Chapter

01

Best albums

June 2017

Laurel Halo
Dust
Hyperdub

Laurel Halo gets back on the mic for her beautifully impressionistic third album.

Cédric Dekowski & Felix Reifenberg
L'Albüm
HardWorkSoftDrink

The Frankfurt producers show how lush minimal can be.

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Steffi
fabric 94
Fabric Records

A mix of new and exclusive tunes that shows off Steffi's electro side.

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DJ Sports
Modern Species
Firecracker Recordings

Beautiful ambient house with shades of jungle.

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Khotin
New Tab
Pacific Rhythm

The Vancouver producer evokes early Biosphere on this ambient techno album.

Ikonika
Distractions
Hyperdub

Colourful club sounds and sparkly R&B from a Hyperdub mainstay.

Various
Dys Functional Electronic Music
Repitch

Techno that ventures well beyond the dance floor.

Marcel Dettmann
Selectors 003
Dekmantel Selectors

The Berghain resident pulls out some of his oldest favourites in this collection of EBM, industrial and synth pop.

Shinichi Atobe
From The Heart, It's A Start, A Work Of Art
DDS

Another dive into the archives of the mysterious Japanese producer yields another album of near-perfect dub techno.

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400PPM
Fit For Purpose
Avian

Shawn O'Sullivan combines techno, post-punk and industrial for a blistering ride.

DB1
Zwischenwelt
Hidden Hawaii

Drum & bass and dub techno come together on this expansive, impressive album.

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Sinjin Hawke
First Opus
Fractal Fantasy

Grand and adventurous club music.

Broken English Club
The English Beach
L.I.E.S.

Post-punk-inspired techno.

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02

Best singles

June 2017

Lanark Artefax
Whities 011
Whities

Lush, IDM-infused electronica from a white-hot newcomer.

natural / electronic. system.
Sicut Erat
Tikita

Deep, intricate techno from the always on-point Tikita label.

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Neo Image
MH017
Mood Hut

Soft and stripped-back deep house.

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Lady Starlight
Untitled
Stroboscopic Artefacts

Blazing fast techno from an artist on the rise.

CS + Kreme / Yu Su
Roast Ghost / Little Forest
Wichelroede

Dazed dance music done two ways on this fantastic split cassette featuring transmissions from Melbourne and Vancouver.

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Plastic
River Electric
Thule Records

Another essential reissue of timeless Icelandic dub techno from the Thule archives.

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Terrence Dixon
Like A Thief In The Night
Tresor

This gently mind-melting EP is one of the best techno releases of the month.

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Ligovskoï
Mana
D3MENT3D

Beautiful ambient techno with remixes from some of the genre's finest.

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Dynamo Dreesen, SVN & A Made Up Sound
Sessions 03
Sessions

The dream team of oddball house returns.

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Goto80
Floptrik
Central Processing Unit

Bet you didn't know the Commodore64 could make dance floor jams like this.

Floorplan
Let The Church
M-Plant

Ecstatic house and techno like only Floorplan can do.

Pinch
Water Bomb / Cold New Worlds
Cold Recordings

Pinch comes correct with an aquatic banger like nothing you've heard before.

PST
2017
Acido

Abstract yet engaging ambient techno.

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03

Best mixes

June 2017

- Eris Drew
  The Bunker Podcast 147
  
  Vintage breaks and hardcore with newer favourites sprinkled in, from one of the year's most talked-about American DJs.
- YPY
  NTS Radio 9th June 2017
  
  The Japanese experimentalist guests on Japan Blues' show with a selection of dark, oddball dance sounds.
  
  Derek Plaslaiko
  Live at No Way Back - 10th Anniversary
  
  Derek Plaslaiko deep in the zone at home in Detroit for No Way Back.
  
  anu
  RA Live at Brilliant Corners
  
  Leftfield house, experimental, ambient—and a little bit of Sade.
  
  D. Tiffany
  Noise In My Head (Live At Inner Varnika)
  
  An hour-long live set of cosmic breaks and ethereal techno, recorded live at an Australian festival (starts at the 56-minute mark).
  
  Chee Shimizu
  The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show
  
  The esteemed Japanese digger appears on the NTS morning show with a typically eclectic, chilled-out selection.
  
  Laurine
  Slow Life Podcast Series 003.4
  
  Warm and elusive house music.
  
  RAMZi
  FACT Mix 606
  
  Truly otherworldly sounds from a unique Canadian producer.
  
  Inga Mauer
  Dekmantel Podcast 126
  
  A particularly tough session from the Russian DJ.
  
  re:ni
  Electronic Explorations 471
  
  An all-over-the-map mix of electro, techno, breakbeat and more from the SIREN DJ.