ElectroMatters: The Best Electronic Music of June 2026
Much of June’s best electronic music reflects the long days and sultry nights of early summer, becoming a kind of elevated new age/ambient hybrid.
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The 20 Best Electronic Albums of 2021
The best electronic albums of the year feature many diverse approaches from electropop to IDM and ambient to footwork with artists pushing the music forward.
The 50 Best Albums of 2021 So Far
The year has offered a mountainous feast of sublime music. The 50 best albums of 2021 so far are an eclectic, forward-looking, and increasingly “woke” bunch.
Basic Rhythm’s ‘Electronic Labyrinth’ Is a Modernist Dreamscape
Shades of drum and bass, techno, and grime all appear but are warped and distorted via Basic Rhythm’s cool, muscular production style on Electronic Labyrinth.
Top 10 Influences: Basic Rhythm
British electronic producer Basic Rhythm returns with a brand new album, On the Threshold, out today via Planet Mu, and he takes us through the top 10 songs that influenced his latest work.