Experimental Electronic Music
Antler Records, the iconic label born in 1981 from the vision of Roland Beelen, rose anew in 2024—reborn, recharged, and resonating once more. Delving into its vaults, the label unveils a treasure trove of rare sonic artifacts, painstakingly compiled by Lieven De Ridder of Walhalla Records. But this revival isn’t just about the past—retrospective (and new) releases are on the horizon. The legacy lives on as history spins forward—until 2026.
While other sites might fight to get 1000s down to 50 or 20, at Igloo HQ we’ve refused to don the hair shirt of reducing […]
There’s a weird and wonderful quality to Dark Matter. It follows no line, in many respects Kreft was one of the progenitors of synth wave […]
Packed with variety, as was the Belgian scene of the 1980s. A spread of weird and wonderful styles are explored. Dense dark bitterness, minimal malaise […]
A varied beast. Tracks slide from style to style with little fixity of genre, but that’s what those early innovators were all about. There was […]
Asmodaeus’ bleak and weary style immediately gaining praise from the faithful. Gasps and guitar strings, sighs and cheap synths, drum machines and dirge; a superb record […]
Certain old friends have been revisited with unheard offerings of angst and synth. Alongside these past artists come new names, forgotten and unknown artists and […]
Kloot Per W explores with a sense of musical adventure, investigating a series of styles across his career. In parts the album descends into farce, […]
Somnambulist uses analogue sounds to produce dark scapes that are pulled deeper into a belly of angst through wrenching vocals. Secret Life offer an early […]
Underground Belgian Wave 2 moves from sublime synthsizer compositions to post punk angst, surreal new wave and proto synth pop. Walhalla have once again managed […]
