Our favourite albums, EPs and mixes from the past month.
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Best albums
May 2018
Stefan Kozalla balances euphoria and melancholy with an all-star cast of guests.
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Colombian artist Lucrecia Dalt weaves enchanting and sometimes unnerving tales over intricate backdrops of modular synthesis.
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A house LP with bags of charisma—funky, easygoing and perfect for the summer.
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Emotional jungle, IDM and breakbeat techno delivered with pitch-perfect sound design.
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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.
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With its big ideas and granular techniques, Singularity is perhaps the ultimate Jon Hopkins album.
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This compilation captures Brian Eno doing what he does best: making captivating music that lives in the background.
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Matt Karmil pares his house music sound down to its loopy, serene fundamentals.
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One of 2018's most impressive debuts, full of inventive and emotional techno with a spring in its step.
Listen: Soundcloud
A mix that emphasizes the best qualities of Efdemin's DJing: patience, builds and deep grooves.
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An energetic techno LP that finds Anthony Child drawing fresh ideas from his modular gear.
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Sleek and romantic synth music that feels as futuristic now as it must have back in 1986.
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Relentlessly strange dance music from Maurice Fulton, a producer who can mold even the most surprising sounds into pure bangers.
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Best singles
May 2018
The Scottish artist pushes his style of electro even further into madness on this adventurous new EP.
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Bella Boo's debut is charming and quirky—a neat match for the Swedish label Studio Barnhus.
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The Japanese artist continues to reveal new wrinkles in his deep and captivating brand of techno.
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House music and jazz mingle like smoke in the air on this EP from the Vancouver artist.
Listen: Soundcloud
Róisín Murphy's oddball pop finds a perfect home in Maurice Fulton's wild, slippery production.
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The Argentinian producer harnesses the dual energies of protest and celebration.
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Synth funk from a new group of old souls that'll appeal to fans of People's Potentials Unlimited.
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Bright and colourful techno that evokes the genre's early years.
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A vibrant collage of samples that twist like a broken kaleidoscope.
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Nina Kraviz twists "Blue Train Lines" into three killer techno tools, with the lean, twitchy "Main Mix" the EP's highlight.
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John Talabot and Axel Boman find four remixers vibrant and creative enough to match them on this stellar EP.
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Joy O's first EP on Hessle Audio is an artistically mature collaboration with sax player Ben Vince.
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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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The art of DJing: Jackmaster
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Breaking Through: Ciel
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