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Gui Boratto, Chromophobia
Sao Paulo’s Gui Boratto has become one of the hottest names in minimal house over the past two years, thanks to a stream of singles that have become ubiquitous in clubs across Europe. His debut full-length album doesn’t disappoint. Boratto … Continue reading
MSTRKRFT, The Looks
Inside clobberingly loud Canadian duo Death From Above 1979, there was a dance act waiting to get out. Now that it has, in the shape of bassist Jesse F Keeler’s MSTRKRFT, it should probably get back in again. After MSTRKRFT’s … Continue reading
Tracey Thorn, Out of the Woods
The first solo set in decades by the Everything But the Girl star may be the pinnacle of her career, believes Paul Flynn.
LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver
The third summer of love is upon us and, writes Garry Mulholland, it's all thanks to a former sticksman in a punk band
Various, Leave Them All Behind 2
The third summer of love is upon us, says Garry Mulholland.
Mira Calix, Eyes Set Against the Sun
Avant-garde darling chooses to engage with the real world.
Mira Calix, Eyes Set Against the Sun
Recorded from her house in Suffolk, Mira Calix’s third studio album finds her going back to nature. The South African-born sound artist has scaled down her experiments in electronic beats in favour of a more organic sound. There are gentle … Continue reading
Adjagas, Adjagas
On first exposure, everything about Adjagas seems alien: the duo’s roots in the indigenous Sami population of northern Scandinavia, their language (the Sami have 10 different dialects, in one of which adjagas describes the mental state between sleeping and waking), … Continue reading
Burial, Burial
You don’t need to know a thing about London’s dubstep scene to find this cryptic debut the most mesmerising electronic album of the year. A “scene” suggests community and bonding, but Burial’s clattering beats and ghostly vocal fragments, cradled in … Continue reading
Claude VonStroke, Beware of the Bird
(Dirty Bird)
Holden, The Idiots Are Winning
(Border Community)
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Faithless, To All New Arrivals
The hits compilation Forever Faithless sold a million and was in the chart for eight months. To All New Arrivals will struggle to match that – the Faithless formula, as deployed here (melodic riffs, euphoric breakdowns and, underpinning everything, Sister … Continue reading
Ambrose Field, Storm!
If you need to thank the RAF in the sleeve notes of a CD, you have probably gone further than most to collect your sounds. Here, metal workshops, riots, machine guns and jets taking off are heavily processed and mixed … Continue reading