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Labelle – univers-île (2017)
Born and raised in the French colony of Réunion Island, musician and composer Jérémy Labelle finds his identity in the muddied confluence of place, culture, and race, perhaps more so than most. He...
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Yuri Morozov – Strange Angels: Experimental & Electronic Music (2017)
Through the ’70s and into the ’80s, Yuri Morozov recorded over 46 albums in numerous genres that were passed around Russian underground music circles in defiance of Soviet control. His recurring themes...
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Gary Numan – Savage (Songs from a Broken World) (2017)
…Marking Gary Numan’s 22nd full-length of his career, Savage (Songs from a Broken World) follows 2013’s Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind). Produced by Ade Fenton and recorded in Los Angeles and the...
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Hundred Waters – Communicating (2017)
Listening to Hundred Waters can feel like climbing into bed and pulling the duvet over you like a protective shield. The Los Angeles trio’s intimate, intricate music is perfect for when you’re longing...
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FP-Oner – 7 (2017)
Fred Peterkin’s FP-Oner project has lately become a source of respite. The trilogy of albums on Mule Musiq, based on a sequence of numbers, contain some of his calmest material in recent years. 5...
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Hercules & Love Affair – Omnion [Rough Trade Exclusive] (2017)
Nearly a decade on from Blind, their immersively addictive and so far most popular track, Hercules & Love Affair return with another stylishly polished deep disco album which echoes the spirit of...
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Ed Carlsen – Elusive Frames (2017)
Ed Carlsen‘s followup to his well-received 2016 debut The Journey Tapes offers seven exceptionally pretty pieces for piano, synth, guitar and strings. Based in Copenhagen, Carlsen is Italian by birth....
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VA – Fundamentum (2017)
Atmophile Electronics, a new Berlin based label focuses on atmospheric side of techno, launches with a compilation called Fundamentum. Made up by eight tracks on double-vinyl, Fundamentum brings...
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Ninos Du Brasil – Vida Eterna (2017)
Ninos Du Brasil‘s visceral sound shows the Italian duo’s roots in punk and hardcore bands. Nico Vascellari and Nicolò Fortuni conceived their batucada-infused techno project ten years ago as a warm-up...
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Nathan Fake – Providence Reworks: Part I & II (2017)
Following up his very good LP, Providence, from earlier this year, UK producer Nathan Fake is back with a new song and two different versions of album standout “DEGREELESSNESS (ft. Prurient).” “Bosky”...
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Howard Givens & Craig Padilla – Being of Light (2017)
Seasoned veterans of the ambient and deep-experiential forms of electronic music, Howard Givens and Craig Padilla continue their soul-searching quest to express a symbiosis of music with contemplative...
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Мааt Lander / Øresund Space Collective –Maat Lander/ØSC Split LP (2017)
The partnership itself of Maat Lander and Oresund Space Collective gives a particular colour to this split album that sets it apart from the clutter of releases of the space rock genre. This is mighty...
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JASSS – Weightless (2017)
Through breakout EPs for Anunnaki Cartel and Mannequin, JASSS has proven she can stir up a dance floor. On Weightless, her debut album, the club takes a back seat to the artist’s creative vision and...
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Gel-Sol – Horse Head Bookends (2017)
Horse Head Bookends is the new full-length record from Andrew Reichel who performs and creates music under the moniker Gel-Sol. A long-time composer with multiple international releases and tours...
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Midori Takada & Masahiko Satoh – Lunar Cruise (1990, Reissue 2017)
This time last year, the recorded output of Japanese percussionist and composer Midori Takada was hard to find, save for a peculiar YouTube autoplay function that pushed Takada’s exquisite (and...
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LCD Soundsystem – American Dream [Japan Edition] (2017)
“It’s gonna have to be good enough, I can’t do this anymore, my brain won’t work.” So James Murphy confesses on recent single “Tonite”. Hardly an encouraging admission given LCD Soundsystem‘s American...
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Benoît Pioulard – Lignin Poise (2017)
Similar to releases like Noyaux and Sonnet (both from 2015), Lignin Poise represents Benoît Pioulard‘s ambient side rather than his material that could be described as folk or shoegaze. Of course,...
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Tricky – ununiform (2017)
Tricky returns with his 13th album, ununiform, out in September on his own label False Idols via !K7 Music. It’s a delicate, storming, intricate album that sees Tricky take perhaps his most radical...
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The Blow – Brand New Abyss (2017)
The Blow has always bundled electro-pop, twee-punk, and performance art into spindly confessionals, but it has done so in three distinct incarnations. First, as the millennium turned, it was Khaela...
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ODESZA – A Moment Apart [Japan Edition] (2017)
Since forming in 2012, Seattle-based duo ODESZA quickly became one of the most popular, influential indie electronic acts in America. By the time they made their Counter Records debut in 2014, with...
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