Tinlicker - Dreams Of The Machine [2LP]

Tinlicker ask what happens when machines start dreaming and people forget how to on Dreams Of The Machine, the Dutch electronic act's fourth studio album and their first as a live trio.

Micha Heyboer and Jordi van Achthoven built their name on emotive, melodic electronic music and the kind of slow-burning builds that turn festival fields into seas of raised hands. Vocalist Hero Baldwin joined as a full member in 2025, changing the shape of the project and adding soulful lyrics and a human centre to the synths. The album leans further into live instruments, emotional indie guitars and orchestral touches than anything they had released before.

"I Want My Freedom" and "God In You" put Baldwin's voice front and centre, pairing heartfelt vocals with surging, big-room production. "Melancholia" lives up to its name with bittersweet melodies, while "Choosing Life" balances dancefloor momentum with a hopeful lift.

The theme is timely without ever turning preachy: machines dreaming human dreams while people drift toward the robotic, and a hope that music can help listeners reconnect with their own humanity.

Made for late nights and long drives, this is warm, widescreen electronic music from a group that clearly believes in feeling something on the dancefloor.