These compact sci-fi-infused auditory slabs transport us back a number of years as they continuously shift and fade away, building up to an inevitable breakdown.
Tag: EC Underground
Autotel :: The tower (Self Released)
A mélange of diverse genres and multidirectional sounds competing for their own unique expansions. As a thorough collection of the artist’s sonic movements, The tower undoubtedly flows at its own pace.
bvdub | Brock Van Wey :: In Iron Houses (EC Underground)
Whether it’s the soulful nature of his vocal samples, or the lush and downtempo beats that give it all a skeleton to cascade off of, or the exquisite synthetic textures throughout, Bvdub has found his vein of gold and continues to mine it without relent.
Low Communication :: We Should Leave The Earth (EQ)
Transporting us back to the early aughts where Toytronic, Art-Tek, Neo Ouija, and Pause_2 labels launched melodic experimental electronic transmissions during the height of IDM; Low Communication glides somewhere between then and now.
Cory Mills :: Cory Mills 1983-2024 (EC Underground)
A unique collection and audiovisual retrospective that goes a long way in commemorating Cory Mills’ memory.
Rodrigo Passannanti :: Omnipresence (EC Underground)
The aptly-titled compendium seeks solace in transparent melodic layers, continually engaging its listeners through expansive and cinematic sonic snapshots.
Soul Data Transfer :: Soul Data Transfer EP (EC Underground)
The four tracks on Soul Data Transfer’s eponymous debut EP for ECU are delicately woven, abstract ambient-glitch morsels that flow and transcend space and time.
Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2023
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.
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Hollie Kenniff :: For Forever (Nettwerk / Imaginary North)
OktoRed :: Michigan & Rosa EP (Satellite Trax)
Zachary Gray :: Trippin’ / In Arrears (A Person Disguised as People)
Stone Leaf :: SEISMOS (Detroit Underground)
Orbital Patterns :: Extended Impostor Syndrome (Artificial Owl Recordings)
HERZEL :: See² (Evel)
V/A :: Electronics Memoriae II (Giano Electronics)
V/A :: I Only Like Difficult Art (and music) (DAAM)
