Latest Dance & Electronica Reviews

• Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega-City One Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury

  
  Dredd himself would approve of this imagined soundtrack for 2000 AD's megalopolis.

  reviewed by Mike Diver

  • Freak Zone

• Majenta Jimmy Edgar

  
  Edgar’s sweaty-palmed beats are as saucy as ever on album three.

  reviewed by Rich Hanscomb

  • Annie Mac

• Pryda Eric Prydz

  
  To cut a long, three-disc set short: if you love trance, you’ll love Pryda.

  reviewed by Matthew Bennett

  • Pete Tong
  • Zane Lowe

• EFUNK Soul Clap

  
  A slow-burning, and downright freaky, retro-house debut from this Boston DJ duo.

  reviewed by Kate Hutchinson

  • Annie Mac
  • Pete Tong

• Galaxy Garden Lone

  
  A fantastic reinvention from the Manchester producer, and one of 2012’s best.

  reviewed by Mike Diver

  • Rob da Bank

• Ufabulum Squarepusher

  
  Hugely impressive, technically, but too cold and forbidding for many tastes.

  reviewed by Garry Mulholland

• My Contribution to the Global Warming Étienne de Crécy

  
  The man behind some of the most urgent, delirious and seductive house music ever made.

  reviewed by Matthew Bennett

  • Nemone

• Daily Intake Hint

  
  The British producer means business on this third long-play set of low frequencies.

  reviewed by Matthew Bennett

  • Skream and Benga

• Unpatterns Simian Mobile Disco

  
  A deep, well-crafted dance manifesto by two talented producers.

  reviewed by Matthew Bennett

  • Nick Grimshaw
  • Zane Lowe
  • Annie Mac

• Time Team Slugabed

  
  The British producer avoids any dubstep clichés on this recommended debut LP.

  reviewed by Ian Roullier

  • Nick Grimshaw

• R.I.P. Actress

  
  Dancefloor dynamics remain remote; but Actress beguiles with uncommon production nous.

  reviewed by Chris Power

  • Gilles Peterson
  • Benji B

• Black Is Beautiful Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland

  
  Distorted, thought-provoking fare from the enigmatic production duo.

  reviewed by Chris Power

  • Gilles Peterson

• Dross Glop Battles

  
  An inevitably varied collection of remixes (re)drawn from Battles’ 2011 originals.

  reviewed by Fraser McAlpine

• Iradelphic Clark

  
  A shift of pace from the Warp artist produces some interesting results.

  reviewed by Chris Parkin

  • Freak Zone
  • Tom Ravenscroft

• Wonky Orbital

  
  A fantastic return which will appeal to middle-aged ravers and fresher ears alike.

  reviewed by Ian Wade

  • 6 Music Album of the Day
  • Now Playing

• Songs Rusko

  
  Dubstep producer tries aligning his output with Jamaican originals, with muddled results.

  reviewed by Melissa Bradshaw

  • Annie Mac
  • MistaJam
  • Annie Nightingale
  • Skream and Benga

• Soft Universe Pnau

  
  Regrets set to some fine electro-pop, but Pnau’s fourth misses many of its targets.

  reviewed by Tom Hocknell

  • MistaJam

• Don't Think The Chemical Brothers

  
  The greatest electronic live album ever? It just might be…

  reviewed by Ian Wade

  • Nemone
  • Chris Hawkins
  • Now Playing

• Edge of the Firelight Rough Fields

  
  Cinematic in its details but conventional when need be, this is a remarkable debut.

  reviewed by Fraser McAlpine

  • Gideon Coe

• Eighty One Yppah

  
  A fantastically optimistic antidote to these bleak ‘days of austerity’.

  reviewed by Ian Roullier

  • Lauren Laverne