Experimental Electronic Music
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.
Francois Dillinger’s overarching ability to redefine electro-nics is astounding and -40.715921 is a workout on the ears and body. Delivering next-level sonic transmissions from a distant galaxy…
The album is replete with melodic moments and beautiful synth washes that have the slightest tinge of melancholy which gives the album some extra depth and emotionally expressive motifs.
A tried-and-true collection of mechanical sound structures, fidgeting synth workouts, and blissful melodic strands submerged in tightly threaded beat patches settled on a solid foundation.
Timing these new works to enter the world on Friday the 13th seems as a heavily premeditated arrangement; each track is a taunt and jest as whilst we slowly eclipse towards warmer times…
Across the album, Toh Imago finds inventive ways of opening a dialogue between nature and machine, both literally and metaphorically, creating a soundscape that both feels like and was created by the natural world…
Such a powerful ambient excursion dips and dives through the unknown and offers a captivating treasure-trove we should all experience.
While the theme on Book of Needlecraft, and its track titles, are centered around embroidery and needlepoint, the vast electrical tapestry stitched together on this proverbial audio quilt is subtle and warm.
