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November's Best Music

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

    • 01
      Albums
    • 02
      Singles
    • 03
      Mixes









    Chapter

    01

    Best albums

    November 2018




      • Saloli
        The Deep End
        Kranky

        Satie-inspired melodies from the Portland synth artist.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • ZULI
        Terminal
        UIQ

        Ahmed El Ghazoly brings together braindance and Egyptian hip-hop on this striking debut album.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • IL-P-ON
        ÄÄNET
        Editions Mego

        Ilpo Väisänen's latest album is a tribute to the noise and drone music of Pan Sonic and its late cofounder, Mika Vainio.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Georgia Anne-Muldrow
        Overload
        Brainfeeder

        Muldrow distills decades of musical styles and a lifetime of wisdom into uplifting soul.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Jay Daniel
        Tala
        Watusi High

        Combining the exploratory feel of jazz with the Detroit producer's beatmaking know-how, Tala contains some of Daniel's strongest work yet.

        Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Deena Abdelwahed
        Khonnar
        InFine Music

        Khonnar deftly tackles subjects like sexism, homophobia and Arab identity—and also sounds absolutely killer on the dance floor.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify

      • Yoshinori Hayashi
        Ambivalence
        Smalltown Supersound

        Hayashi's uniquely psychedelic collages of jazz, hip-hop and house flourish on his first LP.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Demdike Stare
        Passion
        Modern Love

        Sean Canty and Miles Whittaker pound jungle and garage into smithereens on their most club-ready album.

        Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Objekt
        Cocoon Crush
        PAN

        TJ Hertz's latest LP shows him further reimagining what techno can sound like.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Various
        Kulør 001
        Kulør

        Buckle up—this compilation from Courtesy's new label takes you on a wild ride through Copenhagen's fast techno scene.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

















    02

    Best singles

    November 2018











      • Lapalux
        ABOVE_BETWEEN_BELOW
        Brainfeeder

        The Brainfeeder artist forgoes rhythm on three touching ambient tracks.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Solid Blake
        Warp Room
        Seilscheibenpfeiler

        One of Copenhagen's rising stars delivers slamming rhythms and zapping synths made for peak-time sets.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Overlook
        Public Image
        UVB-76

        A whip-smart fusion of techno and drum & bass that sits defiantly between both worlds.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Cromby
        Retribution
        Feel My Bicep

        A track that further refines the Irish producer's raw but lush house sound, bolstered by remixes from Shanti Celeste and DeFeKT.

        Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Gerry Read
        Preventing Violence Against Ears
        Accidental Jar

        Abstract, funky and touching—it's no surprise Matthew Herbert signed these tunes to his label.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Mor Elian
        Move Like Atoms
        Fever AM

        Deceptively innovative techno from Mor Elian, who sneaks little surprises into even her most functional tracks.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Soundcloud

      • Justin Cudmore
        Twisted Love / About To Burst
        Phonica White

        Acid house firing on all cylinders from New York's purveyor of squelch.

        Listen: Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • VTSS
        Self Will
        Intrepid Skin

        The Brutaż affiliate's debut record mines the middle ground between EBM and acid.

        Listen: Soundcloud

      • Bone Head
        Soft Power
        Arcola

        Experimental club music with a pop sensibility, from a new project by one half of DVA Damas.

      • Bonaventure
        Mentor
        Planet Mu

        Bonaventure delivers tightly woven club tracks on her Planet Mu debut.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

      • Joey Anderson & DJ Qu
        Neutrino
        Inimeg Recordings

        Two masters of modern US house return with a cosmic EP to dazzle dance floors.

        Listen: Soundcloud

      • Shelley Parker
        Red Cotton
        Hessle Audio

        A new face appears on Hessle Audio with restless dance music that feels outré even for this label.

        Listen: Bandcamp / Apple Music / Spotify / Soundcloud

















    03

    Best mixes

    November 2018







      • Mama Snake & Solid Blake
        Live At Dekmantel Festival 2018

        Two of Copenhagen's leading lights rock the UFO stage at Dekmantel with breaky techno and electro.




      • Arturo Lopez
        Beyond / Below 14

        A zig-zagging trip through '70s Krautrock, late '90s IDM, '80s private press synth experiments and Japanese background music.




      • CCL
        HNYPOT 291: CCL's Ode to the Queer Steppas

        The Seattle DJ soaks in bass vibrations from the dubstep spectrum and beyond, including cuts from T++, Urban Tribe and Laurel Halo.





      • Skee Mask & Zenker Brothers
        Unsound Podcast

        Three kings of breakbeat techno show what they're made of in this nearly-three hour recording of their Saturday night closing set at Unsound in Kraków this year.





      • Eartheater
        FACT Mix 678

        Not so much a mix as a half-hour radio play, this mind-bending piece is inspired by Swan Lake and features Eartheater's own material alongside tracks from Iceboy Violet and Swan Meat.





      • Selvagem
        Xama Lá (Que Eu Vou)

        Almost five hours of Brazilian street soul, house and countless oddities for the heads and dancers alike.




      • Basic Rhythm
        Future Funk 002

        Anthoney J Hart is known for his retrospective mixes of old hardcore and rave, but here he focuses on fresh music in that style.





      • Yaeji
        Blowing Up The Workshop 98

        Yaeji adds her own signature vocal stylings to some of her best-loved club tracks.





      • Jex Opolis
        Bolting Bits MIXED BY Jex Opolis

        The Canadian digger shows off some oddball records he picked up on a recent trip to Edmonton.




      • Ben Klock
        Circoloco Radio 057

        Here's what Ben Klock sounds like when he's playing the White Isle.














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      Thu, 29 Nov 2018
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