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Architect :: The Analysis Of Noise Trading (Hymen, CD)

Reviews 10/28/2005 by igloomag

(10.28.05) Be prepared for a serious contender for the Album of the Year award, no matter what you’re used to listen to. Either you’re a […]

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Combative Alignment :: …And Outside Glows The Red Dawn (Malignant, CD)

Reviews 10/27/2005 by igloomag

(10.27.05) Combative Alignment’s first full-length CD release, after an LP and a couple of smaller vinyl releases, is the sonic ritual of …And Outside Glows […]

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Leaf :: Made Into Itself (Suspicious, CD)

Reviews 10/26/2005 by igloomag

(10.26.05) The first release on Hive Records’ new imprint label, Suspicious, Leaf’s Made Into Itself tracks across slumbering hip-hop and dreamy trip-hop as it merges […]

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SMOOTH FINNISH :: Spyritual Profile

Profiles 10/24/2005 by Samuel Stackhouse

(10.24.05) WALL OF SOUL, the debut album from Finnish boy/girl duo Juha Tuukkanen and Terhi Koivisto is a nice throwback to mid-nineties chill-out rooms, evoking […]

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Merck Records :: October Top-10

Tops 10/21/2005 by igloomag

::..:::…..:..::….:::::..:::..:::::::……:::…::.:::….::::..:..:::…::…….::::: Quiet Personal Electronics :: Boolean Logic (The Agriculture) The Fun Years :: Minimal Hardcore (unreleased) tstewart :: Living Exponentially (Merck) Tool :: Lateralus (Volcano) […]

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Kattoo :: Megrim (Hymen, CD)

Reviews 10/14/2005 by igloomag

Megrim is totally different from last year’s Places. Instead of a handful of tunes with assorted flavors, here you get a continuous work, made up […]

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Esem :: Scateren (Kahvi, MP3) **Re-mastered Feb-2016

Reviews 10/14/2005 by igloomag

News: This album has just been re-mastered and re-released. Scateren (remaster) by Esem # # # # (10.14.05) Georgi Marinov has created the best sort […]

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Decibel Fest (Part 4) :: The Stillness and the Rhythm

Features 10/14/2005 by Mark Teppo

(10.14.05) I heard more than once during the Decibel Festival‘s Ambient Showcase on Sunday that sitting still is deadly. Especially after three full days of […]

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V/A :: Subvaritrax ™ (SubVariant, CD)

Reviews 10/13/2005 by igloomag

(10.13.05) A SubVariant style dosing agent against SMO (sonic mediocrity overexposure), Subvaritrax aims to cure what ails the overwhelmed melodic IDM listener by allowing them […]

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Decibel Fest (Part 3) :: Under Your Skin and Into Your Head

Features 10/13/2005 by Mark Teppo

(10.13.05) Decibel isn’t just about banging beats and slapping vinyl around. Both weekend days offered more cerebral activities: panel discussions about the present and future […]

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