Igloo Magazine

Mindbuffer :: PanFM: Chapter 4 (Enig’matik)

Reviews 05/15/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

Mindbuffer continues to prove that sound design can go on various tangents and still remain quite engaged. Mindbuffer does for Enig’matik what Autechre does for Warp—baffle […]

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Rena Jones :: Echoes (Cartesian Binary)

Reviews 05/15/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

While downtempo might be the immediate groove on display, classical constructs are peppered throughout in an eloquent ebb and flow. Rena Jones‘ own Cartesian Binary imprint […]

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Materia :: Atlas (Slime)

Reviews 05/15/2013 by Gustave Savy

A genuine work of substance from a club producer who has expanded his remit and taken on something wholly more ambitious than a two track […]

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Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society :: Brooklyn Babylon (New Amsterdam)

Reviews 05/15/2013 by Nocturnal Ghost

Brooklyn Babylon is an unstoppable throbbing theatrical force, a surging shapeshifter that offers the listener a wild exciting ride. Inventive and impressive, but not pretentious. […]

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Zen Lu :: River (Etalabel)

Reviews 05/13/2013 by Philippe Blache

Zen Lu demonstrates a growing interest to the sonic realms of complex sound textures, also bringing to the fore a corpus of stylistically compelling emotive […]

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Minilogue :: Blomma (Cocoon)

Reviews 05/13/2013 by Nocturnal Ghost

Blomma defies the idea of recycling, rehearsing and planning ahead, and offers two voyages without a destination to the outside of reality, two improvised streams […]

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PETE NAMLOOK :: Tribute Release

Newswires 05/13/2013 by Alan Lockett

News has emerged lately to lighten the heavy hearts of Pete Namlook fans and FAX-ophiles alike. For the uninitiated, Namlook (Peter Kuhlmann) had a major […]

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Kitchen & The Plastic Spoons / Belaboris :: Double review (Dark Entries)

Reviews 05/13/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

This archaeological imprint has once again dived into the past only to resurface with a spread of obscure female outfits from across the world. Dark […]

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Northcape :: Exploration and Ascent (Sun Sea Sky)

Reviews 05/12/2013 by Eric Sorenson

Northcape raised his sights beyond the realm of cultural plundering so there are no Tibetan/Nepalese samples or “world music” modal influences in evidence. Instead, the […]

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Greg Haines :: Where We Were (Denovali)

Reviews 05/12/2013 by Nocturnal Ghost

No commercial potential. Where We Were is raw and impulsive rather than polished, calculated and forced; erratic rather than predictable, and it reveals its allure […]

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