Emerging from the orbit of the Los Angeles-based Peak Oil label, False Aralia has become a truly unique gem of electronic music since its founding in 2024.

When two masters from two different generations record an album together, the result can only be (at the very least) great. On first view, some might think Donato Dozzy and Batu move in different fields of sound but in their productions and their approach in DJing they share quiet a lot.

There are many names that have shaped electronic music in the way we know it today, but Robert Henke is definitely among the most important ones. Besides his “side-project” Ableton, which he started alongside Gerhard Behles and Bernd Roggendorf in 1999, his musical output still influences artists around the globe after thirty years.

Tara Clerkin, her partner Sunny Joe Paradisos, and his brother Patrick Benjamin have been making waves under the name Tara Clerkin Trio since their self-titled debut album back in 2019. Since then, their unique mix of electronically infused Jazz/Kraut hybrids and classic Bristol Trip-Hop influences has reached a much wider audience.

Beatrice M. has become one of the most promising talents in modern electronic club music over the past few years. They stand for a new era of club music, one that brings a vast knowledge and sensibility for the roots and blueprints of several genres into the present day by mixing them with fresh influences and perspectives.

This marks the first double feature on this blog, but it would have been a shame to miss out on this double release by Sub Basics. UK-based Tom Wood, aka Sub Basics and head of the Temple of Sound label, has been strongly influenced by sound system culture since his very first release in 2014.

Fergus Jones’ (aka Perko) FELT label has become an exciting new go-to place for fans of experimental music in the realm of electronic sounds. Besides releases by established artists like Carrier, Civilistjävel!, DJ Trystero, or Dave Huisman’s latest alias In Transit, Jones uses his label as a platform for young, talented artists. This holds true for FELT’s newest release by Lithuanian-born, Copenhagen-based multi-instrumentalist Gintė Preisaitė.

For over a decade, the Los Angeles-based label Motion Ward label has connected the dots between electronic and organic forms of meditative music—be it ambient, folk, rock, lo-fi, or trip-hop. Their recent release, “Baby It Cold Outside” by Lavurn, perfectly strikes the right balance between these worlds.

The ominous label Cosima Pitz expands its catalogue with a wonderful new release by Phil Struck. After several tapes on labels such as Mondoj or Quiet Time Tapes and an impressive debut LP on Séance Centre, Kiliae I marks the second LP by the Berlin-based sonic artist. As with his previous releases, there is a strong influence of field recordings.

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Sydney’s Moonshoe Records returns with their first release of 2026: an album by Freda, a companion from the very beginning. This wonderful album is a prime example of Moonshoe’s signature approach: transforming preserved down-under traditions into the shape of forward-thinking (dance) music.

Australian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Carla dal Forno became a well-known figure in underground scenes ranging from indie to synth-pop and new wave. Since her very first release “You Know What It’s Like” in 2016, back then on (sadly) discontinued British Blackest Ever Black label, several singles and albums followed. She now returns with her new album “Confession”, a twelve-track long player full of intimate compositions and stories told by her wonderful, authentic voice.

The visionary Italian label Spazio Disponibile, founded by none other than Donato Dozzy & Neel, is well known for its role at the forefront of audiophile hypnotic Techno. Now they kicked off a new Sublabel, Big Room Ambient. Just like the previous sublabel Afterhouse, this new one definitely lives up to its name, too. Upon closer inspection of the label’s history and its founding fathers eclectic DJ sets, this new project makes a lot of sense.