Back catalogue: Leftfield

Review: It's astounding to think that Mother 2 was released in 1994. A landmark moment for the SNES video game system, it arrived five years after its predecessor, and as such enjoyed the benefits of what was then a next generation platform. Felt in terms of graphical and gameplay capabilities, suffice to say the upgraded hardware was also capable of capturing much more engaging and imaginative music. Here we are, almost 30 years on from when this sequel first captivated people, and the score itself gets a re-release on vinyl. Again drafting Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki as composers, the pair would later explain how much more freedom they had due to the technological progress made between this and its predecessor. Translated into a music review, think deep, atmospheric ambient constructed from many layers of sound. A futuristic sonic trip into the far reaches of the cosmos that still holds up within the genre today.

Review: 'This Is Telex' marked the beginning of the label's massive reissue campaign earlier last year, a 14-track retrospective highlighting a number of the Belgian trio's best singles. Now comes 'Telex', a mammoth red 6xLP box set documenting yet more of the synthpop experimenters' best works - Wonderful World, Looney Tunes, Neurovision, etc. It also comes with a 16-page booklet, in case you weren't clued in enough. One can only hope you'll be titillated enough by the band's synthy charms, and deft combining of covers and originals.