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Review: Experimental electronic / dance omni-talent Douglas Dare drops his fourth album Omni via Erased Tapes, physically on a limited red vinyl edition. The British producer and performer commands a beautiful syncretism of rave and narrative, guiding us through a fearless take on modern queer ontology through sonics of "life, death, fate and orgies". Building on his classic fusion of chamber pop, folk and avant-garde music, Omni hears Dare dare to throw a gorier spanner in the works, with pop-out, sensitively textured vocal club tracks paired effortlessly with but juxtaposed against hurt aubades and ballads.

Review: Erased Tapes, London's purveyors of the new garde in ambient music, take on one of the legends in revered Oregon folk experimentalist Peter Broderick. On the Partners LP, he starts out with the spoken word poetry of the title track, then the sombre piano piece "In A Landscape", complete with eerie tape hiss lurking in the background. Other highlights include the emotional and bittersweet "Carried" and the awe inspiring closing track "Sometimes" where Broderick's vocals come gloriously come into the fold, on a price which is truly captivating and special.