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Tag: Michael Valentine West
Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2024
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.
Michael Valentine West :: Multi-Surface Function (Polygon Network)
Crafting enigmatic soundscapes, Michael Valentine West—unsurprisingly also scoring soundtracks for several independent films—delivers seven tracks jam-packed with sophisticated glitch elements, evoking a resemblance to his previous audio compositions but with a greater emphasis.
Michael Valentine West :: Von Bock Strasse 18 (redux) (uvg212)
Seven years after its initial release, and the skilled sound sculptor returns with a revived and impacting EP.
Michael Valentine West :: comp/COMP (uvg212)
You might even draw parallels to the early works of Mouse On Mars, Autechre (“Gantz Graf” era), or even Richard Devine’s industrial-leaning sandblasted synthesizer techniques.
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.
Michael Valentine West :: She Dreams of Lynchings EP (UVG212)
MVW displays some of his most experimental sound sculptures to date in a space that continually changes shape.
Dissolved :: Island Flux Remixes (Section 27)
With ambient synth swells, hardened glitch-mechanics, crunchy and ethereal soundscapes’n scrapes, Island Flux Remixes continues to be a magnetically charged giant drifting on IDM waters.
Michael Valentine West :: I should have lied like everybody else EP (Urban Virus)
Glitchy snapshots from a multi-talented sound sculptor, Michael Valentine West refines emotive electrical impulses on this three-piece suite.
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