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Emika – Dva (2013)
Bristol-born Emika first honed her sound in Berlin (she set up shop there after her bank gave her a free flight) after discovering the early(ish) incarnations of dubstep in her native city. Whilst...
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VA – Acid Jazz: The 25th Anniversary Box Set (2012)
This 4-CD box set anthologizes the London-based Acid Jazz label – founded by Eddie Piller and Gilles Peterson – and the same-named scene that birthed it. The term was jokingly coined in 1987 by DJ/...
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Bomb the Bass – In the Sun (2013)
Where 2008’s Future Chaos saw Bomb the Bass stripping away the clutter to deliver a sharp-edged, techno-tinged variant of their breakbeat/ hip-hop template, In the Sun is a more sprawling affair. This...
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Seaworthy & Taylor Deupree – Wood, Winter, Hollow (2013)
Wood, Winter, Hollow is the first collaborative album from Seaworthy (Cameron Webb) and Taylor Deupree, drawn from field recordings and instrumental improvisations made during a three- day session in...
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Airhead – For Years (2013)
On his two albums, the young English singer-songwriter James Blake has crafted dense and dramatic electronic music, for which vocals are among many features evoking warmth and beauty. On For Years —...
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VA – Astralwerks: Music in 20/20 (RSD 2013)
Astralwerks Records, best known for sparking the trend of Electronica in the 90′s and EDM in the present, is turning 20 this year! Their impressive roster through the years has included Hot Chip, The...
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Zomby – With Love (2013)
For his third full-length, enigmatic U.K. producer Zomby didn’t cut any corners: With Love contains a staggering 33 tracks spread across two CDs, and will see release via 4AD on June 18th. In the same...
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Jagwar Ma – Howlin [Rough Trade Edition] (2013)
Rough Trade version with an exclusive bonus CD featuring a stunning 5 track dub set CD called The Time and Space Machine Dub Sessions. Does Jagwar Ma make rock music or dance music? It’s genuinely...
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Russell Haswell & Yasunao Tone – Convulsive Threshold (2013)
Russell Haswell and Yasunao Tone have a rich history in exploring the extremes of sound and technology, where they intertwine and where the potential lies for deviation from the function intrinsic to...
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When Saints Go Machine – Infinity Pool (2013)
When Saints Go Machine earned enough praise for the haunting art pop of their second album, Konkylie, that when it came time to deliver a follow -up, the quartet could have easily rested on their...
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Melt Yourself Down – Melt Yourself Down (2013)
Such is the frantic, busy nature of their sound, you instantly imagine Melt Yourself Down involving a lot of musicians because their songs, while sometimes indicative of beautiful gelling among the...
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VA – Röyksopp: LateNightTales [Deluxe Mixed + Unmixed Edition] (2013)
The new edition of Late Night Tales journeys to Scandinavia to invite Norwegian duo Röyksopp to delve through their record collection. Their Late Night Tales mix is eclectic, diverse and wonderful....
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James Holden – The Inheritors (2013)
James Holden has been working in the outer limits of experimental electronic music for almost 15 years now. His Border Community record label has become a byword for ambitious and progressive...
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Pan American – Cloud Room, Glass Room (2013)
New albums by Pan American, the project started by Labradford singer/guitarist Mark Nelson at the tail-end of the ’90s, have steadily become scarce. It’s been four years since the last one, the ambient...
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Work Drugs – Mavericks (2013)
Philadelphia’s resident synth-trop outfit Work Drugs release their new full-length Mavericks via Bobby Cahn Records. The band began writing Mavericks after a week- long excursion to California last...
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Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus (2013)
Two men making bizarre, beautiful, inspiring elec- tronic music, Fuck Buttons could hardly expect to reach a global audience. Yet, when the band’s music rang out during the opening ceremony of the...
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oOoOO – Without Your Love (2013)
On his long-awaited debut full-length as oOoOO, Christopher Dexter Greenspan manages to curtail witch house’s inherent gimmickry and cartoonish parodies. Instead, Without Your Love finds the San...
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John Foxx – Metadelic (2013)
Metadelic is a brand new 2 CD compilation from the electronic music pioneer John Foxx, a companion volume to 2010’s Metatronic. CD1 is a mix of psychedelic and lush dream-pop tracks, starting with his...
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Eyes of a Blue Dog – Rise (2013)
As disproportionate as the amount of fine music being made in Norway is to its relatively small population of five million, so, too, is its surprisingly large cadre of outstanding drummers. A quick...
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µ-Ziq – Chewed Corners (2013)
If Daft Punk and Boards of Canada can make a comeback this year then why not Mike Paradinas? True, he never really went into hiding – he owns/ runs the label Planet Mu, responsible for the steady drip...
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