Igloo Magazine

Dronelock & Ontal :: The Topics (Shadow Story)

Reviews 04/22/2015 by Chang Terhune

A powerful album, showing masters working the deeper realm of atmosphere, soundscapes and subtle rhythms. Dronelock & Ontal’s The Topics expands on their Parallax EP […]

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Zen Land :: Zen Land (Warped)

Reviews 04/22/2015 by Philippe Blache

The musical strength of Zen Land lies in the fascinating and original use of transporting colorful raga-like patterns in a jazzy mood combined to powerful […]

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Summons of Shining Ruins :: Haruka (Moufu-Rokuon)

Reviews 04/21/2015 by Stephen Fruitman

Buzz saw meditation, a hundred agitated zithers, a seismic hurdy gurdy, in three, roughly twenty-minute parts. It shimmers so, it rejoices prematurely, it turns back in […]

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Ben Fleury-Steiner :: While The Red Fish Sleeps (Soft Corridor)

Reviews 04/21/2015 by Alan Lockett

While The Red Fish Sleeps is an engagingly queasy immersion in mystery seas teeming with spectral eldritch presence, accompanying text from Beckett providing further anchorage for a […]

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Alphaxone :: Altered Dimensions (Cryo Chamber)

Reviews 04/21/2015 by Philippe Blache

Well produced and voluntary absorbing, the sound sculptures of Altered Dimensions explore the confines of our consciousness, the deep vastness and parapsychological paradigms. Alphaxone is […]

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Ballerini :: Beautiful Ground (Oak Editions)

Reviews 04/21/2015 by Stephen Fruitman

Meandering over uneven terrain, Beautiful Ground bears the rich scent of freshly turned humus and a lingering bouquet of originality. Alessio Ballerini composed the pieces collected on […]

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Franck Kartell :: La jetée d’Orly (Bass Agenda)

Reviews 04/18/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Rich textures sit with arctic ambience. The gamut is expressed, from despairing depths to elating elegance. Soundtracks and movie music are often cited as major […]

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Badun :: s.o.t.s. Respace (Schematic Music Co.)

Reviews 04/15/2015 by Kit Mauldin

s.o.t.s. Respace attempts to resign, revisit, re-appropriate, or leave unresolved the stuff we set aside for the taking, forming and forcing new connections and associations […]

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HVL :: Lucky Star of High Minded EP (Rough House Rosie)

Reviews 04/15/2015 by Mark Boyden

This EP, and the Ritual in Transfigured Time collection released earlier this year, prove HVL has attacked 2015 with a rare relish that promises ever […]

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PIANO INTERRUPTED :: Past / Present / Denovali (Igloo Mix)

Features 04/14/2015 by Nocturnal Ghost

Igloo Magazine is delighted to treat its readers with a very special mix from the innovative duo Piano Interrupted (Tom Hodge and Franz Kirmann). Just […]

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