Electronic Music: Fergus Jones – Ephemera
The artist best known as Perko crafts a masterful storm of trip-hop, dub and downtempo that showcases his collaborative handiwork.
The legendary house DJ crafts an expertly balanced dance floor odyssey.
On this excellent semi-biographical album, contorted bass and dark ambient tell the story of the 1991 Oxford riots.
As we say goodbye to brat summer, Charli revamps her hit record with a star-studded thesis statement on fame—with a close-to-heart director’s cut.
On this rare instrumental album, Kevin Martin strips and slows beats down to see how deep he can go.
A dance music lifer returns in top form with some of the best gritty, but cheeky electro of his career.
As conflict spirals in Palestine and Lebanon, the duo captures a year of grief with hauntingly resonant dream pop.
This trippy, melodic gem was a 1992 cult treasure. Now, it’s riding a second wind—and inspiring a new generation of trip-hop dreamers.
The UK artist’s long-awaited debut album is a stunningly introspective study of the queer experience, from the 1980s to present day.
Featuring AI vocals, synth solos and uplifting mantras, Dan Snaith’s new LP still services dance floor giddiness—with a touch of bittersweetness.
On the duo’s emotional collaboration, sombre piano compositions and spacious landscapes form the bedrock of attempts to look inward.
The Bahraini duo’s debut album is a vibrant, globetrotting revival of Algerian Raï, Sudanese funk and Turkish psychedelia.
The tenth Monolake album is Henke’s best in a decade, capturing his love of intricate detailing and slippery rhythms.
Completed by her brother years after her death, the iconoclastic producer’s underdeveloped second album reveals just how much of her music’s impact came from its finishing details.
Cloying hooks detract from skilled production on the artist’s second album, which takes more from club culture than it gives back.
Hyperdub’s first-ever jungle album rallies two of the genre’s contemporary luminaries for a triumph that feels anything but revivalist.
The king of bawdy club pop’s long-awaited debut moves from the darkroom to the glittering dance floors of the ’00s.
In 1994, Nuyorican producer Lee Rodriguez released one of the most timeless house albums of all time. Then he vanished. 30 years on, Carlos Hawthorn tracked down the story.
After years composing in the jazz cosmos, Sam Shepherd takes a left turn with a bumper pack of unapologetic club bangers.
The Amsterdam institution celebrates ten years with a massive compilation journeying through the festival’s past, present and future—to varying results.