Experimental Electronic Music
A sweeping double-length release, Exposure Fields pairs nine original tracks with eleven transformative reworks to extend Dissolved’s singular IDM vision—fractured rhythms, ethereal atmospheres, and luminous melodic detail—into a deeply immersive statement shaped as much by collaboration as by the artist’s own enduring voice.
Poised between sci-fi drift and ambient disintegration, this collection stands as a sleek, introspective traverse—shaped by three luminaries of experimental electronic art.
Key actor and indie label in the vast panorama of modern day electronica and sound art, Mahorka started its creative adventure back in 2000-2001 with strongly aligned ideas to participate actively in advanced experimental music worldwide and from various cultural horizons.
Together, these explorations form a captivating mosaic of splintered downtempo clicks and cuts, crafted from the upper echelons of 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.
These multi-talented musicians easily fall into the scope of exp-electronics we embed ourselves within each and every day, while Mitoma’s distinctive remodeling gives these already potent recordings an additional level of reconstruction, or fragments.
Surrounded by good friends contributing their own interpretations—including Abdicant, Access To Arasaka, Valance Drakes, Jérôme Chassagnard, Unterm Rad, Asshole Galaxy, Abdicant, Weldroid, Grosso Gadgetto, and Mitoma—”Альбатрос” turns into an avalanche of sonic detritus.
Their previous album—FUTURISM (Section 27, 2022—was billed as “exploring the farthest reaches of sandblasted electronics,” and Like Phantoms is a smooth progression forward. Despite being “underground” since 2009, Section 27’s releases consistently push IDM and experimental electronic boundaries, inching closer and closer to the surface.
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.
The sheer avalanche of flickering melodies and percussive juggling is baffling, coming together in a massive collection that seems to grow upon itself from its slushy intro to its murky closure.
