A new book titled Breakthrough is set to be published later this year, gathering interviews with 20 electronic musicians about the individual releases that proved pivotal to their careers. Written by Berlin-based Canadian music journalist Emma Robertson, the book explores the ideas, intentions and creative processes behind some of electronic music's most celebrated records, tracing each from conception and production through to release and lasting legacy. It matters as a document of how landmark recordings can transform both an artist's trajectory and the wider genre.

The line-up spans generations and styles, featuring Donato Dozzy, Richie Hawtin (discussing his Plastikman project), Call Super, Octo Octa, Flying Lotus, Moby, Suzanne Ciani, A Guy Called Gerald, Pole, Laraaji, Max Richter, William Basinski and Jlin. Robertson, who is executive editor of pop culture magazine The Talks and host of the AIR podcast, frames the work as both "a tool for music makers, producers and DJs" and "a meditation on artmaking". Titled in full Breakthrough—20 Artists on the Album that Changed Everything, it is available to pre-order via Errant Bodies Press, and arrives amid other recent electronic music titles, including David Katz's Dub Revolution and the drum-machine history Beat Gems by Oli Freke and Kim Bjørn.