“[Enig’matik Records] explores rich soundscapes that often have deep emotional content, bringing music that really shines in a personal environment and invokes past memories with interesting and abstract visions.” Jake (aka Sun In Aquarius and Enig’matik director) connects with igloomag.com’s Five questions. Igloo Magazine :: When did Enig’matik Records start up and what was your [...]
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Five questions for RecordLabelRecords
RecordLabelRecords‘ own Robbie Martin (aka Fluorescent Grey) takes the Five questions spotlight to new levels with an in-depth historical overview of the label and its spawning. Central RLR theme’s generally hover around “layers of custom-cut sounds, derailed electronics, distorted audio warfare and a virtual smorgasbord of unique electro-acoustic fragments.” Igloo Magazine :: When did RecordLabelRecords [...]
Five questions for Lagunamuch
Described as “…an experimental music label, based in Moscow, Russia and was formed in 2004. We are not interested in boxed music made to fit into IDM, post-rock, techno, ambient frames. Our interest is music with a deep trip outside the reality.” Willy Winky responds to our Five questions profile to give a glimpse into [...]
Five questions with Acre
“Acre is an Edinburgh-based label that laments the hole left in the electronic genre by Warp. Acre are audiophiles and vinyl junkies, putting out well-mastered and well-pressed dynamic records for the love of it.” Igloo Magazine :: When did Acre start up and what was your inspiration? Acre :: There are two of us behind [...]
Five questions for Enpeg
“The music label has become synonymous with technology, every year the old model becomes extinct, so continual reinvention of ourselves, as humble as our methods may be, is a necessity for our survival. To understand this lessens the possibility of failure.” Dustin Craig (of Enpeg) gives igloomag.com readers the ins & outs of running an [...]
Five questions for Home Normal
Ian Hawgood of Home Normal stopped by the virtual doors to respond to igloomag.com’s Five questions profile. Learn more about this multi-faceted, independent label as it branched from its photographic inspiration. Igloo Magazine :: When did Home Normal start up and what was your inspiration? Home Normal (Ian Hawgood) :: Home Normal was formed around [...]
Five questions for Time Released Sound
As Colin Herick states, Time Released Sound is “basically a beatless label focusing on ambient, drone, neo-classical IDM and pseudo-eccentric foltronica.” Find out more about this audio-visual boutique via our Five questions profile. Igloo :: When did Time Released Sound start up and what was your inspiration? Time Released Sound (Colin) :: I started working [...]
Five questions for Hibernate
Based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, Hibernate is a micro-independent label “inspired by the unpredictable, momentary and quiet solitary beauty of the Pennine Moors.” Jonathan steps away to respond to igloomag.com’s Five questions. Igloo :: When did Hibernate start up and what was your inspiration? Hibernate (Jonathan) :: Inspired by the unpredictable, momentary and quiet solitary [...]
Five questions for Cartesian Binary
Cartesian Binary Recordings offers Electro-Acoustic, Downtempo, Hobo Nouveau, Electronica, Ambient, Deep Ambient Soundscapes, all curated by multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer Rena Jones who recently sat down to answer our Five questions. Igloo Magazine :: When did Cartesian Binary Recordings start up and what was your inspiration? Rena (Cartesian Binary) :: When Native State folded, I [...]
Five questions for Audiobulb
Known for their astute attention to detail in all manner of electronics, Audiobulb have etched a consistent path that enables their roster to evolve in both audio and visual projections. Nurturing exploratory creations since 2003, David Newman sat down to respond to igloomag.com’s Five questions and disseminates how the process began and where it seems [...]
Five questions for Atra Aeterna
Zack Mitchell (aka Atra Aeterna) replied to our Five questions and explains his musical origins, current projects and the methods he utilizes to break new ground. Igloo :: When did Atra Aeterna start up and what was your inspiration? Atra Aeterna :: In the winter of 2004 I came across an excellent website called OverClocked Remix, [...]
Five questions for High Grade Media
Atlanta-based High Grade Media takes a few moments to reply to igloomag.com’s Five questions. Learn more about this highly motivated record label, its beginnings and the directions they’ll take with sound design in 2012. Igloo Magazine :: When did High Grade Media start up and what was your inspiration? High Grade Media :: The love [...]
Five questions for From A Tree
Greece-based From A Tree responds to igloomag.com’s Five questions profile. Learn more about the imprint, their starting points and where they intend to take electronic music. [Shop] Igloo Magazine :: When did From A Tree start up and what was your inspiration? From A Tree :: From A Tree began in 2008 and it’s a project from Anastasios Papalias, [...]
Five questions for The Centrifuge
“As the project gained momentum an ancillary goal emerged which was to play our part in engendering an attitude change to free music, having long been considered inferior to commercially released music.” Wassim—of The Centrifuge—replies to igloomag.com’s Five questions. Igloo Magazine :: When did The Centrifuge start up and what was your inspiration? The Centrifuge [...]
Five questions for Drawn Recordings
Bristol’s Drawn Recordings have carved a niche for themselves among a myriad of electronic music imprints. What sets them apart is their persistent sifting of high-quality & low-rumbling excursions that touch the extreme edges of experimentation without falling off into the abyss. Igloo Magazine :: When did Drawn Recordings start up and what was your [...]
Five questions for Neo Ouija
Martin Hirsch, current Neo Ouija label operator, takes some time to answer Five questions for igloomag.com. Learn more about the assent, descent and rebirth of this multifaceted imprint. Igloo Magazine :: When did Plastic Sound Supply start up and what was your inspiration? Neo Ouija (Martin) :: Originally, Lee Anthony Norris and his three alter egos Norken, Nacht Plank and Metamatics [...]
Five questions for Plastic Sound Supply
“Plastic Sound Supply is really just a tight-knit group of good people making original music with amazing design to wrap it up and present to the public. It may surprise people elsewhere, but Colorado (Denver, especially) has a vibrant and healthy music scene.” Igloo Magazine :: When did Plastic Sound Supply start up and what [...]
Five questions for spa.RK
Five questions with Barcelona-based spa.RK. Discover the sparks, challenges and triumphs of this decade young imprint that continues to etch a groove for the next generation of sonic explorers. Igloo Magazine :: When did spa.RK start up and what was your inspiration? spa.RK :: spa.RK began in 2001 and the main inspiration was the small [...]
Five questions for Concrete Plastic
Concrete Plastic formed on 06/06/06 and was the brainchild of Steve Hyland who had previously founded and co-run Ai Records. With a love of electronic music ranging from acid house and hardcore through techno and electronica, CP was an outlet for the diverse musical, and as importantly design, influences held dear. Igloo Magazine :: When [...]
Five questions for 33 Recordings
33 Recordings sheds some bits’n bytes regarding their net label operations, the latest Into Pieces compilation, how they came to be as well as other thoughts and intentions. Igloo Magazine :: When did 33 Recordings start up and what was your inspiration? 33Rec :: A few years ago we started uploading our music in various [...]
Five questions for Halbsicht
Germany’s Halbsicht Records answers igloomag.com’s Five questions and finds out a little more about this burgeoning imprint, its vision of quality over quantity, love of music and design and acute attention to details. Igloo Magazine :: When did Halbsicht start up and what was your inspiration? HR :: Halbsicht Records surfaced in November 2007 and [...]
Five questions for DiN Recordings
“I set up DiN in March 1999 with the ethos of having a series of albums, all released as limited editions , to encompass the diverse worlds of ambient electronica and to evolve and grow this to include a broad range of artists releasing music in various solo and collaborative projects…” (Ian Boddy / DiN [...]
Five questions for Rump Recordings
Jens Berents Christiansen (aka Rumpistol and Rump label operator), breaks down igloomag.com’s Five questions and unravels the history behind this Copenhagen-based musical imprint, its experimentally dubbed roots, visual-audio projection and forthcoming plans. Igloo Magazine :: When did Rump Recordings start up and what was your inspiration? Jens Berents Christiansen / Rump :: I founded Rump [...]
Five questions for Kahvi Collective
“Kahvi specializes in a certain niche target, the IDM/ambient kind of area, so there never will be millions of listeners, but I think that the size of the audience is growing all the time and continuously I get good feedback on the label and music. The label stands apart from the quality of the releases [...]
Five questions for Outside Recordings
Delivering leftfield electro manipulations and an innovative approach to sound art, Jeff Nagel and Kris Krause take a few minutes to answer Five questions regarding Outside Recordings‘ past, present and future musical iterations. Igloo Magazine :: When did Outside Recordings start up and what was your inspiration? Kris Krause / Outside Rec. :: Outside was [...]
Five questions for Dynamophone
Dynamophone, headed by Evan Sornstein, is set to purvey euphonic experimental music with a tinge of enigmatic (ambient) beauty. Find out where the label is headed as their “living-room composers” are set to literally map the next generation of audio sculptures in a forthcoming, “music-catching” compilation. Igloo Magazine :: When did Dynamophone start up and [...]