I am surprised no one has mentioned anything about GusGus (4AD).
I'd say it's [Polydistortion] my favorite album so far this year. Everything
from ambience w/ Bjork-like vocals (theyre from Iceland), to a house
stomper w/ dark & moody synths sounding like early new
order to electo & breakbeat. The lyrics are an added bonus
(with the exception of a few "Jesus" references...<cringe>).
First single [believe] had remixes by 16B & LFO.....missed
who did the remixes on the second single (Polydistortion).
Heard a review of Apollo 440's new album on NPR. While
it's interesting that they've been plugging a lot of techno
over the past year or so, i'm disappointed they haven't
picked better albums to review.....