Top Albums 2020

Die Wilde Jagd 'Haut' (Bureau B)
Einstürzende Neubauten 'Alles In Allem' (Potomak)
Kelly Lee Owens 'Inner Song' (Smalltown Supersound)
Prins Thomas 'Træns' (Running Back)
Quakers 'II - The Next Wave' / 'Supa K - Heavy Tremors' (Stones Throw)
The Black Dog 'Fragments' (Dust Science)
The Fear Ratio 'They Can't Be Saved' (Skam)
The Future Sound Of London 'Cascade 2020' (FSOL Digital)

The Orb 'Abolition Of The Royal Familia' (Cooking Vinyl)
Vladislav Delay, Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare '500-Push-Up' (Sub Rosa)

[December 2020]

Burial, Four Tet & Thom Yorke 'Her Revolution / His Rope' (XL) 02/12/20 (Limited Single)
DJ Deep 'Fosph' (Tresor) 04/12/20 (EP)
Richie Hawtin 'Time Warps' (From Our Minds) 04/12/20 (EP)
Various 'PlanetMµ25' (Planet Mu) 04/12/20 (Compilation)
Bonobo 'Black Sands 10th Anniversary Edition' (Ninja Tune) 04/12/20 (Reissue)
Sunn O))) 'Flight Of The Behemoth' (Southern Lord) 04/12/20 (Reissue)
Andrew Weatherall: A Jockey Slut Tribute (Jockey Slut) 09/12/20 (Book)
The Avalanches 'We Will Always Love You' (Astralwerks) 11/12/20 (Album)

The Future Sound Of London 'A Controlled Vista' (Touched Revolutions) 11/12/20 (Limited Album)
Various 'Speedy J Presents: STOOR Comp 1' (STOOR) 11/12/20 (Album)
A Certain Ratio 'The Graveyard and The Ballroom - ACR Loco Edition' (Mute) 11/12/20 (Limited Reissue)
A Certain Ratio 'To Each - ACR Loco Edition' (Mute) 11/12/20 (Limited Reissue)
A Certain Ratio 'I'd Like To See You Again - ACR Loco Edition' (Mute) 11/12/20 (Limited Reissue)
A Certain Ratio 'Sextet - ACR Loco Edition' (Mute) 11/12/20 (Limited Reissue)
Greg Wilson 'Discotheque Archives' (Super Weird Substance) 14/12/20 (Book)

Kevin Saunderson 'The Sound (Power Remix) / The Groove That Won't Stop' (KMS) 18/12/20 (Reissue)

Lindstrøm 'Little Drummer Boy' (Smalltown Supersound) 18/12/20 (Single)

Various 'Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age 1993-1997' (Music From Memory) 18/12/20 (Compilation)

Mr. Fingers 'Vault Sessions 1' (Alleviated) 21/12/20 (EP)

[November 2020]

Pole 'Fading' (Mute) 06/11/20 (Album)
The Black Dog 'Fragments' (Dust Science) 06/11/20 (Album)
Laurent Fintoni 'Bedroom Beats & B-Sides: Instrumental Hip Hop & Electronic Music At The Turn Of The Century' (Velocity Press) 06/11/20 (Book)
Russell Haswell 'Digital' (Editions Mego) 11/11/20 (Album)
New Order 'Be A Rebel' (Mute) 13/11/20 (Limited Single)
Neuzeitliche Bodenbeläge 'Der Große Preis' (Bureau B) 13/11/20 (Album)

Quakers 'Supa K: Heavy Tremors' (Stones Throw) 13/11/20 (Album)
Quakers 'II - The Next Wave' (Stones Throw) 13/11/20 (Album)
Four Tet 'There Is Love In You (Expanded Edition)' (Text) 13/11/20 (Reissue)
Swans 'Children of God' (Mute) 13/11/20 (Reissue)
Steve Bug 'Never Ending Winding Roads' (Poker Flat) 16/11/20 (Album)
Autechre 'PLUS' (Warp) 20/11/20 (Album)
Cabaret Voltaire 'Shadow of Fear' (Mute) 20/11/20 (Album)
Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas 'III' (Smalltown Supersound) 20/11/20 (Album)
Robert Hood 'Mirror Man' (Rekids) 20/11/20 (Album)
Der Plan 'Es Ist Eine Fremde Und Seltsame Welt' (Bureau B) 20/11/20 (Reissue)
Der Plan 'Die Peitsche Des Lebens' (Bureau B) 20/11/20 (Reissue)
Leila 'Like Weather' (Modern Love / Thank U) 20/11/20 (Reissue)
Coil 'Musick To Play In The Dark' (Dais) 27/11/20 (Reissue)

[October 2020]

Daniel Avery 'Love + Light' (Phantasy Sound) 01/10/20 (Album)
Nightmares on Wax 'Smokers Delight: Sonic Buds' (Warp) 02/10/20 (Single)

Surgeon 'Europa Code' (Ilian Tape) 02/10/20 (EP)
New Order 'Power, Corruption & Lies: Definitive Edition' (Rhino) 02/10/20 (Box Set)
New Order 'Blue Monday' (Rhino) 02/10/20 (Reissue)
New Order 'Confusion' (Rhino) 02/10/20 (Reissue)
New Order 'Thieves Like Us' (Rhino) 02/10/20 (Reissue)
New Order 'Murder' (Rhino) 02/10/20 (Reissue)
Various 'Lifesaver 4 Compilation - 21 - Dedicated to Andrew Weatherall' (Live at Robert Johnson) 09/10/20 (Compilation)
Autechre 'SIGN' (Warp) 16/10/20 (Album)
Various 'Deutsche Elektronische Musik 4: Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1971-83' (Soul Jazz) 16/10/20 (Compilation)
Losoul 'Belong' (Diggers Factory) 16/10/20 (Reissue)

Frantzvaag / Velferd / Jarle Bråthen / Kalle Magnus & Daniel 'Full Pupp 15 Years Part 4' (Full Pupp) 19/10/20 (EP)
A Certain Ratio 'Berlin' (Mute) 23/10/20 (Limited Single)
Carl Craig & Moritz Von Oswald 'Attenuator' (Planet E) 23/10/20 (Single)
Various 'IDMEMO - A Future Of Nostalgia' (Above Board Projects) 23/10/20 (Compilation)
Coil 'A Guide For Beginners – The Voice Of Silver / A Guide For Finishers – A Hair Of Gold' (Cold Spring) 23/10/20 (Reissue)
Yann Tiersen 'Lagniappe Session' (Mute) 24/10/20 (Single)
Ryuichi Sakamoto 'Black Mirror Smithereens OST' (Music On Vinyl) 24/10/20 (Limited Album)
Wagon Christ 'Recepticon' (People Of Rhythm) 24/10/20 (Album)

Robert Hood 'Nothing Stops Detroit' (Rekids) 30/10/20 (EP)
Depeche Mode 'Songs Of Faith And Devotion - 12" Singles' (Mute / Sony) 30/10/20 (Box Set)
Tangerine Dream 'Pilots of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980–1983' (UMC) 30/10/20 (Box Set)

[September 2020]

Mytron & Ofofo 'Miteinander' (Feines Tier) 04/09/20 (EP)
Rex The Dog 'Versions' (Kompakt) 04/09/20 (Single)
Michael Rother 'Dreaming' (Grönland) 04/09/20 (Album)
U96 & Wolfgang Flür 'Transhuman' (UNLTD) 04/09/20 (Album)
Michael Rother 'Solo II' (Grönland) 04/09/20 (Box Set)
Ricardo Villalobos 'AsloHop' (Rawax) 09/09/20 (EP)
Muslimgauze 'A.P Reworks Two' (Staalplaat) 11/09/20 (EP)
Tetzlaff 'Reisen' (Melodien Der Ewigkeit) 11/09/20 (Single)
Chris Korda 'Apologize To The Future' (Perlon) 11/09/20 (Album)
Muslimgauze 'Sadaam's Children' (Staalplaat) 11/09/20 (Album)
Swans 'Where Does A Body End?' (Wienerworld) 11/09/20 (Blu-ray / DVD)
Global Communication '76:14' (Evolution) 18/09/20 (Reissue)

Various 'Endangered Species Vol. 1' (Dark Entries) 25/09/20 (EP)

A Certain Ratio 'ACR Loco' (Mute) 25/09/20 (Album)
Erasure 'Blue Savannah' (Mute) 26/09/20 (Reissue)

Nurse With Wound 'To The Quiet Men From A Tiny Girl' (Dirter Promotions) 25/09/20 (Reissue)
Snapped Ankles '21 Metres To Hebden Bridge' (Leaf) 26/09/20 (Album)

[August 2020]

Kelly Lee Owens 'Inner Song' (Smalltown Supersound) 04/08/20 (Album)
Global Communication 'Transmissions' (Evolution) 06/08/20 (Box Set)

Cybotron 'Clear' (Electric Mojo) 06/08/20 (Reissue)
Conrad Schnitzler & Frank Bretschneider 'Con-Struct' (Bureau B) 07/08/20 (Album)
Conrad Schnitzler 'Con' (Bureau B) 07/08/20 (Reissue)
Pixies 'Bossanova - 30th Anniversary' (4AD) 07/08/20 (Reissue)
Various 'So Was Von Egal 2 - German Synth Wave Underground 1981–1984' (Bureau B) 14/08/20 (Compilation)

Goldfrapp 'Supernature' (Mute / BMG) 14/08/20 (Reissue)
KMFDM 'In Dub' (Metropolis) 21/08/20 (Album)
Cybotron 'Enter' (Concord) 21/08/20 (Reissue)

Brain 'The World' (Planet E) 26/08/20 (EP)
Conrad Schnitzler 'Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal' (Bureau B) 28/08/20 (Reissue)
Alphaville 'Sounds Like A Melody' (Warner) 29/08/20 (Single)

The Future Sound Of London 'Papua New Guinea (Andrew Weatherall Mix Edit) / Stolen Documents' (Jumpin' & Pumpin') 29/08/20 (Limited Single)

The Future Sound Of London 'Cascade 2020' (FSOL Digital) 29/08/20 (Limited Album)

The Amorphous Androgynous 'A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble (Exploding In Your Mind)' (FSOL Digital) 29/08/20 (Compilation)
New Order 'The John Peel Session 1982' (Rhino) 29/08/20 (Reissue)

Iben Elster / Magnus International / Skatebård / Wild Flowers 'Full Pupp 15 Years Part 3' (Full Pupp) 31/08/20 (EP)

[July 2020]

Dominik Eulberg 'Mannigfaltig Remixes Part I' (!K7) 15/07/20 (EP)
Depeche Mode 'Violator: 12" Singles' (Mute / Sony) 17/07/20 (Box Set)
Joy Division 'Closer: 40th Anniversary Edition' (Rhino) 17/07/20 (Reissue)
Joy Division 'Transmission (2020 Remaster)' (Rhino) 17/07/20 (Reissue)
Joy Division 'Atmosphere (2020 Remaster)' (Rhino) 17/07/20 (Reissue)
Joy Division 'Love Will Tear Us Apart (2020 Remaster)' (Rhino) 17/07/20 (Reissue)
Dopplereffekt 'Linear Accelerator' (WeMe) 19/07/20 (Reissue)
Dominik Eulberg 'Mannigfaltig Remixes Part II' (!K7) 24/07/20 (EP)
Nicolas Bougaïeff 'The Upward Spiral' (Mute) 24/07/20 (Album)
Prins Thomas 'Træns' (Running Back) 24/07/20 (Album)
Thomass Jackson / Plot Pilot 'Correciones Calypso Vol 3' (Calypso) 28/07/20 (EP)
Doc L Junior / Blackbelt Andersen / Bjørn Torske / DJ Fett Burger 'Full Pupp 15 Years Part 1' (Full Pupp) 31/07/20 (EP)
Telephones / Marius Vareid / Christian Engh / Mental Overdrive 'Full Pupp 15 Years Part 2' (Full Pupp) 31/07/20 (EP)
Luke Vibert 'Presents Rave Hop' (Hypercolour) 31/07/20 (Album)
Max Loderbauer 'Donnerwetter' (Non Standard Productions) 31/07/20 (Album)
Various 'Musik Music Musique - 1980: The Dawn Of Synth Pop' (Cherry Red) 31/07/20 (Compilation)
Robert Rental 'Paralysis' (Dark Entries / Optimo) 31/07/20 (Reissue)

[June 2020]

Junior Tomlin 'Flyer & Cover Art' (Velocity Press) 01/06/20 (Book)
Cybotron 'Colossus' (Dual Planet) 02/06/20 (Reissue)
The Grid 'Floatation - Special Request Remix' (Chemical Alley) 05/06/20 (Single)
Harald Grosskopf 'Synthesist (40th Anniversary Edition)' (Bureau B) 05/06/20 (Album)
SVN 'Mechine' (Going Good) 11/06/20 (Album)
Ellen Allien 'Auraa' (BPitch Control) 12/06/20 (Album)
Mameen 3 'Collapse' (Pingipung) 18/06/20 (EP)
Disordered Rhythm Metronomy 'Down' (Perlon) 19/06/20 (Single)
Various 'Care4Life - Sampler 1' (Care4Life) 19/06/20 (EP)
Various 'Care4Life - Sampler 2' (Care4Life) 19/06/20 (EP)

Helena Hauff 'Kern Vol. 5' (Tresor) 19/06/20 (Compilation)

A Certain Ratio 'Friends Around Us (Parts 1 & 2)' (Mute) 20/06/20 (Limited Single)
Various 'Warm Leatherette (Re-Covered)' (Mute) 20/06/20 (Single)
T.Raumschmiere / Voigt & Voigt 'Speicher 111' (Kompakt Extra) 26/06/20 (Single)
Luke Vibert 'Presents Modern Rave' (Hypercolour) 26/06/20 (Album)
The Primitive Painter 'The Primitive Painter' (Apollo) 26/06/20 (Reissue)
Depeche Mode 'Spirits In The Forest' (Sony) 26/06/20 (Blu-Ray)

[May 2020]

Alva Noto 'A Forest' (NOTON) 01/05/20 (Single)
Amount 'Egbert' (Feines Tier) 01/05/20 (EP)
Noun 'Meeting Of The Minds' (Live At Robert Johnson) 01/05/20 (Single)
The Soft Pink Truth 'Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?' (Thrill Jockey) 01/05/20 (Album)
The MAXX 'Cocaine' (Nocturbulous) 04/05/20 (Reissue)
Luciano 'Luci Neu House' (Mule Musiq) 06/05/20 (Album)
Rex The Dog 'Sicko' (Kompakt) 06/05/20 (Reissue)
Nuron / As One 'La Source' (De:Tuned) 07/05/20 (EP)
Robag Wruhme 'Speicher 115' (Kompakt Extra) 15/05/20 (Single)
Current 93 'If A Star Turns Into Ashes' (The Spheres) 15/05/20 (Album)
Einstürzende Neubauten 'Alles In Allem' (Potomak) 15/05/20 (Album)
Sex Swing 'Type II' (Rocket) 15/05/20 (Album)
Vladislav Delay / Sly Dunbar / Robbie Shakespeare '500-Push-Up' (Sub Rosa) 15/05/20 (Album)
Pan Sonic 'Oksastus' (Kvitnu) 19/05/20 (Reissue)
Chicken Lips 'Goldenlips' (Phantasy Sound) 29/05/20 (Single)
Panasonic 'Remix EP' (Sähkö) 29/05/20 (EP)
Irmin Schmidt 'Nocturne' (Mute / Spoon Records) 29/05/20 (Album)
Luke Vibert 'Presents Amen Andrews' (Hypercolour) 29/05/20 (Album)

[April 2020]

Richard Russell 'Liberation Through Hearing' (White Rabbit) 02/04/20 (Book)
Bicep 'Atlas' (Ninja Tune) 03/04/20 (EP)
Nathan Fake 'Blizzards' (Cambria Instruments) 03/04/20 (Album)
Nightmares On Wax 'Smokers Delight (25th Anniversary Edition)' (Warp) 03/04/20 (Reissue)
Andrew Krivine 'Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die: Punk and Post Punk Graphics 1976-1986' (Pavilion) 09/04/20 (Book)
Andrew Weatherall 'Pamela #1' (Pamela) 10/04/20 (EP)
Mark Broom 'Raver' (Rekids) 10/04/20 (EP)
Squarepusher 'Lamental' (Warp) 10/04/20 (EP)
Roedelius 'Selbstporträt Wahre Liebe' (Bureau B) 10/04/20 (Album)
Roedelius 'Tape Archive Essence 1973-1978' (Bureau B) 10/04/20 (Album)
Luke Slater 'Berghain Fünfzehn' (Ostgut Ton) 16/04/20 (Album)
The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices feat. Lisa Gerrard 'Shandai Ya / Stanka' (Prophecy) 17/04/20 (EP)

Boof 'Rebirth Of Gerberdaisy' (Running Back) 17/04/20 (Album)
Die Wilde Jagd 'Haut' (Bureau B) 17/04/20 (Album)
Plone 'Puzzlewood' (Ghost Box) 17/04/20 (Album)
Various '25 Years: 1995-2020' (Sonic Groove) 20/04/20 (Compilation)
Michael Mayer 'Higher' (Kompakt) 24/04/20 (EP)
Jaga Jazzist 'Pyramid' (Brainfeeder) 24/04/20 (Album)
Snog 'Lullabies For The Lithium Age' (Metropolis) 24/04/20 (Album)
Pole '123' (Mute) 24/04/20 (Box Set)
Nurse With Wound 'Dark Fat' (United Jnana) 24/04/20 (Reissue)
Nurse With Wound 'Salt Marie Celeste' (United Jnana) 24/04/20 (Reissue)
Nurse With Wound 'Spiral Insana' (United Jnana) 24/04/20 (Reissue)
Marc Acardipane 'The Most Famous Unknown Remixes' (Planet Phuture) 27/04/20 (EP)

[March 2020]

African Head Charge 'Drumming Is A Language 1990-2011' (On-U Sound) 06/03/20 (Box Set)
Muslimgauze 'Return Of Black September' (Staalplaat) 06/03/20 (Reissue)
Red Flag 'Naïve Art' (Pylon) 09/03/20 (Reissue)
Maurice Fulton feat. Peggy Gou 'Earth' (Gudu) 13/03/20 (EP)
Four Tet 'Sixteen Oceans' (Text) 13/03/20 (Album)
IAMX 'Echo Echo' (Caroline) 13/03/20 (Album)
Vladislav Delay 'Multila' (KeplarRev) 13/03/20 (Reissue)
Stefan Goldmann 'Tears Of Joy' (Macro) 16/03/20 (EP)
Joe Muggs, Brian David Stevens 'Bass, Mids, Tops: An Oral History Of Sound System Culture' (Strange Attractor Press) 17/03/20 (Book)
The Fear Ratio 'They Can't Be Saved' (Skam) 19/03/20 (Album)
The Emperor Machine 'Music Not Safari' (Skint) 20/03/20 (Album)
Cocteau Twins 'Garlands' (4AD) 20/03/20 (Reissue)
Cocteau Twins 'Victorialand' (4AD) 20/03/20 (Reissue)
Matt Karmil 'STS371' (Smalltown Supersound) 27/03/20 (Album)
Sleeparchive 'Trust' (Tresor) 27/03/20 (Album)
The Orb 'Abolition Of The Royal Familia' (Cooking Vinyl) 27/03/20 (Album)
Mr Scruff 'DJ-Kicks' (!K7) 27/03/20 (Compilation)
Various 'Join The Future - UK Bleep & Bass 1988-91' (Cease and Desist) 27/03/20 (Compilation)
Luomo 'Vocalcity' (Ripatti) 27/03/20 (Reissue)
Rowland S. Howard 'Teenage Snuff Film' (Mute) 27/03/20 (Reissue)
Rowland S. Howard 'Pop Crimes' (Mute) 27/03/20 (Reissue)
Interstellar Funk 'Artificial Dancers - Waves Of Synth' (Rush Hour) 31/03/20 (Compilation)

[February 2020: Fail We May, Sail We Must]

Rhythim Is Rhythim / Derrick May / Mayday 'Innovator' (Network) 07/02/20 (Reissue)
HAAi 'Systems Up, Windows Down' (Mute) 14/02/20 (EP)
Isolée 'Candy Apple Red' (Maeve) 14/02/20 (EP)
Theus Mago 'Carrier People' (Feines Tier) 14/02/20 (EP)
Erasure 'Chorus (Deluxe Edition)' (Mute / BMG) 14/02/20 (Reissue)
Lawrence 'Moonlight' (Giegling) 17/02/20 (EP)

LSD 'Third Process' (LSD) 17/02/20 (EP)

Tobias. '1972' (Ostgut Ton) 17/02/20 (EP)
Surgeon 'The Golden Sea' (Ilian Tape) 18/02/20 (EP)

Andrew Weatherall 'Unknown Plunderer / End Times Sound' (ByrdOut) 19/02/20 (Single)

The Young Gods 'Super Ready/Fragmenté' (Two Gentlemen) 21/02/20 (Reissue)
Vladislav Delay 'Rakka' (Cosmo Rhythmatic) 27/02/20 (Album)
Nexus 21 'Made In Detroit' (Network) 28/02/20 (Single)

[January 2020]

Skatebård & Lauer 'Volpe' (Live at Robert Johnson) 10/01/20 (EP)
LFO 'LFO' (Flash Forward) 10/01/20 (Reissue)
Mehmet Aslan 'Lobster Is Coincidence' (Planisphere) 14/01/20 (Single)
Holy Fuck 'Deleter' (Holy F) 15/01/20 (Album)
Muslimgauze 'Lalique Gaddafi Handgrenade' (Staalplaat) 15/01/20 (Album)
Yoshinori Hayashi 'Bjorn Torske/Prins Thomas Remixes' (Smalltown Supersound) 17/01/20 (Single)
Oval 'Scis' (Thrill Jockey) 17/01/20 (Album)
I.A.O. 'Phase III' (Left Ear) 20/01/20 (Compilation)
Wire 'Mind Hive' (pinkflag) 24/01/20 (Album)
Depeche Mode 'MODE | The Definitive Depeche Mode Studio Collection' (Mute) 24/01/20 (Box Set)
Electronic 'Electronic' (Warner) 24/01/20 (Reissue)
Severed Heads 'Clean' (Dark Entries) 24/01/20 (Reissue)

Automat 'Modul' (Compost) 31/01/20 (Album)

Squarepusher 'Be Up A Hello' (Warp) 31/01/20 (Album)