It’s a classy, timeless mix from a classy and timeless selector.

Tension comes through not only in the album’s titles--‘Storms’, ‘Screens’ and ‘Eco Friend’--but in the tone of the tracks, where at one moment a song delves deep into an urgent, synthetic cadence, and then expands into an ambient sense of the vast beauty of the physical world.

There's no distinct personality to be heard, or the kind of dynamic ideas that could give it the ability to totally dominate a room.

With production help from Four Tet and Adrian Sherwood, he raps tenaciously over dark beats.

Bleckmann rope-a-dopes like a voice boxer between the wobbly punches of ambient jazz and chilly chamber tones. [No. 139, p.53]

Weirder tracks such as ‘System 100’ break the routine a bit, but it’d be nice to hear Moiré’s huge production skill with more variation of tone.

Hairless Toys is outstanding, all elegant deep house offset by country-flecked soul and idiosyncratic downtempo.

There are a few tear-out moments (see the unhinged 'Black Gates' and the volatile 'Burnerz'), but the biggest rewards come from more alien and introspective moments such as 'Glass Harp Interlude'.

Tracks regularly clock in at eight, nine and 10 minutes, yet Blondes never outstay their welcome.

All the off-kilter rhythms and layers of organic sound loops are there, but it’s all a little bit bigger, the drama a little bit more heightened, and whatever oddness she might be singing about in Spanish it feels like a powerful personal statement.

Growing up watching this, it’s no wonder we all ended up in dark rooms marching to repetitive beats.

It all adds up to their most rounded, consistently engaging record yet.

Ruinism isn’t a departure from the type of chopped foundations we’ve come to expect from Lapalux, it’s just less thick with haze: both onimous and gorgeous, it’s an album of two halves that tiptoes into a purgatory state.

This is music born from information overload and the quick slide toward environmental and political chaos, but while Gamble threatens to leave you scarred, he also offers refuge, too, in the form of his signature styles.

There’s head-melting brilliance here, but he makes you work for it.

Snoop Dogg, André 3000, Mos Def and Skepta are all fans, with this assured debut proving why she's rated so highly. Better prepare that throne, then.

The influence of earthy sub-Saharan blues is readily apparent on the choppy fretwork of ‘Walrus’, and the raw loops he creates by on-the-fly sampling have universal appeal. Similarly his voice, with its soaring inflections and echoes of Sting and Jeff Buckley, is a hugely effective tool.

Even if you’re not spiritually inclined, the music is still proper techno: chuggy in some places and mystical in others, but always total class.

The spirits of Vangelis, Wendy Carlos and John Carpenter permeate throughout, and it feels like no exaggeration to suggest that Lopatin could soon join them in the pantheon of great electronic soundtrack composers.

Not always easy, but definitely worth it.

There’s the risk of pastiche here--and sometimes the slow builds, churning synths and sinister whispers seem generic, like you’ve heard them before--but at their best they sound elemental, and perfect for the darkest of dancefloors.

Each track is forged and precision-engineered to bolt onto the next: there are times when Snaith takes you to dark places but then he clasps your hand tenderly, guiding you back to sunnier climes. Fabriclive 93 is an astonishing accomplishment.

Versions sees the Idjuts bring new life to a collection of sprawling, dubby disco from the vaults.

Sometimes brilliant, often infuriating, it's a must-check nonetheless.

This album is something that any open-minded Mixmag reader could appreciate.

Slow Focus is a grisly journey into the unknown, but an exhilarating one--if you’re willing to take it.

Patten’s third release is a whistle-stop tour of the UK’s hardcore continuum, never pausing long enough to get bored.

While some may find it a little self-indulgent, judged in its entirety the depth of sound and overall arrangement are nothing short of masterful.