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Ghost Culture: Ghost Culture review – the pleasure is in the detail

James Greenwood’s intricate layers of sound are beguiling, if a little too smooth, writes Killian Fox

Diagrams: Chromatics review – indie-electronic woe and wonder

Hope and despair battle through Sam Genders’ ornate, introspective songs – but his forebodings have soft musical landings, writes Harriet Gibsone

Stockhausen: Mikrophonie I; Kontakte etc CD review – fascinating percussion works, meticulously performed

Some of these early pieces are among the composer’s finest achievements of the 50s and 60s, writes Andrew Clements

Underground Resistance review: a lecture and dance with techno titans

Half rave, half lecture, an afternoon with the Detroit pioneers took in politics, the failure of capitalism, and how techno is still the sound of the future

Other Voices festival review – spirited Young Fathers lead us towards the light

King Creosote captivates and Damien Rice is full of wit and passion, but the Mercury prize-winners are downright astonishing, writes Laura Barton

The Music of Grand Theft Auto V box set review – driving music revved up to its limits

From electro to reggae to punk rock and beyond, this 59-song compilation is as breathless and sprawling as the videogame that spawned it, writes Tshepo Mokoena

Masters at Work: House Masters review – lords of the dance

‘Little’ Louie Vega and Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez defined club music in the 1990s with their unmistakable, smooth remixes, writes Paul MacInnes

Basement Jaxx review – the live peak of their career

A trumpet player dressed as a crow, bellydancers and an array of banging tunes weighed in to the feeling that the 20-year veterans are newly revitalised, writes Dave Simpson

Bonobo review – slow-burning and seductive

Popular acclaim might have been a long time coming for the introspective electronic musician, but he is adapting with gusto, writes Ian Gittins

DJ Dolores: Banda Sonara Música para Filmes review – colourful mix of styles

Multidisciplinary artist Helder Aragao and his band continue their experiments in mixing influences from Brazil and elsewhere, writes Robin Denselow

Deers review – great songwriting with punk values

Their songs are half-finished, they arrive late and run out of material … what’s not to love about this Madrid group with an ear for a hook, asks Malcolm Jack

David Guetta: Listen review – lucrative business as usual

The hugely succesful French DJ shakes things up for his sixth album, but you’d be hard pushed to tell, writes Killian Fox

Dean Blunt review – antagonistic and oddly compelling

Blunt’s unsettling, paranoid presence and great music make for a memorable assault on the senses, says Killian Fox

Hercules and Love Affair review – who needs guest stars with vocalists this good?

Gustaph and Rouge Mary skilfully evoke the highs and lows of Andy Butler’s house hits – and even bring fresh slants to songs debuted by more famous names, writes Betty Clarke

Steve Aoki: Neon Future vol 1 review – anti-ageing EDM

The EDM trendsetter is pushing a message about using technology to stay young – but the result only feels dated, writes Paul MacInnes

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