Experimental Electronic Music
Now You Exist gives me hope that maybe 2018 was not the last time we heard from The Field, because perhaps 2026 won’t be either. In all seriousness, this seems to be a proper comeback in a year of proper comebacks. This EP will not disappoint any longtime fan, but maybe it’s only the beginning of a new era for Willner, who hopefully hasn’t run out of ink—or MIDI tracks.
Markus Guentner and Joachim Spieth reunite for Conversion, their second collaboration on Affin, blending ambient expanses with dub-driven detail through a contemporary lens. Minimalist yet immersive, the album balances rhythmic depth and atmospheric stillness, reflecting the artists’ shared roots in early ambient, dub, and deep techno while continuing their distinctive sonic evolution.
All in all, this is an album that doesn’t fail to entertain those looking for interesting, leftfield electronica. The aesthetic of this LP very much matches its concept, and if you want to feel like you’re part of the labyrinth yourself, might as well try and do the one on the cover, only to realize after a little bit that it’s completely closed off and you’d feel as lost as you should.
Highlighting hundreds of releases in 2024 (and allowing December to set in), we’ve compiled a list of our favorites along with links to their corresponding Igloo reviews and release pages. Since the lists are arranged alphabetically by artist—and a snapshot of tracks are featured in our Soundcloud playlist along with selected Bandcamp tracks and random artwork selections—there are, as usual, no winners or runners-up.
Atmospheric sustained chordal drones with changing textures and tempos. The proportions create illusions, flying at a great altitude might appear to be slow from a distance, but the intervals traveled are astounding, and the one who is flying is probably catching the greatest sense of motion, as perceived only by the constant listener.
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A fascinating listen and auditory odyssey of the mind, Time Safari is—hands down—one of the best electronic EPs of the year. Clarian is an accomplished […]
Selecting artists from around the world, ranging from Germany to Mexico, Japan and beyond, Pop Ambient is an invaluable reminder that music is universal and that […]
First transmission of 2017 from Techno’s Twilight Zone of EPs/12″s and LP, with notes in the margins. https://youtu.be/COnuKIvWZks James Shaw, the artist known as Sigha, we’re told […]
While other sites might fight to get 1000s down to 50 or 20, at Igloo HQ we’ve refused to don the hair shirt of reducing […]
Elsewhereness revisited is an occasional feature documenting the drift at the margins: ambient gasbagging, ’tube-d, ’cloud-ed, and ’camped-up, complete with companion mix, Elsewhereness revisited #3 1991 made waves in 2012 with […]
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