25 years after his tragic, unexpected and untimely death, Muslimgauze's music still stands out as a landmark - not to mention huge - collection of bold experimental journeys into the farthest reaches of electronics. The fact he was doing this in a very different time, long before beats and basslines started looking outside the US-European axis for influence, and when equipment was analogue, only makes the legacy more impressive.

One of several reissues of the Manchester underground noise hero's albums, all aimed at commemorating the sad anniversary, Emak Bakia is in many ways a more traditional dance music album than most of his others, and as such will hopefully find favour in contemporary record bags bound for clubs with more open music policies. From raw drums and sparse atmospheres, to driving Arabic-edged techno and hypnotic, low-slung groovers, it still sounds as fresh today as when we first heard it.