On Lumen, Chris Russell trades the shadowed tones of Noir (Projekt, 2024) for radiant piano-laced atmospheres that echo his debut Labyrinth on Spotted Peccary Music, crafting eight luminous soundscapes that feel like stepping through a veil into widening light.
Tag: Projekt
Dirk Serries :: Infinite and Unbound (Projekt)
Dirk Serries (formerly vidnaObmana) marked a new year with Infinite and Unbound, five long-form works wrought in real time with simple guitar+FX. A veteran’s touch […]
V/A :: Soul of the Machine: A Celebration of the Life & Legacy of ARP founder Alan R. Pearlman (Projekt)
Soul of the Machine transforms Alan R. Pearlman’s centennial into a living, forward-looking testament, revealing how ARP’s visionary instruments didn’t just shape electronic music’s past, but continue to actively define its future.
Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2025
Across 2025, hundreds of releases surfaced, with December granted space to settle. From that sweep emerged a carefully shaped collection of favorites, each paired with links to Igloo reviews and release pages. Arrangement follows artist names in alphabetical order, while a snapshot of tracks lives on our Soundcloud playlist, joined by random artwork highlights. No crowns, no rankings, no runners-up—only records that resonated.
Aarktica :: No Solace in Sleep [2025 Remaster] (Projekt)
The year 2000 saw Aarktica’s debut bring post-rock perspective and a glacial sensibility to guitar-based ambient; Jon DeRosa enveloped us in ‘a new sonic world of haunting, aquatic darkness and shimmering tonal light.’ Its 25th anniversary sees a reissue, No Solace In Sleep [2025 Remaster], shed new light on this by now classic, reaffirming its enduring resonance.
Steve Roach :: The Reverent Sky (Projekt)
The Reverent Sky reaffirms Roach’s status as (inter-)stellar sonic explorer, layering various strands of his stylistic armory into a mesmeric tableau of oneiric ambience offset with a timeless pulse.
Erik Wøllo :: Where the River Widens (Projekt)
Wøllo’s ability to channel raw, in-the-moment creativity while maintaining an overarching sense of cohesion makes Where the River Widens a true journey. Whether you’re a longtime fan of his work or new to his sound, this release is a stunning testament to the power of ambient guitar music.
Elsewhereness revisited #7 stuff made of dreams which are
Elsewhereness revisited is an occasional feature documenting the drift at the margins: ambient gasbagging, tube-d, cloud-ed, and camp-ed up, complete with companion mix, Elsewhereness revisited #7. Ambient/folk-gaze maven, […]
Forrest Fang :: Animism (Projekt)
In his seamless marriage of acoustic and electronic, Fang speaks a whole other language of ambient, fluently through golden syrup. Forrest Fang returns to the […]
Alio Die :: Deconsecrated and Pure (Projekt)
Despite all these layers, the tone is light as air and the air is illuminated with dazzling rays of light. The pleasant cadences that caress […]

















