Best Albums

March 2024

- Nyege Nyege Tapes
  DJ Anderson do Paraíso - Queridão
  
  A stunning album that showcases the ghostly, barebones baile funk of the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, with a cast of guest vocalists from across the country.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify
- Wisdom Teeth
  Various (Wisdom Teeth) - Club Moss
  
  The UK label celebrates ten years with a typically lush compilation from a stacked crew of contributors.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp
- ANTI-
  Moor Mother - The Great Bailout
  
  An electrifying condemnation of British colonialism delivered with searing production and incisive poetry.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify
- Because Music
  Logic1000 - Mother
  
  Soaring pop aspirations meet slinky club rollers on the Australian producer's debut LP.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp
- DEEWEE
  Bolis Pupul - Letter To Yu
  
  Exploring his mother's Hong Kong roots, the Belgian musician's debut solo album is a powerful blend of folk music, field recordings and catchy synth pop.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music
- Hyperdub
  Heavee - Unleash
  
  Heavee fleshes out his vibrant style of footwork with an RPG-style narrative of self-discovery.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music
- Epic Records
  Tyla - TYLA
  
  The South African singer's debut album builds on the promise of her singles with sumptuous and tactile R&B touched by amapiano and gqom.
  
  Listen:
  Spotify / Apple Music
- Príncipe
  DJ Nigga Fox - Chá Preto
  
  The enigmatic producer returns to Príncipe with a remarkable shift in style, getting slower, weirder and deeper than ever before.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music
- Domino
  Julia Holter - Something In The Room She Moves
  
  Sprawling, luminous chamber pop that employs mantras and childlike bliss as to celebrate the glory of the present moment.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music
- International Chrome
  Jensen Interceptor - Jensen & Friends
  
  Jensen Interceptor teams up with 12 collaborators for a record of industrial strength, globetrotting electro and techno.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music

Best EPs

March 2024

- XL Recordings
  Nourished By Time - Catching Chickens
  
  The Baltimore artist swirls together '90s R&B, '80s Prince, shoegaze and dream pop on his XL debut.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp
- Perlon
  Ivan Iacobucci & Stella Fiore - Triumph
  
  The duo touch on off-kilter house, acid and techno, all with that quirky Perlon je ne sais quoi.
  
  Listen:
  Soundcloud
- Club Romantico
  Manuka Honey - 3Eternities Beneath You
  
  Manuka Honey's second EP is the most club-ready her provocative, emo style of reggaeton has ever sounded.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music
- AD 93
  Olof Dreijer - Coral
  
  The Knife producer digs into his introspective side with a three-track expedition into ambient-leaning tropical landscapes that evoke a mystic sense of wonder.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music
- Unknown to the Unknown
  Emerald - Supreme Being
  
  One of the UK's young underground heroes cranks out the acid on her debut EP.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music
- Nervous Horizon
  TSVI - Mediterraneo
  
  Mediterraneo has a distinct trance flavour, embellishing TSVI's twitchy club music with all the genre's calling cards.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp
- GODDEZZ
  LUXE & Angel D'Lite - Enchanted
  
  This EP is what happens when you put together six artists who really get one another, and you give them the sole mission to get the room bumping.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp
- Self-released
  1morning - Legacy
  
  These techno cuts aren't exactly slow, but they leave enough space for punters to actually dance, with bright synth loops and jazzy samples floating through the percussive scaffolding.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp
- Far East Recording
  Soichi Terada - Apes In The Net
  
  The Soichi Terada renaissance continues with a reissue of jungle cuts taken from his soundtracks to the Ape Escape video games.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music
- Selvamancer
  Gesloten Cirkel - I Live In The Midwest
  
  Gesloten Cirkel makes straight-up club tracks, but they're dense, detailed and hypnotic enough to work purely on record, not just in the club.
  
  Listen:
  Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music

Best Mixes

March 2024

- Mapamota
  electric cleaners
  
  Mapamota has become an inescapable (and well-loved) part of Los Angeles nightlife over the past few years, both as a promoter and DJ. This set catches her live in a dry cleaners in Koreatown, spinning the globe-spanning club style she's become known for.
- Anushka
  Area 3000 Radio
  
  India's Anushka embraces the Australian Sound in this power-packed session for Melbourne platform Area 3000, dishing out pumping, psychedelic techno with deep textures and proggy moments.
- Regal86
  Gyration Station Mix 020
  
  Regal86 shows off the full spectrum of his hardgroove-adjacent, rap-influenced sound in this murky, funky, soulful Gyration Station mix.
- Paul Wolsch
  Honcho Podcast Series 126
  
  Costa Rican DJ Paul Wolsch—cofounder of parties like GAG and SPUNK and resident at Club Vertigo—laces the Honcho Podcast series with almost two hours of fierce, bottom-heavy house with strains of acid, hi-NRG and more.
- Danny Tenaglia
  Live at Movement 2016
  
  "This was such a special gig for me for so many reasons. I was asked last minute to fill in the headline slot for Richie Hawtin and it became a set that I'll never forget. If you were there, you would know how much fun this one was."
- Sugar
  Black Lodge Radio EP115
  
  Hamtramck, Michigan DJ Sugar blesses LA crew The Black Lodge with a two-hour mix of classic house and techno, with anthems and obscure selections alike.
- Charles Moon & Richard Akingbehin
  I THANK YOU FOR SWEATING
  
  Charles Moon, Mexico-based founder of party series and label Thank You For Sweating, teams up with Richard Akingbehin of Refuge Worldwide to explore the deep, acid, dubby and atmospheric shades of house music.
- Frazi.er
  Techno Visions Podcast 018
  
  Frazi.er is one of Scotland's hottest techno talents right now, and for good reason. His sound as showcased on this Techno Visions Podcast is a combination of trendy hardgroove and vintage, musclebound sounds that touch on multiple eras of techno at once. In other words, classic, but still new.
- Miley Serious
  Mixmag The Mix 003
  
  New-York-via-Paris DJ Miley Serious puts together a morning-themed mix that will get you out of bed with a careening blend of dubstep, club, jungle and more—plus a heavy emphasis on wobbling basslines.
- B.AI
  SOCIAL HOURS 007
  
  Chengdu DJ B.AI guests on Liverpool mix series Social Hours with smooth, afterhours-style session of low-key house and electro.

Best Albums

March 2024

Best EPs

March 2024

Best Mixes

March 2024

Charles Moon & Richard Akingbehin