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Best albums
November 2020
- Lawrence Lek
  AIDOL爱道
   Hyperdub
  
  The soundtrack to Lawrence Lek's first feature-length film, about a washed-up singer who works with an AI, is an uncanny valley goldmine of vaporwave synths and vocaloid ballads.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify
- Kamixlo
  Cicatriz
  PAN
  
  The ex-Bala Club member makes industrial strength reggaeton with a hulking weight that makes it sound like it's ringing out across a huge stadium.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Krust
  The Edge Of Everything
  Crosstown Rebels
  
  Krust's first album in years takes the key aspects of his classic work—extended runtimes, doomy atmospheres, unreal drum programming—and wraps it in a noirish cloak inspired by Christopher Nolan and Stanley Kubrick.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Ana Roxane
  Because Of A Flower
  Labels
  
  Roxanne's deeply personal songs blossom like hymns on her Kranky debut, which is partly inspired by her own journey with intersexuality.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify
- Oneohtrix Point Never
  Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
  Warp Records
  
  The mercurial Warp artist's latest plays out as a series of radio suites, exploring the format's changes through the lens of OPN's own childhood experiences.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify
- Hyph11e
  Aperture
  SVBKVLT
  
  This unreal fusion of jungle, breakcore, gqom and footwork makes for another imposing LP from SVBKVLT, the always-compelling Shanghai label.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Ganga Jamuna
  Flavours Of The East
  Krunk Kulture
  
  Ganga Jamuna is a concept compilation based on the flavour of its namesake—a juice made from oranges and sweet limes—with bright, vibrant takes on drum & bass, footwork and bassline from India, Nepal, Japan and beyond.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- The Other Side
  Impact Lebanon
  The Other Side
  
  This charity compilation, whose proceeds benefit Lebanon in the wake of its devastating port explosion, doubles as a who's-who of current minimal, with new tracks from Alci, SIT, Sepp, Lowris and Ricardo Villalobos.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud
- Sam McQueen
  Dreams In Sepia
  Mojuba
  
  Detroit-style ambient techno, lush with strings, keyboards and gentle rhythms, from a Chicago producer known for his past work with artists like John Beltran.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- LA Timpa
  Modern Antics In A Deserted Place
  Halcyon Veil
  
  In a year of off-kilter pop releases from Houston's Halcyon Veil label, LA Timpa's album stands out, blending Cocteau Twins dreamscapes with trip-hop-influenced rhythms.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
Best singles
November 2020
- Donato Dozzy
  The Tao
  Samurai Music
  
  Dozzy goes drum & bass for a pitch-perfect EP on Samurai that incorporates his hypnotic techno style into twitchy 170 BPM beats.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud
- Nkisi
  INT001
  Initiation
  
  Nkisi kicks off her new label with a typically stunning techno record that careens between chaos and beauty.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud
- Sarah Farina
  Get It Gurl
  Raiders
  
  This highlight from RAIDERS' Queens Of Club compilation sends a ghettotech-inspired rhythm floating on a cloud.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud
- DJ Q
  All That I Could
  Local Action
  
  The Huddersfield bassline king comes correct with a track worthy of his 2012 anthem "Brandy & Coke."
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Exile Di Brave & Time Cow
  Folklore
  Equiknoxx Music
  
  Quirky and sometimes spooky dancehall inspired by Jamaican folklore, with typically wonky production from Time Cow and unhinged vocals from Exile Di Brave.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Swing Ting
  100 Dances Reworked
  Swing Ting
  
  The creative Manchester crew get reworked by cross-genre compatriots like KG, Ikonika and Sam Binga for a remix package that packs a swing and a punch.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Novelist
  Quantum Leap
  MMMYEH Records
  
  Novelist tries out house—with great success—as part of self-produced instrumental EP that shows his versatility as a beatmaker.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify
- Nico
  Six Rooms EP
  Akita Club
  
  Six Rooms is the spiritual successor to Mexican producer's dubby breakthrough EP from 2014 (released as White Visitation), and it touches on the sound that made him popular while showing the growth he's made along the way.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp
- Huey Mnemonic
  Technician
  Subsonic Ebonics
  
  This tough and minimalist techno EP, inspired by the Detroit producer's job as an SMT Operator, taps into a long and healthy lineage of Midwest dance music.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Laksa
  Fire Kit
  Hessle Audio
  
  Continuing a hot streak of releases for labels like Timedance and Ilian Tape, Laksa debuts on Hessle Audio with a characteristically funky mix of dancehall, breakbeat and techno.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Sansibar
  Game Over
  Avoidance
  
  Upbeat twists on techno and trance from one of the most exciting artists in Finland.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Shygirl
  ALIAS
  NUXXE
  
  Rapper, singer and producer Shygirl introduces us to four new alter egos on an EP bursting with brash sexuality, mischief and glee.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
Best mixes
November 2020
- cry$cross
  DISCWOMAN 100
  
  A fierce and powerful tribute to Black queer dance music, made "because too many Black queer and trans femmes lives are being taken from us too soon," says the New York DJ.
  
  The Waves (Maayan Nidam)
  Heads Radio 0045
  
  Maayan Nidam's expansive hour-long mix blends Aphex Twin and Kraftwerk with an array of indie and wave oddities.
  
  Mike Servito
  Community Bread Mix 001
  
  Mike Servito kicks off Community Bread's new mix series—featuring recordings from their live streams—with this hour-long session that just sounds like a sweatbox. Servito at his finest.
  
  Valya Kan
  Isolation Live Set
  
  Work Them affiliate Valya Kan recorded her first-ever live set this fall, and it showcases a deep house and techno sound that's equally propulsive and floaty, like a sound bath with beats.
  
  TYGAPAW & DJ Storm
  FACT Mix 783
  
  Relentless techno from a linchpin of New York's queer dance music scene.
  
  DJ Earl
  Dekmantel Podcast 308
  
  DJ Earl delivers a footwork power hour for Dekmantel that pushes at the genre's edges, featuring plenty of different uptempo styles and Earl's trademark colourful synths.
  
  Exael
  XLR8R Podcast 671
  
  Exael shows off the many facets of their sound—beautiful and mysterious ambient, lush drum & bass, broken beat—on this stellar XLR8R Podcast.
  
  Afrodeustche
  Groove Podcast 279
  
  A typically adventurous yet smooth mix from the Manchester DJ and producer, jumping from Todd Terry to Dopplereffekt to Leila in just over an hour.
  
  Physical Therapy
  big softie UK megamix!!
  
  37 tracks of UK garage classics and diamonds in the rough, with well-worn tracks from Mariah Carey, MJ Cole and T2 alongside Submerse, Shola Ama and even Kaskade.
  
  Rama
  Noods Radio Show 023
  
  A rip-roaring selection of drum & bass, hip-hop and experimental club music from the crucial Cairo DJ.

Best albums

November 2020

Best singles

November 2020

Best mixes

November 2020