Stereogum — In the 86th installment of Modular’s artist-curated mixtape series, called Modcasts (clever girl), the Aussie label turned over the reins to Daniel Lopatin — the out-sounds regenerator and vintage synth + electronics producer behind Oneohtrix Poi... more info

Guardian Music — This ambient artist cites the 'asymptotic quantification of memory' among her influences. A Wire cover star is born ...Hometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Ina Cube (music, production).The background: Friday's new artist featured in this column because she... more info

Guardian Music — Joel Ford's experiments in electronica suggest chart music from an alternate pop universe where Toro Y Moi is always No 1Hometown: New York.The lineup: Joel Ford (music, computers).The background: Far be it from us to rave about a band then just give... more info

Impose Magazine — Last night Daniel Lopatin, of Oneohtrix Point Never and Ford & Lopatin, uploaded 24 rare mixes and tracks to his soundcloud page. It's a huge amount of material. Probably fans will have most interest in some of the radio jams he's released t... more info

Guardian Music — Mixing New York scuzz and west coast shimmer, this washed-out J Mascis purveys wondrous chill-grungeHometown: Jacksonville, Florida.The lineup: Uno Yu-No (music, production).The background: What's that over there? Is it a boy? Is it a band? No, it's ... more info

We Like it Lossless! — No Fun Prod. / 2009 2 part(s) FSc, CD1 + CD2amazing double cd album, huge recommendation... more info

XLR8R — For the fifth annual OFF Festival in Katowice, Poland, three days of excellent musical performances, film screenings, art exhibitions, and more will take place in the Three Lake Valley, "a beautiful green oasis in the heart of industrial Silesia." r... more info

Guardian Music — Software program PaulStretch lets you slow down songs, transforming a hideously banal tune into something that sounds like a collaboration between Kate Bush and MogwaiThese days, two things seem to happen when rotten pieces of music achieve a certain... more info

Abeano — Marrying the smooth poppiness of Joel Ford’s Tigercity with the warped synths of Oneohtrix Point Never (aka Daniel Lopatin), ‘Emergency Room’ comes out as something deliciously sultry and left of centre. “All the way from the emergency r... more info

Abeano — Laurel Halo is a 25 year old Michigan-born Brooklyn-based artist and remixer. She started out classically but, like her contemporaries Blondes and Oneohtrix Point Never, has since explored suspended sounds and detroit techno, adding the theatri... more info