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Long hailed as the king of Glitch by many, the elusive wonder that is Tipper returns with a beautifully crafted downtempo electronic landscape. There are no bangers here but the tracks are both tougher and more delicate than many of his contemporaries. A stunning album that deserves space to soak up.

Incidentally Tipper will be making an appearance at BoomTown Fair this year, definitely a set not to be missed.

None of us have fully recovered from the launch party of Snowskull's new online enriched arts project (and our first official release in a long time). Ridiculous fun was had in Cardiff that night, and for some nights afterwards, not to mention the incredible sets from Jauge, Blured, Dubs, Owls and Daniel Avery.

The release is the soundtrack to Snowskull's exhibition and was created by some of the above alongside Snowskull himself. There's a link to the music below but you'd be foolish not to experience the whole exhibition 'All Great Thoughts Are Conceived By Walking'.

http://Snowskullart.com

Also XLR8R are giving away a free instrumental copy of the Snowskull & Jauge track.

Bambooman has been a fringes favourite of ours for a while now but London based Segilola is a new artist for us, one we're more than grateful to King Deluxe for introducing us to and releasing this stunning single, due out in the new year.

Hoping that the rest of her tracks and production choices stand up to this, certainly look forwards to hearing more.

The news that Om Unit has a new LP dropping on the ever excellent Civil Music label at the end of the month, is made even more exciting with this taster from it, which features Jinadu on vocals.

Relative new kids on the block, BLDG5 have just released a mighty fine compilation called 'Ground Floor', which includes long time Chrome Kids favourites such as Sun Glitters and Free The Robots as well as a bunch of new guys on our radar who have contributed the best selection of tracks we've heard in a long time. Below are some of our favourites but you can grab the whole album here.

We shall definitely be keeping an eye on this label in the future.

We've been waiting a while for the new EP from our boy Until The Ribbon Breaks and although the UK might have to wait a little longer for an official release, his new home in the States has finally seen the release of 'A Taste Of Silver'. This is the latest video from the EP, a collage of Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo & Juliet'. Of course if you're in the UK and don't want to wait, you can always head to his Soundcloud and pick up the tracks for free..

Frederic Robinson follows up 'Theme Park' with another beautiful beast of a release for Blu Mar Ten. This collaboration with Stray is like racing music for Mermaids and has totally whet our appetite for the full album which is due soon.

In fact a quick check has revealed you can listen to (and pre-order) the whole album, so here it is. We shall be greedily tucking into this later.

This Saturday we shall be touching down at Simple Things in Bristol for one of the best Electronic Music line ups we've seen in the country since... last Simple Things.

Last year we played in Lakota and spent most of the time there listening to the likes of Jackmaster, Throwing Snow, Lunice, Hudson Mohawke and Rustie. Although we were more than happy with that, this year the festival is much more focussed around the centre of the city so it's easier to manoeuvre. Sadly Apparat has been involved in a motorcycle accident (but is apparently recovering well) so has had to cancel the planned Moderat shows but Modeselektor will still be representing hard along with 50 Weapons signings Doc Daneeka and Benjamin Damage.

Although there's far too many artists we want to see there, as well as the above we shall definitely be making an effort to catch Nicolas Jaar, Jon Hopkins, Mykki Blanco, Darkstar, King Midas Sound, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Evian Christ, John Wizards, Ital Tek, Typesun, DJRum, Dam Mantle Jazzy Jeff and our fellow Cardiffians Islet and Face & Heel.

Future Classic release a sinister video for this beautiful but brooding tune from fellow Sydney dwellers, Seekae.

To further prove their impeccable taste, on October 7th, Future Classic are also releasing an EP from our boys Bodhi. You can preorder the vinyl here.

Chrome Kids Radio Show - September 2013 by Chrome Kids on Mixcloud

Here's the latest instalment of our Chrome Kids Radio Show from Radio Cardiff 98.7fm. For those of you without the patience for a whole show (or for those with commitment issues), here's some of the separate tracks, but we promise it's worth investing an hour of your time... in fact we'll guarantee it, or your money back.

I'm not sure who was behind this mini remix album for Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi, but top marks to them because there are some stunning collaborations. The album came out this week and includes contributions from Starkey, Phaeleh, Steven Siegel and Robert Lippok. You can buy a copy here.

Also, speaking of Phaeleh, he can be found guesting on the new album from our fellow Cardiff lad Lung, which is out now on Hospital off shoot, Med School. You can stream the whole thing below.