Blawan: Sick Elixir review – it’s man vs machine in an oppressive, ominous trip down the rabbit hole
Jamie Roberts’ unsettling take on bass music is crammed with glitchy rhythms and jolting sounds. It’s as disorienting as it is immersive
Experience: I put on the world’s first deaf rave for deaf ravers like me
Finding a venue was a headache. Some bookers thought it was a joke
From disco to Slayer, a DJ set by Optimo’s JD Twitch made life feel full of wild possibility
By putting techno, punk, funk and more on an even footing, the Scottish DJ – who has died aged 57 – fearlessly united factions in underground music
JD Twitch, esteemed Scottish DJ in duo Optimo, dies aged 57
The producer and DJ, real name Keith McIvor, had been diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumour earlier this year
Kieran Hebden and William Tyler: 41 Longfield Street Late ’80s review – Four Tet fries his formative country influences
Lyle Lovett meets brain-scouring distortion on the electronic musician’s surprisingly un-nostalgic collaboration with former Lambchop guitarist Tyler
‘He should be known as a film music revolutionary’: revitalising the legacy of Czech composer Zdeněk Liška
The electroacoustic pioneer scored dozens of pictures – and communist propaganda. Too successful to be persecuted by the politburo but largely forgotten when he died, his music is being revived by a new archival series
‘The epitome of amazingness’: how electroclash brought glamour, filth and fun back to 00s music
Witty, foul-mouthed, camp and punky, it was the 00s answer to slick superclubs and the rock patriarchy. As its rough, raw sound returns, the scene’s eyeliner-ed heroes, from Peaches to Jonny Slut, relive its excesses
Sacred Lodge: Ambam review – heady, hypnotic beats inspired by the hollers of Equatorial Guinea
Matthieu Ruben N’Dongo amps up the intensity on a second album that makes an uncanny atmosphere out of swarming electronics, grisly vocals and polyrhythmic percussion
End of the Road review – from industrial rackets to pristine folk, festivals don’t get more varied or vital
Full of warmth despite the rain, highs include Mexico City experimentalists Titanic and Vermont songwriter Lily Seabird’s gorgeously open-hearted voice
Aphex Twin, a Brixton squat and a load of wet mattresses: revisiting Telepathic Fish, the heart of the 90s chillout boom
Before it became naff music for health spas, chillout was cool – and this London club night was key. As a new generation carry its spirit forward, the originators remember the beats and bedding
‘Optimism is very important, especially now’: why Sammy Virji’s joyful dance tracks are conquering the world
His masterful mix of all that is good from the UK bass scene has led to Coachella success and collabs with Giggs and Skepta – the future looks bright for this bashful star
Emma Louise on her late-in-life autism diagnosis: ‘I wish I knew earlier, because I’ve suffered so much’
The singer’s diagnoses with autism and ADHD have fueled a collaborative album with Flume titled Dumb – a word that ‘captures everything that I’ve had to overcome’
Yingtuitive’s dream-logic electronics plus the week’s best tracks
The Singapore-raised, London-based producer captures the poignancy of living restlessly on her luminous debut album
Autumns: Basic Face review – sinister vocals, metallic sounds and mutant cowbells
With its beefy rhythms and intense, unrelenting tracks, the prolific Irish producer follows the classic EBM formula to sweaty effect
For Those I Love: Carving the Stone review – bracing anger at Irish social stasis
The raw grief of David Balfe’s first album may have faded to a bruise, but his spoken-word fury is as strong as ever in these hyper-focused stories of poverty and exploitation