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Smalltown Supersound
Carmen Villain - Only Love From Now On
Richly textured and generously emotional, Carmen Villain's fifth album is a masterpiece of jazz-informed ambient and downtempo.
Andrew Ryce
PAN
Marina Herlop - Pripyat
Marina Herlop's wordless vocal pieces take on a sinister but more colorful edge on this astounding work for voice, piano and electronics.
Joseph Francis
Gilmer Galibard Records
Gilmer Galibard - Novaturient
Deep, hypnotic techno that would make Dozzy proud.
Andrew Ryce
Hyperdub
700 Bliss - Nothing To Declare
Through sludgy electronics and fearsome vocal performances, Moor Mother and DJ Haram offer a damning look at the past and present with a look to a better future, or at least a different one.
Emeka Okonkwo

Smalltown Supersound
RA Recommends
Carmen Villain - Only Love From Now On
Richly textured and generously emotional, Carmen Villain's fifth album is a masterpiece of jazz-informed ambient and downtempo.
Andrew Ryce
Silk Road Sounds
The Magus Project - Then / Now
The prolific cellist's little known dance music alias receives a timely retrospective, providing an era-hopping itinerary of rave past and present.
Henry Ivry
ara
Kangding Ray - ULTRACHROMA
Is it techno? Is it IDM? Does it matter when the music is this good?
Andrew Ryce
Naive
ELLES - A Celebration Of The Euphoria Of Life
The first album on Violet's naive label is a heartfelt tale of the ins and outs of clubbing over wonderfully dubby dance tracks.
Emeka Okonkwo

Token
Planetary Assault Systems - Devotion
With help from Barker and Truncate, Luke Slater goes through heaven and hell on his new EP.
Melanie Battolla
Innervisions
Glowal - Encore
The definition of an Innervisions secret weapon.
Ramzi Galbon
De Vlieger
Eversines - Achterna
Beautiful and introspective breakbeat on Job Jobse's label, with a remix from Eris Drew.
Conor McTernan
Do You Have Peace?
Franco Franco & O$VMV$M - Apatia
Striking Italian-English hip-hop about the nature of apathy, with excellent production from O$VMV$M.
Joseph Francis