Below are considered and passing thoughts on four submissions from Alex Cobb‘s ever-diligent Students of Decay (previously on igloomag here and here). Two recent: an update […]
Reviews
Dekode :: Dying Star EP (Pripyat)
Dekode sheds metallic electronics in a brisk apocalyptic envelope filled with scorched and maximized alien manifestations. Dekode (aka Darko Kolar) and Croatia-based Pripyat are on a […]
Grzegorz Bojanek :: Constraints (Etalabel)
A powerful and deeply emotionally charged album that gives a large part to semi-improvised minimalist-wandering like patterns for acoustic strings, rumbling bass lines beautifully sustained […]
V/A :: Various II (030303)
The Dutch label is returning to where it began, returning to the format of double LP compilation to bring together some old school, and brand […]
Ikonika :: Aerotropolis (Hyperdub)
Whilst she’s undoubtedly progressed you can still hear that in her production—a slight sense of raw talent let loose on the machines—not unlike the early […]
Luthor :: Minor EP (Crackling Claps)
A welcomed snippet of expansive bass lines that break apart, slip away and all come back together into a cohesive unit of dub strained inflections, […]
Marsen Jules Trio :: Présence Acousmatique (oktaf)
A highly atmospheric and enchanting ambient, electro-acoustic brew, soaked in delicate moody drifts of modern jazz and contemporary classical elegance. Dark at times, but not […]
Delete :: Neva EP (Mindtrick)
Mysterious Russian producer Delete operates in one of the many branches of the step scene with a particular brand of past garage. It’s strange how musical genres ebb […]
Fescal :: Ideas of Noise (Lona)
Ideas of Noise entices the listener to lean in to his rough-hewn creations, beyond the fuzzy grit and static, allowing an image or feeling form […]
Michiru Aoyama :: 音は光る (The Sound Is Shining) (Organic Industries)
In these eight striking miniatures, he illuminates that meaning for us by melding, in the Zen spirit of forerunner John Cage, artifice, nature and technology. […]
Diamat :: Being is the Sum of Appearing (n5MD)
As Diamat embraces an electronic engagement of digital versus instrumental processes, they uniformly take elements of pure energy and melt them into vehement ambient, techno […]
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