After covering several hundred releases in 2022, many notables—including links to their respective Igloo reviews or release pages—are cataloged at igloomag.com/features/best-of-2022. 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.

Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2022

It's no secret that Dutch artist and producer Reimer Eising aka Kettel (@kettelmusic) is a Lapsus favourite, as well as being a leading proponent in Braindance/IDM over the last two decades. This makes him the obvious choice for the next release in our on-going Perennial series.

'My Dogan', was originally released in 2006 on Sending Orbs and is undoubtedly one of his most iconic works to date, and possibly the most popular album among his adoring fan base. 

We are therefore extremely proud to present this musical golden nugget, for the first time on vinyl format. It will also include brand new artwork and a high-quality print insert.

'My Dogan' is due for official release in mid-February 2022. Reserve your copy now at www.lapsusrecords.cat.

My Dogan (15th Anniversary Edition)

Kettel - My Dogan (15th Anniversary Edition) | Perennial Series #11

Robyrt Hecht - Type EF - CLEAR007

Another day at Clear Memory's ElectroFunk office: Robyrt Hecht is typesetting manuals for dancefloor-ready redesigns of historic Detroitian artifacts. Mesmerizing and energizing in one. Find out for yourself what is stronger - the grit or the groove.

C1 - The Cone
C2 - Scrilla Cruise
C3 - Blank Space
M1 - Why I Like You
M2 - Check'em Cites
M3 - Topaz 76

https://soundcloud.com/robyrthecht
Artwork by Dr. Rekorder
Mastered by Dave at Reel Mastering
Distributed by Bordello A Parigi
Release Date 24-01-2022

Robyrt Hecht - Type EF - Clear Memory 007

ITSAME

ITSAME [group hugg]

'Dot' is Inkipak's fourth solo album - and first release on Touched Music.

It is initially a CD release, with digipak case limited to 150 copies and is available from the Bandcamp page.

https://touchedmusic.bandcamp.com/album/dot

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Dot - LP [Touched Music 2022]

Gimmik - Sonic Poetry

Permutation - Epicycles [PERMUTATION 02] (12" vinyl/digital)
Release Date: 3 June 2022

Buy here (12"/digital):
https://linktr.ee/permutation02
https://permutation.bandcamp.com/album/epicycles

Test pressing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwp8yovfXIk

Reordering musical elements, patterns, and machines, Permutation is a duo of music producers from Barcelona who bridge influences from electro and techno to 90s IDM and ambient electronica. Their second release presents three tracks developing a nuanced sonic palette of syncopated electro rhythms and intricate percussion immersed in a dreamy contemplative atmosphere.

A1. Eclipse
B1. Manifold
B2 Inner Motion

Distributed by Inch by Inch (@inchbyinchdistribution): https://inchbyinch.eu/release/19098467

Epicycles (PERMUTATION 02)

Epicycles 12"/DL [PERMUTATION 02] (preview)

Let's Emerge!

De-Hibernate (feat. Andy Bell)

PRE-ORDER NOW: linktr.ee/suctionrecords

Artist: RX-101
Title: New Discoveries
Label / CAT#: Suction Records / suction055
Format: Vinyl / CD / digital LP
Release date: June 17 2022

When we first discovered RX-101’s output on Soundcloud circa 2015, we knew we’d stumbled upon something very special. Five EPs and four albums later, and now a firmly established as a crucial artist in the Aphex/Rephlex/IDM cannon, we at Suction Records are still mining this elusive Dutch producer’s 1997-1999 archive of unreleased live-to-cassette recordings, and we’re not even close to scraping the bottom of the barrel. Suction Records is pleased to announce RX-101’s fifth album, “New Discoveries”.

As the title suggests, “New Discoveries” is not just more of the same — this is a new side of the RX-101 sound. Rather than taking inspiration from braindance heroes like Aphex Twin and Bochum Welt, “New Discoveries” is a reflection of Erik Jong (aka RX-101)’s love for classic Detroit techno - Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Carl Craig, et al. Like some of the UK producers who mined this sound for inspiration, from B12 to Kirk DiGiorgio, the influence of Detroit techno is crystal clear, even if the sound has a distinctly EU/UK flair.

Available digitally, on limited vinyl LP in a reverse-board jacket, or on CD. The CD comes in a reverse-board digipack, adding 2020’s 6-track “Hearts Utd.” EP (including a remix by Brainwalztera) as an exclusive CD bonus. All physical formats include a Bandcamp download card inside. 

Tracklist:

A1. Back To Zero
A2. Trip to the Unknown
A3. t.p.o.s.m.
A4. No Access
B1. Sys.rx.9.b013
B2. The Invention of Ideas
B3. Voyage of Discovery
B4. Star Tracker

CD Bonus tracks: “Hearts Utd.” EP (suction052 12”, 2020):

09. Hearts Utd. (Brainwaltzera remix)
10. Core Stage 101
11.  Switched Phases
12. 8-a02
13. Aria #3
14. RIP-AXL

RX-101 - "The Invention Of Ideas" (from New Discoveries - suction055)

Access Denied

No Signal

Sunrise

Gilbert - Shift The Focus

Music for Animals

The Dog with 1000 Faces

Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3B5O1d4
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A1 Nuron - The Coded Message

Taken from the upcoming 'Nuron + Fugue - DAT Tapes 1993-1994' LP, released 28 October 2022 on De:tuned.

www.facebook.com/detunedrecords

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A1 Nuron - The Coded Message

Subtle Thoughts

Ian Boddy Coil DiN74

Release date 14th October 2022
Limited to 600 copies Digipak CD / 300 vinyl

DiN label boss Ian Boddy follows up his 2020 studio release “Axiom” (DiN64) with another vinyl album length slice of vintage electronic music synth heritage. Whilst there are many focusing in on the world of possibilities of modular synths to the detriment of form and composition Boddy uses his 40 plus years of experience to create six succinct slices of analogue warmth and emotion. 

The title track which opens procedures is a case in point. Boddy crams into its seven minutes more drama than many would manage in a side length track. Soft textural chords soon give way to a pulsing arpeggiator playing from his venerable Roland System 100-M modular. Just when the piece seems to be settling into a cyclical groove a series of transpositions move the harmonic interest along before a climax of percussion and synth textures soar toward a stunning crescendo. 

The next piece, “Messiaen M31”, in contrast is a calm, floating track with an unusual harmonic chord progression based on Olivier Messiaen’s music theory with a beautiful Ondes Martenot style solo line. “Rings” features layers of sequencers and arpeggios that twist and turn through various key changes toward another stunning climax.

“Teutonium” is pure Berlin School with a thundering Moog bass line interspersed with edgy, glitchy interjections before subsiding to the calm, gentle fluctuations of “Flow”.

Finally “Silver Surfer” is a slice of Synthwave fun featuring the crisp tones of the 100-M set against a syncopated bass line and a beautiful Ondes Martenot duet over a transposing sequencer line.  

“Coil” will be released on both CD digipak as well as a limited edition 180g vinyl edition.

1 Coil   06:57
2 Messiaen M31   05:56
3 Rings   06:24
4 Teutonium   07:31
5 Flow   06:22
6 Silver Surfer   05:56

Total Time :  39:19

Coil

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Coil by Ian Boddy (DiN74)Demo Mix

A New Landscape

Human Disturbances

Stream, download or order 'Ultra Truth' on limited edition double white vinyl, blue cassette or CD: https://ffm.to/ultratruth

Daniel Avery's most ambitious and accomplished studio album to date, 'Ultra Truth', is out now on Phantasy + Mute.

'Ultra Truth' offers a very different listening experience to any of Avery’s previous records. It inhabits its own world of sound, a construct built in Avery’s Thames side studio with collaborative help from a host of friends: the production touch of Ghost Culture and Manni Dee, the vocals of HAAi, Jonnine Standish (HTRK), AK Paul and the voices of Marie Davidson, Kelly Lee Owens, Sherelle and James Massiah.

Ultra Truth

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Brick and Air

Brick & Air VI

'Brick & Air VI' - Brick and Air - [Audiobulb, 2022]

Skal_Ghost

Audd_Shut

Taken from the album "Photisms", released on Kaer'Uiks

»C Mantle opens the floodgates on Photisms. / … shedding light; especially in the dark, on the exciting new Photisms with Kaer’Uiks. / It’s a whirlwind of creative and mechanical activity that flexes and deforms along the way. / We’re still baffled at C Mantle’s scope of audio work and utterly enjoying this one inside and out!«
(Pietro Da Sacco / Igloo Magazine)

Photisms

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Igloo Magazine is an electronic music e’zine publishing articles about current, classic and upcoming music from around the globe. Our mission is to introduce readers to the burgeoning undergrowth of electronic musicians by covering a wide range of genre’s including ambient, experimental, dub, dubstep, shoegaze, electro, techno, drone, IDM, industrial, post-industrial, and all the debris in between. Pulling together a vast tapestry of like-minded contributors, the virtual Igloo doors officially opened December of 2000. We consistently seek to provide coverage for musicians creating left-of-center music that is not necessarily covered in general music media. Igloo Magazine publishes articles in the capacity of Newswires, Reviews, Features and Profiles for artists that wouldn’t normally receive the light of digital ink.