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