A small “scene”—or simply a bunch of friends with benefits like talent, good ideas and a shared sense of whimsy, as heard on ensemble efforts […]
Tag: Noise
John Cohen :: Deaf Arena (Exotic Pylon)
As an album in its own right Deaf Arena is a towering monument of distorted terror—brooding and heavy with some beautifully intricate atmospheric meanderings. An […]
Meatbingo :: Trendy Robots (Skam)
Meatbingo hacks, sawing out chunks of ugly sound before sowing them to disfigured and mangled figures. Leatherface meets Frankenstein meets Electronic music. I still remember […]
These Feathers Have Plumes :: Untitled (Sheepscar Light Industrial)
These two fleeting moments (just over seven and just under nine minutes, respectively) may well be the most beautiful recordings of the year and will […]
Fossil Aerosol Mining Project :: Multi-review (Afterdays Media)
FAMP is first and foremost subtle, superior ambient music, its soft fluorocarbon texture the perfect backdrop for its liberal toying with vocal samples. Wouldn’t you […]
Algebra Suicide / Los Microwaves :: Double review (Dark Entries)
Whereas Algebra Suicide employed drum machines to create a laconic monologue, Los Microwaves used electronic equipment to drive experimentation. Two disparate LPs exploring different avenues […]
4PLAY :: Multi-review for Aquarelle, Ekin Fil, Secret Pyramid, John Davis (Students of Decay)
Below are considered and passing thoughts on four submissions from Alex Cobb‘s ever-diligent Students of Decay (previously on igloomag here and here). Two recent: an update […]
Nimh and Antikatechon :: Out Hunting for Teeth (Rage In Eden)
The slowly evolving sound textures and massively psych-acoustic timbres include the presence of an aesthetic equilibrium between religiously abstract procession and obsessional rumbling drama. Out […]
Nocturnal Emissions :: Accumulator (We Can Elude Control)
Accumulator gives voice to an age of social division and economic deprivation, collapse of the factory town alongside the dissection of the countryside. These tracks […]
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