Since you are interested in Institute of Joy, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
Air
Love 2 [ EMI Music / CD - released 19/Oct/2009 ] Air's fifth studio effort (well, seventh if you count 'The Virgin Suicides' & 'City Reading' discs) is instantly recognisable as their sound, but sees the band exploring some new territories, with the help of L.A.-based percussionist, Joey Waronker. |
Gong
2032 [ Gong / CD - released 7/Dec/2009 ] '2032' builds into a powerfully rhythmic, tribal melting pot before exploding into outer space with the mind-altering psychedelic guitar heroics of Steve Hillage... Certainly not for the faint of heart! |
Jon Hopkins
Insides [ Domino Records / CD - released 4/May/2009 ] Jon Hopkins is a musical shapeshifter: a composer, pianist and a self-taught studio wizard. He makes affecting, bold electronic music, using walls of synths, lustrous melodies and amorphous bass rumbles. |
Hybrid
Disappear Here [ Distinctive / CD - released 19/Apr/2010 ] With 'Disappear Here', Hybrid have managed to create an epic & unique sound, which has progressed dramatically from their original "dance" inception, but still retains much of what makes electronic music so exciting. |
North Atlantic Oscillation
Grappling Hooks [ Kscope / CD - released 12/Apr/2010 ] 'Grappling Hooks' is a subtle yet powerful kaleidoscope of purring electronics, atmospheric layers and hook-laden melodies. |
Ozric Tentacles
The YumYum Tree [ Snapper Music / CD - released 13/May/2009 ] The Ozrics layer ambient & ethereal landscapes with freeform dub trips; incredible rave grooves; and psychedelic progressive rock. This is their first studio album since 'The Floor's Too Far Away' (2006). |
Pantha du Prince
Black Noise [ Rough Trade Records / CD - released 8/Feb/2010 ] Featuring collaborations with Noah Lennox; Tyler Pope; and LCD Soundsystem, the third album from this minimal techno master boasts hypnotic, nocturnal electronic landscapes, punctuated by shuffling dance grooves. |
These New Puritans
Hidden [ Domino Records / CD - released 18/Jan/2010 ] 'Hidden' is the ambitious sophomore album from this British quartet, which sees them incorporate six foot Japanese taiko drums; a thirteen piece brass & woodwind ensemble; and Foley sound effect recording techniques into 11 cuts of giddy, sonic goodness. |
Underworld Vs. The Misterons
Athens [ K7 / CD - released 18/Jan/2010 ] An irresistible sonic collage of pop & art; old + new; cult heroes; and left-field classics... Welcome to the warm, soulful, experimental roots of the world's greatest techno conceptualists. |
Wave Machines
Wave if You're Really There [ Shock Records / CD - released 22/Feb/2010 ] A mercurial Merseyside four piece, Wave Machines create instinctive art-pop; rhythms built of melodic ticks & bleeps, polka dots of sound drawn together beneath singer, Tim Bruzon's falsetto vocal. |