Robert Hood: Motor: Nighttime World 3
The tracks here range widely in tempo and style, but they all retain the nuance and musicality of Detroit techno at its best.
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Category: Reviews: Techno
Ukkonen: The Isolated Rhythms of…
This Finnish producer combines house and techno beats with IDM aesthetics in an unusually sophisticated fashion.
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Monolake: Ghosts
Monolake’s last few albums have been cold, digital, and distant.
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Jeff Mills: 2087
Jeff Mills’ latest album this especially productive year is inspired by the obscure 1966 sci-fi flick Cyborg 2087.
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Juju & Jordash: Unleash the Golem Part 1
The A-side is long and hypnotic while the B-side is speedy but strange.
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Andy Stott: Passed Me By
Over the past five years, Stott has shrewdly transitioned from techno to dub techno to techno/dubstep.
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Moritz von Oswald Trio: Horizontal Structures
This trio and its extended family bring romance back to techno.
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Demdike Stare: Tryptych
A deluxe triple-CD set of Demdike Stare’s three 2010 albums plus forty minutes of previously unreleased material.
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Aril Brikha: Deeparture In Time – Revisited
Brikha’s debut album, first released in 2000 on Derrick May’s Transmat label, has a reputation as a masterpiece.
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Aux 88: Black Tokyo
Electro depths with moments of kitsch.
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