Igloo Magazine

Maps And Diagrams :: A Pulsating History (BEKO DSL)

Reviews 01/23/2011 by Alex Gibson

Vibrant and consistent, both show Martin’s continual relevance in the continually changing landscape of the style he was centrally involved in developing. [Free digital download] […]

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V/A :: Nine (Nonine)

Reviews 01/22/2011 by igloomag

Mixing sonic voids of metallic noise with leftfield samples, the obscure silence buried deep in the core of this compilation is somewhat unsettling and at […]

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V/A :: Kollektion Fall 2010 (Katabatik.org)

Reviews 01/21/2011 by Amelia Shackelford

The Kollektion seems to break down into three movements: a panicked chase leads into a steady run, which, somehow, stumbles into a falling dream. Katabatik […]

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Sickboy Milkplus :: Tweencore (Cock Rock Disco)

Reviews 01/21/2011 by Gustave Savy

Sickboy has produced a near vomit inducing barrage of sound that simultaneously makes you laugh at the ridiculous contradiction of the sound sources and the […]

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Chrisma :: Chinese Restaurant & Hibernation (Medical)

Reviews 01/21/2011 by Robbie Geoghegan

It’s amazing to hear what this married couple were making over thirty years ago. The range explored by Chrisma is pretty incredible. The album doesn’t […]

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Borghesia :: Ljubav Je Hladnija Od Smrti & End Of Your Garden/De Må Være Belgiere Split LP (Dark Entries)

Reviews 01/21/2011 by Robbie Geoghegan

Dark Entries are moving further into the realms of synth wave obscurity. The San Francisco imprint has trekked across the Atlantic for its latest pair […]

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V/A :: The Reconstruction of Fives (n5MD)

Reviews 01/17/2011 by igloomag

The reconstruction, however, is a mixture of form with shoegaze and ambience balanced against the shadow’s of sharply organized electronic noise; a virtual plateau of […]

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Alan Lockett’s Top picks from twenty-ten

Reviews Tops 01/17/2011 by Alan Lockett

A summary of Alan Lockett’s top fifteen selections of twenty-ten including helpful links to audio and visual media. 36 :: Hollow (3six) One of three […]

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Xurba :: Xurbatronics System 3: Remixes (Electric Studios)

Reviews 01/14/2011 by igloomag

Subtle melodies crash against waves of up-front emotional tear jerkers; one might even recall to mind Toytronic heavyweights including Gimmik and Abfahrt Hinwil as the […]

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Alexander Schubert :: Plays Sinebag (Ahornfelder)

Reviews 01/14/2011 by TJ Norris

Though in the end Plays Sinebag never flies into bantering cliché, instead becoming a mad dash through an acoustic wilderness with a feverish gusto. A […]

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