Sakan & Senju vinyl

This might be one of the most beautiful records you'll buy all year, largely because of its silk-screened sleeve art that seems to hypnotise the moment you look at it. Don't take that to mean the music is any sort of let down, though - the three tracks here are deeply complex but never obtusely challenging, highly original but familiar enough to pull in a broad range of ears.

For the uninitiated, experimental musician Iku Sakan and Muneomi Senju, best known as the drummer from Boredoms and Urichipangoon, are legends of the Japanese underground, and as such this is a veritable meeting of acclaimed genius minds. The results are highly percussive and rhythmic non-bangers, from the mechanical arrangements of "Green Journey" through to "Senpuuki"'s singular ear worm tone.

Jane Fitz, Juno Recommends Ambient/Drone