Caldera has been previously spotted on WNCL Recordings amongst other establishments, so you know he comes with a certain stamp of quality for rough and tumble hi-jinx in the more interesting corners of proper party music. He lands on the blossoming Boogie Box label with a diverse package that leads in with the percussive trysts of "Akman's Rhythm" and then swerves into the fractured minimal dub exercise "Old Hands". "Anaconda Legs" is a twitchy, atmospheric slow strutting house cut that sits right with the offbeat minimal crowd but actually sports a rich and expressive sound and FX palette. "A Moment To Breathe" blows up the dub touches across the EP and goes into full head-nodding meditation mode, and it's fantastic.

Given the rise in popularity in new school jazz in recent years, it seems a fitting time to welcome back Ninja Tune stalwarts The Cinematic Orchestra. "To Believe" is not only their first album in some seven years, but also one of their strongest releases to date. Opening with the poignant neo-classical/soul fusion "To Believe", the set sees Jason Swinscoe and company attractively saunter between jazz-electronica fusion (Roots Manuva collaboration ("A Caged Bird/Imitations Of Life"), pastoral jazz epics (the sunset ready epic that is "Lessons"), gentle downtempo songs ("Wait For Now/Leave The World"), ambient jazz ("The Workers Of Art") and slowly unfurling dancefloor workouts (killer closing cut "A Promise"). In a word: stunning.

Since releasing their first EP on Type back in 2004, Deaf Center duo Erik K Skodvin and Otto A Totland have delivered some of the most mesmerizing and well thought-out ambient, IDM and electronica around. "Low Distance" here, builds on the success of 2014 set "Recount", which cleverly combined clandestine neo-classical movements with the claustrophobic paranoia of dark ambient. There's perhaps a little more joy and pure beauty this time round - see the fluid pianos and whistling chords of "Entity Voice" and the becalmed "Undone" - but album still retains the same sense of loneliness and dread that marked out its predecessor.

Lauded Boston-based duo Soul Clap are back, taking a break from their eponymous label and inaugurating their new one here: House Of Efunk, named after their long-running star-studded wild parties at Motor City institution TV Lounge (it is even an official Movement after party). The two cuts across the 12" are Detroit inspired. The evocative and life-affirming hi-tech jazz of "Jupiter Crush" on the A side is something to behold, as well as the ultra-deep soul power of "Natural Bliss" which is reminiscent of Fred P/FP Oner kinda stuff - real nice!

Lucy is back on his esteemed Stroboscopic Artefacts imprint with "Dyscamupia", based on Albert Camus' classic existentialist novel "The Stranger". Here, it is reinterpreted through these three techno variations, all narrated by American Jason Snell (aka Bombardier). It begins with "Forward", a deep, hypnotic slow burner where binaural microphone technology was used to record the vocal recording process, perfectly complimenting the atmosphere of Lucy's composition. "Paused" is definitely the most dancefloor ready version - a tunnelling cut that will sound great under the strobe light, while the barrelling and broken intensity of "Backward" goes for a more contorted take on things.

The latest missive on Alex Attias' revitalized Visions Inc. label comes courtesy of Thomas Arroyo AKA L'Aroye, a producer whose outings on Faces Records and Magic Black caught the ear of many deep house DJs. It's something of a doozy, too, with L'Aroye serving up two sparkling workouts that are almost rush-inducing in their layered melodiousness and rhythmic shuffle. The headline attraction is undoubtedly A-side "Inspiration", where Latin house beats are wrapped in squiggly P-funk motifs, talkbox vocals, rich chords and sun-kissed, Kai Alce style flourishes. "Innersoul Voyage" is an altogether deeper but arguably heavier affair, where dreamy chords, rich bass and blissful melodic motifs slowly rise above a particularly percussive, Osunlade style rhythm track.

Berlin based Texan Dustin Evans aka Textasy returns, following up a slew of heavy hitting releases on Natural Sciences, E-Beamz and 777 in recent times. Coming up in the same scene in Dallas that has brought us visionary producers over the years like Gerald Hansen aka E.R.P./Convextion and Bill Converse, Evans displays the same kind of talent that shows there must be something in the water down there in the Lone Star State. He presents the third instalment of London's Exotic Robotics here with some throwback sounds: featuring the deep acid breaks of "Magick 101" (feat Joel Holmes), the pitched-down rave antics of "Mystique" and sublime closer "Ambient Track 43".

We are always excited when something new emerges on North Yorkshire based Crow Castle Cuts, who present some super deep 303 house and techno excursions here on this double 12". Tape Hiss gently ease us into the EP with melodic and dreamy opener "Fade", before Manchester based producer and DJ No Moon (Fred Shepherd) serves up some deep and emotive electro with standout cut "Last Track @ 64" and Golden Pudel resident and all round Hamburg legend RVDS (Richard von der Schulenburg) presents three versions of the 303 acid epic "Strings Of Black", followed by the sunset balearica of "Turtle Real".