DJ Mojo (aka Joel Semchuck)—Electronic music production, once the realm of the hardcore gear-whore and MIDI magician, has become a much more accessible enterprise with the advent of cheaper, more powerful PCs. The sophistication and performance of both audio interfaces as well as Digital Audio Workstation software has brought the home studio setup within functional [...]
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ASYMMETRICAL HEAD :: Digital::Nimbus #442 Mix
A virtual smorgasbord of exp-electronics, techno and ambient deformations. Take a trip through turbulent waters as beats, bass and subdued noise weaves its way into your subconscious courtesy of Asymmetrical Head. Asymmetrical Head delivered a live in-studio performance on Digital::Nimbus radio on January 20th, 2012—a virtual smorgasbord of exp-electronics, techno and ambient deformations—is now available [...]
Fusion Gig Bag & Giveaway
Touted as ‘more than just a gig bag,’ Fusion lives up to its name by offering high-quality DJ bag accessories including various other mobile cases for iPad, laptops, and a wide assortment of instruments. (January 2012) After having DJ’d for over 10-years and running an online magazine, I’ve never really taken further steps to properly [...]
Four nights in Berlin
Berlin. A city of culture and history that holds a well-kept secret, that only the lucky get to discover. The city is host to its own musical culture, and to those who know, it is a Narnia of great music, fantastic DJ’s, and extraordinary non-stop parties. Berlin. A city of culture and history that holds [...]
The great vinyl debate
DJ Mojo (aka Joel Semchuck) “I see the virtues and the pitfalls of both (vinyl and digital mixing platforms), and as such, I think I can offer an objective opinion that respects and appreciates where we’ve come from, but also acknowledges some of the benefits of where we seem to be headed. There are impassioned [...]
DATACRASHROBOT :: Xylogic Technology Crash Mix
Sorin Paun, better known to the electronic music community as the split sonic devices of Datacrashrobot (definitive exp-electro) and Randomform (leftfield DSP contortions) offers up a seamless blend of his DCR moniker on Xylogic Technology Crash Mix. Dive into these gelatinous rhythms as they tear through electro with high-definition beats, bass and creative chaos. [Audio [...]
DISPLACER :: Renaissance Festival Mix (Re-Edit)
Fresh off of his latest outing with Tympanik Audio (Night Gallery), Displacer (aka Michael Morton) performed live in Montreal, Canada at the Renaissance Festival (November 2011) celebrating 10 years of Ad Noiseam and Chromosome Syndicate. The mix was recently re-edited for Digital::Nimbus radio (Show #438) and now made available to igloomag.com readers. Layers of darkened [...]
KRIS KRAUSE (Mr. Atomic) :: Digital::Nimbus Mix
Kris Krause (aka Mr. Atomic of Outside Records) offers an exclusive mix for Digital::Nimbus (Radio show #437) and now made available at Igloo Magazine. Outside Recordings Bio :: “Since 1992 Residency at the Legendary Park Elevator Club in Charlotte, NC Kris Krause has been instrumental in the development of the Dirty South’s Electronic Music community. [...]
MOOGFEST :: Asheville, NC (2011)
Robert Galbraith summarizes Moogfest 2011 as Thomas Fang (portfolio) offers a visual archive of the festivities. [Moogfest October 28th-30th, 2011] Asheville North Carolina’s annual Moogfest is a three day music festival dedicated to Bob Moog and the wonderful influence that his instruments have had on electronic music. Asheville is the current home of Moog Music [...]
PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL (Paris 2011)
(October 2011) For the past 15 years, Pitchfork has managed to evolve from a hipster blog, to something of a cultural taste-maker for those who long to be in the know about new and emerging music from a broad spectrum of genres. Their annual music festival in Chicago highlights some of the best emerging talent [...]
ADJ :: Freestyle Electronics Mix
Andy Jaggers of Outside Recordings recently released Beats, Blips & Other Dimensions on UK-based Shameless Toady. Quoting the review, “ADJ’s focus on pure, unadulterated electro sets the bar a little higher than usual as it maneuvers its way across layers of analog-synth tones, emotive pulses, hypnotic waveforms and roughened, head-bobbing experimentation.” This descriptor also applies to his latest exclusive [...]
RADIO:RONTRONIK :: Special Broadcast Mix
Rontronik offers igloomag.com readers a Special Broadcast Mix packed to the gills with funky beats, bass & distortion. Tune in for dub-infiltrated symmetry from start to end on this 43-minute jaunt through time and space. Spread across forty-three minutes you’ll find Rontronik (aka Ron Croudy ~ Audio Controller : Producer : Freaky Deaky Sci-Fi Cinematic [...]
ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES (2011) :: Visual archive by Thomas Fang
Visual archive photography by Thomas Fang for All Tomorrow’s Parties. [October 2011] This gallery features photographs from the first US installment of I’ll Be Your Mirror, a music festival curated by All Tomorrow’s Parties and Portishead. The festival took place from September 30th to October 2nd, 2011, at several venues in Asbury Park, New Jersey. [...]
Public Enemy :: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Def Jam, 1988)
Public Enemy broke new ground both sonically and in their attitude. They brought a political message to Hip-Hop that was coherent, personal and well reasoned. This had been done before of course, Hip-Hop is a cultural political art form with roots that stretch back to a time when the terrible mis-treatment of fellow human beings [...]
ALAN LOCKETT :: End Summerless Mix
Conspiring with fellow-travellers in ambient-drone and atmospheric electronica, Alan Lockett, Igloo Contributing Editor (aka albient for mixage and audio-scrawl), compiles a document of days. [September 2011] End Summerless: a mix to accompany impressions of a summer now apparently ending, with a strange sense of somehow never having started; not worth talking about perhaps, but listening’s [...]
ROEL FUNCKEN :: September Studio Mix
Certainly dance-floor approved, this sonic brain assault veers from heavily drenched dubstep outskirts to technoid bass, sparkling ambient interludes and a smattering of dirt, grit and mechanical debris. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] DOWNLOAD (Duration: 36’27″ | 84.0mb) Crystallized bass-lines and manipulated low frequencies form the foundations of Roel Funcken‘s thirty-six minute jaunt through [...]
ALAN LOCKETT :: 20eleven sofar | sogood (igloomag mix)
Alan, known to some as albient for his mix-tricks (and occasional audio-doodle) compiles 15 of driftiest dream-dealers in ambient/drone for 20eleven so far, while for 20eleven sogood he channels another 15 of the movie’n’grooviest techno/dub/idm players. Igloo Magazine Contributing Editor, Alan Lockett’s verdict on 2011’s half-year of music is sofar, sogood, with his picks appearing [...]
ME RAABENSTEIN :: Grey Sky igloomag mix (Nonine)
Filled with saccharine audio bytes, exploratory electrical data, subdued jazz and a tendency to lean on the classic, eccentric side of ambience, this sixty-minute mix represents a tranquil and curious overcast day. ME RAABENSTEIN (nonine label operator and graphic/audio artist) recently sent igloomag.com his Grey Sky mix for our readers to consume. Filled with saccharine [...]
FL Studio Mobile iPad (HD)
FL Studio mobile may fit-in best as an entry level DAW for new musicians; a quick sketch-pad to jot down ideas on the go, or as a supplement to a DJ’s arsenal. The original Fruity Loops had rather humble beginnings so there is hope that this app will live up to its lineage. [Purchase] The [...]
MOVEMENT 2011 :: Detroit, Michigan
Movement had a staggering lineup up of some of the biggest DJ’s and live acts spread across five different stages in Hart Plaza. Trying to take in the entire festival would be almost impossible, so I spent a fair amount of time bouncing from stage to stage checking out a few tracks and moving on [...]
RUBRENE :: Glowing Overtones igloomag mix
Glowing Overtones is a snapshot of the current experimental-dubstep scene mixed as a continuous sheet of audible electricity. Chris Bolszo (aka DJ Rubrene) splices forty-three minutes of rhythm-infested bass lines, glitched-out melodies, ricocheting dub, and a plethora of digital manipulation tearing through low-riding overtones. Taking disjointed percussion to the limit and tying them together with [...]
“Hello, Goodbye” :: SubtractiveLAD video essay by Director Tanner Volz
“This has taken me four months to write; time to call it done and put it out there. This is a long ramble of an essay about a music video project I helmed late last year, in advance of the release of the latest – and brilliant – album by SubtractiveLAD entitled Kindred.” The video [...]
STARTSLOW :: Gustave Savy igloomag mix
“I always seem to mix genres in my productions and listening, it’s just a thing that seems to happen. I love the way music can affect one’s mental and physical state, and mixing and manipulating these by proxy of music is really interesting.” Startslow ‘igloomag.com mix’ Gustave Savy (aka Startslow) one of the Drawn Recordings [...]
P2P :: A potential solution to appease file-sharers and artists?
Stephen Hummel further investigates a potential solution to appease file-sharers and artists as well as his views on live and recorded music. One of the voices that has been largely missing from the discussion about P2P music file sharing is that of the independent music producer. We hear things almost everyday from blogs, mainstream media, [...]