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Review: Vemodalen means 'The fear that everything has already been done.' If that's not an enticing enough invitation to dBridge's album then we don't know what is. The music as relatable, too. Powerful, slow, sexy and vulnerable, it paints from a synthetic palette anyone over 30 has grown up with and will know intuitively from music and movies. Ranging from poppy motifs that are reminiscent perhaps of Roxy Music or Visage to more introverted electronica that nods at the Rephlex sound and perhaps Si Begg, all backed up by his history as Heartdrive and the Autonomic sound, this is dBridge looking back to look forward. Stunning.

Review: Exit Records has already very much made sure of its permanent place in the history of contemporary electronic music but now it cements that by achieving a rare milestone: EXIT 100. It marks the occasion of its centenary release with "a celebration of innovation and creativity," which is nothing less than you would expect from this always forward-looking bass label. The four-part series is packed with gems and this second installment has ice-cold, late-night rollers, dreamy broken beat bliss-outs, mechanical and minimal rhythms and stripped-back steppers.