Albums
January: 18 albums you need to hear this month
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Various 'Hypercolour 10 Years' (Hypercolour)
If you had to sum up the essence of Hypercolour, it’d be something like ‘house and techno, with added wonkiness’. Founded by Jamie Russell and Alex Jones a decade ago, this new comp features some illustrious alumni. Falty DL checks in with the thudding rave of ‘Fantaxia’ and Roman Flügel gets all handclappy on ‘Family Vacation’, but it’s contributions from two of the label’s inner circle that best showcase its brand values. First, label manager Nick ‘A Sagittariun’ Harris heads into deep breakbeat-infused territory with ‘Djax’, before Jones and his musical partner Chris Spero’s Dense & Pika project provide some twisted techno with the grainy ‘2 Steps’. Stephen Worthy
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