Highlighting hundreds of releases in 2024 (and allowing December to set in), we’ve compiled a list of our favorites along with links to their corresponding Igloo reviews and release pages. Since the lists are arranged alphabetically by artist—and a snapshot of tracks are featured in our Soundcloud playlist along with selected Bandcamp tracks and random artwork selections—there are, as usual, no winners or runners-up.
Tag: YUKU
Aroma Nice :: Old Haunts (YUKU)
This is an overall consistent and fun LP, one that does not rely on any quirks to be appealing; what Old Haunts can really rely on are its intense grooves, so much so that they’re both the backbone and in the forefront of these tracks.
Woulg :: Soap (Detroit Underground)
Soap is utterly surreal and with multidirectional sound designs in full force; extrapolating the farthest depths of IDM, techno, glitch, noise, and extraterrestrial patterns and pulsars.
Subp Yao :: Flana (YUKU)
Subp Yao demonstrates initiative in expressing after party vibes that are clean in structure yet posses the oozing of sun-kissed habitats.
Valance Drakes :: A Patternless And Endless Soul (YUKU)
While listening to this work one can relate to sounds from a slow-paced edIT to Funkstörung, Matmos, Burial and Autechre, all mixed together inside a Gregorian-reverbing chamber.
Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2021
After covering several hundred releases in 2021, many notables—including links to their respective Igloo reviews or release pages—are cataloged here. As usual, there are no […]