The whole naturally transcends reductive description in deeper listening mode, from which arises a tenor marked by a kind of wistful unease.
Tag: A Strangely Isolated Place
Ludvig Cimbrelius & Yellow6 :: Double review (Sound in Silence)
All eight pieces on Ludvig Cimbrelius’ Love Letters From The Sky are delicate and vulnerable pieces of music as Yellow6 provides atmospheric music taking its time to play on A Change In The Weather.
ASC :: Original Soundtrack (A Strangely Isolated Place)
While much piano-based music can tend towards the precious, laying over the listener an insipid blanket of saccharine sadness, or blithe brightness, ASC’s OST strikes a nicely poised ambiguity…
Merrin Karras :: Silent Planet (A Strangely Isolated Place)
The joy of hearing Side A fade out, walking over to the turntable, flipping the record to Side B and dropping the needle again to hear the clang of a gong that starts things up again. It’s a gift to play a part in an album’s forward motion.
Mick Chillage :: Before & After Silence
Mick Chillage recently provided a comprehensive, insightful and entertaining interview session with Jason Martin. Somewhere in here is the guide to understanding the mind of a prolific ambient producer, and more…
Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2021
After covering several hundred releases in 2021, many notables—including links to their respective Igloo reviews or release pages—are cataloged here. As usual, there are no […]
Gadi Sassoon :: Multiverse (A Strangely Isolated Place)
The result is visceral, rich, thick, and surreal, as if we’re hearing an orchestra inside of The Matrix; we can sometimes discern its unreality, sometimes not, turning an uncanny valley into a landscape of sonic opportunity.
Christian Kleine :: Touch & Fuse (A Strangely Isolated Place)
It’s IDM, from a certain point of view—instrumental electronica with a decidedly old school sentiment, whose tube crushed digital 80s synth melodies, analog warmth and […]
Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2020
“In the midst of a global pandemic that has dominated 2020—roaming across a cinematic soundscape in flux, and surveying darker, perhaps stranger chasms—(artists) draw inspiration […]
Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2019
With contributions from Alan Lockett, Chris Amell, James Knapman, Philippe Blache, Pietro Da Sacco, and Robbie Geoghegan, Igloo Magazine has compiled an extensive list of […]
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