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.
Tag: Schematic
Life As Sleep :: Don’t Do Anything (Schematic)
Featuring raw/minimal electro and a smattering of old-school breaks, bass, dub, and technoid patterns…
Low End Resorts :: Dungeons of Miami (Megastructure)
Deep layers of abstract electronics are present in each of the nine compositions, which are layered over a variety of sculpted noises and textured rhythms.
Adapta :: Memory Program (Schematic)
Memory Program is a smorgasbord of sonic delights and a deep footprint in the braindance and downtempo electro environment.
Global Goon & Ossa :: Bruit Électrique (Waxing Crescent)
A blisteringly surreal traverse through the fabric of braindance and all of its unique permutations.
Tomoroh Hidari :: Oblivion Engine EP (Schematic Music Co.)
A behemoth in the field of crumbling experimental electronic music, Oblivion Engine inches its way to the top of our best releases of 2023.
Colin Dyer :: 47ram Negativ65 EP (Schematic Music Co.)
47ram Negativ65 is an ultra condensed collection of scattered melodic mayhem, acid shifts, and sandblasted technoid assemblages.
Mantle of Gets :: Porto D311022D5810 (Uchelfa)
Building up and breaking down, the recording slowly melts in front of our eyes, its magnetic pulse and downtempo distortion is utterly sublime.
Mantle of Gets :: Lisbon D300422D5409 (Uchelfa)
This recording, with all its dust, debris, and dense sound sculptures, dives straight through the magnetosphere and doesn’t hold back.