DJ Koze (aka German producer Stefan Kozella) has been establishing himself in the electronic scene for over a decade, and he returned this year with his first full length album since 2005, Amygdala. The album's aided by a handful of great guest appearances from Caribou, Apparat, Matthew Dear, and Milosh, who has been experiencing success this year with his new project Rhye. You can stream the album in its entirety below.

DJ Koze has a few festival appearances scheduled this year, including Electric Daisy Carnival Chicago which goes down from May 24-26 at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, IL. It's Koze's only announced US date at the moment.

Other than DJ Koze, and a few others like L-Vis 1990, that festival features mostly EDM stuff like Avicii, David Guetta, Tiesto, Benny Benassi, Kaskade, and Armin van Buuren, which Koze is not a fan of. Tickets for Electric Daisy Carnival Chicago are on sale now.

Full EDC lineup and Amygdala album stream below...

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As just mentioned on BrooklynVegan, Lindstrom is releasing a 12" of remixes of material from his Six Cups of Rebel LP and is playing a handful of shows this year. He's on a short run of dates right now, and the closest that comes to Chicago is Movement Festival in Detroit this weekend with Public Enemy, Actress, SBTRKT, and more (tickets). However, he'll be back out on the road for another batch of dates in October which brings him to Chicago on October 13 at Smart Bar. TIckets for that show aren't on sale but check Etix for updates.

A related reminder; Apparat, who plays Mutek this month, will be in Chicago right before that for a show at LIncoln Hall on Monday (5/28) and we're giving away a pair tickets!. Details on how to enter to win tix to that show are here.

All Lindstrom dates, a new song stream, and more at BrooklynVegan.

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As mentioned, Apparat is headed to North America this week for a handful of festival performances and club dates. He and his full band will hit Chicago next Monday (5/28), for a performance at Lincoln Hall. Tickets are still available and we've also got a pair to give away! Details on how to enter to win them can be found at the bottom of this post.

Appart's most recent album, The Devil's Walk, hit stores in September of 2011 via Mute. Stream the LP in its entirety below, along with a Mogwai-remix of the track "Song Of Los."

All Appart tour dates are listed below, along with contest details and some song streams.

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Berlin-based electronic project Apparat (aka Sascha Ring) released his fourth studio album, The Devil's Walk, in September of 2011. Stream the LP in its entirety via a widget below.

Ring will begin touring throughout Europe in April and will make his way to North America in May to play at both LIB Festival and Sasquatch 2012. While he's in the US, he'll also visit Chicago to headline Lincoln Hall on May 28 (just one day after he plays Sasquatch). Tickets go on sale this Friday (March 30), at 10AM CST.

All 2012 tour dates, album stream, and some videos, below..

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