CHOICE CUT- Tomas Barfod ‘Salton Sea’

Who Made Who drummer and all round musical trophy boy Tomas Barfod unveils his latest solo long player, and it’s full of really, really good electronic music.

An interview with Wolfgang Voigt on Mohn and running Kompakt

The Kompakt co-owner discusses running one of the world’s finest record labels out of Cologne, his MOHN project with Jorg Berger, and whether alter-egos work.

WALLS set for UK tour and Remixe release

John Tejada, Holy Other, Voigt & Voigt, Perc and more remix WALLS’ latest LP on Kompakt, Coracle. Six tracks are on the new EP, and 9 UK dates will be played.

FutureEverything Manchester Guide: Tobin, Herbert and more

Amon Tobin, Matthew Herbert, Mike Huckaby, Marcel Dettman, Levon Vincent, Deadbeat, and a host of other faces descend on Manchester next week- here’s our guide.

Mohn ‘Mohn’

Kompakt’s Wolfgang Voigt and Jorg Berger get together again for another attempt at pushing things forward, Steve Reich style. Better yet, it works.

CHOICE CUT: Kellerkind ‘Basement Story’

Kellerkind delivers his first LP and there are plenty of highlights worth mentioning, with his original production work boasting a very high standard indeed.

CHOICE CUT- El_Txef_A ‘Slow Dancing In A Burning Room’

We can’t pronounce his name, what with all the underscoring, but still, El_Txef_A’s debut LP is a fine meld of warm hip hop, melancholy house, and electro.

CHOICE CUT – Blue Fields ‘Ghost Story’

Cynosure boss Mike Shannon, classical guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto, and vocalist Fadila unveil Ghost Story, a deft meld of house, electronica, and Balearic moods.

The Mole ‘Love Is The Way’

The Mole emerges from his winter slumber to deliver a typically leftfield outing into disco-tech, bluesy breaks, and epic ambience on Haunt Music.

CHOICE CUT- Anomie Belle ‘The Crush’

Seattle’s Anomie Belle reignites the trip hop flame, sort of, by self-releasing a beautiful downbeat, melodic, sometimes sombre and ever engrossing album.