After covering several hundred releases in 2023, many notables—including links to their respective Igloo reviews or release pages—are cataloged here. As usual, there are no winners or runners-up as the lists are alphabetized by artist and selected tracks are featured on our Soundcloud playlist.
Tag: n5MD
vcam :: Concavity EP (High Grade Media)
Overall, a serene and captivating EP from a granular glitch’n IDM genre bender and highly recommended for fans of exm, Autechre, and Arovane.
Ocoeur :: Nouveau Départ (n5MD)
A complicated and nourishing interweaving of elements, the healing creative development continues, layering and recounting the paths, dreaming becomes a way to the new home.
shedir :: Before the Last Light is Blown (n5MD)
We find ourselves immersed in full-bodied expanses of floating drones and the intricate use of field recordings, for a slow and pleasant listening, exposed to very skillful sound design techniques.
Suumhow :: Extra Failed Items (n5MD) — Video premiere
Where earlier notable artists such as Funckarma, Funkstörung, Gescom, and Proem are touching points, Suumhow successfully shape their sound as the new benchmark connecting them together.
Deepriver :: Volume One (n5MD)
There is no drippy bubbly burbling river sound, this is all synthesizer and guitar instrumentals, taking the listener to a place as large as the ocean might be…