Experimental Electronic Music
Immediately recognizable to seasoned IDM ears, the DC-based artist returns in peak form—channeling classic ambient electronica with crisp, hypnotic precision, where disciplined rhythm, luminous detail, and technoid grace converge on Chisei as a confident statement of enduring craft.
A decade on, comm resurfaces with sharpened clarity, blending vintage IDM textures with forward-looking electronics. Reissued via mindcolormusic and drøn‘s Bandcamp, it remains a vivid […]
Rick Sanders is a Dutch sound artist known for his ultra-limited releases. His new album, The Arrow of Time, released on indie label Dronarivm, blends ambient and electronica to explore time, space, and perception. With hypnotic textures and a visual, atmospheric depth, it appeals to fans of Steve Roach, Vidna Obmana, and Japanese environmental electronica.
Along the Wind Spear now returns in expanded light, spilling gently into the mind’s quieter corners, where its colors linger long after the sound fades.
Dunestal flows smoothly, offering a serene, meditative journey with delicate, swelling moments—perfect for fans of ambient day-dream travels and tranquility.
Both Martin Boulton (aka Min-Y-Llan, Touched Music founder) and Jeroen Bax (aka exm) build incredibly surreal audio worlds. As their earlier releases were characterized as a “real demonstration of powerful synergy,” this eponymous release draws a recognizable pulse.
Fragile X’s audio work is a delightful discovery, as demonstrated by Halcyon Maze in particular with Iceland’s prolific IDM, electro, and techno imprint Intellitronic Bubble.
The modular maven channels something of an early TD sound-feel via post-Kosmische textures, motifs, and rhythms; new projections in the head cinema, strangely familiar, yet otherworldly.
Material from the following interview with Don Slepian was used in Justin Patrick Moore’s new book The Radio Phonics Laboratory: Telecommunications, Speech Synthesis, and the Birth of Electronic Music from Velocity Press and available on Bookshop.org, Amazon, and fine bookstores everywhere.
Igloo Magazine presents Five Questions for New York-based Black Knoll Editions label operator, musician, and Black Knoll Studio analog/digital mastering Engineer Rafael Anton Irisarri to plunge into his experimental ambient sonic forms, and learn more about the label, mastering studio, and artistic trajectories.
