Experimental Electronic Music
The Cádiz, Spain-based Evel Records imprint was established in 2015 with a strong passion for cultivating definitive braindance and abstract sound structures. Nine years later and the label celebrates its 50th release in 2024 with none other than Global Goon and his long ranging album Adopt Me.
As William Fields’ catalog expands, we’ve seen a maturation over the years, and with Fictions, the artist steps into tangled glitch trenches unfettered.
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.
Fire blends disparate and often broken rhythms surrounded by scorched melodic blips and bleeps that, while seemingly difficult to absorb, are as abstract as sound-art can possibly get.
Downtempo IDM escapades are αlive and well, taking us further and further into this decade.
Kaer’Uiks carefully solders Six Circuits into a smorgasbord of shape shifted sonic tapestry, celebrating its sixth spin around the Sun and gaining momentum.
As noted on the press-release, William Fields “explores the limits of algorithmic composition and code-based digital technology,” with Bokuseki revealing eight complex soundscapes that flicker, fade and fracture.
Automatism is a behemoth of an extended player—25-minutes of deformed abstract electronics with a left of center pulse. Deformed abstract electronics with a left of […]
