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Essex outfit suffers something of a musical identity crisis.
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London producer wraps Cuban motifs around monolithic bass, with great results.
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As pure a life-affirming rush as the best pop music in any language.
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The Heavy’s capacity for rabble-rousing is a potent strength.
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Musical democracy in action, an inspiring example of a band practicing what they preach.
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A melodic take on Chicago juke from a producer schooled in jungle.
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Woon’s debut has taken its time, but the beguiling results have been worth the wait.
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A wilfully eclectic pick’n’mix affair from a producer on fine form.
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Soothsayer lyricism atop sinister guitars and eldritch electronics.
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Hopkins is a composer with a subtle yet sublime vision.
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Captures the New Zealanders in their natural element.
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Regularly takes flight and carries your heart heavenwards with it.
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Sporadically thrilling though it is, The Qemists’ latest doesn’t break any new ground.
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Full of implausible leaps of imagination normally reserved for dreams.
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As bright as the lights in some interplanetary city of sin.
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Prommer’s techno-goes-jazz series continues to be more than simply gimmicky.
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The souls of these Danes are akin to that of the dark prince of 60s pop, Scott Walker.
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Bonobo has blossomed into something beautiful at his own pace.
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This debut album belies its makers’ name by being a genuine gem.
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Music made with imagination really let off the leash. Long may they roam untamed.
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Classically-tinged electronica from Coldplay's co-producer.
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Sexy 21st century pseudo-R 'n' B that’s been sealed with a fizz.
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A masterpiece of electronic songcraft.
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...more sad and reflective than seething or abstract.
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Plump DJs... have grown flabby with complacency.
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You'll have to be prepared to search for the real jewels amidst the all-pervading gloom.
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The Sun & The Neon Light may capture a strange and sometimes sorrowful state, but...
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You might begin to suspect that the reason some girls seem to keep leaving him is...
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A hall of mirrors, warping reflections of Ella Fitzgerald, two-tone ska, dark...
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An album that teaches us hip-hop is world music in the most literal sense of the term.
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Cruz could almost match John Legend in the lady-killing stakes.
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A truly revelatory debut.
