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The Chemical Brothers: For That Beautiful Feeling review – pure techno pleasure

The dance duo’s 10th album – on which they, not the guest vocalists, are the stars – has moments to match their best work

Romy: Mid Air review – xx singer shines through dancefloor gems

Expertly produced with Jamie xx, Fred Again and Stuart Price, Romy Madley Croft’s debut solo album tops off vivid house and trance tunes with pop smarts and personal lyrics

Deena Abdelwahed: Jbal Rrsas review – addictive combination of darkness and danceability

Abdelwahed’s second album extends the DJ and producer’s compelling sound world, mixing traditional Arabic genres and instruments with foreboding dancefloor beats

Bambii: Infinity Club review – mischievous, flirty global electronica

The Toronto producer/DJ’s fleet-footed debut mini-album, featuring guest spots from the UK’s finest dancefloor talent, is an impressive calling card

Art School Girlfriend: Soft Landing review – lush, liminal electronica

Polly Mackey’s second album as ASG is at its best when her hazy sounds come nailed to dancefloor beats

Lance Gurisik: Cull Portal review – drones, drums and disruptive drama

Gurisik’s startling album – think Aphex Twin meets Keith Jarrett – combines jazz, electronica and contemporary orchestral music to compelling, coherent effect

Jessy Lanza: Love Hallucination review – a sensual producer’s pursuit of pleasure

The uniquely puckish Canadian electronic artist spans pop and beguiling abstraction on her fourth album, as she writes about boldly confronting her needs

Lindstrøm: Everyone Else Is a Stranger review – minor variations on sleek space disco pleasures

This Norwegian producer returns from his period forays into the leftfield for an album that is as fizzy and enticing as ever

Anohni and the Johnsons: My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross review – piercing heartache

Recorded at speed, Anohni’s first album since 2016 adds a soulful swagger to poetic, cathartic rock

Japanese Breakfast review – a two-way high-wire act

Korean-American songwriter – and bestselling author – Michelle Zauner revels in an expansive set of dreampop and electronica laced with heartbreak and joy

Parklife festival review – northern rave culture clearly in rude health

The in-demand Fred Again eclipses Aitch’s confident homecoming headline set, while the Prodigy chime with Parklife’s rave ethos

Christine and the Queens: Paranoïa, Angels, True Love review – a grief-stricken masterpiece

A howl of despair sublimated into beautiful experimental pop, the artist’s fourth album is his best yet

Four Tet review – Kieran Hebden’s spiritual techno lights up the room

In collaboration with lighting artists Squidsoup, Hebden has found a way to make his wistful dance music seem thrillingly tangible

Overmono: Good Lies review – certified bangers galore

The Russell brothers mix weapons-grade nostalgia with two-step, trap and sped-up vocals in a set full of emotional ambushes

Overmono: Good Lies review – UK rave history is distilled to perfection

Knitting garage with techno and chopped-up vocals, the pounding yet poppy debut album from Monmouth brothers Ed and Tom Russell is masterfully done

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