An exhilarating of sampling, laptop electronica, glitch pop, and hip-hop.

Again, there’s a sense of vastness, and yet there’s none of the obligatory epic flourishes that one often hears in trance music.

There’s an expansiveness to Bows’ music that it makes seem better suited to the silver screen than on a simple stereo.

Warriors & Warlocks is far more fun than it has any right to be.

Background music best reserved for walking down dimly lit hallways with an escaped mental patient about to leap out from behind any door.

Despite having been released in 2001 and delving pretty heavily into the trip-hop side of things, this album feels surprisingly undated.

What is so intriguing about Off The Sky’s music is the way it teases your subconscious.

Solid singles aside, Witching Hour feels generic when compared to 2002’s Light & Magic.

A gentle and thoughtfully ambient sound that always seems to remain a welcome and warming listen.

Hood’s music, even in EP form, is as mercurial and affecting as ever, while still managing to hint at exciting things that may come.

Epic45 belongs to a small cadre of bands that, for the purposes of this review, I am going to term “nostalgists.”

A very solid and engaging blend of acoustic and electronic sounds.

Unlike some bands that “drum and bass” is attached to, Faith Massive are all about the groove and the mood, as opposed to flashing the mad skillz.

Electronic praise songs are what Antidote gives to a growing Christian dance scene.

The talent is clearly there, but they don’t make use of it on a large portion of the album.

All in all, one of the best dance albums this year.

You get the feeling you could see entire seasons pass with this record on the changer, falling in and out of love and hate as it plays on.

The new disc is far less skronky and cacophonous, its melodies having been burnished to a chrome-like, Euro-chic sheen.

The trans-Channel duo have chosen to release an even more hushed and muted collection of songs.

A classic in the same league as all of their previous albums.