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NICOLAS JAAR
Space is Only Noise CD

CIRCUS COMPANY

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Nicolas Jaar has graduated-- at least from the trappings of any young electronic music producer (his graduation from Brown University is 18 months away). Four years after his debut on the Brooklyn...

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PEAKING LIGHTS
936 CD

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS / DOMINO

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Released last year on Not Not Fun, Peaking Light's amazing "936" LP has been picked up for a UK release by Weird World & Domino. Rightly so if you ask us... It's kept us company here in the...

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ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
Replica LP

SOFTWARE

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Oneohtrix Point Never is Daniel Lopatin, a US native whose work has brought him to the forefront of the modern electronic composition scene. Though Lopatin’s rise felt meteoric following his...

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STEFFI
Yours & Mine CD

OSTGUT TON

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Ostgut starts the new year with the fantastic debut album by Berlin based dutch producer and Berghain/Panorama resident, Steffi. "Yours & Mine" heralds the arrival of Steffi as a fully fledged...

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MASSIMILIANO PAGLIARA
Focus For Infinity LP

LIVE AT ROBERT JOHNSON

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Massimiliano Pagliara moved from Lecce to Milan and then Berlin through his love of music, in search of new sounds, he ended up dancing in legendary clubs like Ostgut until he felt ready and...

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BON IVER
Bon Iver CD

4AD

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When it came to recording the follow up to For Emma, Justin Vernon headed to his hometown of Eau Claire. Bon Iver was recorded and mixed at April Base Studios, a remodeled veterinarian’s clinic...

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OMAR S
It Can Be Done But Only I Can Do It LP

FXHE RECORDS

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Six tracks from the recent released Omar S CD now on Double Vinyl. Limited amounts.

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TIM HECKER
Ravedeath 1972 CD

KRANKY

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Tim Hecker's latest work approaches a form of secular musical transcendentalism from within the battered temple of spirituality. Recorded in a church in Reykjavik, Iceland and using a pipe organ...

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BNJMN
Black Square LP

RUSH HOUR

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Superb mini album from BNJMN. After debuting earlier this year with "Plastic World", BNJMN returns with his second long player "Black Square". With "Black Square" BNJMN evolves into a more fluid...

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ANDY STOTT
We Stay Together / Passed Me By 2CD

MODERN LOVE

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Arguably the most alluring and atmospheric electronic album of 2011, and inarguably a masterpiece of dub techno intensity, Passed Me By fulfills all the promise of Andy Stott’s excellent...

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SUN ARAW
Ancient Romans LP

SUN ARK RECORDS

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Brand new full length from Sun Araw, aka Cameron Stallones. "Ancient Romans" is available as a 2LP on white vinyl in a gatefold jacket with an accompanying art book. Stallones was previously a...

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SBTRKT
SBTRKT CD

YOUNG TURKS

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SBTRKT’s debut album pulls off a series of impressive feats, bursting with fresh ideas, and yet sounding immediately familiar. Its sound-patterns and rhythms can easily soundtrack the ecstatic...

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PATTEN
Glaqjo Xaacsso CD

NO PAIN IN POP

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Heady, raw and visceral, patten's debut release - pronounced "glack-geut zack-so"* - is a maverick work of genius straight out of the London leftfield. Working out from a space somewhere between...

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JAMES PANTS
James Pants LP

STONES THROW

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“James Pants’s self-titled third album on Stones Throw slides among dispositions — woozy guitarscapes, octave-jumping disco bass lines, electro, doo-wop, cheap and dated keyboard tinklings,...

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MARIA MINERVA
Cabaret Cixious LP

NOT NOT FUN

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Highly anticipated debut album from Minerva: Maria Minerva is Maria Juur (b. 1988) from Tallinn, Estonia. Maria Minerva’s debut cassette "Tallinn At Dawn" and the 12" "Noble Savage" were...

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INSTRA:MENTAL
Resolution 653 LP

NON PLUS RECORDS

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Instra:mental have completed their debut album and there’s no better home for it than their own firmly established label Nonplus+. Having made a name for themselves over the last few years as...

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CLAMS CASINO
Instrumentals LP

TYPE

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Clams Casino is the memorable pseudonym of New Jersey resident Mike Volpe, who in the last few months has shot from relative obscurity to production sensation thanks to a handful of blistering...

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RUSTIE
Glass Swords LP

WARP

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“This is the most exciting record of the year. Vicious, gorgeous, stunning and UNF**KINGBELIEVEABLE” - Notion; “A jagged explosion of a record” - Quietus Glaswegian producer Rustie brings...

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ROMAN FLUGEL
Fatty Folders LP

DIAL

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After two outstanding 12inch releases on Dial Records Roman Flügel continues with Fatty Folders, a full-length album presenting a colourful selection of essential works. Also known as Eight...

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AZARI & III
Azari & III CD

LOOSE LIPS RECORDINGS

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Initial copies come with a bonus double CD featuring a mixtape (From Original Vinyl) by Alixander III and 'Energies Of Men' by Dinamo Azari. Torontonian quartet, Azari & III drop thei debut...

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SEAHAWKS
Invisible Sunrise LP

OCEAN MOON

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Another epic Seahawks voyage and this time they’re heading for the deep ocean of outer space. The results have been likened to ‘the KLF’s ‘Chill Out’ album performed by Astroanuts’....

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JAMES BLAKE
James Blake CD

ATLAS

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The past couple of years have seen creative explosions and new generations coming through in both dance floor electronics and heartfelt, introspective singer-songwriting, but self evidently...

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TIGER & WOODS
Through The Green CD

RUNNING BACK

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Shrouded in mystery.No one knows where its coming from, no one knows where its going to. Well, that ís all about to change. Those special extended disco versions that have been carefully tuned,...

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MARTYN
Ghost People CD

BRAINFEEDER

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Eagerly anticipated new sophomore album from critically acclaimed electronica legend Martyn, and his first through Flying Lotus' label Brainfeeder. UK and international album launches planned in...

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HYPE WILLIAMS
One Nation LP

HIPPOS IN TANKS

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Already on their 3rd album after long players for De Stijl and Carnivals (that one’s now going for £100 on Discogs!), 2 long unavailable 7"s and a 12" that sold out before it was even in shops,...

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KUEDO
Severant CD

PLANET MU

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On his debut long-player "Severant", Jamie Teasdale a.k.a. Kuedo has made an album of dreamlike music, loaded with his own preoccupations with futurism and escapism, that's very different from his...

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2562
Fever CD

DOUBT

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2562 aka Dave Huismans has previously released music on Tectonic Recordings as well as 3024 and usually gets classified somewhere in the wasteland between cutting-edge bass music, techno and...

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FUDGE FINGAS
Now About How LP

PRIME NUMBERS

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"Now About How" is the highly anticipated debut album from Gavin Sutherland aka Fudge Fingas. A talented multi-instrumentalist who purveys a style of deep house that is hard to pin down but very...

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TROPIC OF CANCER
The End Of All Things CD

DOWNWARDS

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Tropic Of Cancer wrap up their time on Downwards (before their full time move to Blackest Ever Black) with a retrospective of their Downwards EPs and a collection of early demos - Bloomin'...

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M83
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming CD

NAIVE

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M83 finally release the highly anticipated new album "Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming"... It tackles themes of awakening, craving, and conquering, and delves into new vocal territory for M83. "I think...

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RADIO PEOPLE
Hazel LP

MEXICAN SUMMER

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Slowly drifting over the horizon, into the realms of Mexican Summer, comes Radio People. The return of Cleveland, Ohio man Sam Goldberg’s cosmic synthesizer project is cause for fanfare of the...

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BALAM ACAB
Wander / Wonder LP

TRIANGLE

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Highly anticipated full-length from Balam Acab following the magnificent See Birds EP. For Alec Koone, the 20 year old, Pennsylvania resident, who was 19 and based in New York at the time of his...

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HOLY OTHER
With U CD

TRIANGLE

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Another stunning release from label-of-the-moment Tri-Angle.'With U' is the debut release by elusive producer Holy Other. Following on from critically acclaimed records by Balam Acab, oOoOO and...

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ART DEPARTMENT
The Drawing Board CD

CROSSTOWN REBELS

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Initial copies with free 'Inspirations' DJ Mix from Art Department... The most eagerly anticipated dance album release of the year is finally here! After last year’s game-changing ‘Record of...

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JAMES FERRARO
Farside Virtual LP

HIPPOS IN TANKS

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James Ferraro paints a 21st century still life on his debut album for Hippos In Tanks. The record is called Far Side Virtual. Each song, a melodious reflection of the moment NOW, comes...

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MARK MCGUIRE
Get Lost LP

EDITIONS MEGO

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And yet another killer album from the ever productive Mark McGuire. It just keeps getting better, as he delivers another fine set of tunes in his perfected style. A few more electronic elements...

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THE HORRORS
Skying CD

XL RECORDINGS

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The Horrors make their eagerly awaited return with the release of 'Skying' - their new album - on XL Recordings.‘Skying’, self-produced and recorded in The Horrors’ own self built studio in...

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THE ALPS
Easy Action

MEXICAN SUMMER

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Blending folk music with electronics and a vibe like sunshine pouring raisins down on you from the heavens, San Francisco’s The Alps are America’s premiere morning musicians. Put on something...

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BJORK
Biophilia LP

ONE LITTLE INDIAN

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Double vinyl with MP3 codes. 'Biophilia’, Bjork’s seventh studio Album, following the critically acclaimed ’Volta’. Björk has collaborated with app developers, scientists, writers,...

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RADIOHEAD
TKOL Remix 1234567 CD

TICKER TAPE LTD

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THE CD COMPILES THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF REMIXES OF TRACKS FROM THEIR CURRENT STUDIO ALBUM “THE KING OF LIMBS”. Throughout the Summer of 2011, Radiohead have released a series of seven 12"s...

Phonica Top 100 Albums of 2011