XLR8R Reviews

27-track LP 'Flamagra' release via Warp Records. The album features a squadron of superstars which includes George Clinton, Little Dragon, Anderson .Paak, David Lynch, Tierra Whack, Denzel Cur...

Planet Mu’s first footwork signing, DJ Nate boomerangs back to the label nearly a decade since his debut EP and album triggered a rush of interest in the hyper Chicago style.

Floating Points is such a good fit for Late Night Tales that it's kind of surprising that this album didn't come around sooner. The artist known to his friends as Sam Shepherd doesn't disappoi...

The British artist opens up, both personally and sonically, on his fourth album.

Debut album of collaborative project between multi-instrumentalists Acronym & Kali Malone.

Following the fleeting reveal of instrumental passages in two trailers and the release of the track 'Suspirium' - Thom Yorke’s Suspiria (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film) will be released Oc...

Dial label boss Lawrence presents his eighth LP on the Hamburg based imprint which he runs with Carsten Jost. Across nine tracks, the Illusion LP combines field recordings and acoustic instrum...

Who better to inter Fabric’s long-running series than the demon DJ Kode 9 and his accomplice, Burial? Yeh, nobody’s shouting Craig Richards, so this will have to do.

So it’s bas...

Nach drei EPs auf dem belgischen Kultlabel R&S Anfang der 2010er Jahre und diversen Releases mit seinem Partner Blawan als Karenn, veröffentlicht der britische Produzent Pariah nun ein atember...

Following his recent signing to Ninja Tune, Leon Vynehall announces his debut album Nothing Is Still - a record that sees him digging deeper into the family history that has always inspired hi...

Like all DJ Koze records, knock knock exists outside of trend and influence. In fact, it's a step further beyond: absolutely every single thing here, from grooves to voices to handclaps, is ot...

Fresh from being profiled in an extensive feature for The Wire magazine, Aisha Devi presents her DNA Feelings for Houndstooth. Mixing in the sound of rave stabs, thumping beats, seraphic and g...

Lucrecia Dalt's Anticlines is a volume of bodily and geological substrates within poetic theory and sound. It is a place where skins and minerals dissolve and commingle, where gaseous subterra...

Starting in the same way as all his best records do; the first moments of the LP are mapped out around a slowly evolving arpeggio, one that from the word go instantly makes it clear that Singu...

‘Challenge Me Foolish’ is an almost lost album of µ-Ziq material circa 1998-99, an era that saw Mike Paradinas release ‘Royal Astronomy’ on the now defunct Virgin subsidiary Hut records, and a...

A new 8-track collection from Mark Pritchard. Otherworldly and experimental audio that weaves digital and analogue techniques together with a cross discipline approach, making for a unique bod...

Formed of Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald “DJ” Johnson on drums; globetrotting Texan trio Khruangbin present their second album ‘Con Todo El Mundo’, set for release on 26th...

Recorded in the storied Funkhaus studio in Germany, All Melody is pianist Nils Frahm’s grandest statement yet, yet it maintains the inquisitive, exploratory spirit of his most playful recordin...

Announcing her debut album on Ninja Tune, Nabihah Iqbal leaves her old moniker behind and embraces the name she was born with. Formerly known as Throwing Shade, ‘Weighing of the Heart’ is a bi...

Call Super will release his second album on Fabric’s Houndstooth label in November.

Arpo is the follow-up to 2014’s Suzi Ecto album, and is described by the label as a “mesmeriz...

Bibio makes his most affective move in a while with the wistful, nostalgic reflections of Phantom Brickworks; an elegant ambient meditation on the intangible aura or spirit that people imbue p...

The album’s lead track, “Downfall,” sets the tone for much of what follows. Skipping breakbeats, looped synth patterns and clipped vocals set the tempo; quietly majestic orchestration and a me...

Rødhåd’s debut album ‘Anxious’ sees the artist step away from the dancefloor and further develop the narrative qualities of his beautiful soundscapes. It was the natural next step to present t...

Vincent announced the album last month, making reference to the "horrible comments" he made online following the 2015 Paris attacks—this in turn inspired him to "try to aim for something meani...

Returning with his first album in 13 years, Errorsmith’s ‘Superlative Fatigue’ long-awaited release on PAN arrives as his perhaps most optimistic record yet. It’s guaranteed all-killer, nay fi...

Hear the King Krule-featuring single from the duo’s first album in four years.
Mount Kimbie have announced their third album Love What Survives will be out this summer on Warp.
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Manni Dee lays down the law at a ruthless 144bpm with the pelting hardcore techno of London Isn’t England feat. Ewa Justka, and again like DJ Rush’s hyperactive sibling with Mekhi, leaving the...

Conspicuous by his paucity of recent releases (never mind the bloody mask), Redshape returns with his most substantial issue since the 'Square' LP. These six tracks are as carefully constructe...