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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.

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Warpaint: Self-Titled

No sophomore slump here, folks. Warpaint delivers.

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Death Grips: Government Plates

Death Grips’ seemingly unrelenting quest to provoke might just make them the most important music act in the independent scene.

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Sampha: Duality

Ever since Sampha’s smoky, restrained falsetto registered on SBTRKT’s debut LP, he marked a quieter presage of the r’n’b renaissance that came post-Frank Ocean and The Weeknd.

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VIDEO: EMA’s ‘Satellites’

The future is a promising dystopia.

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VIDEO: CEO’s ‘WHOREHOUSE’

The synths are sharp and playful, the vocals fluctuate in pitch to infantile level, and the chorus reeks of innocence – why the hell is this called ‘WHOREHOUSE’, again?