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May's Best Music

  • Our favourite albums, EPs and mixes from the past month.

    • 01
      Albums
    • 02
      Singles
    • 03
      Mixes
    Chapter

    01

    Best albums

    May 2018





      • DJ Koze
        Knock Knock
        Pampa

        Stefan Kozalla balances euphoria and melancholy with an all-star cast of guests.

        Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Lucrecia Dalt
        Anticlines
        Rvng Intl.

        Colombian artist Lucrecia Dalt weaves enchanting and sometimes unnerving tales over intricate backdrops of modular synthesis.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Will DiMaggio
        At Ease
        Future Times

        A house LP with bags of charisma—funky, easygoing and perfect for the summer.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Skee Mask
        Compro
        Ilian Tape

        Emotional jungle, IDM and breakbeat techno delivered with pitch-perfect sound design.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Beta Librae
        Sanguine Bond
        Incienso

        The New York artist steps out with a fully formed sound on her first album, which is full of late-hours techno and downtempo grooves.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Jon Hopkins
        Singularity
        Domino

        With its big ideas and granular techniques, Singularity is perhaps the ultimate Jon Hopkins album.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Brian Eno
        Music For Installations
        UMC

        This compilation captures Brian Eno doing what he does best: making captivating music that lives in the background.


        Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Matt Karmil
        Will
        Smalltown Supersound

        Matt Karmil pares his house music sound down to its loopy, serene fundamentals.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Konduku
        Kiran
        Nous'klaer Audio

        One of 2018's most impressive debuts, full of inventive and emotional techno with a spring in its step.

        Listen: Soundcloud

      • Efdemin
        Naif
        Curle Recordings

        A mix that emphasizes the best qualities of Efdemin's DJing: patience, builds and deep grooves.

        Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Surgeon
        Luminosity Device
        Dynamic Tension

        An energetic techno LP that finds Anthony Child drawing fresh ideas from his modular gear.

        Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Lena Platonos
        Lepidoptera
        Dark Entries

        Sleek and romantic synth music that feels as futuristic now as it must have back in 1986.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Syclops
        Pink Eye
        Bubble Tease Communications

        Relentlessly strange dance music from Maurice Fulton, a producer who can mold even the most surprising sounds into pure bangers.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify











    02

    Best singles

    May 2018











      • upsammy
        Words R Inert
        Die Orakel

        Atmospheric electro from an exciting Amsterdam producer.

        Listen: Soundcloud

      • Galaxian
        Paradise Engineering
        Return To Disorder

        The Scottish artist pushes his style of electro even further into madness on this adventurous new EP.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud

      • Bella Boo
        Fire
        Studio Barnhus

        Bella Boo's debut is charming and quirky—a neat match for the Swedish label Studio Barnhus.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify

      • Wata Igarashi
        Question And Answer
        The Bunker New York

        The Japanese artist continues to reveal new wrinkles in his deep and captivating brand of techno.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Yu Su
        Preparations For Departure
        Arcane

        House music and jazz mingle like smoke in the air on this EP from the Vancouver artist.

        Listen: Soundcloud

      • Róisín Murphy
        All My Dreams / Innocence
        The Vinyl Factory

        Róisín Murphy's oddball pop finds a perfect home in Maurice Fulton's wild, slippery production.

        Listen: Apple Music / Spotify

      • Moro
        Irrelevant
        Janus Berlin

        The Argentinian producer harnesses the dual energies of protest and celebration.

        Listen: Apple Music / Spotify

      • Fleet Dreams
        Fleet Magic
        Fleet Dreams

        Synth funk from a new group of old souls that'll appeal to fans of People's Potentials Unlimited.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud

      • rRoxymore
        Thoughts Of An Introvert Pt. 2
        Don't Be Afraid

        Bright and colourful techno that evokes the genre's early years.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Elysia Crampton
        Elysia Crampton
        Break World Records

        A vibrant collage of samples that twist like a broken kaleidoscope.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Mount Kimbie
        Love What Survives (Remixes Part 1)
        Warp Records

        Nina Kraviz twists "Blue Train Lines" into three killer techno tools, with the lean, twitchy "Main Mix" the EP's highlight.

        Listen: Apple Music / Spotify

      • Talaboman
        The Night Land Remixed
        R&S Records

        John Talabot and Axel Boman find four remixers vibrant and creative enough to match them on this stellar EP.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Joy O & Ben Vince
        Transition 2 / Systems Align
        Hessle Audio

        Joy O's first EP on Hessle Audio is an artistically mature collaboration with sax player Ben Vince.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud









    03

    Best mixes

    May 2018









      • Roza Terenzi
        Truancy Volume 214

        Rollicking techno and house of all stripes from one of Austraila's up-and-coming DJs.






        • Pender Street Steppers
          Berlin Community Radio

          The tenth and final episode of the Mood Hut duo's BCR Residency brings things in for an extra-smooth landing.






          • Grand River
            Blowing Up The Workshop 88

            This is how you DJ ambient music.






            • DJ Senior Vasquez
              PARAISOMIX001

              Lisbon artist Photonz dons his Senior Vasquez moniker—an homage to New York legend Junior Vasquez—for an all-Portuguese mix of '90s house and garage.







              • Breakwave

                NTS Live: Jungle Set

                An hour of the good stuff from Liverpool's finest.






                • Stanislav Tolkachev
                  Dekmantel Podcast 177

                  Wide-ranging, psychedelic techno from one of the genre's most distinctive voices.







                  • Ishwaq

                    Forecast 027

                    Helpfully tagged #SunVibes, Glasgow DJ Ishwaq delivers a laid-back session perfect for picnics as the weather gets warmer.







                    • Omar

                      MOJ Mixes 15

                      House, techno and electro, Uruguayan style.







                      • Nina

                        Secret Thirteen Mix 256

                        The Golden Pudel resident presents an hour of dark ambient music, featuring tracks by Pessimist, Little Movies and Mica Levi.







                        • SHALT

                          FACT Mix 653

                          A crash course in cutting-edge club music.






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      Thu, 31 May 2018
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