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Blondes interview: "Dancing is physical meditation." Monica Uszerowicz meets the Brooklyn duo on home turf to discuss their instinctive and essential debut album.

The strange, soggy sonic fictions of SpaceGhostPurrp Re-tooling rap history and launching linguistic attacks on the internet are just two of the reasons you should be paying attention to A$AP Rocky collaborator and Mortal Kombat-obsessed Florida rapper/producer SpaceGhostPurrp.

Chairlift interview: "Harness that energy." Brooklyn duo get physical on ‘Something’, their stunning new album of shiny, smokey-eyed pop.

Ital interview: "The world presses on you in really intense ways." Tamara El Essawi meets the man behind ‘Hive Mind’ to talk love, the internet and humanity.

Peaking Lights interview: "The infinite ways of writing music." Starry-eyed dub duo chat about the cosmos and dreaming in hi-fi.

The Dummy guide to the best new albums: January 2012 The first of our monthly shipping forecasts, counting down the best new albums of the next calendar month.

What are you doing on New Year's Eve? If you’re in London and you like fun, look no further. Dummy is here to tell you where to see in 2012 in style.

The best of 2011, according to you The headlines, the interviews, the mixes and more: your favourite features on Dummy this year.

12 albums for 2011 - Oneohtrix Point Never's 'Replica' Daniel Lopatin’s melancholic melodies make for one of this year’s most moving albums, writes Karen Ka Ying Chan.

12 albums for 2011 - James Ferraro's 'Far Side Virtual' James Ferraro’s dizzying satire on the aural landscape of our digital vistas dazzled Ruth Saxelby this year.

12 albums for 2011 - Kuedo's 'Severant' A brave articulation of the interior world makes for one of this year’s most powerful releases, writes Ruth Saxelby.

12 albums for 2011 - Rustie's 'Glass Swords' Nothing was bigger, bolder or brighter than Rustie’s debut this year, writes Tamara El Essawi.

12 Albums for 2011 - Girls' 'Father, Son, Holy Ghost' A modern attitude to musical history, combined with extraordinary wit, honesty and tunes makes for one of the best rock records of our time.

12 albums for 2011 - Julia Holter's 'Tragedy' Julia Holter’s compositional pop take on Euripedes’s epic effortlessly belongs to the ages, writes Tamara El Essawi.

12 Albums for 2011 - Clams Casino's 'Instrumentals Mixtape' Cloud rap producer’s revolutionary in form and content album is one of the greatest, writes Charlie Robin Jones.

12 Albums for 2011 - Kanye West & Jay Z's' 'Watch The Throne' A strange, dissonant beast lurking underneath the fabulous bluster marks a new step for the rap album, and a shoe-in for one of our best of the year.

The Dummy Guide to Fugazi Anthony Walker on the life and times of one of rock’s all-time-greats – the furious, inventive post-hardcore of Fugazi.

12 Albums for 2011 - Hype Williams' 'One Nation' In March, Hype Williams’ dropped the jokes and released our favourite album of the year, the otherworldly romance of ‘One Nation’.

My Hero: Gilles Peterson on Steve Reid The Radio 1 broadcaster remembers the legendary jazz drummer, recording artist and friend.

12 albums for 2011 - Nicolas Jaar's 'Space Is Only Noise' An album that precociously stands in the spaces between contradictions is the third on our best of 2011 list.

12 albums for 2011 - PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake' The second of our favourite albums of this year is Harvey’s most accomplished hour.

12 albums for 2011 – James Blake's 'James Blake' Our albums of the year list kicks off with James Blake’s self-titled debut album.

Static Major: the forgotten genius behind Aaliyah's hits As Drake samples the Grammy winning rapper, producer and songwriter’s delicate piano jams, Ruth Saxelby looks back at his all too brief life and career.

Süd Electronic has left an indelible mark on London's club scene After eleven years of special parties, Lerato of the London house and techno night and label explains why it’s time to move on.

Technique: Oneohtrix Point Never 'Replica' OPN’s Daniel Lopatin and engineer Al Carlson take us through the making of his startlingly poignant new album, song by song.

Kwes: "My time in Kinshasa fills my heart with joy each time I think of it." Rising producer recalls his time in the DRC for Dummy, ahead of the release of an album made in the West African nation with local musicians and the Damon Albarn allstars.

Future Islands' Guide to Baltimore Synth pop band full of heart and grit tell us about the places they call home.

In praise of the short song Brevity is the soul of wit – and today’s music artists are creatively pushing the short track, says Sunil Chauhan.

Why Delsin is my favourite techno label Karen Ka Ying Chan on the Amsterdam label that has been releasing exquisite, emotive, timeless electronic music for 15 years.

Live Broadcast: Autre Ne Veut, Harmonizer, Ryan Power, Slava and Co La at CMJ Stream the live sets from our unofficial CMJ showcase with Software and NNA Tapes on October 22, 2011 at Death By Audio in Brooklyn!

My Hero: Apparat on Torsten Pröfrock A feeling for sound was what drew Apparat’s Sascha Ring to the music of techno producer Torsten Pröfrock.

In praise of the Youtube radio rip Pulling upfront tracks from the radio and putting them up for all to share stands in a long line of subversive communications, and is essential for dance’s development, writes Tamara El Essawi.

Real Estate interview: "We wanted to sound timeless." The New Jersey band’s second album ‘Days’ is a dream realised for lead singer Martin Courtney, discovers Aimee Cliff.

Cosmin TRG interview: "The most intense." Bracing, “de-localized” Romanian producer’s beats belong everywhere and nowhere at once, as Tamara finds out.

Walls interview: "How we try to live our lives." Walls’ shimmering new album makes Monica Uszerowicz consider the silence of sleep.

Rustie interview: "My way." Sharp-minded debut album from the Glaswegian producer with the lucid touch.

Roll The Dice live at Cafe Oto, London Stream Roll The Dice’s live UK debut of mediative industrial rhythms.

Patten interview: "Trying to describe dreams." Will Hunt meets the enigmatic new London producer to talk about ambiguity, the strangeness of existence and his debut album ‘GLAQJO XAACSSO’.

Live Broadcast: Ital at Tradition, New York An emotional mix of past and present house classics from new Brooklyn resident at a new Brooklyn party

How to make a Tim Hecker fan video 7 simple rules to visualising the Quebec noise artist.