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Vangelis – Rosetta (2016)
The career of Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, better known to us as Vangelis, has been as wide- ranging as it has influential. From his beginnings as one-third of the almighty Aphrodite’s Child,...
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Warhaus – We Fucked a Flame Into Being (2016)
First things first: the title. We Fucked a Flame Into Being is certainly among the most ostentatious names one could choose for his solo debut, but Maarten Devoldere (of Balthazar fame) appears to find...
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Marissa Nadler – Bury Your Name EP (2016)
Spectral goth-folk stunner Marissa Nadler already put out a new album this year — the dark and dreamy Strangers. Her last two releases, 2014’s July and this year’s record, were released by the...
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Beach Slang – A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings (2016)
Beach Slang‘s sophomore album opens with the words “Play it loud, play it fast,” followed later in the verse by “Play me something that might save my life.” That encapsulates the spirit of A Loud Bash...
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Boxed In – Melt (2016)
When it arrived in early 2015, Boxed In‘s self-titled debut was a pleasant surprise: the band’s fluid fluency with dance and indie rock felt like the work of a more established act. They haven’t lost...
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Smith & Mudd – Gorthleck (2016)
It’s been 7 years since Smith & Mudd‘s last album, Le Suivant, the duo having been at it either solo or with band projects: Paqua (with Bing Ji Ling) and Bison (with Holger Czukay & U-SHE). The...
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Adrian Younge – The Electronique Void: Black Noise (2016)
Usually known for making soul which nostalgically looks back to the ’60s and ’70s, his soundtrack work and collaborations with Ghostface Killah, The Electronique Void: Black Noise is his first fully...
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The Verve – A Storm in Heaven + A Northern Soul [Deluxe Editions] (2016)
The Verve‘s first two albums, 1993’s A Storm in Heaven & A Northern Soul from 1995 is reissued by Virgin/EMI as multi-disc super deluxe edition box sets. Both albums are remastered by Chris Potter...
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Blank & Jones – Dom (2016)
Piet Blank and Jaspa Jones [Blank & Jones] are a production and DJ duo who played a significant role in the late-’90s commercialization of trance, though they went on to be known as much for their...
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S U R V I V E – RR7349 (2016)
It’s about time Survive turned some heads. The Austin synth outfit has been issuing vintage compositions for over half a decade, rearing its glossy head at can’t miss events like Moogfest, Levitation,...
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Drakkar Nowhere – Drakkar Nowhere (2016)
Daniel Collás and Morgan Phalen have been adding their psychedelic bent to funk and soul as members of Phenomenal Handclap Band for the past eight years already. But four years into that band’s...
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Flyying Colours – Mindfullness (2016)
Mindfullness is Australian shoegaze quartet Flyying Colours’ full-length debut following two EPs, Flyying Colours and ROYGBIV. As with the band’s first two releases, this album continues to showcase...
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patten – Psi (2016)
Psi is London-based patten‘s third full-length, second for Warp, and first since becoming a duo rather than a solo project (the two artists refer to themselves only as D and A). Compared to previous...
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Fatboy Slim – Better Living Through Chemistry [20th Anniversary Edition] (2016)
Two-CD deluxe edition offers a whole disc of bonus tracks including “recordings from the Fatboy vaults that have never been released before”, the two bonus tracks (“Michael Jackson” and “Next to...
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Steve Ignorant with Paranoid Visions – Now and Then…! (2016)
The 10 track album was recorded in both Ireland and England (Dublin and Norwich) throughout the winter of 2015 / 2016 – Now and Then…! is the sound of a collaboration that has grown together and...
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Bon Iver – 22, a Million (2016)
Where does an artist go after winning a Grammy and simultaneously becoming the go-to punchline poster boy for sleepy, folk-leaning “intellectual” music? Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon answered unexpectedly...
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Youth – Sketch, Drugs & Rock n’ Roll (2016)
Sketch, Drugs & Rock n’ Roll is the story of the award winning record producer, Killing Joke Bass player, musician, songwriter and artist known simply as Youth. Filmmakers Paul Elliott and Sean...
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Regina Spektor – Remember Us to Life (2016)
Four years after her Top Five album What We Saw from the Cheap Seats, and three after being introduced to some via her original theme song for the Netflix series ‘Orange Is the New Black’, Regina...
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Banks – The Altar (2016)
Banks’ debut, Goddess, suffered from its mystery. Though packed with fantastic tunes, it felt like she was putting considerable distance between us and her; opening up but not quite. The Altar feels...
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Nicolas Jaar – Sirens (2016)
Sirens is a thoughtful study in contrasts, both musical and political. It’s only Nicolas Jaar’s second LP, but it is the mark of an enduring electronic composer. There are only about 45 seconds left on...
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