Cellist and Composer Oliver Coates has collaborated with everyone from Mica Levi to Radiohead. But his sublimely minimal score for Aftersun may be the best work from one of contemporary music’s most accomplished figures.

The now 71-year-old Japanese composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto releases his first album since 2017’s async. Across twelve tracks, simply denoted as the dates when they were made, Sakamoto explores the grieving process in a soundscape filled auto diary.

Japanese electronic music composer and sound artist Ryoji Ikeda's 'ultratronics' is a career-spanning retrospective made accessible through its full-length album format. From microhouse, glitch, drone, minimal to industrial and IDM, 'ultratronics' sees Ikeda at his most precise.

An epic self-aware selection of over-sharing in the age of polyamory and surveillance, SOS cements SZA as one of this generation's premiere introspective songwriters.

Heading up our third residency date at Control Club, Britain’s Shifted darkens both dancefloors and home stereos with palpable explorations of caustic minimalism. Perhaps no better example of which is his latest LP, Constant Blue Light.

Berghain resident and Berlin legend Marcel Dettmann releases his first full-length album in ten years, the introspective and versatile Fear of Programming.

With an eye as firmly set on the dancefloor as on inclusivity, recent Beyonce collaborator Honey Dijon has released her sophomore album, a hands-in-the-air collaborator-heavy ode to all things House.

Norway’s Röyksopp officially say goodbye to the traditional album format with the conclusion of their multimedia Profound Mysteries series. Profound Mysteries III, sees the Norwegian duo at their grittiest, weirdest, and most leftfield, journeying through synth wave, freestyle r&b, industrial, and more across 10 collaborative audio-visual tracks.

Stars across discipline and region join the new collaborative project from American hip-hop megastar duo, Run the Jewels, on remix/reimagination album, RTK C4TRO.

London producer and composer Daniel Avery releases his fifth studio album, Ultra Truth. Coming out through Phantasy Sound, the 15-track collection is a remarkably coherent trip into the known and unknown, reveling in Avery’s many musical influences.

After years of steadily developed underground hype, South London’s Wu-Lu finally debuts via Warp Records.

Six years since her last full-length release, English-Sri Lankan firebrand M.I.A releases MATA via Island Records.

Prolific German composer Nils Frahm returns with his first full-length material since 2019 with the sprawling yet intimate Music for Animals, released via his own LEITER imprint.

Roughly three years since his last release, the Grammy-nominated Alchemist collaboration Alfredo, Indiana, USA rapper Freddie Gibbs returns with a sprawling and long-awaited major label debut, $oul $old $eparately.

The first thing you should know is: jungle is massive. It is defined by fast cuts, carefully arranged breaks, sharp percussion, and occasional piercing vocals. These blend perfectly with the genre’s deep yet soulful basslines and emotional harmonies, creating a unique mix of sounds, influences, and cultures. Thus, it is no surprise that this movement has given birth to some of underground music’s most listened to and appreciated genres while humbly staying in the shadows.

As this week's Album of the Week, Steve Rickinson looks at the long-awaited sophomore LP As Above, So Below from Zambian-born, Botswana-raised poet and rapper Sampa the Great; out now via Loma Vista Recordings.

Kicking off our Albums of the Week series, Steve Rickinson looks at the claustrophobic post-grime of Southeast London's Coby Sey. His debut album, Conduit, is now available via AD 93.

On the 6th of May, with the occasion of the final instalment of Bandcamp Friday, leading contemporary jungle label Future Retro London put out a triple release – two 12’’ records and one 10’’ vinyl, all in limited edition and accompanied by their respective digital versions.

To celebrate 8 years and more than 45 releases since its conception, UK’s contemporary electronic music label Apron Records has teamed up with Patta Soundsystem for an 8-track-long Various Artist release.

Adrian Sherwood called Mark Stewart, his frequent collaborator, intimidating, but now, two years after we connected, I have a special relationship with the artist/ philosopher and poet.

Warren Walker holds the torch high when it comes to innovation in jazz. His first electronic jazz LP, (N)Traverse, has a very intimate process behind it. Each song is a collab with one of his jazz and fusion artist friends during the 2020 pandemic. Having met on the jazz stages of the world, they now approached working within the realm of sound collage and sound synthesis, from home, safely and unrushed.

Cali P's family musical background has transformed him into a fearless deejay and rapper with a strong, enthusiastic vocal delivery. Starting 2005, he released five albums and 24 vinyl singles and EP's on labels such as Nation Music, Hemp Higher Productions, One Love Records, and others. TEKA is a lover of analog vibes. You sense that in his productions, riddims, and collaborations. What kicked off his collab with Cali P was a Migos Remix.

Romanian jazz, mythology, spirituality, and science fiction have had a strong relationship since the seventies. And so you can find a thin red dotted line between Electrecord LP’s like Marius Popp’s Nodul Gordian, Ramon Tavernier and Cătălin Târcolea’s Panpipe In Jazz, Zoltan Boroș’s Pași spre Infinit and Harry Tavitian and Corneliu Stroe’s Creation Suite and present days independent jazz artists like Adi Stoenescu and his group, plus his collaborations with Alexandru Arcuș, Krisper band, and Iordache.

Fire comes, same as London Zoo did, with a city of sounds. The album has a natural tectonic evolution texture. Loose your mind in the dancehall, but feel the dread of the times we are living. The music is catchy but also spine-breaking, ready to shatter and break.

The latest release of Tenor Youthman is signed for Dub Universe Records, an imprint of the Big Roba Sound System duo, Pavel and Sergey. These guys have crafted some envy-attracting riddims for this 2021 release. Without a doubt, Tenor Youthman can be called the inexhaustible bard of the East.

Released on the 12th of March by On the Corner Records, the debut album of Guedra Guedra is massive. Concept and music blend in spiritual polyrhythms that take over the dancefloor.

Released on 26 of February on Bind Colour, Ink Project's new album explores a wide range of tempos and genres. Producer Jez Lloyd sails on complex rhythms, introducing, one by one, the story chapters with the help of versatile voices of Coreysan, Fifi Rong, and Yazmyn Hendrix.

Positive Thursdays in Dub debut LP, Landing on Planet Dub, has received a great remix treatment. As I see it, it is more like Landing on the Dark Star, filled with challenging and authentic deconstructions by Vibronics, Chazbo, Suns of Dub, Uncle Fester on Acid, Død, Jabbadub, and Alien Levi.

Giacomo Pellegrino, head honcho of the Italian label Detroit Side, explores the depth of the dub-techno realm with his latest release, 'Dub Experience'.

EVA808's 'Sultry Venom', released on the 18th of December on Innamind Recordings, comes after the hype the artist has raised in the last years with tracks like Prrr (2017), Pink Uzi Gang (2018), and Exchange (2020). Not a stranger to other tempos, Eva delivers not a concept record, but a collection of tracks and emotions.