The 20 best electronic songs right now

Remember when Arca changed the game with her experimental hip-hop EP Stretch 2? She's diving back into that sound with "Nonbinary" and emerging with more gorgeous and provocative pearls.

They’ve fully embraced their pop tendencies and turned in the Diplo/Sia collab from hell. Nicely done.

The intense themes of Ikonika's new EP provide the foundation for the wispy techno majesty of “Your Body.”

What a journey this one is. Crush still crushes.

As every year before it has, 2020 has found its version of the Mortal Kombat theme.

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Mas Amable pioneers a new sound called “deep reggaeton,” and “Juntos” embodies its subtle and spacious groove.

Spoken word house with a dash of ASMR tingles provides the polar opposite vibe of the John Carpenter movie.

A transdimension free jazz synth carousel that’s surprisingly inviting.

I’m just really into music that sounds like waking up on a beach with the vague memory of listening to Clams Casino instrumentals all night.

Strong Björk and Kala vibes here. Miss Columbia is full of dynamic sounds and an esoteric grace.

This standout from the NAAFI X collection has a spaceship’s engine. Warp drive dancefloor dynamite.

Jamie Brooks recently shared a guest-heavy reimagining of last year’s excellent main pop girl 2019. The new “heart emoji xo” refracts pop’s future through a foggy lens of shoegaze and jungle.

Mesmeric techno deliverance from start to finish.

Basinski's mood, Arthur Russel tones, and percussion from tabla to jungle all collide on Exael’s solo cut from this split project with Arad Acid.

What better time to sit with some paranoid industrial techno that could be developing its own language?

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The penultimate track on Klein’s surprise third album, “understand our tracks” is a haunted collage of chorals and electronics.

The mischievous synth lines and pummeling D&B drums bring the glory days of Rephlex flying back.

Black Dresses are one of maybe a handful of bands that sound genuinely unstoppable. "MiRRORGIRL" serves up industrial-strength vulnerability, fucked up and unfuckwithable.

“Maybe the sun is knackered too / Like each of us / Dreaming of being shelled from our backpacks and swallowed by the beach.”