Experimental Electronic Music
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.
Clean Error have consistently been at the top of the heap; releasing experimental, glitch, ambient, and abstract IDM as the Errormatic series, which is now on volume 3, reveals an 11-track exploration while also acting as its own unique sphere of influence.
A pleasant release of relatively-downtempo noninvasive pieces that flow nicely and won’t introduce any stress into your day.
Each musician displays their own knack for agitated electrical mayhem, some dive into grittier industrial spaces, while others venture into modular fizz-fuzz acrobatics.
Another prime example of a consistent artist who keeps it simple and to the point—where brightly colored experimental electronic music finds solace in a beautiful […]
Clean Error delivers on their promise of intramural dynamics, and we wholeheartedly agree. EV2 is an auditory backdrop that is equal parts abstract strands and […]
Focused on a varietal mix from just about every exp-electronic sub-genre, CL-X: Crazy 10 Years is certainly a welcomed closure to the year, bringing much […]
A mixed bag of mechanical flurries that stretch and contract in an erratic yet somehow cohesive sonic shape. I tend to go back to Autechre’s […]
Yielding various connotations based on who might be delve into these disjointed electrical tones, a data splurge unfolds from each audio architect and is accurately […]
As Detroit Underground continue to expand their roster, there has always been a key focus on intelligent dance music, all of its subtle mutations, ricocheting […]
