Experimental Electronic Music
Mind Maps 7 stands as another richly rewarding chapter in an extraordinary body of electronic music—one that continues to push gently at the boundaries of ambient, downtempo and sample-based composition without ever losing its sense of warmth or wonder. Long may these maps continue to unfold, pointing listeners towards the kind of electronic music that still feels capable of surprising, transporting and quietly reshaping the landscape around it.
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.
Relying on his ability to produce an album of lush electronics that will leave you with a warm glow inside and a smile on your face long after the last note fades away.
A vivid and surreal collection unfolds at every possible corner—blending ambient, acid, IDM, electro, bass, glitch, downtempo, techno, breaks, bleeps and an assortment of definitive leftfield sounds.
Two years on from the original Found Sound compilation, the cunningly-titled Found Sound 2 has arrived. It follows in its footsteps, not just sonically—with an […]
CI8 is another fine international assortment that delves full-throttle into creative musical excavations. Rugged sound design, broken beats, blissful ambient undertones, glitched emissions, and memorable tracks […]
What is particular about Touched Two is that so many artists came together to compose new material for the compilation. Certainly, while many other similar […]
Curator Martin Boulton was apparently inundated with tracks when word got around about this release—a compilation in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support (an organization which improves […]
