Tim Hecker review – punishingly loud and rarely enveloping
Hecker’s experimental noise art, inspired by Renaissance masses, is not helped by an absence of spectacle and focus as he shrouds the venue in darkness
James Blake: The Colour in Anything review – toweringly accomplished, heart-wrenchingly frail
James Blake’s third album suggests he’s the only person who can make the space in electronic pop sound like a void
Jean-Michel Jarre: Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise review – dizzy techno and Edward Snowden
Last year’s album of collaborations with the great and good of electronic music saw Jean-Michel Jarre pair up with Air, Vince Clark, Tangerine Dream and Moby. On this companion piece he teams up with the likes of Jeff Mills, the … Continue reading
True Colors review – Kesha is back in defiant anthem
‘I won’t apologize for the fire in my eyes,’ sings the embattled pop star in her anthemic new collaboration with EDM star Zedd
John Carpenter: Lost Themes II review – horror maestro’s creeping aural dread
Related: John Carpenter: ‘I’m just this old-school person who made a score for a movie’ Given that director-composer John Carpenter’s electronic scores were so integral to his classic 70s and 80s horror movies, from The Fog to Halloween, it’s a … Continue reading
Tim Hecker: Love Streams review – genuinely immersive
Tim Hecker’s tongue might be in his cheek when he explains Love Streams is driven by “liturgical aesthetics after Yeezus”. But sacred acoustics have previously figured in this Canadian ambient sculptor’s electronic output, not least the Icelandic church organ on … Continue reading
Tim Hecker: Love Streams review – fascinating, uplifting experimental noise
This Vancouver-born leftfield composer’s intense, high-concept swathes of electronic noise prove remarkably easy to get lost in
Pet Shop Boys: Super review – hands-in-the-air gems and the rest
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are on vintage 90s form
Låpsley review – beguiling R&B spells and powerhouse vocals
All too immaculate on record, the 19-year-old Liverpudlian electro auteur showed some welcome rough edges
The Range: Potential review – wannabe superstars centre stage
The Brooklyn producer’s use of aspiring singers and rappers is a beguiling one
Underworld: Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future review – optimistic epic
This impressive seventh album radiates vitality, purpose and optimism
Robyn Sherwell: Robyn Sherwell review – intimate and confessional electro soul
Not too many singers can survive the scrutiny of singing accompanied only by the barest of instrumentation, but for much of her debut, the Guernsey singer-songwriter Robyn Sherwell does just that. In this impressive collection of confessional electro soul, the … Continue reading
Underworld: Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future review – dance music pioneers reach a state of bliss
Related: Underworld’s Dubnobass … 20 years on While Underworld’s Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have retained what was special about their greatest triumphs – Dubnobasswithmyheadman and Second Toughest in the Infants were two of the most revered dance albums of … Continue reading
Christine and the Queens review – a brilliant, fevered musical force of nature
The French superstar’s hip-hop chamber pop is energising and she goes all out to impress with a potent mix of sincerity and absolute authenticity – this is pop at its transformative best
Submotion Orchestra: Colour Theory CD review – flashes of brilliance
Beguiling vocals on a dance-oriented album of two halves