It’s a place where house music melts into a joyous, shimmering gloop.

It’s not perfect--a couple of tracks slightly overdo the asthmatic-sounding compression--but mainly it’s a really impressively consistent and well-structured listen, and definitely worth the wait.

Sticking with a winning formula can be commendable, but this is pales in comparison with past glories.

While 2010’s Compass--produced by Beck, and festooned with stellar guests--was about electronic folk and scuzzy pop, this new record’s got the funk.

Tender, beautifully melancholy urban electronica.

Everything Everything hit their targets with aplomb.

This is a largely dejected and sombre affair that is perhaps only for those of a darker disposition.

Even when the groove lessens, doubters are liable to be persuaded by their innate knack for epic choruses.

This album trades in bleakness, but there’s beauty in it.

Soulful, grown-up, dancey synth pop is hard to do well, but Toro Y Moi nails it.

An album based on the carillon, a peal of bells played using a keyboard similar to a church organ, fused with gentle synth phrases, motorik rhythms.

A haunting memorial.

Strangely fascinating.

Call their style what you like, this is a luscious record.

Whether doomily atmospheric or dissonant like 'Insulin', Crystal Castles successfully nail it for the third time running.

The whole thing feels vast, a lunar soundscape ripe for exploration.

Having always been a master at transcending genres, he makes sure his new album includes something for every musical taste.

Whether its impish character makes for a consistently engrossing listening experience is questionable, but it has moments of brilliance.

By going back to the first principles of house he's built something very new and very wonderful.

Unashamedly one-dimensional, this mix will continue to divide.

While album three may require a reboot from The XX, that's for another day. Right now, when it comes to fusing indie rock and dance, no one pulls it off quite as elegantly.

Order Of Noise creates an atmosphere akin to a vast thunder-cloud thick with heavy, window-rattling vibrations and sharp, sudden jolts of electricity.

Sebenza ranges and explores, opening sonic doors that deserve more regular use.

[Ridha's] third studio album is a reliable journey into thrashing, powerful and industrial electro and techno.

The sound of a master at work.

The effect is one of hypnosis and seduction, a type of black magic boogie that acts as the perfect catalyst for moments of intense intimacy.

Put simply, a genius at work.

For all its varied elements is all too clearly the expression of the demented but coherent vision of one man. You will find no better way to fry your mind this year.