01

Best albums

May 2018

- DJ Koze
  Knock Knock
  Pampa
  
  Stefan Kozalla balances euphoria and melancholy with an all-star cast of guests.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Lucrecia Dalt
  Anticlines
  Rvng Intl.
  
  Colombian artist Lucrecia Dalt weaves enchanting and sometimes unnerving tales over intricate backdrops of modular synthesis.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Will DiMaggio
  At Ease
  Future Times
  
  A house LP with bags of charisma—funky, easygoing and perfect for the summer.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Skee Mask
  Compro
  Ilian Tape
  
  Emotional jungle, IDM and breakbeat techno delivered with pitch-perfect sound design.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Beta Librae
  Sanguine Bond
  Incienso
  
  The New York artist steps out with a fully formed sound on her first album, which is full of late-hours techno and downtempo grooves.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Jon Hopkins
  Singularity
  Domino
  
  With its big ideas and granular techniques, Singularity is perhaps the ultimate Jon Hopkins album.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Brian Eno
  Music For Installations
  UMC
  
  This compilation captures Brian Eno doing what he does best: making captivating music that lives in the background.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Matt Karmil
  Will
  Smalltown Supersound
  
  Matt Karmil pares his house music sound down to its loopy, serene fundamentals.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Konduku
  Kiran
  Nous'klaer Audio
  
  One of 2018's most impressive debuts, full of inventive and emotional techno with a spring in its step.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Efdemin
  Naif
  Curle Recordings
  
  A mix that emphasizes the best qualities of Efdemin's DJing: patience, builds and deep grooves.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Surgeon
  Luminosity Device
  Dynamic Tension
  
  An energetic techno LP that finds Anthony Child drawing fresh ideas from his modular gear.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Lena Platonos
  Lepidoptera
  Dark Entries
  
  Sleek and romantic synth music that feels as futuristic now as it must have back in 1986.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Syclops
  Pink Eye
  Bubble Tease Communications
  
  Relentlessly strange dance music from Maurice Fulton, a producer who can mold even the most surprising sounds into pure bangers.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify

02

Best singles

May 2018

- upsammy
  Words R Inert
  Die Orakel
  
  Atmospheric electro from an exciting Amsterdam producer.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Galaxian
  Paradise Engineering
  Return To Disorder
  
  The Scottish artist pushes his style of electro even further into madness on this adventurous new EP.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud
- Bella Boo
  Fire
  Studio Barnhus
  
  Bella Boo's debut is charming and quirky—a neat match for the Swedish label Studio Barnhus.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify
- Wata Igarashi
  Question And Answer
  The Bunker New York
  
  The Japanese artist continues to reveal new wrinkles in his deep and captivating brand of techno.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Yu Su
  Preparations For Departure
  Arcane
  
  House music and jazz mingle like smoke in the air on this EP from the Vancouver artist.
  
  Listen: Soundcloud
- Róisín Murphy
  All My Dreams / Innocence
  The Vinyl Factory
  
  Róisín Murphy's oddball pop finds a perfect home in Maurice Fulton's wild, slippery production.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify
- Moro
  Irrelevant
  Janus Berlin
  
  The Argentinian producer harnesses the dual energies of protest and celebration.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify
- Fleet Dreams
  Fleet Magic
  Fleet Dreams
  
  Synth funk from a new group of old souls that'll appeal to fans of People's Potentials Unlimited.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud
- rRoxymore
  Thoughts Of An Introvert Pt. 2
  Don't Be Afraid
  
  Bright and colourful techno that evokes the genre's early years.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Elysia Crampton
  Elysia Crampton
  Break World Records
  
  A vibrant collage of samples that twist like a broken kaleidoscope.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Mount Kimbie
  Love What Survives (Remixes Part 1)
  Warp Records
  
  Nina Kraviz twists "Blue Train Lines" into three killer techno tools, with the lean, twitchy "Main Mix" the EP's highlight.
  
  Listen: Apple Music / Spotify
- Talaboman
  The Night Land Remixed
  R&S Records
  
  John Talabot and Axel Boman find four remixers vibrant and creative enough to match them on this stellar EP.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud
- Joy O & Ben Vince
  Transition 2 / Systems Align
  Hessle Audio
  
  Joy O's first EP on Hessle Audio is an artistically mature collaboration with sax player Ben Vince.
  
  Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

03

Best mixes

May 2018

- Roza Terenzi
  Truancy Volume 214
  
  Rollicking techno and house of all stripes from one of Austraila's up-and-coming DJs.
- Pender Street Steppers
  Berlin Community Radio
  
  The tenth and final episode of the Mood Hut duo's BCR Residency brings things in for an extra-smooth landing.
  
  Grand River
  Blowing Up The Workshop 88
  
  This is how you DJ ambient music.
  
  DJ Senior Vasquez
  PARAISOMIX001
  
  Lisbon artist Photonz dons his Senior Vasquez moniker—an homage to New York legend Junior Vasquez—for an all-Portuguese mix of '90s house and garage.
  
  Breakwave
  NTS Live: Jungle Set
  
  An hour of the good stuff from Liverpool's finest.
  
  Stanislav Tolkachev
  Dekmantel Podcast 177
  
  Wide-ranging, psychedelic techno from one of the genre's most distinctive voices.
  
  Ishwaq
  Forecast 027
  
  Helpfully tagged #SunVibes, Glasgow DJ Ishwaq delivers a laid-back session perfect for picnics as the weather gets warmer.
  
  Omar
  MOJ Mixes 15
  
  House, techno and electro, Uruguayan style.
  
  Nina
  Secret Thirteen Mix 256
  
  The Golden Pudel resident presents an hour of dark ambient music, featuring tracks by Pessimist, Little Movies and Mica Levi.
  
  SHALT
  FACT Mix 653
  
  A crash course in cutting-edge club music.