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CONCLΔVE: The Autodidact

From the witch house track, ‘Portals’ to the Lana Del Rey-channelling ‘Ocean Star’, Conclave (stylised as CONCLΔVE) belongs firmly in the realm of bedroom producers.

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Actress: Ghettoville

Darren Cunningham’s career as Actress might just be performance art by way of music production.

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East India Youth: Total Strife Forever

A debut album that bursts with beauty and boldness that will keep strife away forever.

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JUICE Curates: ‘KRWD KNTRL’ by JHIN

Jee Hoe, now JHIN, is all about crowd control.

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Oneohtrix Point Never: R Plus Seven

Computer music made emotive and thought provoking.

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Laurel Halo: Chance of Rain

It’s not as challenging as some critics have made it out to be, not when Halo’s grilles of beats can so easily ensnare you, body and mind, like how sheets of rain catches a child in awe.

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Bassment Syndicate: Out of the Basement

Bassment Syndicate’s fangirl, Naj Frusciante, gushes about the band in preparation for their Future Music Festival Asia 2014 performance.

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Nils Frahm: Spaces

Both conceptual (in the incorporation of audience and ambient sounds) and not highfalutin (the longest, loudest track is titled ‘For – Peter – Toilet Brushes – More’) it’s neo-classical minimalist musique concrète that’s quite a quiet delight for the senses.

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Arcade Fire: Reflektor

Arcade Fire abandoned rock’n’roll for indie dance.

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Gesaffelstein: Aleph

Yes, he may have produced Kanye West’s ‘Black Skinhead’ and ‘Send It Up’, but on his own – as the purported dark prince of techno – his debut is an intense introduction to his own take on varied genres of electronic music.