A breathtaking total display of technical mastery and emotional depth, balancing glitch-ridden experimentation with warmth on skin, indivisible empathy, and a giftedness for melodic sophistication. Ndorfik delivers a set for Clean Error that feels both meticulously engineered and profoundly and deeply heartfelt.
Tag: Best of 2026
Ruby My Dear :: Iterations EP (Analogical Force)
Ruby My Dear stretches that equilibrium further—denser in construction, sharper in intent, and far less interested in playing it safe. The result is immediate, destabilizing, and exhilarating: a controlled surge of hyper-detailed programming and tonal volatility that demands attention.
Seefeel :: Sol.Hz (Warp)
Seefeel return with Sol.Hz, their first full-length in fifteen years. Mark Clifford and Sarah Peacock — the core duo that’s anchored the band since its formation in the early 1990s, are back, and they haven’t strayed far from the blueprint. Seefeel built their reputation on blurring the line between shoegaze and electronic music, fusing guitar-based textures with ambient techno and dub production techniques.
exm & Roel Funcken :: Cilcit (Touched Music)
Touched Music has been doing this for over a decade now, and they’ve built a reputation for curating compilations and releases that sit at the top tier of contemporary IDM. Cilcit is no exception. This is easily one of the most exciting and great releases of 2026 and an enjoyable listen for a lot of IDM fans.
Serge Geyzel :: The Way To Go (Pulse State)
The Way To Go is an album you must listen to closely in order to process all that it offers. It’s not background music. It’s intentional, detailed, and structured in a way that feels both loose and precise. For a label like Pulse State, which shares Touched Music’s commitment to quality and charity, The Way To Go is a strong addition to the catalog.
b0t23 + inoperative system :: Synonym EP (Science Cult) — [concise]
Synonym carves a sharp path through bruising low-end sound design, relentless electro fragments, and pixelated bleep modulations, never easing its grip across five kaleidoscopic cuts.
Andrew Anderson :: Thresholds (Elevator Bath)
Thresholds is an album that stays with you. It subtly alters the way you listen. It opens a door into a liminal space where sound becomes memory, and memory becomes atmosphere. In doing so, Andrew Anderson has created a work that is both deeply personal and universally evocative, a rare and rewarding listening experience.
BlackHazr :: BlackHazr (Mahorka)
This new project follows a stylistic inclination inspired by primordial resonances and natural manifestations from peripheral zones deserted by humanity.
Ian Boddy :: Serge Works (DiN)
In a year already rich with strong releases, Serge Works stands out for its clarity of vision and depth of execution. It rewards patience, revealing new details with each listen, and invites the listener into a space where time, texture, and tone intertwine. Whether experienced as a technical showcase, a tribute to lineage, or simply as a series of immersive sound journeys, it resonates on multiple levels.
808 State vs Humanoid :: In Place of Language EP (De:tuned)
In Place of Language is a truly exciting record. In a time where much of electronic music harks back to the past, two trailblazers have combined to produce an EP that is firmly set on the future.
nachtzug :: aux4443 (mindcolormusic) — [concise]
Throughout aux4443, nachtzug uncovers overlooked fragments buried decades back, buffing each detail until glow feels both remote and strangely anticipatory.
















