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Maschine :: Maschine (Psychonavigation)

Reviews 09/03/2011 by igloomag

The ten tracks on offer aren’t just mere extrapolations of glitch, instead, they bend and contort with the skill and finesse of Autechrean-inspired grooves. [Release […]

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Thomas Lehn / Marcus Schmickler :: Live Double Séance [Antaa Kalojen Uida] (Editions Mego)

Reviews 09/02/2011 by Jus Forrest

Fuses are blown, torch paper is lit, missiles are fired, land mines erupt and a poisonous volcanic ash contaminates every rock and crevasse you could […]

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Neotropic :: Equestrienne Remixes (Architects + Heroes)

Reviews 09/02/2011 by TJ Norris

A quiet, bass-fueled soundtrack, where Maslen’s whispery vocal meets a cavalcade of thick drone head-on. It’s a tiny mile long steam train in the vast […]

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ROEL FUNCKEN :: September Studio Mix

Features 09/01/2011 by igloomag

Certainly dance-floor approved, this sonic brain assault veers from heavily drenched dubstep outskirts to technoid bass, sparkling ambient interludes and a smattering of dirt, grit […]

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Steinbrüchel :: Narrow (Room40)

Reviews 09/01/2011 by TJ Norris

There is an underscored peace, like a wisp of scratchy fronds along side your ankles as if time-traveling through a foggy scape. For Ralph Steinbruchel […]

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Iameb 57 :: Delicate Glitch EP (Nueva Forma)

Reviews 08/31/2011 by igloomag

Moving very little soil in these windswept collages, Delicate Glitch adheres to the chilled side of electronics, casually unearthing layer upon layer of sonic bubbles that burst […]

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Zomby & Machinedrum :: Double review (4AD / Planet Mu)

Reviews 08/30/2011 by Greg Dutcher

Zomby and Machinedrum are both excellent candidates for post-dubstep status because of their expertise and reluctance to fully engage with dubstep as a genre. Both […]

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Five questions for DiN Recordings

Profiles 08/29/2011 by igloomag

“I set up DiN in March 1999 with the ethos of having a series of albums, all released as limited editions , to encompass the […]

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Five questions for Rump Recordings

Profiles 08/29/2011 by igloomag

Jens Berents Christiansen (aka Rumpistol and Rump label operator), breaks down igloomag.com’s Five questions and unravels the history behind this Copenhagen-based musical imprint, its experimentally […]

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Jürgen Müller :: Science of the Sea (Digitalis)

Reviews 08/29/2011 by James Knapman

There’s a Wes Anderson style quirkiness about Science of the Sea that places it somewhere between Jaques Cousteau and Steve Zissou, an era spanning sound […]

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