Igloo Magazine

Costolloe & Nick Simoncino :: Double review (Signal Code)

Reviews 09/30/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

These two records give a wide view of what this imprint has been up to over the last few years. A range of styles are […]

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The Fear Ratio :: Refuge Of A Twisted Soul (Skam)

Reviews 09/26/2015 by Chang Terhune

A creepy, dark collection of soundscapes and minor, skeletal melodies stretched out over sparse beats. One thing I love about writing reviews is that as […]

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Periskop :: Immerse (Kabalion)

Reviews 09/26/2015 by Alan Lockett

Immerse is essentially one long dark dive into deep-sea and chthonic space. It’s been quite some time since we heard from Danny Kreutzfeldt. Once highly prolific under given […]

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ODAE :: (college) (Morning Hour)

Reviews 09/26/2015 by Owen Vince

An accomplished and exciting EP that does an expert job of retaining a core identity of sitar-inspired and ambient synth keys and tone clusters against […]

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(ghost) :: Elas EP (n5MD)

Reviews 09/25/2015 by Owen Vince

Through a combination of new tracks and remixes, (ghost) cements his expertise in melodic and often daring, dramatic, and experimental harmonic techno while opening that […]

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Dead Fader :: Dosage EP (Touchin’ Bass)

Reviews 09/25/2015 by Chang Terhune

Dead Fader (aka John Cohen) is most known for his work on Robot Elephant and the brilliant collaboration with Sensational on the Work It, No […]

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Benjamin Finger :: Amorosa Sensitiva (Blue Tapes, X-Ray Records)

Reviews 09/23/2015 by Alan Lockett

Finger paints multi-dimensional worlds from lo-fi ambient drones, sun-bleached synth-iness, with various infusions: low cello tides, percussive clusters swarming spectrally round piano motifs, techno tropes slowed down, […]

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Pole :: Wald (Pole Music)

Reviews 09/23/2015 by Chang Terhune

Oh, Stefan, why’d you have to go and change? All those years ago when you dropped the drums and your 4 pole filter clattered to […]

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Syl Kougaï :: ΙΧΘΥΣ (Schematic Music Co.)

Reviews 09/21/2015 by Chang Terhune

Like leaping across far flung stones in a deep, dark river rather than finding a set and steady path. Syl Kougai’s ΙΧΘΥΣ sounds like what looking […]

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The Doubling Riders :: Garama (Time Released Sound, reissue)

Reviews 09/20/2015 by Giancarlo Sandoval

The Doubling Riders make trippy music, their compositions oscillate between a soundtrack to a meditation session and a blissful look at a potentially never-ending painting. […]

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