This was so difficult to do and it could be a different five tracks if you had asked me next week and another 5 tracks if you had asked the following month. I know I’m supposed to do a small description of each track but I’d really just be repeating myself five times over. This is what techno is to me, science fiction for the ears, music from the future and outer space. I’d love for someone to make a really weird, fucked up Sci-Fi movie and only use the music of Drexciya for the soundtrack. Instead of descriptions, just find a quiet space, put ur headphones on, turn up the volume, shut your eyes and enter into the world of Drexciya! – Domenic Cappello

Jan Schulte is a man of many faces/talents/pseudonyms and arrived as a refreshing force to be reckoned with over the last few years. Mixing break beats, house mentalities, live instruments, synths and weird FX means he’s creating a lot of fresh stand out records. Here are five that get regular plays.

Don’t have much to say about this label apart from it’s pushing the boundaries of interesting ‘dance’ music into all the right territories. Covering many of the sounds I like and putting the fakers to shame. Hats off to them!

I’ve fallen in love with the Swedish imprint Born Free, as it’s releases are unique and fresh sounding. Their club ready output in particular is just what I look for in modern dance music, hypnotic grooves built around a few key elements that sound huge on a decent soundsystem. I also love the broad range of styles they release across, meaning you never really know quite what to expect. Here are five personal favs from their back cat.

For a decade they reigned supreme in my mind. Going back on these records now they still sound amazing. As a label they managed to salute the past without being a pastiche, which is incredibly hard to do.

Below are 5 that still have people asking ‘what is that record?’