Experimental Electronic Music
Patterned Media returns with the first installment of a two-part remix compilation— b0t23 + inoperative system, Reticle Remixes Pt. 1 with remixes from across the pond by Senmove (Spain), Roel Funcken (Netherlands), Adrien d’Elzius (Belgium), and Hexalyne (Romania). Album art by b0t23.
Another excellent extended player filled with transportive electronics, hopefully continuing in the sequence.
A powerful quintuplet that shows the artists’ range of (e)motion, unafraid to showcase different angles of musical projection.
After covering several hundred releases in 2023, many notables—including links to their respective Igloo reviews or release pages—are cataloged here. As usual, there are no winners or runners-up as the lists are alphabetized by artist and selected tracks are featured on our Soundcloud playlist.
Silent Revolution is a perplexing aural buffet of abstract electro-nics and side splitting bass skills, consisting of four tracks and two remixes.
Lefrenk’s pioneering expertise with electronic music forged from house culture, techno, and a highly personal approach to organic sounds. He now presents a new release with an outstanding roster of electronic music creators on his EP Plastic.
Crisp and crunchy acid swirls inhabit Straight from the Void (Pt. 1), the first EP of three as Adrien d’Elzius breaks through rugged electronic sound space.
Arkada 004 is a powerful four-pack sonic assault on the senses that unsurprisingly punctuates abstract electro-breaks with machine-like precision.
