Retro-futuristic, shamanic, nocturnal. Alpha Heaven is an evocative multidimensional piece of music best consumed as a whole. Take it as you want, seems to be […]
Tag: Shoegaze
Figure Study / Inhalt :: Double review (Dark Entries)
2013 looks to be the most productive year to date for Josh Cheon’s Dark Entries. Alongside a spread of superb re-issues is an exploration of […]
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It is releases like Laugh Clown Laugh and Play which have made Troy Wadsworth’s imprint the respected global label it has become. Medical Records is […]
Isinglass :: One 3 Four (Anna Logue)
One 3 Four melts with an emotionless disregard married with a synthesizer absorption that captured much of the New Wave spirit. I sometimes feel that […]
Conquering Animal Sound :: On Floating Bodies (Chemikal Underground)
A seminal second record by the Scots, full of interesting detail and powerful songwriting. It’s hard not to feel that if Björk were to start again, […]
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 […]
Xex :: Xex:Change (Dark Entries)
A new wave narrative is at the heart of their sound, a fresh faced exuberance coupled with a critical eye. Experimental, intelligent and a tad […]
Near Paris / I Signori Della Galassia :: Double review (Medical)
For Medical Records’ latest, the Seattle label has stayed close to home, heading to Ohio for Near Paris, before heading further afield to Italy for […]
Rauelsson :: Vora (Sonic Pieces)
Rauelsson has created an emotionally charged, filmic work of understated beauty and pitch perfect sensitivity that more than justifies its place with the best work […]
V/A :: Circuit D’Actes 3 (La Forme Lente)
La Forme Lente, and their Circuit D’Actes compilations, help to navigate the listener towards gleaming aural islands and analogue ambrosia. La Forme Lente are stalwarts of contemporary Synth Wave. […]
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