01

Best albums

March 2019

- Various
  Eminent Domain
  L.I.E.S.
  
  One of L.I.E.S.' most out-there compilations yet surveys the US's modern noise and experimental scene.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Laurel Halo
  DJ-Kicks
  !K7
  
  The experimental artist shows her chops as a club DJ on this energetic DJ-Kicks.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Dis Fig
  Purge
  Purple Tape Pedigree
  
  A starkly original take on power electronics.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Nonlocal Forecast
  Bubble Universe!
  Hausu Mountain Records
  
  Angel Marcloid mixes vaporwave with jazz fusion on this memorably eccentric LP.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Solar X
  X-Rated
  Galaxiid
  
  Nina Kraviz's GALAXIID label reissues an essential braindance LP from a key Russian electronic artist.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Rian Treanor
  ATAXIA
  Planet Mu
  
  Rian Treanor makes club dynamite out of computer music on this catchy and mind-bending debut album.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Max D
  Many Any
  1432 R
  
  The Future Times producer's easygoing club sound is on full display here, with a couple of surprisingly fast tunes thrown in.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- William Basinski
  On Time Out Of Time
  Temporary Residence Limited
  
  Only William Basinski could make romantic ambient music from the sounds of two black holes merging.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- VC-118A
  Inside
  Delsin
  
  Ethereal beats with hints of IDM.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Floating Points
  LateNightTales
  Late Night Tales
  
  Wind down from the club with this lovely mix of downtempo jazz, soul and ambient.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Soundcloud

02

Best singles

March 2019

- Paula Temple
  Joshua And Goliath
  Noise Manifesto
  
  The first taste of Paula Temple's upcoming album might end up being one of 2019's techno anthems.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Legowelt
  Star Simulator
  Clone Jack for Daze
  
  The Hague's hardware king delivers his most jacking 12-inch in a few years.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Tanya Tagaq
  Toothsayer
  Six Shooter
  
  Traditional Inuit throat singing melds with outré electronica on a new EP inspired by life in Arctic Canada.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Konduku
  Gegek
  Nous'klaer Audio
  
  The up-and-coming Rotterdam producer blends Turkish influences with oddball percussive patterns.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Uzu
  Uzu
  MODU:LAR
  
  Liverpool's leading minimal crew launch their label with four psychedelic club tracks.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Sissel Wincent
  Assorted Lights
  Rösten
  
  Emotional gabber? On this stunning 12-inch, the Swedish producer delivers blistering tempos—160 to 240 BPM—with feeling.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Jubei
  Cold Heart / Little Dubplate
  Exit Records
  
  Exit Records returns to traditional drum & bass with sumptuous and soulful results.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Anastasia Kristensen
  Ascetic
  Arcola
  
  High-definition breaks on the hotly anticipated debut from the rising Danish techno star.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Octo Octa
  For Lovers
  Technicolour
  
  For her first record on Ninja Tune's Technicolour label, Octo Octa delivers rich, therapeutic and deeply personal breakbeat house.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- KH
  Only Human
  Ministry Of Sound
  
  Four Tet meets Nelly Furtado on this long-awaited secret weapon.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

03

Best mixes

March 2019

- Lisa Frank
  HNYPOT 312: Lisa Frank's HOT 96 Summer Mix
  
  Coax the summer out of hiding with this mix of hip-hop, electro and freestyle from one of DC's best-kept secrets.
- Violet
  FACT Mix 698
  
  Lisbon's Violet spotlights her Naive label with new and unreleased cuts of boisterous house, electro and breakbeat.
  
  You're Me
  SANPO Disco 139
  
  Yu Su and Scott Johnson Gailey serve up out-there Balearic, soulful grooves and a cheeky Pink Floyd edit for Sanpo Disco.
  
  Ben UFO
  SOLID STEEL 01.03.19
  
  Two hours of Ben UFO recorded live at Meakusma Festival last year.
  
  Alienata
  Live at Unpolished 2019
  
  The Spanish DJ playing earth-shaking techno and funky electro at Amsterdam's Warehouse Elementenstraat.
  
  Julianna
  Truancy Volume 236
  
  One of Medellín's foremost techno ambassadors drops electro, EBM, jungle and more in this limber mix for Truants.
  
  FAUZIA
  Lift LDN
  
  The young London artist who featured in our LIFT LDN event shows off her 160 BPM chops.
  
  12th Isle
  Prophetic Taxonomy of Island Moss
  
  An hour of unreleased (mostly ambient) heat from the Glasgow label 12th Isle, some of which won't get released for up to two years.
  
  Odete
  Mix For The Astral Plane
  
  A short-but-sweet mix of rambunctious club music from a young DJ who, along with better-known artists like Violet, shows how much Lisbon has to offer right now.
  
  Erika
  IT.podcast.s08e01
  
  With this live recording of techno and electro mixed with precision and finesse, Erika proves she's currently one of Detroit's best DJs.