Pitchfork's Best Electronic Music of 2021

From SHERELLE’s breakneck breakbeats to Equiknoxx’s surrealistic dancehall, and from aya’s dissociative club fugues to Space Afrika’s mournful ambient, these are the electronic releases that made our year.

Published: December 09, 2021 15:00 Source

# 1
EP • Sep 13 / 2021 UK Bass
# 2
Album • Sep 03 / 2021 Downtempo
# 3
EP • Oct 15 / 2021 Breakbeat Electro UK Bass
# 4
Album • Sep 22 / 2021 Progressive Electronic
# 5
Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Deconstructed Club Glitch Hop
# 6
Album • Feb 26 / 2021 IDM
# 7
Album • Aug 06 / 2021
# 8
Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Electronic Ambient House
# 9
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EP • Feb 05 / 2021 Hypnagogic Pop Electronic
# 10
Album • May 14 / 2021 Progressive Electronic Epic Collage
# 11
Album • Jan 22 / 2021 Breakbeat Tech House
# 12
Album • Jun 04 / 2021 UK Bass IDM
# 13
Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Electronic Art Pop
# 14
EP • Jun 25 / 2021 Ambient Pop
# 15
Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Ambient Electroacoustic
# 16
Album • Sep 17 / 2021 Footwork
# 17
Album • May 07 / 2021 IDM Techno Breakbeat
# 18
EP • Mar 19 / 2021 Microhouse House
# 19
Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Sound Collage Ambient
# 20
Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Grime UK Bass Dubstep
# 21
Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Dub Techno Minimal Techno
# 22
Album • Oct 15 / 2021 Ambient
# 23
Album • Feb 05 / 2021