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Archie Pelago: Lakeside Obelisk

This EP does what Archie Pelago have always done so well: by juxtaposing and collaging such disparate musical tropes, it creates something much more than a mere portmanteau of genera for fickle novelty, but an entirely new mode of approaching the boundaries we impose on music.

Thug Entrancer: Death After Life

Thug Entrancer’s “Death After Life” fits comfortably alongside Daniel Lopatin’s Software Recording Co. catalogue, a twitching, wonky version of electronic music that flitters between chaos and order.

Bibio: The Green EP

Compiled as an addendum of sorts to his May 2013 album Silver Wilkinson, The Green EP sees Stephen Wilkinson AKA Bibio construct a wider context for the album’s second
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Actress: Ghettoville

As a reviewer tasked with picking apart the numerous enigmatic strands of Actress’ fourth and potentially final record, it’s tempting to cross-examine it with that infuriatingly cryptic
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Pop Ambient 2014

Let’s be honest: 2013 was peppered with grotesque cover art. One might hope, therefore, that this year’s music would be served in more forgiving sleeves. Alas.
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Nina Kraviz: Mr Jones

Nina Kraviz was always destined for the spotlight. From the moment Radio Slave used his Fabric #48 mix to unveil her pulsating track ‘Pain In the
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Conforce: Kinetic Image

1. Excess Mortality
2. Spatiotemporal
3. Temporary Reversals
4. Semantic Field
5. Scientific Trajectory
6. Underwater Settlers
7. Formerly Programmed Decisions
8. Abundance Of Selves
9. Optimum Pace
10. Anti-adaptive State

Nils Frahm: Spaces

1. An Aborted Beginning
2. Says
3. Said And Done
4. Went Missing
5. Familiar
6. Improvisation For Coughs And A Cell Phone
7. Hammers
8. For – Peter – Toilet Brushes – More
9. Over There, It’s Raining
10. Unter – Tristana – Ambre
11. Ross’s Harmonium
12. Me (Bonus Track)

Connan Mockasin: Caramel

1. Nothing Lasts Forever
2. Caramel
3. I’m The Man, That Will Find You
4. Do I Make You Feel Shy?
5. Why Are You Crying?
6. It’s Your Body 1
7. It’s Your Body 2
8. It’s Your Body 3
9. It’s Your Body 4
10. It’s Your Body 5
11. I Wanna Roll With You

Akkord: Akkord

If Paul Woolford’s Special Request project was a red carpet event, flanked by flashing bulbs and screaming public, then Akkord’s debut long player is the stealthy
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