Igloo Magazine

V/A :: Crude Conception (Refinery, CD)

Reviews 05/02/2004 by igloomag

Styles on the CD range from introspective grooves such as Deceptikon’s “Cut & Revision” to the abstract journeys of Mikrosopht’s “Cedilla Spits;” even flexing some […]

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Loscil :: First Narrows (Kranky, CD)

Reviews 05/02/2004 by igloomag

It’s not until “Cloisters,” the final track of First Narrows, that I really hear the live instrumentation that Scott Morgan has begun to weave into […]

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Mike Jedlicka :: A Movie Without Pictures (Dick And Jane, CD)

Reviews 05/02/2004 by igloomag

The rabbit from Alice in Wonderland comes to life in the boy from the windy city’s DJ come IDM composer, Mike Jedlicka’s A Movie Without […]

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MICROVIEW :: Important Records

Profiles 04/29/2004 by TJ Norris

IMPORTANT Records sprouted up around Y2K as both a label and shop, vending its own ambiguous wares on the outskirts of Boston’s North Shore. They […]

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3D Concepts Part 2 + 3 (Toytronic, 12")

Reviews 04/29/2004 by James Knapman

The Miles Tilmann 12″ in the 3D Concepts trilogy was always going to be a hard act to follow and sadly, neither of the subsequent […]

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Oscillate Night at Gallery Lombardi (TX) :: 04/10/04

Features 04/29/2004 by Zimbo

WHEN we (my girlfriend and I) arrived, the space was fairly empty and Dillitex was performing. It took me a few to get into the […]

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Red Reflection :: Prelude to Annihilation (Frozen Empire Media, CD)

Reviews 04/29/2004 by igloomag

As a cold wind whistles through the shattered windows of a ruined church and a lone piano resolutely fills the cracked nave with its melody […]

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Beyond Sensory Experience :: Ratan (Old Europa Cafe, CD)

Reviews 04/28/2004 by igloomag

Drakhon (of MZ.412 fame) and K. Meizter (an Uppsala-based scientist/artist) had, over a number of long conversations tinged with beer, come to the realization that […]

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MICROVIEW :: Volume 10 By TJ Norris

Reviews 04/28/2004 by igloomag

>>> Key . Frozen In Time (10 Below) . . On Thin Ice (Playable) . . . Icebreaker (Solid) . . . . Sonic Ice […]

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Dynarec, Lucky & Easy + Dribs :: 12" EP Reviews

Reviews 04/26/2004 by igloomag

::..:::…..:..::….:::::..:::..:::::::……:::…::.:::….::::..:..:::…:: Dynarec :: R Cam EP (Delsin, 12″) For me one of the most pleasant surprises of 2003 and one of the year’s best releases […]

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Ableton’s Live 3 :: Review by Nate Harrison

Features 04/26/2004 by Nate Harrison

::..:::…..:..::….:::::..:::..:::::::……:::…::.:::….::::..:..:::…::…….::::: (April 2004): So it’s been a couple of years since Robert Henke’s (aka Monolake) software company Ableton released LIVE, their (killer?) audio sequencing application. […]

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