01

Best albums

April 2019

- Lafawndah
  Ancestor Boy
  Concordia
  
  The Midori Takada collaborator presents a complex yet fully formed global pop sound.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Fennesz
  Agora
  Touch
  
  Fennesz's singular style of ambient and drone finds renewed depth and mystery on his latest LP.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Central
  Om Dans
  Help Recordings
  
  An excellent house album from one of the scene's freshest acts.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano
  FRKWYS Vol. 15: serenitatem
  Rvng Intl.
  
  Old-school Japanese ambient meets bleeding-edge experimental electronics on this inspired collaborative LP.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- The Caretaker
  Everywhere At The End Of Time (Stage Six)
  History Always Favours The Winners
  
  An ambient project inspired by Alzheimer's disease draws to an emotionally wrenching close.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud
- Lena Willikens
  Robert Johnson Archive 0001
  Live At Robert Johnson
  
  The Düsseldorf DJ takes a winding path through an excellent selection of techno, EBM and wave cuts.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Georgia
  Time
  Firecracker Recordings
  
  Challenging, abstruse, mad—this record is all that, and utterly original, too.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud
- Sote
  Parallel Persia
  Diagonal
  
  Bold sonic explorations from a key figure in Tehran's electronic music scene.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Kornél Kovács
  Stockholm Marathon
  Studio Barnhus
  
  The Stockholm artist's second album hits Studio Barnhus's sweet spot: a sophisticated and accessible blend of pop and house.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- HVL
  Rhythmic Sonatas
  Bassiani
  
  The Bassiani resident's second LP in less than a year delivers on the promise of its title with ten cuts of poetic techno.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud

02

Best singles

April 2019

- Off The Meds
  Belter
  Studio Barnhus
  
  With a vocal hook sung in Zulu and a a remix from mighty Joy O, this EP's looking like a sure shot for summer festivals.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Roza Terenzi
  Let's Ride
  Dekmantel
  
  Inspired house and electro from the recent Breaking Through artist.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Ambien Baby
  En Transito
  FATi Records
  
  Hazy house, breakbeat and downtempo tracks that chart the evolution of unique Canadian duo.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Ivan Iacobucci
  Logic Solution
  Perlon
  
  These warped minimal house tracks remind us why Perlon is a vital label.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Bella Boo
  Supervillain
  Studio Barnhus
  
  Studio Barnhus's new kid on the block follows last year's excellent debut with another gorgeous house record.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify
- Kr!z
  Mantra
  Token
  
  Slick techno loops from the man behind Token.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Peggy Gou
  Moment EP
  Gudu Records
  
  A little over a year after her star-making Once EP, Peggy Gou tightens her modern, versatile formula to deliver two satisfying house tracks.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Four Tet
  Teenage Birdsong
  Text Records
  
  Shimmering downtempo drenched in feeling.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify
- Whodat / Viola Klein
  Workshop 26
  Workshop
  
  The simple, sunny A-side on Workshop's latest is surely one of the house tracks of the year.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify
- Stevie Whisper
  Stevie Whisper's Donkey Milk
  Yes Belgrade
  
  Fireworks await any DJ bold enough to play these slo-mo industrial tracks.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud
- Yu Su
  Roll With The Punches
  Second Circle
  
  Ambient and downtempo for blissful moments of escape.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Karenn
  Kind Of Green
  Voam
  
  UK techno's top hardware duo return with four psychedelic bombs.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud

03

Best mixes

April 2019

- Leeon
  The 'Shine A Light On' Mix
  
  Bass-heavy broken beats and electro from the booker and resident DJ at Video Club in Bogotá.
- Borusiade
  Viscera 048
  
  The Bucharest artist shows a knack for careful pacing with this mix of weirdo machine music.
  
  Forest Drive West
  The Bunker Podcast 191
  
  Brain-tickling techno from Joe Baker for The Bunker's esteemed mix series.
  
  Sébastien Robert
  Mysteries of the Deep C | Space in the Sun
  
  This ambient podcast is inspired by Akio Suzuki's Space In The Sun: a space between two walls where "the artist can sit all day and purify his hearing by listening to the reflected sounds of nature."
  
  Budino
  Love International Mix 013
  
  A master class in all things Italo (and then some) from a DJ to keep your eye on.
  
  Paula Temple
  Essential Mix (BBC Radio 1)
  
  One of techno's finest rinses 60 tracks in two hours for her Essential Mix.
  
  DJ Persuasion
  Dedicated To The Dedicated 94-95
  
  The early jungle expert mixes a red-hot hour of '94-'95 tunes that few other DJs have. Originally available as a cassette via Bristol label Tape-Echo, it's now free via SoundCloud.
  
  Schatrax
  Hessle Audio with Ben UFO
  
  Ben UFO brings a cult hero of UK house on Rinse FM for his first recorded mix in ten years. (Schatrax's segment starts at the 45-minute mark.)
  
  Francesco Del Garda
  Robert Johnson Archive 0002
  
  This ridiculously fun house set was recorded at the much-loved Offenbach club and released as part of their new mix series.
  
  Silvia Kastel
  DIM164
  
  The Italian experimentalist shows off her range in this genre-spanning mix for Dimensions.