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VA – Ten Cities (2014)
For Ten Cities, a unique compilation from the Soundway label, producers from five European cities collaborated with musicians in an equal number of African cities. Altogether, 50 figures were involved....
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Boxed In – Boxed In (2015)
As an assistant and engineer for producer Dan Carey and on his own as a producer and songwriter, Oli Bayston has worked with some of indie and electropop’s leading lights, including the 2 Bears. It’s...
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Purity Ring – Another Eternity (2015)
Purity Ring has announced the release of its sophomore album. Entitled Another Eternity, the follow-up to 2012’s smash debut Shrines is due March 3rd via 4AD Records. Band members Megan James and Corin...
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David Borden – Music for Amplified Keyboard Instruments (1981, Reissue 2015)
Minimalist composer David Borden is a legend in the synthesizer community. One of the first people to test Bob Moog’s modular synthesizers, he was also responsible for the first-ever all-synthesizer...
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Dan Deacon – Gliss Riffer (2015)
Dan Deacon has announced the upcoming release of his new self-produced album Gliss Riffer. Due February 24th in North America via Domino (February 23rd elsewhere), the LP sees Deacon “return to a...
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Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – A Year with 13 Moons (2015)
If you’ve not come across Jefre Cantu-Ledesma before you’re missing out – he’s been part of more great music in the last decade than most artists manage in a lifetime. A founding member of underrated...
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Rone – Creatures (2015)
After releasing no less than seven EPs in as many years, as well as two full-lengths and contributions to the National’s acclaimed sixth studio album Trouble Will Find Me, French electronic producer...
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Oren Ambarchi – Live Knots (2015)
Live Knots presents two immersive live recordings of Oren Ambarchi playing the epic ‘Knots’ from Audience of One (Touch, 2012) in Tokyo and Krakow’s Unsound Festival. Captured with alternately intimate...
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Ata Kak – Obaa Sima (1994, Reissue 2015)
In 2002 Awesome Tapes from Africa founder Brian Shimkovitz happened upon a cassette copy of Obaa Sima at a roadside stall in Cape Coast, Ghana. In 2006, Shimkovist showcased this cassette gem on his...
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Sherwood & Pinch – Late Night Endless (2015)
“There’s more warmth and space in dub, more than in any other music,” UK producer Adrian Sherwood told Time Out back in 2013. “It’s uncluttered, yet if it’s a good production, people can hear things...
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Johan Agebjörn – Notes (2015)
Swedish producer Johan Agebjörn has been living a double musical life for years. On the one hand he’s been behind the Italo House duo Sally Shapiro and made the excellent dancefloor confection...
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Doldrums – The Air Conditioned Nightmare (2015)
Doldrums, the band led by Montreal’s Airick Woodhead, are back following their 2013 debut album Lesser Evil. The Air Conditioned Nightmare is out April 6 via their new label home, Sub Pop. The album...
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Ibeyi – Ibeyi (2015)
20-year-old twin sisters Naomi & Lisa-Kaindé Díaz release their debut album as Ibeyi, produced by XL label head Richard Russell. The Diaz twins create a world of intoxicating beauty, in songs that...
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Big Noble – First Light (2015)
The prospects of an arty solo album from a member of Interpol might seem brighter if their singer hadn’t already muddied the waters, but with Big Noble, Daniel Kessler delivers the atmospheric offshoot...
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Bjørn Torske – Nedi Myra (1998, Remastered 2015)
The reissue of Bjørn Torske‘s 1998 release Nedi Myra is an essential listen. Each of the album’s eight tracks offers intricate arrangements that are often characterized by countless rhythmic elements...
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Snow Ghosts – A Wrecking (2015)
Snow Ghosts don’t waste any time, it seems. It’s barely been 18 months since the release of their debut album, A Small Murmuration, and since then, vocalist Hannah Cartwright (Augustus Ghost) has...
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Susanne Sundfør – Ten Love Songs (2015)
On paper, Susanne Sundfør‘s Ten Love Songs is far from beguiling. Conceptually speaking, “love” isn’t exactly a topic pop stars have shied away from, even in its most broken and perverse forms. With...
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Anthony Naples – Body Pill (2015)
To call Body Pill Anthony Naples’ debut album should probably come with a big fat caveat: its eight tracks only amount to 29 minutes’ total running time, and two of its cuts are just a sketch-like two...
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Bill Seaman & John Supko – s_traits (2014)
One should never inconvenience Socrates when discussing the whats and hows of electronic music. One should always refrain from making reference to the allegedly enduring nature of music because, after...
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Tonik Ensemble – Snapshots (2015)
Atmospheric music can come from anywhere, but recently, “Icelandic” has almost become short hand for a particular sound rather than an indicator of where the artist is actually from. Not that this...
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