01

Best albums

June 2018

- Galcher Lustwerk
  200% Galcher
  Lustwerk Music
  
  Galcher Lustwerk returns from the shadows with a suave new LP of dazed hip-hop and deep house.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- HVL
  Ostati
  Organic Analogue Records
  
  Dreamy techno from an essential Georgian producer.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Martyn
  Voids
  Ostgut Ton
  
  Martyn looks back to his UK garage-influenced sound on an album inspired by a near-death experience.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Proc Fiskal
  Insula
  Hyperdub
  
  One of the year's most striking debuts is a 160-BPM grime album from Edinburgh.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Blawan
  Wet Will Always Dry
  TERNESC
  
  Jamie Roberts presents the deepest exploration yet of his crunchy modular techno sound.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- SOPHIE
  Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
  Transgressive Records
  
  Mind-bending dance tracks and experimental electronics from an artist who is finally revealing herself.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Leon Vynehall
  Nothing Is Still
  Ninja Tune
  
  The UK artist moves away from the club with ten exceptionally beautiful downtempo cuts.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- serpentwithfeet
  soil
  Secretly Canadian
  
  The virtuosic singer presents an album of haunting ballads and uncomfortable love songs inspired by gospel.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Jon Hassell
  Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume One)
  Ndeya
  
  At 81, Jon Hassell retains a masterful control over both his trumpet and his Fourth World concept.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- DJ Sprinkles and Hardrock Striker
  Skylax House
  Skylax Records
  
  Classic-leaning house two ways: wistful from Sprinkles and banging from Striker.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud

02

Best singles

June 2018

- Rhyw
  ARCS-06
  Arcing Seas
  
  One half of Cassegrain delivers a heady techno EP built around complex rhythms and precision synths.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Dinamarca
  Sol De Me Vida
  Rinse Recordings
  
  The Staycore producer mixes trance and reggaeton for a surprisingly subtle—and beautiful—EP.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- uon
  Untitled
  West Mineral Ltd.
  
  Absorbing ambient that demands your attention.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud
- Barker
  Debiasing
  Ostgut Ton
  
  By leaving out techno's key element—the kick drum—Barker enhances the power of melody.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Rush Plus
  The Sweat
  E-Missions
  
  The DC duo show that even blindingly fast techno can have detail and atmosphere.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Fatima
  Caught In A Lie
  Eglo
  
  The Eglo queen whets appetites for her long-awaited second album with another slice of catchy modern soul.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Cygnus
  Ne0 Ge0
  Barba
  
  An electrifying return from one of the best in the Dallas electro scene.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Sophia Loizou
  Irregular Territories
  Cosmo Rhythmatic
  
  Jungle rebuilt with a thrillingly modern—and experimental—approach.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Ekbox
  Mitsuboshi
  Cabaret Recordings
  
  Electro and minimal meet on another understated but powerful record from Cabaret.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Sudan Archives
  Sink
  Stones Throw
  
  More effortless neo-soul and hip-hop from a promising artist.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify
- Batu
  Rebuilt
  XL Recordings
  
  Four artful exercises in groove construction and sound design.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Dasha Rush
  Acid Sketch
  Fullpanda
  
  Twisted and hypnotic acid that pushes the capabilities of the 303.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud

03

Best mixes

June 2018

- Antal
  Live At Altered Soul Experiment
  
  Five-and-a-half hours of the Rush Hour boss spinning until the sun comes up (and after).
- Yaeji
  Beats In Space #944
  
  Yaeji goes deep and eclectic on this mix featuring Yves Tumor, Madonna and Special Request.
  
  Beatrice Dillon
  FACT Mix 657
  
  The London artist edits and cuts up tracks on this killer mix that perfectly showcases her unique style.
  
  Doc Sleep
  ZeeZout Podcast 072
  
  The Jacktone boss shows off records from her label along with some experimental and industrial fare.
  
  Darwin
  HNYPOT 274
  
  Low-slung, bassy and broken: the sounds of Darwin's SPE:C label.
  
  Ploy
  Ilian Tape Podcast 029
  
  One of the UK's up-and-coming DJs gets bouncy for Ilian Tape.
  
  Violet
  Crack Mix 214
  
  The cofounder of Lisbon's Rádio Quântica and queer-forward mina collective serves up a jacking mix of swirling beats and melodies.
  
  Phuong-Dan
  Inverted Audio Mix 280
  
  Low-tempo murk from the Golden Pudel resident.
  
  Yu Su
  RA Live At Brilliant Corners
  
  The Vancouver DJ weaves together a batch of records she picked up on her travels around Europe at a recent edition of RA Live at Brilliant Corners.
  
  Unscented DJ
  Homunculus
  
  RA's own Unscented DJ keeps it slow and strange with this mix of "K-hole bombs," "evil music" and "unfashionable acid."