stereo_mike

A charming oddity of sound art consisting almost entirely of the “ums” and “ahs” from interviews with cultural figureheads such as Slavoj Žižek, Lady Gaga and Joseph Beuys. It’s quite a grim experience, the lip smacks and sharp intakes of breath too... See full review

Detached, clinical, moody – I could be describing myself here, but this was actually my gut reaction to Objekt’s follow-up to Flatland. Repeated listens have led me to notice speckles of humanity in all the morass of electronic goodness, but it’s most... See full review

It’s hard to fault Dev Hynes, the man has been putting out solid tunes for quite some time now. But on this record, there’s an extra layer of refinement in the way he approaches the difficult subject of depression, being less concerned with production... See full review

Post-punk experimentalists Ana da Silva and Phew join forces for this delicately charged ambient record. Swamped in phased synths, the pair of vocalists make only the occasional utterance in each other’s native language (Portuguese and Japanese... See full review

Some allege that Georgia Anne Muldrow is the originator of the phrase “stay woke”, and from the sounds of her blistering 17th album it’s easy to see why. The prolific R&B pioneer shows no sign of slowing down here, bringing a range of inventive sounds... See full review

Any artist with the bravery to call out an oppressive government could be said to have big balls, and in the case of Moscow duo Ic3peak, who speak out in support of the queer community in Russia, they have absolute cannonballs. On Сказка, they speak... See full review

Ross From Friends’ debut Family Portrait feels very much like a record for music nerds, still tethered to the lo-fi YouTube house aesthetic he emerged from but much more fleshed out and nuanced. When I learned the album was inspired by a raving tour... See full review

One of the less discussed deaths in 2017 was that of indigenous Australian musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, whose emphatic voice brought international attention to the Yolngu cultures of Northern Territory. The music here is very much led by... See full review

Doubling down on their krautrock stylings, Beak> couch their doom-laden songs in fuzz and fug to the point that not much is clearly audible except for the synth arpeggios, which build a paranoid sense of suspense. The vocals are particularly... See full review

Vessel’s previous work has often worked within a literary framework, but his latest venture, which sees him pay tribute to female cultural icons like Hannah Arendt and Remedios Varo, steps things up a gear or two. It’s a frenetic mix of chamber music... See full review

What would it sound like it a city played itself at night? Maybe something like Chevel’s Always Yours, where microbeats skitter like clouds of dirt in the wake of a passing train, and every melodic phrase sounds like it could be some sort of alarm.