Few albums suit our genre-melting era better. Masterfully fusing these nostalgic motifs into a sound that is undeniably 2019, this album is an instant classic. Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - 14:30 . Amy Fielding, The way the main break so casually rolls in on opening track ‘Irian Jaya’ sets the tone for ‘Night On Earth’. Boasting beatific new age ambient (‘Sun Notification’) and rapid-fire M1 breakbeat (‘Want’), it proves her versatility and considerable studio skills. Tristan Parker, Veering between nostalgia-tipped dancefloor stuff and eclecticism, Lisbon’s Photonz made ‘Nuit’ with the intention of being remembered. ‘Move Your Body’ is a ravey New York house piece with vocal samples, stabs and sub bass, and ‘Ecstatic Beat’ finds her chopping an Amen break into a million shards. Encompassing everything that’s fun and free about jungle, it’s a beautiful, psychedelic — sometimes whimsical — album, showcasing the Dutch producer’s talent for writing dreamy tracks that can turn the dancefloor into a throng of enchanted limbs. Ben Murphy, 2019 saw Jacques Greene return to Hudson Mohawke’s LuckyMe with a sugar-sweet rendering of early mornings and after parties. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt, The third LP from early Roll Deep Crew member Flowdan sees the East London MC double down on his dark take on grime, as many artists from the scene experiment with pop-driven sounds. Bush doofs—raves or festivals in the scorching outdoors—are a very Australian tradition. The album embodies where club music is at in East Africa right now: a devastating delivery of bass-heavy soundsystem music. Haunting samples, sung and spoken, course through each track, forming intense, abstract reflections on family, faith and the black diasporic experience, from the spectral trip-hop of ‘Claim It’ to the disorienting personal dialogue of ‘Honour’. I forgot that only specific bpms are legitimate techno. His ‘Vortex’ album is an all-encompassing round-up of the tropes that have defined rave as we know it. From the abrasive textures of ‘London Ting // Dark As Fuck’, featuring MC Le3 bLACK, to the welcome wash of chimes among glitching electronica on ‘Vowel // Consonant’, it’s a dynamic, complex and progressive album. It’s a sensual and emotional album of stirring soundscapes. For anyone reading, I just wanted to share this because I often find out about releases I missed in these year-end lists and thought maybe someone else would enjoy it too :). Martin Guttridge-Hewitt, As a producer, Bristol’s Shanti Celeste may be best known for her highly effective takes on house and electro, but ‘Tangerine’, as an album should, shows another side of her musical personality. RA's Andrew Ryce talks about the history of Coil's. https://www.reddit.com/.../comments/ecvhcq/25_best_techno_albums_of_2019 Olly Gee, With her 2019 release ‘PROTO’, Holly Herndon disregards conventional notions around electronic music production and performance. With a distinctive contemporary sheen, Mikron’s take on melancholy ambient and down-tempo electronics is miles ahead of the copyists. The radical experimentalism and passion for genre-bending compositions imbued in jazz has stayed with her every since. Personal, honest and bold, it introduced the artist to a global audience, and shows exactly where UK rap is at at the end of the decade. The follow up to 2017’s ‘Feel Inifinite’, ‘Dawn Chorus’ finds the Canadian DJ, producer and live artist offering lush synths, dreamy melodies and deep house sentiments, all cascading over soft vocal work and intricate drum patterns. It’s a nod to the current scene’s climate, with nuances of grime, afrobeats and garage — his hometown ode ‘Ladbroke Grove’ is a breakthrough hit, a resurrection of garage in the pop consciousness — and production credits from Kiwi Records’ Conducta, Steel Banglez and Rex Kudo. Ben Hindle, ‘Grey Area’ is Little Simz most thrilling and direct album to date. Nominated for a Mercury Music Prize — which also gave us a brilliant, controversial performance at the awards show — ‘Nothing Great About Britain’ will go down as one of 2019’s most definitive artistic and political statements. Not so much mixing genres as creating new ones that somehow sound familiar, it’s stadium-filling but smart, fun and political, filled with myriad ideas while remaining accessible. Like their infamously unhinged live shows, it’s an album of ecstatic, honest-to-goodness mayhem. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt, On ‘Song Feel’, Girl Unit captures late night vibes, hopeless romanticism and luxurious atmospherics. DJ Mag Staff . ‘IGOR’ proved everybody wrong. This is presented not as an absence, but as an opportunity for something spectacular. There are enough hooks and killer beats here to invite repeated listens, yet he still flies his own freak flag mighty high, attracting hefty collaborators: Solange, George Clinton, David Lynch join hip-hop hotshots and alt heroes. FEATURED. In looking at house and techno from this multidisciplinary viewpoint, rRoxymore fills ‘Face To Phase’ with delightful, original ideas. From its luminous ambient prelude to the fast-paced, trance-like colour of ‘Good Winds’, Efdemin plucks from contemporary experimental and club trends while staying committed to deep, rolling techno. Thrust Publishing Ltd, Unit 3, 30-40 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ, United Kingdom. Andrew Ryce profiles the Shanghai label leading the inspiring club music movement in China. This is a community about Techno, a form of electronic dance music that emerged during the mid-to-late 1980s. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt, On their debut album, released on their newly minted KECK label, Bristol duo Giant Swan solidify their status as one of the most formidable new techno acts in the UK. Simple but effective, staccato vocal loops, screaming 303s and rough drums abound, with the bonus of appearances from Arthur Baker, Mutado Pintado and the sorely missed Suicide vocalist Alan Vega. It also marked a landmark year for UK rap and grime, with artists like slowthai, Dave, Kano and Little Simz releasing albums that further solidified the genres’ status as the most vital in the world right now. Amy Fielding, The result of a union between Blawan and Pariah, Karenn, started life as a live techno project. Tel: +44(0)7940488008, Moor Mother 'Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes', Copyright Thrust Publishing Ltd. Oil Of Even Pearl’s Un-Insides Remix Album. 49. The albums that defined the year. Eoin Murray, The third studio album from Blanck Mass sees Benjamin John Power reach further into his murky catalogue of abrasive, abstract sounds and gritty electronics. Its club sounds are as fractured as they are danceable. Some years stand out for the bangers they produced, for the adrenaline-shot belters that shook festivals and club floors night after night, and never felt overplayed. Sometimes ethereal, sometimes uncompromising and upfront, and all with a surrealist tinge, the album moves between mature dancefloor material and electronic shoegaze sounds with a deft touch. With shades of light and dark, of resolution and melancholy, Bored Lord’s portrait of life as a transgender woman deserves to be heard far and wide. Dave’s album ‘Psychodrama’ won the Mercury Prize in September, against competition from indie giants, whilst Kano played a sold-out show at London’s Royal Albert Hall in October. Launching their Voam imprint with an EP of abstract electronics earlier this year, ‘Grapefruit Regret’ followed in November, with eight tracks of dark, brain-rattling techno. With a debut this like this, expect a very bright future for Hyperdub’s newest star. Ben Murphy, AJ Tracey’s debut album details his journey from underground MC to megastar. The Best Techno Albums of All Time. It feels like a soundtrack for a thrilling action film in some parts, and a rendition from a 50-piece orchestra in others, as the producer and live artist explores a dynamic spectrum of electronics through drone, ambience, synth work and distorted vocal samples. RA staff pick their favourite full-lengths of the year. Melancholic and thoughtful, at times run through with the kind of confused anger that only grief can bring, it demands full listening. 2019 was a year in which deeply personal and boldly political music ruled the long-player format. We take a close look at one of the country's favourites. There’s the occasional moment of placid reflection, as on the ambient tones and loon calls of ‘My Body Is Powerful’, but her style is simply dance music, made with love. Amy Fielding, Paranoid London’s return to the album format is an unashamed celebration of raw party vibes. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt, Since breaking through in 2017 with single ‘Come Meh Way’, Sudan Archives has been praised for her lucid and luxurious take on R&B and experimental electronics. Following a slew of singles, features, and EPs, and years spent on the grime circuit, ‘AJ TRACEY’ dropped in February. Eoin Murray, Dave's Mercury Music Prize-winning album ‘Psychodrama’ is the story of a year of therapy from the South London MC, dealing with issues like mental health and his brother’s incarceration. On her debut album, she weaves raw noise and musical objects from her custom sound-bank into eight tracks of vaporous dub minimalism and frenetic percussive beats. From experimental masterpieces to punchy dancefloor efforts, 2019 was a year that saw deeply personal and boldly political work come to the fore in the long-player format. RA staff look back on the definitive albums of the 2010s. Album standout ‘Crush The Mushrooms’ quickly became an underground set staple, its spiralling rave energy conjured from tumultuous drums and acid-tinged, multi-dimensional textures. Grizzly, distorted drums, roaring industrial bass and chopped up vocals make for an intense, but always fun, listen. Ben Hindle, ‘No Geography’ is testament to what’s at the very core of The Chemical Brothers. Largely written during his sister’s terminal illness, it’s an introspective record of delicate notes and arrangements. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt, There’s an earthy glow to Leif’s music. Find out how Floating Points used the Yamaha CS70 to create "Requiem For CS70 And Strings" from his new album, Crush. Anybody with the vinyl version of Rod Modell Captagon can comment on the sound quality of the release? By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Reflecting the quiet poise of a veteran at his creative peak, ‘Hoodies All Summer’ might be the most thought-provoking grime release since ‘Boy In Da Corner’ — which, considering the strength of some of the albums released between then and now, is high praise indeed.

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