10 Best Dance & Electronic Albums of the Year

1. CHROMA 000 – Bicep

With Chroma 000, Bicep reaffirm their place at the centre of modern electronic culture. The Belfast duo push far beyond their signature emotive club sound, folding in glitchy textures, syncopated rhythms, weighty bass pressure and euphoric synth work that feels both polished yet unpredictable.

There’s a new physicality at play here: the percussion snaps harder, the low-end carries more weight and the textural detail feels razor-sharp without ever feeling forced. What’s most impressive is the precision: each track evolves with the clean, architectural detail that Bicep have become known for, yet the EP never falls into predictability. It’s bold, physical, and undeniably future-leaning, the kind of release that producers quietly study and DJs loudly rely on.

Chroma 000 never feels uniform or safe. Even in its most euphoric moments, there’s a tension under the surface: glitchy edges, warped synth pressure, restless drum patterns that keep the whole EP moving forward.

It’s music built for DJs as much as dancers: functional in the best possible way, but still stamped with the emotional signature that make Bicep instantly recognisable.
Across the release, the duo manage to balance familiarity and progression with almost clinical clarity. The melodic fingerprints are there; the floating pads, the ghosted vocal impressions, the late-night chord changes – but everything is distilled, sharpened, and aimed straight at the floor.

Chroma 000 stands out as the year’s defining electronic record, because it captures where club music sits in 2025: pressure-driven, emotionally intelligent, and obsessively crafted. Chroma 000 is proof that Bicep aren’t just part of the scene – they’re defining it.

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3. Islands - Medlar

4. Romance - Shanti Celeste

5. Little Foot - Calibre

6. Testbed_Assembly - Client_03

7. A Tropical Entropy - Nick León

8. HUMANiSE - HAAi

9. EUSEXUA Afterglow - FKA twigs

10. Channels - Kassian