Mark Seven and Dez Williams inaugurate a label each, Marco Zenker goes solo, Black Truffle reissues Alvin Curran, Nick Höppner remixes Obalski, plus a debut Gary Howell album and Ossia’s behemoth double pack on Berceuse Heroique.
Surprise S. Olbricht on UIQ, a Not Waving self-reissue, Downwards VA’s and Zov Zov mini-album, White’s final release to new Nick Klein, Livity Sound and Yoshinori Hayashi’s tripped out The Forgetting Curve EP.
Albums from Blackest Ever Black and Further, Dark Entries Italo reissues, Versatile compilation samplers, Wania 10″s, Lutto Lento 7″s and Will Long’s doublepack debut on Comatonse.
Archival releases from Astral Industries, a cameo-filled footwork LP from DJ Earl, disco Mood Hut-style, ZamZam Sounds 7″s, darkly EPs from Schiech In China and Periskop to albums from Five O’Clock Traffic and the freshly-minted Lullabies For Insomniacs.
Hieroglyphic Being and Desert Sky albums, Human Rays and Rian Treanor long players, a double drop from BANK Records to L.I.E.S, Die Orakel, Rush Hour No ‘Label’ material and Lnrdcroy and Djrum 12″s.
A new label from Oliver Ho, more from Jealous God, the return of Luke Slater’s The 7th Plain to Pearson Sound and Damon Bell 12″s, a massive Varg reissue and single-sided John T. Gast heat.
The UK dominates this week’s selections with releases from Hinge Finger, Timedance, The Trilogy Tapes, Demdike Stare, UIQ and Astral Industries to US cuts from Joey Anderson, Proibito and Dark Entries plus the latest drop from Canada’s 1080p.
A K Mosse and Shack double drop from Honest Jon’s, early DJ Marfox, vintage Gerald Donald, ambient immersion on Further, Bristolian sonic abrasion, and some fine label debuts from 12th Isle and Ectotherm all feature.
Dub 7″s from ZamZam Sounds, new Trilogy Tapes, Nous compilations, split Rrose and Orphx 12″, Kann various artist EP, Optimo Music and more.
Our selection this week covers archival plates from Tectonic and Mika Vainio, Kern exclusives from Tresor, further adventures in Buttechno, 12″s on 2nd Drop, Cititrax, Latency and Northern Electronics and perhaps the house LP of the year from JTC.
Albums from DJ Qu and Space Travel feature along with Detroit-area transmissions from Andrés and Omar S, another killer UNTHANK transmission, and plenty of percussive treats from YAM and Bushes.
Albums by Huerco S., Aleksi Perälä and Leonardo Martelli plus leftfield exoticists Eric Holm and David Toop, to a silver Senking 7″, Din A Test Bild reissues and EPs by J Zbel and Roger 23.
DJ Guy and Blueprint collections, a Floorplan LP, long-awaited Powder 12″ and a Different Fountains 7″ to new music from Moon B, Tzusing, Golf Channel, Emotional Response and Early Sounds.
Ampersand city this week with split 12″s and collaborations from Laraaji & Sun Araw, Beatrice Dillion & Karen Gwyer, Gigi Masin & Templehof, DJ Sotofett & SVN and Wolf Muller & Cass.
Double drops by Ancient Monarchy, a Beatrice Dillon & Ben UFO mixtape, wintry compositions by William Basinski and Robert Turman to new Kane Ikin on Latency and reduced Prostitutes beats on Spectrum Spools.
Dancefloor beats from Ilian Tape, Clone Basement Series and Don’t Be Afraid, Suzanne Ciani’s primordial synth experiments, electro for soundtracks by Der Zyklus, a John Bender reissue and oddball Durian Brothers electro-acoustic music.
Future primitive drums from Editions Gravats, deep glitching house from Machine Woman, John T Gast reissue, a new Lakker LP, and beats from Wata Igarashi, Buttechno, Madteo and Livity Sound.
The latest Andy Stott album, Motor City Drum Ensemble on compiling duties for Dekmantel, fresh DJ Marfox and singles on Apron, Firecracker, Bio Rhythm and Future Times all feature.
The many flavours of Bristolian experimentation are covered this week along with Glaswegian mutant disco, essential electro from Egyptian Lover, archival Jega, Max D, Willie Burns, Byron The Aquarius and more.
Another exhaustive archival trawl from Vinyl-On-Demand leads the way in a week where records from Posh Isolation, Cititrax and Lawrence stood out along with 12″s by December, Tom Boogizm, Leo Anibaldi and Honey Soundsystem.