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.
Taken as a whole, Full Spectrum 3 reinforces a broader point about contemporary electronic music. It isn’t stagnant, nor is it repeating itself. What it offers instead is a constantly expanding field of practice—one that often exists outside obvious distribution channels, away from mainstream radio, commercial television, or algorithm-led discovery feeds.
Sound here leans toward airy abstraction; When The Emptying Sun Filled the Sky glides through drone and slow motion, maintaining a subtle pull throughout. It plays like a companion for solitude, offering a calm passage inward, where stillness feels both intimate and restorative.
clocolan’s soundscapes are encapsulated by a multitude of spectral tones and drones, while dreamy, textured layers present an uneven yet well-balanced veneer.
2k10–2k20 as a whole, is much more of a laid-back atmosphere than a percussive one, and it serves as a benchmark for the artists’ sound and vision.
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.
With all of these dark shadows bearing down on us, one can only consume so much, which allows Incide the space it needs to stretch its textured tentacles until every last one of us is assimilated.
After covering several hundred releases in 2022, 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.
The sonic debris fading in the background, its gentle aural fluctuation, soothing sound palette, and gentle demeanor leaves us grasping for more, pressing repeat—only to lose ourselves in these saccharine pitter-patter tunes.
The broken pitter-patter beats and downtempo foray through wandering synths only seek to further encrust clocolan’s ability to shift us into familiar BoC dimensions.
I’ll be able to come back to this music time and time again and find new things and hidden meanings. It holds a philosophy to […]
