Manchester’s I Am Kloot are releasing their impressive new single “Hold Back the Night” in the UK on November 5th in advance of their new album Let It All In coming in January 2013. “Hold Back the Night” is a masterfully composed song that begins spare and builds to a gorgeous string-laden crescendo. This band’s sophisticated rock is always worth checking out, especially for fans of Elbow.

Entering Other Worlds is, by and large, akin to being washed ashore on some beatific, beautifully mysterious island with a billowy white shirt, swashbuckler’s beard and a bellyful of ocean spray.—Matt James, review of Other Worlds

French producer Jérôme Ettinger has long dedicated himself to exploring the sounds of Egypt and the debut of his Egyptian Project is the culmination of years of learning the music and culture, including studying the arghul, a clarinet-like, double-pipe, single-reed woodwind instrument in Cairo. Ya Amar releases October 30th via Six Degrees and features the blend of Egyptian melodies, voice and rhythms with European electronic beats and textures. It’s heady stuff, full of swirling patterns perfect for the dancefloor.

“My idea was to mix electronic, acoustic and Egyptian traditional music,” Ettinger says. “I chose one string instrument player, one singer, a percussionist and rababa player. They are all my family now—I manage and organize everything for all of them.”