Funckarma (the Funcken brothers) and Darko Esser’s Onionboy project combine to creatively sinter a four-track compilation and remix EP, (Rusty Kokon) on the Netherland’s Shipwrec label. Funckarma (the Funcken brothers) and Darko Esser’s Onionboy project combine to creatively sinter a four-track compilation and remix EP, (Rusty Kokon) on the Netherland’s Shipwrec label. Musically, each track [...]
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Release your ears 3.0
A list of some recent, current and forthcoming titles that are piquing our ears lately—it’s our attempt to point you to some notable releases worth investigating regardless of genre. As musicians continue to explore new worlds of digital to analog frequencies, igloomag.com seeks to digest, write and publish what these sounds look like. We’re hoping [...]
Roel Funcken :: Fes Bace EP (Eat Concrete)
Roel seems to be embracing the fusion of electronic forces, yet is forging further with sound and rhythm, and bending production. There is ample high-energy basslines, creative womps and morphing 4×4 to suffice a live audience as well as the ears of thirsty electronic experimentalists in this release. With the New Year brings the release [...]
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 [...]
Scanone :: Gangsta Riddim EP (Outside)
Slabs of robotic electro slide across the grooves of this record as it illustrates subdued fury in a 20-minute escape through time. Hype; while in most cases is focused on overly saturating the market with ploys to sway its audience comes across as aggressive or ill-conceived most of the time. In the case of Scanone’s [...]
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 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 [...]
Roel Funcken :: Skinetic Culpture EP (Self Released)
Somehow Roel Funcken has managed to tap into this strange mess of bass infestations, wrinkled digital wobbles, crumbling technoid hip-hop and a mass of beatified corruption on the new Skinetic Culpture EP. [Release page] What happens when twisted wires connected to analog synths and broken laptops get tossed in the mud? Now, as the picture [...]
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. 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 time via his September Studio Mix for igloomag.com. [...]
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 [...]
Hopeless Local Marching Band :: Repeating Myself Remix (Symbolic Interaction)
Stretching experimental snaps, buzzing and a folk persona, most of Repeating Myself Remix (this package being an extension to its camouflaged post-rock / exp-folk counterpart, Repeating Myself) is a buffet of genre-bending acrobatics. [Release page] More in tune with orchestral instrumentation and actual song writing, this lot of remixes meanders through calming filters and dampened [...]
V/A :: Cloud 11 (Cartesian Binary)
Even with its subtle experiments and ethereal outer shell, this 13-track compilation is a fitting staging ground for Cartesian Binary’s upcoming release schedule. [Release page] Rena Jones‘ Cartesian Binary Recordings label released their debut compilation entitled Cloud 11 back in May 2011, a downtempo collection of predominately chilled electronic excursions and leftfield dynamics that frolic in warm surroundings. [...]
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 [...]
AD NOISEAM :: Eye of the storm
[April 2011] Well-respected German electronic imprint Ad Noiseam celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. So we thought it’d be a great opportunity to say thanks for the amazing music the label has given us over the years by tracking down head honcho Nicolas Chevreux and chatting about all things past, present and future. Igloo :: [...]
Funckarma :: Vell Vagranz (n5MD)
(March 2010) It was inevitable, in a way, that Funckarma would end up absorbing elements of dubstep into their work. Their Legiac project had shown signs of this evolution back in 2008 when Mings Feaner was released on Sending Orbs. Having rather unfairly panned aspects of it in my review back then, its charms have [...]
V/A :: Tured In Been (On, CD)
(06.26.06) On Records proudly present their new compilation CD, a mix of new and classic material (much like their recent solo album by Autophonic) from a variety of well known and exclusive IDM artists. There is some stunning material present on Tured in Been, not least the absolutely flooring opening track, “New Arizona” by Secede. [...]
Funckarma :: Elaztiq Bourbon 5 (Sending Orbs, CD)
(03.08.06) Sending Orbs’ third full-length release is the stunning Elaztiq Bourbon 5 by Funckarma, and though this is not new material, this album compiles for the first time on CD tracks from three back-catalogue Funckarma titles: Elaztiq originally released on Neo Ouija from 2002; Bourbon Sounds on Delikatessen, also from 2002; and Part 5 on [...]
Quench :: Punctuated (n5MD, CD)
“Don and Roel Funcken claim to have made music since they arrived on earth…and we believe them! They have been making music for the last several years under several monikers such as Funckarma, Cenik and Quench. They have released material on labels from across the globe including Neo Ouija, Isophlux, Dub, U-cover, and ON records, [...]
Funckarma :: Elaztiq (Neo Ouija, 12inch)
(04.25.02) Complex arrangements which constantly evolve and move in new directions are evident throughout this excellent 12″. “Briq” is a classic example of this. A storming track that bursts from the speakers with frenzied energy. Unpredictable beats and a mutating structure fused with sizzling, sparkling synths merge together to form the complex, multi-layered and cut-up [...]