monolake / polygon cities / monolake

Monolake celebrates 10 years of production with his latest album "Polygon Cities." Robert Henke always takes techno above and beyond by emerging dub and deep minimal techno and layering it with spacious organic soundscapes. "Polygon Cities" takes you on a darker journey than his previous releases. This is a nice balance of sophisticated academic computer music and club music.
listen: invisible
listen: carbon

various / spectral sound volume 1 / spectral



The must have compilation of the summer! Check out www.spectralsound.com for a track sample taste.
listen: the vanisher / the tic-tac tactic
listen: matthew dear/lawrence / another/five leaves

jamie lidell / multiply / warp



Jamie Lidell is Stevie Wonder on acid. This crazy autistic fellow can't be ignored, as he always brings exciting entertainment to the floor guaranteed. His funky choppy soulful sounds are bitter sweet tender loving obscurity.
listen: when I come back around
listen: multiply
jamie lidell live


lali puna / i thought i was over that / morr



2 disc's of rarities and remixes by Dntel, Two Lone Swordsmen and Boom Bip, plus a cover of Slowdive's "40 Days."
listen: past machine

Sonar 2005



ellen allien live set
interview with ellen allien

isolée / we are monster / playhouse

When it comes to a new Isolée album, the words "highly anticipated" are an understatement. Jounalist, Philip Sherburne has been hyping this album since the word go. After five years, Rajko Moller returns with a full-length filled with squelchy synths, disco beats and some of electronic music's catchiest melodies.
listen: do re mi
listen: pictureloved
listen: enrico

ellen allien / thrills / bpitch

Ellen Allien's new album, Thrills, has all the inventive German electro-techno/minimal vocal style of her previous efforts. A well-crafted club-feel is subtly woven into this album via fat bass booms and extra layers of melody and atmosphere that fill the room tastefully.
listen: the brain is lost
listen: naked rain

triple r / flashback: mbf / trau

MBF (My Best Friend) is a recent sub-label of Traum that has been releasing Germany's answer to neo-jacking, Chicago-style funky acid house. For those of us who love the idea of clean, streamlined techno injected with some jacking, almost disco funk blackness, MBF is a godsend.
listen: steve barnes & riley reinhold / someday
listen: youthanasia / mondo cane

sanso-xtro / sentimentalist / type


Type Records brings us yet another great debut, this time from Sanso-xtro (aka Melissa Agate). Though Sentimentalist was created from digitally manipulated instruments like guitar, ukulele, kalimba, drums and synths, the end result is an album that is much more than just another venture in modern laptop electronics. The influences of traditional Middle Eastern and African music are equally apparent. This is a must have album for fans of Type Records and Rune Grammophon releases, as well as like minded artists such as Goldmund, Tape and Mountains.
listen: misplaced feather
listen: unsentimental

antony and the johnsons / hope there's someone / secretly canadian

The second single from Antony's stunning I Am A Bird Now album, this includes the title track as it appears on the full-length, plus an equally haunting video for the song. The two b-sides are out-takes from the album sessions, and can hold their own with most of that record, particularly the lovely and intense "Frankenstein." A great treat for the fans.
listen: frankenstein