(12.05.05.) One of my first reviews here on Igloo was about Dom and Roland’s Chronology, and at that time I wished to cover regularly some […]
Reviews
Aphilas :: Instrumentally Ill EP (Merck, 12")
(12.05.05) I’m sitting in my 6500 square foot loft in the middle of downtown Atlanta as rain pours around me behind old factory windows. The […]
Ed Rush & Optical presents :: Virus Vaults (Virus, 2CD)
(11.30.05) Over the years, Ed Rush and Optical have been renowned for their leading role in producing some of the darkest drum’n’bass, but also for […]
Calika :: Small Talk Kills Me (Audiobulb)
(11.30.05) Calika’s debut release, Small Talk Kills Me, isn’t what I’d call background music. It’s not music you can put on and let become ambient, […]
Jan Jelinek :: Kosmischer Pitch (~scape, CD)
(11.29.05) Liberated by his escape from traditional compositional techniques with his 2001 release, Loop-Finding Jazz Records, Jelinek plugs into the ethereal vibrations of the cosmic […]
Tape :: Rideau (Hapna)
(11.25.05) Tape’s latest release, Rideau, is what I call an art-band record. This is not necessarily a bad thing, since I consider music made by […]
Agape :: self-titled EP (Agape Technology, CD)
(11.23.05) Agape is the project of Ryan Powers and his first EP release is a bombastic buzz of overdriven synths, howling monkey voices and drum […]
Dungen :: 1999 – 2001 (Subliminal Sounds, CD)
(11.18.05) Dungen occupy an interesting and unique place in modern pop music. Racing through genres in the quest for the perfect psychedelic pop moment, 1999 […]
Brian Evenson w/ Xingu Hill + Tamarin :: Altmann’s Tongue (Ant-Zen, CD)
(11.17.05) Creepy, creepy and creepy. Ant-Zen wandered off into the desert wasteland and found a muttering prophet of the prairie. The madman of the waste […]
AFX :: Hangable Auto Bulb (Warp, CD)
(11.15.05) If you like the music of Richard D. James, you’ll enjoy these once hard to find recordings; but the casual fan might not be […]
Steve Reid Ensemble :: Spirit Walk (Soul Jazz, CD)
(11.15.05) This record should have been something special. Steve Reid, veteran of Sun-Ra’s Arkestra, Motown session player, and drummer for the legendary James Brown Apollo […]

















