Experimental Electronic Music
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.
Subtle Bodies delivers tape music and looped technics at the finest in terms of emotional transportation and spiritual ravishment. The result is tenderly soothing and the defective almost glitch-esque nature of the fragmented piano sequences add an atmosphere of warmth melancholia and sorrowing nostalgia.
Followers of sonic miniatures and impressionist contemplative ambient escapism from Lee Hannah, The Green Kingdom, Omni Garden, Yoshimura, and noda yûki should take note. Minimal […]
A memorable snapshot of an era which many longtime Warp aficionados think of fondly as representing the very pinnacle of the label’s musical prowess, and for anyone wishing to delve further into Warp’s back catalog, a handy list of every WAP (singles and EPs with catalog numbers from 1 to 99) and WARP (albums with catalog numbers from 1 to 55) release up to that time was included inside the compilation’s CD booklet.
Experimenting in the realms of blissful melancholy and soothing new-age atmospherics.
Perhaps there is water flowing in a dark cave, it sounds close, and I am checking for any water collecting under my speakers. It feels good in this hot weather, just hearing some gurgling a bit…
…helping the listener to disconnect from the constant noise in modern life and take solace in the space between—especially with both tracks coming in at over 30 minutes.
Although this album is vastly different from the meandering, playful electronics his fans might be used to, there are similarities if you listen closely. Each piece is more like a musical postcard, rather than a complete piece of music.
Private Agenda will release new mini album Submersion on Lo Recordings via digital platforms and limited edition cassette on the May 21, 2021.
