Junior…, Royksopp’s third album proper, starts with a sample of producers Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland laughing like kids. It’s hard not to interpret this as a statement of intent. Especially if you consider the track that follows; -Happy up Here’ bounces in on a huge, rubbery space-hopper of a sample, trailing handclaps and

Alongside his friend Prins Thomas, Lindstrom has established himself at the centre of the -cosmic disco’ scene in contemporary dance music. Cosmic disco is a glistening update of the Italo-House movement of the 1980s, which has traded some of that scene’s dance-floor anchored sexuality for beardy star-gazing; and when it comes to beardy star-gazing, this…

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Flesh, flesh, everywhere. This extended EP from Canadian hardcore group Fucked Up wallows in uncomfortable lyrical imagery and violent viscerality. Although the title song comes padded out with four extra tracks that stick closer to the traditional hardcore sound, there is no doubt that the 18-minute pig is the prize specimen on display here.