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Tag: Pulse State
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.
Pentagrams Of Discordia :: Teleportation to Gliese12b (Sounds Of Discordia)
Fluttering beats dissolve within ambient ice sheets, blurred samples, found sounds, and expressive atmospheric shadows that lurk in the background, encapsulating the entire cosmos in a drifting musical mashup.
Keiss :: Oblique Minimalista (Pulse State)
Eleven structural layers on Oblique Minimalista bend, twist, drift, and collapse as glitch mechanisms weave through punchy, minimalist grooves.
V/A :: Full Spectrum (Touched Music)
Full Spectrum, a perplexing assemblage put together by Richie Welch, includes beautiful and colorful artwork by Matt Hampshire (Pulse State), distinctive mastering by exm, and a start and conclusion without any fuel loss along the way.
Karsten Pflum :: Liars EP (Central Processing Unit)
You really can’t go wrong with Karsten Pflum, and he continues in his vibrant, acid-tinged electro-nics, full stop, for Central Processing Unit.
Pentagrams Of Discordia :: The Hippopotomons – trosesquippedaliophobia EP (Pulse State)
Slowly luring us in with warped melodies, slow motion rhythms, and unyielding atmospheric textures and tones.
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.
Music Mondays 001 :: It’s all in the wrists
With a brief look at some notables along the road, Chang Terhune’s Music Mondays aims to shed light on both new and old(er) music over a wide spectrum of sound (and vision). This week: Herbie Hancock, Pentagrams Of Discordia, Robert Palmer, The System, and Time Rival.