Experimental Electronic Music
Our celebration, a devil-may-care romp in the aural delights of the machines, opens with some recent beauts from Gated before dipping into acid, breakbeat, electro and techno with records from Amenthia, Betonkust, Gated Recordings, Klasse Wrecks and heaps more.
This compilation is a balance of concepts and styles that showcases bright new talent that pays homage to what came before while producing their own sounds.
Robbie and Chris of WE FORFEIT present their latest mix for Radio Relativa #31 and the struggles with Spain’s postal service.
No fan of Daniel Pringle will be disappointed to hear that, once again, the British musician has a new freshly pressed record. Photosynthesis Pt. 2, five tracks, is hitting stores, care of 030303.
After covering several hundred releases in 2022, 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.
On Passing Signals, the Newcastle based musician’s ability to craft rich and textured works using contrasting and sparse sounds is plain to hear. A top record from an artist who is rightly being noticed and will only continue to be so.
Throughout, Pringle’s love of classic Rephlex electronics is plain to hear. But, this isn’t pastiche. What The Jaffa Kid does is reimagine those wonderfully rough and refined sounds and breathes new life and energy into them.
With so much to display, Open Heart offers a varietal abundance—precision electronic music passing right through our ventricles.
