Tim Hecker: Konoyo review – Japanese forms abstracted by ambient dystopias
Hecker explores another world of sound in collaboration with Japanese group Tokyo Gakuso, using expert sonic daubs
Gazelle Twin: Pastoral review – techno tormentor tramples tedium
On her third album Elizabeth Bernholz takes Britain, past and present, on a scary funfair ride of aggressive rhythms, operatic vocals and folk
Yves Tumor: Safe in the Hands of Love review – thrilling plunderphonics
The Tennessee expat performs daring handbrake turns between driving techno, breakbeat pop, spoken word and trip hop shuffles
Wysing Polyphonic review – explosions in the sonic inventing shed
Moor Mother and Paul Purgas curate an inspirational gathering where electronic artists, dancers and poets freely test the boundaries of expression
Tunng: Songs You Make at Night review – a welcome return
(Full Time Hobby)
Ben Khan: Ben Khan review – singular coiled-lust electropop
Khan’s debut has sex and drama, lyrically and musically – with an attractive rawness in the production and his vocals
Tirzah: Devotion review – quiet love stories from DIY R&B enigma
Making magic out of minimal patterns – with the help of old friend and producer Mica Levi – the singer spins alluring stories of intimacy and love
Gabe Gurnsey: Physical review – relentless, hooky dance
(Phantasy Sound)
Helena Hauff: Qualm review – zeitgeist DJ bends techno to her will
Hauff’s second, rawer and louder, release finds harmonic charm in tough electronica
RL Grime: Nova review – jackhammer EDM/rap bangers for US festivals
Mixing EDM, emo and trap is what Grime is known for, but here he takes his high-profile rap guests, including Miguel and Chief Keef, on a big arena tour
Underworld & Iggy Pop: Teatime Dub Encounters review – enormo beats taking the world to task
This four-track EP combines Pop’s ruminations on the state of the world with the techno giants’ biggest grooves
Pet Shop Boys review – bring on the dancing balloon people
Ingenious design helps create an electric atmosphere as the duo celebrate poptimisation at Covent Garden
Prom 13: LCO/Ames: Pioneers of Sound review – probing music’s outer reaches
A thrilling late-night Prom featured five women who push back the frontiers of electronic composition
Ebony Bones: Nephilim review – jittery post-punk seething at racist violence
The one-time soap actor’s third album highlights a fiery political focus fuelled by her acid anger and vaulting ambition
Contemporary album of the month: Walton: Black Lotus
The electronic minimalist composer takes apart the sonic signatures of grime music and reassembles them with clockwork precision