Experimental Electronic Music
The Magic Carpathians Project have released a number of enchanting albums and recordings since 1998, but Khemia, from 2019, is perhaps their most transformative. It pairs well when listened to back-to-back with the new 2024 release Alchemeia from the ever prolific Scanner.
With a brief look at some notables along the road, Chang Terhune’s Music Mondays aims to shed light on both new and old(er) music over a wide spectrum of sound (and vision). This week, Music for Sleep — Super Deep Brown Noise, New Age Cassette Tapes, Scanner, Dune, Brian Eno, David Lynch, Aphex Twin, Marconi Union, Blade Runner, Star Trek, Singing Ice, and Open Ocean.
Further Translations is a collection of remixed works by Kenneth James Gibson. Each of the contributions examines, infers and expands upon the original materials with […]
Yage have taken a great bunch of pieces and turned them into something even more incredible, while scattering their own works (under the guise of FSOL) here and there.
Think of all of the most highly regarded compilations of this ilk, and I think you will find fewer with such a rich and diverse selection of artists, coming together to deliver a tour de force of ambient.
After covering several hundred releases in 2022, 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.
