very quiet on the Gus Gus front since the departure of a few of the original members, but the core of the band is back with a album that takes their sound into new territories

INKBLOT – Love Your Mother
More organic textures from Texan Jeremy Ballard. The man follows his excellent first album with a record that mixes found sounds, live instrumentations and electronic distortions.

ISAN – Clockwork Menagerie
Isan have become something of a legend, mostly due to the release of now hard to find brilliant EPs and singles, collected for the first time on this essential record.

SYBARITE – Nonument
After releasing a compilation of rare tracks and writing the soundtrack to Kill Me Tomorrow, Xian Hawkins finally releases the first Sybarite album. Delicate and restrained, the music is evocative and intelligently produced.

SUSUMU YOKOTA – The Boy & The Tree
Yokota is without a shadow of a doubt the most prolific musician of his generation. This new album is a mesmerising collection of inspired ambient music, resounding with echoes of oriental music and found sounds.

RAOUL BJÖRKENHEIM/INGEBRIGT HÅKER FLATEN/PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE - Scorch Trio
Legendary guitarist Raoul Björkenheim teams up with one of the most burning rhythmic sections in Scandinavia for this intricate and energetic collection of abstract jazz.

CURSOR MINER - Explosive Piece Of Mind
Cursor Miner's first album is an exiting and disconcerting piece of work indeed. Evoking in turn Syd Barrett, Aphex Twin and Gary Numan, Explosive Piece Of Mind presents a mixture of rough edged electronica and perfect electro-pop.

DIRTY VEGAS - Dirty Vega
Dance music is too often uniform and blend. Dirty Vegas provide with this glorious debut a refreshing mix of dancefloor classics and more subdued moments.

MELODIUM - A Possible Way Of Spending Time
With this second album, French musician Laurent Girard, aka Melodium, present a fascinating collection of warm melodic electronica evoking the soundscapes of Boards OF Canada or Isan. 

TRYGVE SEIM/ØYVIND BRÆKKE/PER ODDVAR JOHANSEN – The Source & Different Cikadas
Formed in the early nineties, The Source have since extended from a trio to a formation complete with string quartet. Seim, Brække and Per Oddvar Johansen remain however the driving force behind the ensemble for this fourth album which sees their diverse influences merging to create a evocative soundtrack.

TI-CAL - Coriolis
Ti-Cal is Tarl Broad-Ashman. Once a member in an indie rock band, he now composes ambient music entirely based on electronic sounds. Based around five phases, Coriolis is a seamless journey through warm atmospheric landscapes.

ALPINESTARS - White Noise
Formed after being challenged by promoters of mixed-gay Manchester club Homoerotic to come up with a live electronic set in just a week, Alpinestars now come back with their second album. Still inspired by 80's electro, White Noise is more straightforward and upfront compositions.

ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY - Jun Ray Song Chang
Contrasting between the untutored style of Asa-Chang and the more conventional approach to tabla of U-Zhaan, the compositions of this album, completed by the electronic inputs of programmer Hidehiko Urayama and mixmaster Kiyoshi Kusaka, take time to reveal themselves, but the effort is all worth it.

BOOM BIP & DOSEONE - Circle
This collaborative work between producer Boom Bip and Doseone, one third of Clouddead, is a fascinating take on abstract hip-hop. Both active members of the West Coast Anticon collective, Boom Bip & Doseone offer here a controversial and fascinating take on hip-hop.

DAEDELUS - Invention
Hailing from Santa Monica, California, young producer Daedelus was first heard on the Dublab compilation released just a year ago. He is now bringing out his first album, Invention. Combining hip-hop beats, 30's and 40's hollywood soundtracks and melodic electronica, this debut reveals a brilliant new talent.

FREEFORM - Audio-Tourism: Vietnam & China/Audio-Tourism Reinterpretation
Freeform's six album, Audio-Tourism: Vietnam & China is the result of two months spend recording environmental sounds in Asia. More than a remix project, Audio-Tourism Reinterpretations emulates the original constructions of Simon Pike and take them to new heights.

INFORMATION - Biomekano
This third album by Norwegian duo Information is by far their most accomplished work. Affiliated to the Tromsø school of electronic music, Information's use of environmental sounds rivals that of Biosphere in beauty and precision.

MARGO - The Catnap
This quartet formed in France while they were still at university, approach music as one art form amongst others. They also attach a huge importance to visual expressions and fashion. This first album encompasses the innocence of Fançoise Hardy or St Etienne with the electronic beauty of To Rococo Rot.

PIANO MAGIC - Writers Without Homes
After six years, Piano Magic finally reach their spiritual home with 4AD. Proud offspring of Ivo Watt-Russels’s seminal This Mortal Coil, Piano Magic present with this sixth album a collection of delicate songs, faithful to the spirit of the label.

SPUNK - Den Øverste Toppen På En Blåmalt Flaggstang
Improvising quartet Spunk return with their second album. Integrating musical instruments and voices in a very unique way, the band continue their exploration of the sonic realm.

DOT ALLISON - We Are Science
After over two years of silence and with a new record deal under her belt, Scottish singer Dot Allison is back with a very strong second solo album. A self confessed return to her roots, We Are Science is a kaleidoscopic take on vintage granular electronic.

BIOSPHERE - Shenzhou
Ten of the twelve tracks of Shenzhou are based on the orchestral work of French classical composer Claude Debussy. Here, Geir Jenssen wraps his beautiful ambient soundscapes around excerpts of a few of Debussy's compositions. 

BURNT FRIEDMAN & JAKI LEIBEZEIT - Secret Rhythms
German musician extraordinaire Burnt Friedman adds yet another fruitful collaboration to his already well filled list. His new album was recorded with legendary Can drummer Jaki Leibezeit.

GALERIE STRATIQUE - Nothing-Down-To-Earth
Galerie Stratique is French Canadian Charles-Emile Beullac and Nothing Down-To-Earth is his first album. With beautiful sweeping soundscapes and short melancholic vignettes, Beullac proves to be a very talented musician.

HEAD NOISE - The Day I Stopped Reading Wired
Dublin's Power FM DJ Josh O'Connor presents his first self released album. Disconcerting and unsettling, The Day I Stopped Reading Wired brilliantly mixes post rock and dub electronica in its darkest form.

JOSEPH NOTHING - Dreamland Idle Orchestra
Japan Joseph Nothing releases his second solo album on Planet Mu. Inspired by a deserted theme park of Yokohama, Dreamland Idle Orchestra is a festive and fascinating album. Brilliant.

SPEEDY J - Loudboxer
Dutch DJ and musician Jochem Paap, aka Speedy J, returns to his roots with this club orientated record. Loudboxer showcases the harder edge of Paap's sound.

AOKI TAKAMASA - Silicom 2
Second album in the beautiful Silicom series, this new Aoki Takamasa release takes the sonic experimentations of the first volume to new abstract territories. 

TRANSISTOR SIX - Johnny Where's My Purse?
Twisted pop on maverick electronic background, the debut from Transistor Six's Frances Castle is a hidden treasure.

BROADWAY PROJECT - Compassion
Compassion was originally released early last year on the excellent Memphis Industries label, and after having been unavailable for a while, the label is now re-releasing the album with an additional CD featuring rare and unreleased tracks. Described by Jockey Slut as 'Tom Waits duetting with Portishead and produced by Boards Of Canada', Compassion is already an absolute classic.

DECAL - 404 Not Found
With their third album, Irish duo Decal move away from their classic Detroit techno sound to concentrate on more intimate structures, built around a mix of acoustic and electronic sounds.

ETIENNE DE CRECY - Tempovision Remixes
Without Etienne De Crecy, the French electronic scene would without any doubt be radically different. Pioneering the French Touch sound with Motorbass or by producing Air's first single, Etienne De Crecy finally brought his first album a couple of years ago. This remix project is as excellent as the original.

MONOLIGHT - Free Music
Since his days as a member of pop combo Fra Lippo Lippi, Rune Grammofon's label boss Rune Kristoffersen has moved to more experimental territories. With this new album, he explores the possibilities of improvisation with electronic music and produces a piece of work where fragility is a centrepiece.

MÚM - Finally We Are No One
With this follow up to the excellent Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK, released a couple of years ago, Icelandic quartet Múm continue their exploration of rich soundscapes and impressive atmospheres.

NAUTILIS - Are You An Axolotl?
Are You An Axolotl? is the first album by Texan musician Skyler McGlothlin. On this record, he goes from heavy abstract hip-hop, dirty electro funk and Boards Of Canada-like dreamy electronica. Despite its diversity, it is a very consistent record, and an extremely interesting debut. 

SONOGRAM - Arrival Lounge
Second album for Simulacra's boss Todd Gautreau's Sonogram project. With Arrival Lounge, he moves away from the contemplative ambient sound of his Tear Ceremony project to explore more openly atmospheric territories.

SPUNK - Filtered Through Friends
Following the release of their first album a couple of years ago on Norwegian label Rune Grammofon comes this remix album featuring some of the most important names of the Scandinavian electronic scene. The quartet presented on The Only Thing I Know Is That It Isn’t A Vacuum Cleaner a very uncompromising sound, and these thirteen reworkings provide very different angles on the five originals.

RUBIN STEINER - Wunderbar Drei
Third album by France's latest darling. Rubin Steiner is Frederick Landier, and, after releasing a series of ultra rare 12", a first album, now out of print, and a second, which has just been made available again, he now offers his third and most exiting record.

THE STREETS - Original Pirate Material
Cutting lyrics and and street attitude, The Streets take UK Garage to new heights, bringing at long last some wit and subtlety to the genre. Day in the life of a geezer, Original Pirate Material is simply brilliant. 

AIM - Hinterland
It took almost four years for Andy Turner to give the seminal Cold Water Music a follow up. With Hinterland, he revisit the same hip-hop influenced beats, soulful melodies and poignant vocal collaborations to create his cinematic sound.

AIR - Everybody Hertz
Remix albums can be a dangerous excercie, as proved by Air's Everybody Hertz. The duo have asked a handful of friends to reshape tracks from the intense 10,000Hz Legend, but was it really worth it?...

ATOM™ - Replicant Rumba Rockers: A Rather Interesting Mix
This mis album, put together by Flanger co-conspirator Burnt Friedman, compiles some of his favouriteLatin inspired electronic tracks by etremelly prolific Atom™.

COPPE WITH R. BREEN- Papa My Buddha
COPPE GETS WITH THE PROGRAM - Mercury
Just a year after the release of the beautiful Peppermint, Japanese artist Coppe returns with two different albums. Papa My Buddha, dedicated to her late father, and Mercury, explore two sides of her musical realm.

GERLING - Headcleaner
Australian indie/dance outfit Gerling finally see their second album, Headcleaner, released in Europe. This album is a huge melting pot of guitar pop, Air-esque moments and house stompers.

<<RINÔÇÉRÔSE>> - Music Kills Me
House hedonistic aristocrates <<Rinôçérôse>>  returns with the follow up to their innovative 1999 Installation Sonore. Music Kills Me explores further their guitar dub house, with touches of heavy metal and pop injected for good measure.

BABY FORD & THE IFACH COLLECTIVE - Sacred Machine
One of the most proheminent figures of the British dance scene comes back with a brand new album. Follow up to 1997's Headphoneasy Rider, Sacred Machine explores once again the darker side of minimal techno. This album proves if necessary that Ford hasn't lost his touch.

BOARDS OF CANADA - Geogaddi
Nearly four years after releasing the seminal Music Has The Right To Children, Scottish duo Boards Of Canada return with another gem. Nothing has changed much here, and for once, it is a rather good news.

CAPITOL K - Island Row
When he released Island Row on Planet Mu a couple of years ago, Capitol K's main man Kristian Robinson wasn't entirely happy with the finished product, so he returned to the studio, reworked on it, and offers now a very different record.
CAPITOL K: THE INTERVIEW

CHRIS DOOKS - To Look North
Chris Dooks is a respected filmmaker, and is becoming recognised as an important member of the electronic scene. Following on his recent Bovine Life project, Chris presents a totally different project, based on his recent residency at the University Of Teesside, in Newcastle. Built around sonic excerpts taken from films documenting life in the North of England over the last hundred years, this record encompases Dooks's visual and audio work.

FUNKSTÖRUNG - Vice Versa
Second collection of remixes from the Funkstörung crew, and a very different to Additional Productions at that. The remixes and collaborations presented here add some funk to the harsh electronic. Brilliant.
FUNKSTÖRUNG: THE INTERVIEW

GAMMON & KHAN - Stitch
Stitch is a twenty-two minute film about a little town in South Alabama, and more precisely about the tradition of quilt making cultivated by a group of women over decades. The soundtrack, provided by Austrian Gammon and Khan, contrasts with the subject of the film by its modernity.

ALEX GOPHER WITH DEMON - Wuzz
After presenting the brilliant You, My Baby & I two years ago, Alex Gopher returns in company of French prodigy Demon for an album that takes Gopher's dance floor funk and chilled beats to another level.

PSI PERFORMER - Art Is A Division Of Pain - Remixed 1&2
Released last year, PSI Performers's Art Is A Division Of Pain was a brilliant collection of dark intimist electronica. As the tracks get the remix treatment, by the likes of Gimmik, Ovuca, Two Lone Swordsmen or 310, and are collected on two absolutely essential albums

310 - Nothing To See Here: Short Stories By 310
American duo 310 returns with a very limited ambient album. Built around samples lifted from old black and white films, Nothing To See Here is much darker than their previous releases, and introduces a whole new dimension to their sound. And this month, themilkfactory caught up with the duo for a chat...
310: THE INTERVIEW

ALOG - Duck-Rabbit
Second album from Norwegian duo Alog, Duck-Rabbit is based on improvisations and was concieved during the band's recent tour. Incorporating analog and digital sound together, Duck-Rabbit has a faculty to regenerate itself constantly. Brilliant.

BEIGE - Ein Königreich Für Eine Handgranate
With his first album, Cologne-based Oliver “Beige” Braun has brought funk into electronica, and he continues here his exploration of sound with a minimalist record that talks as much to your feet as to your head.

NEIL HALSTEAD - Sleeping On Roads
Neil Hasltead first appeared in the early nineties with Slowdive. With his current band, Mojave 3, he has crafted three beautiful albums. On this side project, he demonstrates better than ever why he is one of the best songwriters of his generation.

ARVE HENRIKSEN - Sakuteiki
Arve Henriksen is already a respected figure on the Nordic jazz scene, and is also a member of quartet Supersilent. Sakuteiki is his first album and showcases his quality as a trumpet player. Here, he plays as much with silences as with his instruments, and create one of the most contemplative records of the moment.

SANDOZ - Afrocentris
First Sandoz album for some time, and Richard H Kirk returns to his privilidged ground with this album where he mixes once again his techno/ambient atmospheres with African elements.

TELEFON TEL AVIV - Fahrenheit Fair Enough
Fahrenheit Fair Enough is the first album by New Orleans-based duo Telefon Tel Aviv. Although intrinsincly electronic and built around found sounds, this album also displays some interesting acoustic elements.

CHARLES WEBSTER - Born On The 24th Of July
Respected music producer Charles Webster releases his first album under his name. With the helps of some of the singers who already worked with him on his Presence project, he brings a superb album of chilled sounds and deep house beats.

CRAY - Undo
For his first proper album, Australia's Ross Healy, aka Cray, plays with interesting soundscapes and ambiences. Very unlike most of his contemporaries, Healy actually totally obliterate melodies to concentrate on sonic structures.

DETROIT ESCALATOR CO. - Black Buidlings
Five years after his first album under the Detroit Escalator Co. tag, Neil Ollivierra is back with Black Buidlings. One of the active members of the early Detroit techno scene, alongside Derrick May, Ollivierra takes the Detroit sound into beautiful ambient territories. Unmissable.

LOCUST - Wrong
Mark Van Hoen reactivates his Locust project, and enrolls Holly Ashton on lead vocals to give life to his highly electronic constructions.

OCHRE - AudioMicroDevice
This album, although not currently distributed, is worth a good listen. If at times showing some weaknesses in production, Chris Leary, a music student from Birmingham also offers some of the most interesting new electronica around.

RAVEN REC - Living On A Lake
Raven Rec is a trio from Austria. Their blend of electronica, pop, electro and hip-hop takes the listener on an incredible journey through time. Not devoid of a certain sense of humour, the band offer here their first album, and prove to be as worth as their German counterpart To Rococo rot.

SI-CUT.DB - Enthusiats
Hailed as the bridge between "micro rhythms and carpentry" by the press release, Enthusiast is Douglas Benford pursuing the exploration of sound started with Ben Edwards, of Benge, of the recent Tennis album. This time on his own, Benford lurks towards German minimalism.

ARLING & CAMERON - We Are A & C
This Dutch duo have gained a lot of respect in Europe, Japan and, more recently, the US, since they started to work together, in 1994. We Are A & C is a melting pot of influences, from pop to hip-hop, which never fails to surprise.

CHESSIE - Overnight
On this album, Chessie draw a non-conformist map of sonic abstraction, as close to the foggy atmospheres of My Bloody Valentine as to the electronic permutations of Kraftwerk, inspired by the sonic realms of the railways.

E.A.R. - Continuum
Experimental Audio Research is the most experimental and challenging project by ex-Spacemen 3 founder Sonic Boom. With this album, he continues he exploration of sound and develop further the conceptualization of sonic structures started on previous work.

LLORCA - New Comer
Despite the undeniable resemblance with St Germain, New Comer is disarmingly fresh. As the record alternates between vocal and instrumental tracks, Ludovic Llorca affirms himself as one of the most talented new artists.

MONOLAKE - Cinemascope
Fourth album for Berliner Robert Henke and Gerhard Bekles, Cinemascope pursue the duo's sonic explorations at the frontier of minimalism. Abstract and atmospheric, this record remains nevertheless incredibly accessible.

AOKI TAKAMASA - Silicom
Japanese artist Aoki Takamasa is one half of art unit Silicom. With Masakazu Tagaki, a visual artist, he has produced a series of audio visual installation in Japan, and the pair have gained recognition for their pioneering work. This album uses some of the music used during these performances.

310 - Downtown & Brooklyn Only
Following The Dirty Rope and After All, the good people at Leaf have decided to finally give the two first 310 albums a full release. Originally released on the band's small imprint, Aug 56 and Snorkelhouse were very much thought after records. They have now been collected on this double CD set. Essential.

APHEX TWIN - Drukqs
The Godfather of electronica is back after four years of near total silence, but was it worth the wait?

DNTEL - Life Is Full Of Possibilities
Ex-Strictly Ballroom Jimmy Tamborello offers with Life Is Full Of Possibilities a very mature and clever first album, taking pop music to very complex territories, while retaining the pure essence of folk music.

FLANGER - Outer Space/Inner Space
Outer Space jazz has just landed, and it is down to Flanger. The German duo offer here their third and most accomplished excursion into the world of electronic jazz. Magnificent.

PLAYGROUP - Playgroup
Forget Daft Punk, the new sound of the dance floor is here. Trevor Jackson is one of the most prominent members of the dance scene, and with this album, he entertains with grooves and style.

BOB SINCLAR - Cerrone By Bob Sinclar
One of the most prolific musicians to have emerged of the French electronic scene pays a vibrant homage to the father of disco. This is one Quantum leap that you shouldn't ignore.

ZOHAR - Onethreeseven
Borrowing from ancient music forms and mixing them with modern structures, Zohar create here a brilliant cross over album.

BJÖRK - Vespertine
For years, Björk has been defining and refining her sound. Vespertine is her most delicate and beautiful album to date.

BROTHOMSTATES - Claro
Warp Records new signing, Lassi Nikko releases his first album. Claro relies heavily on Nikko's influences, without managing to present of defined personality.

KING OF WOOLWORTHS - Ming Star
Jon Brooks, aka King Of Woolworths, was spotted on the internet by Radio One Mary Ann Hobb, who gave him the opportunity to have his music heard, and signed. Ming Star, his first album, is fed with Brooks's love for old TV series, sixties French cinema, and London.

RUNE LINDBÆK - Søndag
As one half of Norwegian band Those Norwegians, Rune Lindbæk has already made a mark on the music scene. Søndag, his first solo album, is a melting pot of disco, funk, soul and much more.

PIANO MAGIC - Son De Mar
When Spanish film director Bigas Luna heard a Piano Magic track in a record store in Barcelona, he decided to ask them to compose the soundtrack for his latest movie, Son De Mar.

RÖYKSOPP - Melody A.M.
Inspired by the classicism of Erik Satie, the melodies of soundtrack composer Philippe Lai and the warm analogue sounds of the seventies and the electro-pop of the eighties, Melody A.M. is a very convincing debut.

SPIRITUALIZED - Let It Come Down
After three years of uncertainty, culminating in Jason Pierce sacking the rest of his band, Spiritualized finally reappear, stronger than ever.

V/A - Pranksters Present Infused
Earlier this year, London based label Hydrogen Dukebox teamed up with club promoters Pranksters for a night of essential beats. Infused, released simultaneously, is an eclectic collection of funky tracks.

DAVID AXELROD - David Axelrod
Legends don’t come any bigger than this. David Axelrod started making a name for himself in the fifties, when he became one of the most respected jazz record producers of his time. He went on to record his own music, with the Electric Prunes, and in solo. This new album uses rhythmic sections recorded in 1968, on which Axelrod layers 

BLACK FACTION - Internal Dissident Pt.1
Dark and intriguing, Internal Dissident is partly based on the fourteenth Century epic poem The Divine Comedy. Andrew Diey collects sound from all over the world and injects them throughout this inspiring record.

µ-ZIQ - Tango N' Vectif
When it was first released, in 1993, Tango N' Vectif was one of the defining electronic records of the post acid area. Re-issued by Rephlex on CD, and including the full original LP track listing, it sounds as modern and inventive today as it did then.
Don't miss the interview given by Mike Paradinas to themilkfactory.

POLE - R
This new Pole album is actually based on Raum 1 & Raum 2, two tracks originally released in 1998, as a 12". R also includes reworkings by Burnt Friedman and Kit Clayton, as well as some new tracks.

SCHLAMMPEITZIGER - Collected Simplesongs From My Temporary Past
Schlammpeitziger's Jo Zimmermann has been releasing music since 1993. However, the man has remained pretty unknown outside his native Germany. Collected Simplesongs From My Temporary Past collects some of his best work to date, introducing his playground lo-fi to a much wider audience.

TWINE - Circulation
This American duo presents its second proper album, and it is no ordinary work. Situated at the point where the glitch of Autechre and the sonic experimentation of Mille Plateaux meet, Twine create a very original soundscape, at once intricate and accessible.

WAY OUT WEST - Intensify
Although not as original as their first album, Way Out West continue their journey through trance, with beautiful vocal tracks and absolute floor stompers.

DYKEHOUSE - Dynamicobsolescence
Detroit musician Mike Dykehouse mixes the influences of his home town with more European electronic wizardry to present an exiting hybrid soundtrack.

ELECTRELANE - Rock It To The Moon
Formed in Brighton at the end of 1999, this experimental psycho post-rock all-girl band blends ice and fire into a magmatic series of instrumental tracks.

FORT LAUDERDALE - Time Is Of The Essence
For this second album, Fort Lauderdale have widened their sonic spaces to incredible extend. Time Is Of The Essence is distinguished and perverse. Quintessentially British!

HIS NAME IS ALIVE - Someday My Blues Will Cover The Earth
As Hudini was a master of escapism, Warren Defever is a master at renewing himself. For this sixth studio album, the man leaves behind his twisted rock to explore RnB. But far from the commercial end of the genre, there are jazz lights and blue souls.

PRAM - Somniloquy
Formed in Birmingham over ten years ago, Pram have gained, over the years, a faithful following. This new album, part-compilation part-remix project, displays more than ever the carachteristics of this very special band.

SOULO - Soulo
Soulo's background is classic. Two guys meet at art school, suffer from the limitations of rock, and start experimentating with electronic music. The way Soulo mixe their early influences with their more recent experiences is rather interesting though...

V/A - Live Sets At Ego 1998-2000
Düsseldorf-based art-house Ego only existed for a couple of years, during which the cream of electronic musicians played live sets. Half club half art gallery Ego was bound to attract the more challenging artists, and this testimonial compilation is a celebration of electronic music.

310 - After All
Although Joseph Dierker lives in Seattle and Tim Donovan in New York, and they compose by sending each other tapes across the American continent, their sound is surprisingly coherent and strong. 

BIOSPHERE - Substrata 2
Four years after its release, Substrata remains one of the finest ambient records ever released. Touch re-releases it with the soundtrack for the 1929 Russian film Man With A Movie Camera, commissioned by the Tromso International Film Festival.

NEOTROPIC - La Prochaine Fois
La Prochaine Fois, third album by Neotropic, is also the soundtrack of Riz Malsen's eponymous road movie. As Maslen integrates the diverse influences, sounds and images collected during her travelling, she composes an emotional and beautiful piece of work.

OVUCA - Wasted Sunday
The precocious and prolific Aleksi Perälä releases his third album in three years. Leaving behind his drill'n'bass influences, Perälä now gives more space to his sonic structures.

PLAID - Double Figure
Double Figure is Plaid's more accessible record to date. It is quite ironic though that it only reveals itself bit by bit, as if Ed Handley and Andy Turner were throwing loads of happy melodies in this album, just to confuse their audience.

SLAG BOOM VAN LOON - So Soon
The project put together by Mike Paradinas (µ-Ziq) and Jochem Paap (Speedy J) gets a serious reworking. A horde of talented electronic musicians, from Boards Of Canada to Four Tet and Matmos get their hands on the tracks from Slag Boom Van Loon and recreate them.

SQUAREPUSHER - Go Plastic
A year and a half after he released Selection Sixteen, Tom Jenkinson reactivates his Pusher machine. Those who hoped for a quieter experience will be disappointed. Go Plastic is as fierce as its predecessors. Squarepusher is back, and it is just like old times.

V/A - Dublab Presents Freeways
Compilations come thick and fast these days, but rarely they offer as diverse a choice of music, ranging from acoustic electronic to free jazz and song-writing. Presented by excellent music web site Dublab, this collection of exclusive tracks are all from artists currently living in Los Angeles.

THE AVALANCHES - Since I Left You
Since I Left You, the first album by Australian six-piece band, has taken the world by storm. Blending hip-hop, funk, trip-hop, disco and sixties pop in one fine string of no less than eighteen tracks, The Avalanches offers here one of the most inventive dance records for some time.

FOUR TET - Pause
When one Third of post-rock experimentalist Firdge Kieran Hebden goes to play on his own, Four Tet is the result, and Pause, his second solo album, is at once charming and intelligent.

MATMOS - A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure
San Francisco based duo Matmos have produce one hell of a strange record. Their fourth opus is almost entirely made up of sounds recording during surgery, such as liposuction, rhinoplasty, eye laser treatment. Revolting? Definitely not!

MONOMORPH - Departure Can Wait
The D'Archangelo brothers, official leaders of the Italian electronic scene, follow up their album Shipwreck with an equally brilliant piece of electronica. Phat funky beats, textural grooves and voice samples demonstrate the ability of the pair to construct intricate soundscapes.

ORBITAL - The Altogether
The Hartnoll brothers are back with their sixth album in almost ten years. As one of the bands to have shaped the early nineties, Orbital have survived rather well and The Altogether proves that it is business as usual.

PREFUSE 73 - Vocal Studies & Uprock Narratives
Of the three of Scott Herren's projects, Prefuse 73, his latest, is definitely the most exiting. With Vocal Studies & Uprock Narratives, the Miami-based musician takes on the challenge of rethinking hip-hop. And he delivers.

TO ROCOCO ROT & I-SOUND - Music Is A Hungry Ghost
Fourth album for the Berlin trio, and, it's just got better. Music Is A Hungry Ghost, a collaboration between To Rococo Rot and New-York DJ I-Sound is a radiant and fascinating record.

ZERO7 - Simple Things
Labelled as the British Air, Zero7's space-loungecore is even more luscious than that of the French duo, and their songs are disarmingly beautiful.

V/A - Inspirations
Mateo & Matos show the world how it should be done, with this new compilation. Once again, they compile the best deep house tracks around, with the support of the brilliant Glasgow Underground team.

CHRIS CLARK - Clarence Park
Confusion and disorder are instruments to Chris Clark's first album. Ignoring any rule, Clark compiles every single sound he's ever heard into thirty minutes of total chaos. Welcome to Clarence Park.

BURNT FRIEDMAN - Burnt Friedman Plays Love Songs
Cologne-based musician Berndt Friedmann has had many projects on the go for the last few years. His new album's title is slightly misleading indeed, as the love songs he plays are all rather disturbing.

JUJU - Tribology
Fuelled with jazz, funk, and blues, the second opus by Croydon-based Juju is an infernal groove machine, as electrifying as their live performances.

MANITOBA - Start Breaking My Heart
Classically trained Canadian Dan Snaith presents his first album. Start Breaking My Heart is set between Boards Of Canada, Squarepusher and Miles Davies. And the result is somehow very interesting.

POLYGON WINDOW - Surfing On Sine Waves
Richard D. "Aphex Twin" James sees his Polygon Window album re-released by Warp Records, and it hasn't aged. A testament, if need be, of his visionary talent.

WAGON CHRIST - Musipal
Luke Vibert reactivate his Wagon Christ alter ego for the fourth episode of his adventures, taking his hip-hop-influenced electro into strange territories.

V/A - The Braindance Coincidence
The Braindance Coincidence celebrates ten years of Rephlex, and more than a hundred releases. This compilation shows how influential the label set up by Richard D. James and Grant Wilson-Claridge has been, and how visionary it is to this day.

V/A - Routine
Warp Records have now opened their New York offices, and to celebrate, they have put together a compilation destined to the American market. Routine concentrates mostly on the last few years of the label history, with an impeccable collection.

DAFT PUNK - Discovery
The band who single-handedly originated the explosion of the French dance music scene are back with their second album. Discovery is arguably one of the best dance record of all time.

THE DIVINE COMEDY - Regeneration
With Regeneration, Neil Hannon stirps his lyrical compositions to the bone, and reshape his Divine Comedy. A brave move.
DISCOGRAPHY THE DIVINE COMEDY

PAN SONIC - Aaltopiiri
Finland best known DSP/electronic artists Pan Sonic are back with an album filled with clicks, subsonic bass, and vaporous atmospheres. Superbe.

IAN SIMMONDS - Return To X
For his second solo album for Geram label Studio K7, Ian Simmonds digs deeper into his jazz-influenced musical territories, carrying on the exploration started on Last States Of Nature.

THREE NORMAL HUMANS - Weekend At Bellevue
Don Shacknai, singer with New York band Three Normal Humans, contacted us a few weeks ago, to ask if we'd review his band's first album. Although it is somewhat different from what we usually write about, we liked it so much we decided we would talk about it anyway!

V/A - Deeper
In a plea to extend the Hed Kandi offering to the world, the London-based label releases a winter version of last year's Beach House. This time though, Mark Doyle explores the frontier between deep and progressive house.

V/A - Disco Kandi 3
For the last few years, Disco has made a welcome come back on the dance floors, and a label such as Hed Kandi couldn't miss the opportunity. Mark Doyle introduces the third in the Disco Kandi series, and listening to it is the best way to brush up your winter blues.

V/A - Global Underground 19 - John Digweed In Los Angeles
Third installement from John Digweed to the Global Underground series. The man's selection is slightly more mellow than his previous efforts, but remains of very high standards.

V/A - Substancia 3
Belgian label Quatermass presents number three in its Substancia sampler series. As usual, the compilation showcases what is to be expected from the label in the next few months, but more than just a sampler, Substancia 3 takes the pulse of the electronic scene.

BLACWORLD - Subduing Demons (In South Yorkshire)
Richard H Kirk continues his adventures in electronic music with Subduing Demons, following his previous Darkness At Noon and Loopstatic albums. This third in the series, based on short wave radio and voice manipulation, is another astonishing record. Kirk rewrites, once again, the rule book.

THOMAS BRINKMANN - Rosa
Brinkmann has made a name for himslef with his "variations" on Mike Ink's Studio 1 and Richie Hawtin's Concept series. Now, this German sound terrorist offers, with Rosa, a record as enigmatic as its cover.

VLADISLAV DELAY - Anima
Finland Vladislav Delay presents his third, and most interesting record to date. Anima is an opus just over a hour long, which sees the Finn giving full control to his ever changing composition. This is non-repetitive electronica at its best.

HYBRID - Remix & Additional Production By...
Following 1999's superbe Wide Angle, Distinct'ive Records now celebrates Hybrid as remixers, with this superbe selection of tracks, all benefiting of the Hybrid lifting.

JOSEPH NOTHING - Dummy Variations
Joseph Nothing's first release for Planet Mu, after featuring on the Fat-Cat No Watches. No Maps compilation, is a fantasy record, where the man displays great talent at confusing his audience by playing with genres.

SNOOZE - Goingmobile
French musician Dominique Dalcan's second album under his Snooze moniker is a joly affair indeed. Taking inspiration in 60's French pop, hip-hop and jazz, he offers here a very refreshing record.

SURGE - Wreckage
With this first album released as a trio, Surge displays an indubitable talent for creating varied atmospheres, from sophisticated pop to chilling electro. Brilliant.

TORTOISE - Standards
Chicago must be a grim place to live, if you listen to Tortoise. This album, ranging from raging guitars to fiddly electronic is their best one yet, and not that grim either, after all.

V/A - No Watches. No Maps
In the good old days, when Fat-Cat was a record shop, in the heart of Covent Garden, in London, they used to promote any interesting artist who would drop a demo over the counter. Today, Fat-Cat is a forward-looking record label, and they receive thousands of demos. No Watches. No Maps is the result.

ANJALI - Anjeli
For her first proper solo album, Anjali has put together a multitude of influences, collected from all over the world.

AROVANE - Tides
Only a few months after releasing his first album, the man behind Arovane comes back with Tides, a record with a different atmosphere, calmer, more aquatic, and equally as good.

ANTONELLI ELECTR - Click
Conceived as a view into the future, Click tends to look back into the early house and acid scene, and Antonelli Elector unfortunately takes the risk of being pushed aside by the true creators of today.

GIMMIK - Slow Motion Process
Slow Motion Process is a collection of sonic experimentations from Martin Haidinger, aka Gimmik. More floatation tank than noise terrorist, this Austrian guy packs his electronica with loads of original ideas.

LES JARDINIERS - Cafeteria
French-Canadian Les Jardiniers prove with their first album, Cafeteria, that, if they're based on the other side of the world, they have strong connections with the French house scene by producing a funky, groovy, and very clever record.

KROM - This
Swedish band Krom sounds like anything from Garbage playing Portishead songs to St Etienne playing the Cocteau Twins. This is a very promissing first album.

SND - Stdio
When it comes to extreme experimental forms of music, German label Mille Plateaux is in the frontline. Snd, a Sheffield-based duo, take digital signal processing to new heights with this highly disconcerting, and somehow strangely ear-catching record.

UP, BUSTLE & OUT PRESENTS REBEL RADIO WITH RICHARD EGUES - Master Sessions 1: Calle 23, Havana
Master Sessions 1: Calle 23, Havana is a breath of fresh air in today's musical landscape. The superb blend of foggy beats from Bristol, Cuban atmospheres and groovy dubs on offer here is one of the most refreshingly eclectic records in recent times.

V/A - Leaf Compilation
Feverishly compiled by Susumu Yokota, and clocking at no less that 25 tracks in just under an hour, this atmospheric compilation ranges from ambient to spaced out electronica and dub.

V/A - Quatermass Versus Rather Interesting
Yet another strangery from Belgian label Quatermass. This compilation offers original tracks and reworkings on the same album. Inspiring!

HOOVERPHONIC - The Magnificent Tree
Belgian band Hooverphonic are back with The Magnificent Tree, their third album. The guitar-lead, string-drenched pop created by Hooverphonic is at once evocative, scary, tensed and beautiful. A record for the 21st century.

AUDUN KLEIVE - Generator X
Scandinavian jazz drummer Audun Kleive's second album is a brilliant melting pot of electronic grooves and sensual lazy jazz. All tracks were either recorded during jam sessions, or during a series of gigs.

KREIDLER - Kreidler
Stefan Schneider, aka Kreidler, is one-half of German band To Roccoco Rot. With his side project, Schneider walks in the footpath of TRR, but also develops his own personal touch on this third album.

MAGNETOPHONE - I Guess Sometimes I Nedd To Be Reminded Of How Much You Love Me
Magnétophone introduce, with this first album, a new dictionary of sounds, accompanied by a tutorial on how to use them. Building bridges between the most contemporary artists, the Magnétophone hide treasures for the listener's pleasure.

PHOTEK - Solaris
With Solaris, Rupert Parks, aka Photek, might disconcert the drum'n bass purist. The man has got us used to be disconcerted by his minimalist sound. Well, think again.
DISCOGRAPHY PHOTEK

SAND 11 - Sand 11
German band Sand 11 present their second album, released on Ladomat 2000. Playful, melodic, electro and groovy, all at the same time, this record doesn't stop surprising. Brilliant.

V/A - Statra Presents Paradigm Shift
Statra Recordings is emerging as one of the most interesting and forward-thinking contemporary record labels. This compilation presents their current roster, and shows the range of styles that this label has to offer.

V/A - Slowburning
Glasgow Underground releases a brilliant compilation, put together by head of label and one-half of Muzique Tropique Kevin McKay. Slowburning compiles nine songs, some old, some new, all fresh and classy.

45 DIP - The Acid Lounge
The Acid Lounge is a disconcerting, funny, inspired record, flirting with American TV series of the 70's, funk and jazz. Remarkable.

THE GENTLE WAVES - Swansong For You
As part of Belle & Sebastian, Isobel Campbell has already achieved a certain amount of success. This second effort with her side project, The Gentle Waves, follows the melancholic path explored by Belle & Sebastian. A great writing talent just waiting to be recognised.

SATOSHI TOMIIE - Full Lick
Japanese musician and DJ Satoshi Tomiie is probably best known for being part of Def Mix Production with Frankie Knuckles and David Morales. This is his first album.

V/A - Back To Love 2
Second installment of the brilliant Back To Love compilation from Hed Kandi. Once again, Mark Doyle digs in the playlist of the club night of the same name and brings some more absolute classics together.

V/A - Global Underground 18 - Nick Warren Live in Amsterdam
Fourth collaboration between Nick Warren and the Boxed Boys. This time, it is Amsterdam that welcomes the man, for his best Global Underground to date.

V/A - Harry The Bastard Presents Club H 2
The cream of deep house is represented on this second release from Harry The Bastard on New York label Statra. The selection is classy, the mood fantastic.

V/A - Megasoft Office 2000
F Communication, the French label, home of Laurent Garnier or St Germain before he was snapped by Blue Note, is releasing its third in the Megasoft Office series... Brilliant as ever.

V/A - Winter Chill 2
Autumn: rain, wind, cold, floods, railway system collapsing, new Winter Chill compilation from Hed Kandi... Which is the odd one out?... A further proof that this time of the year can also bring some good!

AFTERLIFE - Simplicity Two Thousand
Already a classic, Simplicity, released at the end of last year, is behing enhanced by a second album filled with superbe unreleased tracks and indispensable remixes. Essential.

BJÖRK - Dancer In The Dark - Selma Songs
Björk has been a very busy girl lately. Following the success of Homogenic, she went on to play in the latest Lars Von Trier movie, Dancer In The Dark. And she's done the soundtrack too. Here it is.
DISCOGRAPHY BJÖRK
DISCOGRAPHY SUGAR CUBES
VIDEOGRAPHY BJÖRK

GOLDFRAPP - Felt Mountain
This is the soundtrack of a long lost James Bond movie, sung by a schizophrenic Francoise Hardy... Brilliant!

JOHN LANDIS FANS - Songs From The Frozen Latitudes
Veterans of the Spanish music scene, JLF cross the Channel for the first time with a brilliant and mature album.

MIRWAIS - Production
Mirwais used to be the guitarist in Taxi Girl, famous French post-punk band of the early eighties. Production sees his come back as a solo artist, and even earned him to produce Madonna's Music. Production is one of the best album released so far this year.

THIEVERY CORPORATION - The Mirror Conspiracy
The Mirror Conspiracy is the second proper album by Washington's Thievery Corporation. Carrying on their quest for the perfect sound, they move a step closer with this record.

UNDERWORLD - Everything, Everything
Underworld offers here their first live album. The only thing it can be said about it is... let's hope it is the last!
DISCOGRAPHY UNDERWORLD

BARAKI - Colony Laspberry
Released on the almost legendary Worm Interface label, Baraki's opus is a collection of fat electronic sounds, plink-plonk beats and drill'n'bass. Squarepusher playing the field with Richard H Kirk.

DEEPFRIED TOGUMA - The Hi-Fi Companion
The Hi-Fi Companion an album of beautiful atmospheric wordless electronic pop songs, admirably produced by this Danish combo. Unmissable.

GUS GUS - Vs T-World
The Icelandic collective is back with an album that leaves behind their pop side to concentrate on their dancier influences.

MARZIPAN & MUSTARD - Playground
In turn fascinating, hypnotic or mellow, Playground is an album for Sunday morning chill out sessions.

JIMI TENOR - Out Of Nowhere
Mr Tenor is back with another album. And once again, surprise is around the corner. After the darkness of Organism, here come the lights of Out Of Nowhere.

AROVANE - Atol Scrap
Intricate and beautiful first album from Berlin based Arovane. This electronic record looks towards Autechre and early Aphex Twin. Brilliant.

BIOSPHERE - Cirque
The man from the cold comes back with an album inspired by the Norwegian landscapes. Calm and magnificent.

ALVA.NOTO - Prototypes
German artist Carsten Nicolai interesting, if hermetic, acoustic electronica takes its roots in Pierre Henry's contemporary music as well as Scanner's electronic performances.

LISP - Cycles
Lisp have succeeded where Geneva have failed, that is produce a luminous and moving guitar pop record.

POLE - 1/2/3
Enigmatic experimental electronica straight from Germany. Trilogy of the exploration of sound.

SLAM MODE - La Coleciòn
Part of the Glasgow Underground squadron, Slam Mode's music live up to the expectations put in the label.

MICHAEL FAKESCH - Marion
As one half of German duo Funkstörung, he's released one of the most abstract album this year. Marion, released at the end of 1999, is as abstract, weird and fantastic.

NITS - Wool
Twenty-five years after the Nits were formed, they release their nineteenth album. And it is simply their best to date.

ST ETIENNE - Sound Of Water
St Etienne are back with an album that manages to combine both their pop classique and their more experimental side. German electronic wizard To Rococo Rot give them a hand.

BOBBY TRAFALGAR - In Person
King of easy listenning, mambo and soft porn soundtrack, Bobby Trafalgar has been compiled, remixed and remastered. This is Air meet Burt Bacharra meet Enio Moricone. Fabulous.

FUNKSTÖRUNG - Appetite For Disctruction
German duo Funkstörung have been compared to Autechre, with good reason. The addition of rap and female vocals takes their crazy machines into a new dimension.

TAKAKO MINEKAWA - Fun 9
Straight from Japan, this young lady has already released a few albums in her own country as well as in the States. Fun 9 is a melting pop of ideas ranging from indie pop to electronica. A great album in every way.
DISCOGRAPHY TAKAKO MINEKAWA

V/A - Straight Outa The Boon Dox
American DJ Kevin Yost offers with this mix a selection of the best deep and latin house around.

V/A - Test One
Released by Paris dance radio Nova, Test One is a selection of tracks taken from their evening show, ranging from chill out to funky dance.

JURYMAN - The Hill
An album navigating between techno and jazz from Ian Drummonds. Curious and fresh.

L.S.G - Into The Deep
Oliver Lieb goes into an ambient mood for his latest album. A widescreen experience.

MIRA CALIX - One On One
The ex-press officer for Warp release her first album on the label from Sheffield. A very interresting effort, if sometimes a bit to much self conscious.

MOLOKO - Things To Make & Do
Following the success of the ubiquitous Sing It Back, Moloko are back with their third album, as crazy as their two previous effort.
DISCOGRAPHY MOLOKO

THE CURE - Bloodflowers
The Cure are back with what is announced to be their last album. Robert Smith is now 40, but doesn't seem any happier. Very good album though.
DISCOGRAPHY THE CURE

ELECTRONIC EYE - Neurometrik
Richard H Kirk, the former Cabaret Voltaire man is back under his Electronic Eye moniker. Once again, he delivers a fantastic electronic record. This man has a huge talent.

SPEEDY J -  A Shocking Hobby
Speedy J is back, and his new album goes further into the dark industrial sound already explored in its predecessor.
DISCOGRAPHY SPEEDY J

TO ROCOCO ROT - The Amateur View
Released a year ago, The Amateur View is the fourth album by German band To Rococo Rot.

V/A - Arctic Circles 2
Compilation put toghether by the Norwegian label Beatservice. And not everything is ice-white up there...

THE CLARKE & WARE EXPERIMENT - Pretentious
Vince Clarke and Martin Ware join forces for a project designed for the National Centre For Popular Music in Sheffield. This album is based on the concept of 3D sound, and must be listen to with a pair of headphones to get the full effect.
DISCOGRAPHY VINCE CLARKE & DEPECHE MODE
DISCOGRAPHY VINCE CLARKE & YAZOO
DISCOGRAPHY VINCE CLARKE & ERASURE
DISCOGRAPHY MARTYN WARE & HEAVEN 17

H2O - You Can Run...
First album by Oliver Stumm aka H2O, and it is a very convincing and promising effort. Funk, soul, house, electro, you name it, it's there, and it sounds very good too.

LUKE VIBERT & BJ COLE - Stop The Panic
One of the strangest collaboration ever, Luke Vibert, electronicist fabulous and BJ Cole, Country & Western guitarist rather anonymous. The result is an unlikely blend of Hip Hop-ish electronica and slide guitar. A laugh, and a brillant album.

V/A - Back To Love
Another instalment form Hed Kandi. This compilation is the soundtrack of Back To Love, the club, and is so full of classics from the last 10 years it is unbelievable.
MARK DOYLE ON BACK TO LOVE

V/A - Basic Unit Productions
Germany has always been at the forefront of electronic music, and this compilation showcases some of the best electronica of today.

V/A - My House Volume 1/3
High quality house and deep house series of compilations featuring the likes of St Germain, Sueño Latino, Larry Heard, Global Communication or Kenny Larkin. Simply the very best from the European and American scene.

V/A - Re:evolution Volume 2: Time
Flying Rhino offers with this compilation a selection of very different tracks, going from chill out to hard trance. And despite the varied styles, the quality is very good all throughout.

THE AMALGAMATION OF SOUNDZ - Part 2
Futuristic lift/lounge music with a pinch of drum 'n' bass.

V/A - Splinter 2
Second compilation from Paperecords, including Soiaris Heights, Shaboom & Problem Kids.

AFTERLIFE - Simplicity
A very high quality chill out record from this band already featured on Cafe Del Mar 6. And it is released by Hed Kandi. What more do you need?

ANTHEA - Words & Beats
Ahthea seats somewhere next to Nicolette. Discover her very own blend of soul, jazz, drum'n'bass and poetry.

SQUAREPUSHER - Selection Sixteen
A new album from Squarepusher is always a bit of a hyped things, and once again, there's no disapointment. Is Tom Jenkinson always right?

STEREOLAB - Cobra & Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Sky
Stereolab continues to dig into a formula that would have run dry long ago would have it been anybody else.

V/A - Global Underground 14 - John Digweed In Hong Kong
Fourteenth volume of the criticly acclaimed Global Underground series with one of the master of the hard trance scene.

V/A - Winter Chill
Another great compilation from Hed Kandi. Is there any need to say more?