rRoxymore 'Juggling Dualities' (!K7)
As an expert in the field of constructing glittering, mesmeric soundscapes that can simultaneously instill senses of calm and unnerve, rRoxymore delivers a typically mind-bending experience with her new album, released via !K7 this month. In previous records, particularly 2022’s ‘Perpetual Now’, the French producer showcased an ability to apply her meticulous hand at fluctuating tempos and elements; ‘Juggling Dualities’ feels like she has taken her foot off the pedal, instead allowing herself to get lost, to dive headfirst into myriad of sonic realms. The wide-spanning synths beneath the effortless-yet-consistent percussion on ‘Moodified’ are deliciously satisfying, while the punchy hats that dance along the road of rumbling breaks within ‘Solace’ seem to satiate every part of your brain. An honest-to-the-bone record that rather than attempt to soothe against the chaos, instead submerges us entirely into everything it presents.
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Hannah Holland ‘Last Exit on Bethnal' (PRAH Recordings)
As an artist that has spent much of her two decades as a musician with one foot in the club and another in the world of film, Hannah Holland’s new album ‘Last Exit On Bethnal’ feels like an immaculate merging of worlds. Created alongside an accompanying film from director Lydia Garnett, this record combines hard-edged, rough-and-ready percussion with otherworldly, hypnotic synths to create a record that is complex, but not delicate; dreamy, but not tranquil. While lead single ‘Biker’ pulls in pounding, sweaty chug, ‘Intertwine’ meshes a dithering 707 beat with an orchestral chopped up vocal — all counteracted by the hypnotic dub, pierced with rapid-fire breakbeat interludes on ‘Roxy’. Celebrating the “surreal” beauty of queer club spaces and being, in Holland’s own words, “unapologetically dyke”, ‘Last Exit On Bethnal’ is as much of a club record as it is a work of art, a soundtrack to not only its accompanying film but the scene Holland dedicates herself in nurturing.
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Two Shell ‘IIcons’ (Young)
It’s doubtful Two Shell’s new 12-tracker is the first, or even close to the first, record inspired by Glastonbury’s beloved naughty corner institution Block9, it’s probably not even the first record to be inspired by the field’s colossal, spectacular face-like stage structure from which it takes its name. Yet, as dance music’s premier faceless pranksters, the sincerity with which this album acts as a love letter to IICON and the pair’s experience in performing on it at this year’s Glastonbury Festival feels like an undeniable mood shift. Though ‘IIcons’ is still brimming with all the keening hyperpop chaos, face-melting hardcore and breakneck rave euphoria that you are accustomed to from the pair — just with that little added sprinkle of bittersweet sentimentality that makes the record feel, strangely, human. Could Two Shell be just like us?
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Tooth Rust ‘Jump Discontinuity’ (All Centre)
All Centre never misses – and they’re back with another belter, this time from London’s Tooth Rust. Four-tracker ‘Jump Discontinuity’ is a playful amalgamation of textures that twist classic club music into new forms, from the blown-out bassline of breakbeat cut ‘Rude Mechanicals’ to its experimental finale track ‘Time Chits’.
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Ma Sha ‘Hydrofall’ (Steel City Dance Discs)
When describing the production process of her latest EP, ‘Hydrofall’, New York’s Ma Sha explains it as a “sonic trust fall” – a record that came together entirely through improvisation after a lengthy synth jam session. The result is clean, free-flowing, and raucously bass-weighted, with four tracks that meld seamlessly to the next.
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V/A ‘Erre’ (RUTA)
Originally hailing from Colombia, now based in Berlin, RUTA is aiming to “promote sonic peripheries” – something that the label’s latest compilation, titled ‘Erre’, does with excellence. Featuring the likes of Entrañas, Viiaan, Shai FM, and plenty more, this 12-track release explores the depths of club music from Latin America.
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Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist ‘Alfredo 2’ (Rabbit Vision / ALC)
There aren’t many times that a sequel lives up to its predecessor, yet the dynamic Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist have managed to keep the momentum on par and keep the fans more than satisfied. ‘Alfredo 2’ transports you to the smoke-filled studio to chill out with the duo as you’re welcomed to the dream blunt rotation of Anderson .Paak, Larry June and J.I.D. The Alchemist’s soft beats and jazzy flourishes continue to work perfectly as the underbelly for Freddie’s rhymes that twist and turn in narrative and flow.
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Clipse ‘Let God Sort Em Out’ (Roc Nation)
It’s been 16 years since we last heard from Pusha T and Malice together as Clipse, and to recreate the old magic, they even got Pharrell to produce the entire album. A record dedicated to their late parents, this project lyrically and musically is noticeably made from love, soul and of course, cocaine. Showcasing their dedication to storytelling, pacing bars and writing like modern-day rap Shakespeares, it's clear to see that the brothers worked tirelessly and successfully to nail down the lyrics and rhymes.
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Jim Legxacy ‘black british music (2025)’ (XL Recordings)
After soaring with success off the back of ‘Homeless N*gga Pop Music’ and ‘CITADEL’, Jim Legxacy is becoming a household name in UK rap. Carving himself his own place in the scene that doesn’t fall into the typical categories of trap, drill or grime, Jim has prevailed. Tracks such as ‘issue of trust’ and ‘stick’ introduce the project to a more mellow and slow tempo vibe, while venturing forward, we get some Afrobeat, distortion and even a quick trip to Jersey club. It’s one of those albums you listen to on repeat from start to finish, over and over.
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DJ Haram ‘Beside Myself’ (Hyperdub)
DJ Haram pulls no punches in her snarling debut album. Teeth are bared and textures are unpredictable as she unloads her radical spirit and forthright worldviews across 14 striking tracks, Sample lyrics include: “Hoping for the best, amongst men who would leave me for dead” and “This world betrayed me. Nah, I'll never forgive this world for who it made me”. The production ranges from stuffy and anxious, with anxious bass throbs and murky contributions from collaborators such as Moor Mother, Armand Hammer’s Elucid and billy woods, to unstable and unconstrained with Middle Eastern melodies and percusion lines careering through the noise. It’s a record that captures that existential dread of these times while affirming why we’re grateful that this artist in particular exists. T
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Peder Mannerfelt & Dyslecta ‘LNS001’ (Late Night Shopper)
Late Night Shopper launches a label with a delirious link-up from Peder Mannerfelt and Dyslecta, working together on two tracks and each taking a turn at remixing one. ‘Muckle Drum’ hums with rowdy bassweight and early-hours murk while ‘Records & Vibes’ ups the ante with more agitated rhythms and atmospheres, hitting full haywire mode around the three-minute mark. Mannerfelt remixes the former to ride a more functional pulse, while Dyslecta’s fresh take on the latter teases it into eerier territory.
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V/A ‘Tectonic Sound’ (Tectonic Recordings)
A monumental compilation from a monumental label. Pinch’s Tectonic marks 20 years at the forefront of UK soundsystem-influenced music with 24 tracks from seminal mainstays and the new generation of pioneers. Among Pinch’s early peers, Peverelist delivers a standout with the arpegiating ‘Feel Something’, while 2562 serves up an atmospheric techno mutation and Coki collapses into juddering bass chaos. Younger guns such Beatrice M., re:ni and SICARIA match them for might, exerperimenting with warped bass, twisting textures and impactful wobbles.
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V/A ‘DAYTIMERS Presents: Alterations’ (Sony Music)
The influential DAYTIMERS collective release a 10-track debut album showcasing the pinnacle of South Asian diasporic club music. Fuelled by accesto s to Sony Music India’s wealth of samples, the transatlantic-hailing producers merge heritage South Asian sounds with global club music styles spanning sugary garage, rowdy baile funk, weighty soundsystem music and more into an invigorating set of bangers.
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V/A ‘Place: Ireland’ (Air Texture)
Air Texture’s compilations have become essential documents of the cream of experimental music scenes around the world, and the latest instalment curated by Efa O’Neill and compiling 21 tracks from Irish producers is another first-rate instalment. Spanning atmospheric ambient from Soria and eerie electronica from Sanguine Borother to exciting dancefloor pace from Lighght and wigged out late-night grooves from Chaz Moloney to the angular, airy melodies of Optmst and trancey bliss of Ladrin and beyond, it’s an essential cross-section of an electronic underground that’s in rude health.
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