Colin Dyer wrapped up 2024 with Volatile Qualified, a jagged breakcore EP packed with off-kilter electronics that plunges into chaos right from the start.
Tag: Schematic
Mastrapa :: Hollow Metric EP (Schematic) — [concise]
Hollow Metric is an engaging and mind-bending experience with each piece intricately tethered to the other; taking us back a few years while seamlessly connecting to the present.
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.
Icky Reels :: FIND YA GURL EP (Self Released)
It’s almost as though we’re trapped in an extended dreamlike sequence surrounded by hundreds of found sounds, kaleidoscope visuals, and instrumental tones and pulses, complete with shuffled vocal samples, downtempo lounge excursions, and glitchy hip-hop slicing layers.
Mastrapa :: Fluidity Formations EP (Schematic)
Possibly one of the top EP’s of 2024, Mastrapa finds a cozy spot to stitch beats, bass, and blistered distortion as atmospheric electro layers weave deeply into the fabric of distant memories.
Second Seasons :: Density of Traction (Schematic)
In July 2024 the seminal Schematic label released the Brooklyn-based artist’s 12-track album called Density of Traction, a complex piece of art, rich in detail and far from following any common music patterns, which Autechre and Gescom lovers should listen to.
Second Seasons :: Immense Heaven (Schematic)
The high-level experimental electronic grooves that Second Seasons derives are utterly perplexing as the album moves forward with intense propulsion.
Chad Mossholder :: Haptic Clouds (Schematic)
Designed to be listened to on headphones, Chad Mossholder finds more ominous micro-glitch nuances hidden behind these eight sonic peripherals.
Latchwork :: The Heap EP (Schematic)
Brushed sound design structures touch upon layers of light industrial-electro flourishes and robotic soundscapes.