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Sherelle: With a Vengeance review – UK dance debut is dizzyingly doof-doof-doof

The Londoner has alighted on a sophisticated, high-tempo hybrid of footwork and jungle – and seems to suggest a better way of living

DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us review – party-starting nostalgist is as playful as ever

Appealingly rough around the edges, the Hamburg DJ’s fourth album voyages from a Damon Albarn amapiano track to harsh 90s drum’n’bass

FKA twigs review – an eye-popping extravaganza of dancing and demons

The ever out-there British artist tours her latest album, Eusexua, with a show whose mix of club vibe, winged beast props and prime back catalogue delights and confounds

Bdrmm: Microtonic review – Hull shoegazers nod towards the dancefloor

The quartet’s increasingly electronica-based textures convey a sense of tension and unease on their third album

Maribou State review – UK duo turn darkness into light after existential crisis

With Chris Davids recovered from a brain condition, the electronic act’s first tour in years is full of committed, emotionally resonant performances

FKA twigs: Eusexua review – a hymn to the healing power of the dancefloor

Coining a word to describe a particular state of euphoria, twigs effortlessly juggles left-field digitals and club pop tunes on album No 3

Aphex Twin: Music from the Merch Desk (2016-2023) review – Santa’s sack overspills with AFX bounty

Compiling the highly sought-after limited vinyl releases sold at recent festival sets, this surprise 38-track release filled with bangers and beauty is a trove for fans

Bubble Love: Bubble Love review – Ross From Friends’ high-energy pop-club side project

Producer Felix Weatherall adopts another guise, swapping lo-fi analogue for a disorienting burst of alternative dance music

Poppy: Negative Spaces review – screams and sweetness as metalcore meets loungecore

On her sixth album, the multi-genre star seems to be having an identity crisis – but amid the industrial guitars and synthpop, she clearly trusts her own instincts

Underworld: Strawberry Hotel review – sweet bangers and sad laments

The techno giants’ 11th album finds them ranging from cut-up dancefloor fillers to gentle experimentation

Kelly Lee Owens: Dreamstate review – dancefloor transcendence by a true pop shapeshifter

The Welsh producer’s latest handbrake turn takes her from dark-hued ambience to hypnotic euphoria on her poppiest record to date

Public Service Broadcasting review – Amelia Earhart tribute soars

History-focused band brings live magic to heartfelt songs about the lost aviator and other spirits from a more hopeful age

No Bounds review – from clubs to chapels, this Sheffield fest is dizzyingly daring

It was always somewhere to let rip until dawn, but seven editions in, No Bounds lives up to its name by expanding across cathedrals, castles and more

Charli xcx: Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat review – her lime-green imperial phase is unstoppable

(Atlantic)Big-name guests abound on a thrilling remix album that takes a glimpse into celebrity’s heart of darkness but makes it transcendently fun and cool

Various Artists: Redline Impact review – thrilling dive into east Asian hyper-electronics

This exhilarating compilation pushes from K-pop to trance, hardstyle techno, budots and beyond – and is at its best when artists rachet up the intensity

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