Harp: Albion review – former Midlake frontman traipses through twilight
Tim Smith’s first album with Kathi Zung takes inspiration from William Blake and the Cure to create a landscape of 80s reverb and ghostly vocals
‘Mick Jagger was surprisingly hard-working’: the all-star life of synth whiz Wally Badarou
His reputation for futurist pop got him work with everyone from Grace Jones and Talking Heads to Foreigner – now the French keyboardist is reissuing a soundtrack for a yoga DVD that became a Balearic classic
One to watch: Montañera
The London-based Colombian singer-songwriter and composer travels through space, time and genres with her trusty Korg synthesiser
Vince Clarke: Songs of Silence review – Covid anxiety fills synthpop star’s debut solo album
Stuck in his studio during lockdown, Clarke recorded this portentous album of wordless, minimalist intrumentals – a soundtrack of dread
Celia Hollander: 2nd Draft review – turns a piano into a new sound world
Hollander’s works sound simple but are incredibly detailed and multi-layered, her treated piano solos evoking wind, rain and air
‘If it doesn’t smell like funk, something’s wrong with your recipe’: Brazilian baile funk goes global, again
Four decades after it originated in the favelas of Rio, a new wave of the electronic music genre is exploding on TikTok, and inspiring the likes of Cardi B and Travis Scott
God is a DJ: the Jesuit priest who runs avant garde electronica nights
Father Antonio Pileggi is a former composer who found his calling running a festival dedicated to ethereal and spiritual expressions of electronic, ambient and experimental music
Flying Lotus review – electronic music legend flexes his jawdropping skills
Despite being a heavily garlanded and in-demand collaborator, composer, label owner and soon to be sci-fi director, the musician seems happiest simply making people dance
‘My mother’s neurosurgeon loved Berghain’: producer Sofia Kourtesis on love, loss and her debut album
The Peruvian artist left her country for Berlin to be comfortable in her sexuality – then family illness took her back. She’s poured the turmoil into one of the year’s best dance albums
‘We put his face back together again’: the groundbreaking show bringing Ryuichi Sakamoto back to life
Shortly before his death this year, the iconic Japanese composer worked on mixed-reality concert, Kagami – featuring new music, 48 cameras and magic glasses for the audience
Sofia Kourtesis: Madres review – a hymn to dance music’s healing powers
Dedicated to her parents, the Berlin-based Peruvian’s joyous debut album is a masterclass in emotive electronic production
The Guide #110: The outsized influence of PC Music
AG Cook’s oddball imprint founded in 2013 has had a seismic impact on the charts. Now, after ten years, it can wind down in victory
The Chemical Brothers review – mesmerising barrage of thunder and lighting
Sound is turned into spectacle in a theatrical two-hour performance mixing bold visuals and rapturous tunes into meticulously choreographed awe
Overmono review – sparkling shards of rave culture tear up the dancefloor
The Russell brothers bring the party to a damp weeknight, using ecstatic production and crowd-pleasing samples to inspire mass dancing even from those seated
Women, life, freedom! Iranian electronic musicians reflect on a year of protest
A new compilation of work by female producers honours the women fighting for their rights in Iran in the wake of Mahsa Zhina Amini’s death in police custody