Nuel aka Manuel Fogliata has been Donato Dozzy's partner in crime on the Aquaplano Sessions project over the last ten years, and he's easily one of Italy's and Europe's greatest when it comes to both hypnotic techno and abstract ambient soundscapes. He's up on America's Further imprint, home to Dozzy's own recent albums, and Hyperboreal is an work of many layers and texture, jumping from rhythmic drone patters such as "Steppin' Stone", to the noisier, more surreal flutters of "Polaris" and onto glacial synth explorations through the title track "Hyperboreal". "The Rest Is Noise" is another work of subtlety and hedonism to bring this sonic whirlpool to a close. Excellent and top of our list.