The magazine
Siete Catorce Strips Back and Still Keeps Moving
Techno on In-Correcto and Discos Nutabe, built on rhythmic assumptions that European dancefloors have trained out of themselves.
Mr Beatnick Keeps the Samples Light
A sample-led record on Tartelet that moves towards techno without ever getting heavy about it.
nthng Moves Between Tempos Without Announcing It
An hour on Topo2 that treats tempo as a texture rather than a genre marker.
Jon Hassell’s Last Concert, Reworked
The third Pentimento volume arrives on Ndeya, assembled from the final performance.
The Infiniti Catalogue Comes Back Whole
Tresor's remastered and expanded edition restores a track the original album was missing.
Acid, Played Straight, With No Irony
A-Eno-Acid builds from late-eighties Chicago vocabulary on Chicago Bee, and treats old machines as current technology.
Barnt Writes an Album, Not a Set of Tools
Concept-led techno on Magazine, structured for the second listen rather than the first drop.
Holy Tongue Add a Guitar and Keep the Groove
The trio's played dub takes on post-punk edges for AD93, and the hypnosis survives.
Two Hours of Patience From Loidis
Twelve tracks on Incienso, built on the idea that repetition only pays off if you let it run.
Andy Stott Puts a Voice on Top of the Damage
Late Loop arrives on Modern Love, and the human element sits above the corrosion rather than inside it.