AllMusic 2015 Year in Review
Favorite Electronic Albums
It was a big year in electronic music, as Björk took her creativity to new heights on Vulnicura, Coil finally released a long-lost album from the 90s, Hot Chip continued their streak, Jamie xx unleashed his debut and Róisín Murphy delivered thoughtful subtlety on her first album in eight years.
Orphaned Deejay Selek: 2006-2008
Richard D. James revives one of his aliases for a direct and electrifying EP that contains a double album's worth of ideas.
Abandoning the disco influences of his earlier releases, André Bratten's second LP is a spectacular, surprisingly confessional work.
The producer's volatile second album is some of her most challenging, fractured, and emotional music.
Largely instrumental and warmed with analog effects, this is a beautiful, affecting exploration of freedom within form.
A brave, challenging immersion in total heartbreak that reconnects Björk with the emotional core of her music.
By turns ominous, poignant, and playful, Benjamin John Power's second full-length is a danceable memento mori.
The first studio release from the compelling project featuring members of Throbbing Gristle and Factory Floor.
Montreal-born musician Mike Silver creates a continuous 40-minute suite inspired by '80s soft rock and new age.
Long-awaited release of the shelved album Coil recorded at Trent Reznor's studios in the mid-'90s.
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Ren Schofield's third full-length as Container is his most concentrated burst of industrial-strength noise-techno yet.
Impressive Kompakt debut full-length from the Berlin-based minimal techno DJ, balancing warmth and humanity with experimental production.
Several chart-topping vocalists make contributions, but the lower-profile guests truly elevate the Lawrence brothers' second album.
Fascinating collection from British electronic musician Nick Edwards, blending sweet melodies with dubby, abrasive post-industrial beats.
After the all-instrumental, mostly piano effort Klavírní, the artist returns with her third proper album of bewitching electro.
Ten years after his last album, the French house producer alternates between cheeky dance treats and serene house tracks.
The second solo album from one-half of Zombie Zombie delivers a more danceable update on his atmospheric tech-house.
Fennesz / Christian Fennesz / King Midas Sound
A seamless fusion of aching isolationism and avant lover's rock is offered by this collaboration between the trio and guitarist.
Sam Shepherd and supporting players' exacting and dazzling cross between modern creative jazz and ambient techno.
The producer's ambitious second album enriches his deep house with nods to kosmische and early electronic music.
James Greenwood's diverse project offers wistful synth pop and dance music for overcast afternoons.
Succinct and high-quality downcast techno from Jakub Alexander -- the producer and A&R person's second album for his employer.
Debut album of gritty, one-take electro/techno from a German producer, greatly expanding upon the ideas of her previous EPs.
Paying tribute to vintage hip-hop, R&B and disco, the band's witty electro-pop sounds fresher than ever.
Fascinating stylistic shift from Jack Latham, who swaps metallic dancefloor tracks for contemplative, warped dream pop.
The influential producer's reflective yet engaging debut album covers the entire spectrum of his music.
Relaxed and warm, the producer/DJ's debut is a near-perfect take on the "chillout album," with some hip-hop bounce thrown in for spice.
A welcome return to form, the producer's ninth studio effort features smooth house and innovative production touches.
Stark, compelling full-length solo debut from the influential producer, DJ, and founder of the Hyperdub label.
The Dublin techno duo's first R&S album incorporates assorted field recordings and voices to grim, bracing effect.
Sixteen years later the veteran electronica duo return as Neil Barnes solo, but fortunately little else has changed.
Deep-space techno from a young Portuguese producer following up his 2014 debut.
Diplo's wild project offers a surprising and slow effort where the highlights are primarily ballads.
San Francisco-based acid house producer explores technological paranoia on his debut full-length release for Ghostly International.
Dark, subtle, yet sharp dance music fills the excellent debut album from this Belgian producer.
Boundary-pushing mix that explores all stripes of blown-out bass and jagged beats, ranging from drone to grime to breakbeat hardcore.
A captivating fever dream of disco, electro, and synth-pop that captures the fleeting dazzle of nightlife.
A dense, dizzying masterwork that imbues the producer's flair for nostalgia with powerful emotions.
Experimental full-length debut by the U.K. dubstep/bass music producer previously known as Ramadanman.
Enhanced by Sam Dew, Rob Crow, and Helado Negro, the most substantial installment in a flurry of 2015 releases from Guillermo Herren.
The producer's debut addresses corruption and violation in violent, haunting tracks that shatter grime's boundaries.
The former Moloko frontwoman's first album in eight years takes a tender, personal approach that's all the more powerful for its subtlety.
Brooding post-industrial techno from a Berlin-based U.K. transplant.
Third solo album of dreamy, surrealist synthscapes from the former Emeralds member.
Offering a winning mix of old and new, the big beat duo prove they can thrive in the age of EDM with this comeback LP.
Paterson and Fehlmann return to the Kompakt label for four sprawling, easy-flowing tracks that offer first-rate dub techno and a little hip-hop.
Written for modular synths and percussion, the composer's delightfully mercurial second album is some of his most playful and audacious music yet.
Quirky, campy, and funky all at once, this kitschy electro album features guest appearances from Lady Bunny and Mocean Worker.
Second album of driving, spacy techno from the London-area producer and mastering engineer.