Sault: Untitled (Rise) review – mystery collective make best album of 2020, again
Just 12 weeks after their previous double album, the British group dance from sorrow to resistance, mixing fearless lyrics with house, funk and disco
Disclosure: Energy review – accidental elegies for empty dancefloors
With nightclubs closed during coronavirus, the third album from the British pop-house duo has an unwittingly mournful quality
Duma: Duma review – extreme Kenyan metalheads bring doom to the dancefloor
From Nairobi’s metal scene, Martin Kanja and Sam Karugu add techno to doom-laden guitars and distorted vocals on this exciting album
Jessy Lanza: All the Time review – witching-hour jams
The Canadian producer takes a wicked turn in her deliciously offbeat third album
Jessy Lanza: All the Time review – a bright star in pop’s outer galaxies
Lanza’s enticing jumble of electronic experimentalism and R&B moves closer to the mainstream on her third album – you sense Janet Jackson would approve
Denai Moore: Modern Dread review – hypnotic, surrealist bid for freedom
Moore’s genre-blending electronic pop is an unsettling exploration of isolation and selfhood in an over-connected age
Arca: KiCk i review – joyful sonic vision of what pop could be
Alejandra Ghersi’s new set is a subversive and mischievous fusion of aural fireworks and psychedelic lyricism aided by Björk, Shygirl, Rosalía and Sophie
Kevin Figes Quartet: Changing Times review – constantly fascinating
The multi-instrumentalist’s latest quartet recording is a mind-expanding feast for the ears
Lady Gaga: Chromatica review – Gaga rediscovers the riot on her most personal album
Returning to the sound of her maximalist electro-pop heyday, Gaga explores buried trauma, mental illness and the complexities of fame on this return to form
Nídia: Não Fales Nela Que a Mentes review – intimate introspection from Lisbon producer
(Príncipe)Nídia shines in her new, more meditative album, showcasing a breadth of dance genres with a keen eye for emotion and turmoil
Moby: All Visible Objects review – misjudged and out of touch
Seeming to prefer penning candid memoirs to exploring new musical material, Moby’s 17th album has vitality but no novelty
Pole: 123 review – calming, abstract, minimal genius
This reissue of Stefan Betke’s first three albums shows how the electronic auteur turned a technical glitch into an innovative, intimate and warm style
Lorenzo Senni: Scacco Matto review – rave poet dials up the intensity
(Warp)The Italian producer charges the euphoria of dancefloor anticipation with punk spirit in these joyous, poignant tracks
Lea Bertucci: Acoustic Shadows review – mesmeric 4D sound
This musical piece of civil engineering was assembled from recordings made under a bridge in Cologne
DJ Python: Mas Amable review – ‘deep reggaeton’ pioneer mines lithe beats for heart and feet
(Incienso)Python’s deft, dancefloor-friendly explorations add deep-house chords and ambient susurrations to dembow, to heady effect