Experimental Electronic Music
Across 2025, hundreds of releases surfaced, with December granted space to settle. From that sweep emerged a carefully shaped collection of favorites, each paired with links to Igloo reviews and release pages. Arrangement follows artist names in alphabetical order, while a snapshot of tracks lives on our Soundcloud playlist, joined by random artwork highlights. No crowns, no rankings, no runners-up—only records that resonated.
The 2LP draws on the past while delivering a considered statement on the present. This is deep and engrossing music, tracks that have been given time to grow and mature under the ear of a pioneer of machine music.
A few weeks back, we were lucky enough to share the booth with the always excellent Neud Photo. Robbie hopped on the train and made it by the skin of his teeth to Luv Bar where the pair served some a cocktail of electro, new beat and even some Italo.
Interestingly, DAT Tapes Vol 02 casts light on a style that Jusat is not known for. There are moments of his trademark techno, but it is a more floor centric house that is at the heart of the record. The depth of previous productions is less evident, the explorations on offer being more rhythmic than melodic.
2024 is well underway. Nevertheless, We Forfeit returns to one of their many, many traditions; their favorite records of 2023!
Organ groans call forth earthen percussion, dripping clanks and clods of drum soon shed of their organic trappings as industrial tones begin to dominate.
Now, for the first time in nearly thirty years, the archives of this pioneering platform have been opened. The result is a seven track album: Time Sensitive: Unreleased Sounds From The Otherworld Archives.
Blanchimont is immersive armchair electronics, compositions that are uncluttered yet complex. A statement from an artist who marches to his own beat, one who continues to draw deserved admiration and recognition. Long may this golden return continue.
Isolation is embraced on the 2LP, chillingly clinical sounds are thawed by warming moments to bring a humanity to lonesome scores. An exceptional addition to these musicians’ expanding the canon of electronics.
Pulse Five is not just a retrospective on the wonders of FSOL, it is a celebration, a point of return and new beginnings for listeners to experience the intrepid audio endeavors of these sonic sculptors.
