Igloo Magazine

Loess and Proem reviews (Nonresponse)

Reviews 09/12/2009 by Alan Lockett

Loess :: Burrows (Listen & Purchase) The arrival of Burrows, an archaeology of Loess spanning 2000-2008, is salutary. It’s not just that Clay Emerson and […]

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V/A :: An Anthology Of Chinese Experimental Music 1992-2008 (Sub Rosa)

Reviews 09/07/2009 by Jus Forrest

(September 2009) While music has evolved tremendously over the years, listening to this Anthology of Chinese Experimental Music perhaps references that essential link to Ling […]

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Poordream :: Immaterial Monarch (Spectraliquid / 33)

Reviews 09/05/2009 by Paul Lloyd

(September 2009) Although John Valasis has worked for several years as a producer and mixing engineer for a number of artists Immaterial Monarch sees the […]

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Mika Vainio :: Black Telephone of Matter (Touch)

Reviews 09/05/2009 by Paul Lloyd

(September 2009) Probably best known as half of electronic experimentalists Pan Sonic, Mika Vainio also records under his own name as well as Philus and […]

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Cluster & Eno :: s/t (Sky)

Reviews 09/05/2009 by Jus Forrest

(September 2009) Cluster came into being in 1968 and would go from strength to strength following their association with English musician Brian Eno. This collaborative […]

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MIDGE URE :: Citadel Arts Centre, St. Helens UK (08.28.09)

Features 09/05/2009 by Jus Forrest

(September 2009) THE acoustic environment always presents an alternative and challenging format in which to see a musician’s work stripped bare of its more substantial […]

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N-Type :: Rinse: 09 (Rinse)

Reviews 08/25/2009 by Greg Dutcher

(August 2009) I should have known. After months of scouring dubstep radio shows, blogs, and reviews, I had begun to filter out all the stuff […]

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LOKAI :: The process of discovering something unexpected

Profiles 08/19/2009 by Solange Deschatres

Igloo :: Did the group get its name from the type of horse or the Star Trek character? How did you decide on the name? […]

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David Sylvian :: Manafon (Samadhisound)

Reviews 08/19/2009 by Jus Forrest

(August 2009) David Sylvian’s career has spanned a thirty-year period, initially finding its way through the popular New Romantic movement with the band Japan. Sylvian […]

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Lokai :: Transition (Thrill Jockey)

Reviews 08/16/2009 by Solange Deschatres

(August 2009) Lokai’s second album appears to throw everything into the intellectual pot, leaving us a taste of deliciously ordered chaos wrapped in a warm, […]

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