Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2020

Ocoeur - Opposite Sides

A Descent

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Void

Arovane's remix, taken from the Arovane & Hior Chronik remix EP now available on Limited Edition Vinyl + Digital download.

Available here: http://asip.me/asipv003r

Arovane & Hior Chronik - After Tomorrow (AMX)

Watch the film here: https://vimeo.com/198811503

Epoch is an experimental film intended to take you on a voyage through our solar system and beyond. It is a personal project orchestrated to share our enjoyment and admiration for science fiction films and literature.

To optimize your viewing experience, Epoch is best experienced with a full screen, no artificial light intrusion, ample sound speakers, and an open mind free of predictions or expectations in order to allow the film to guide you on its expedition and take you to another place entirely. Enjoy the journey. See you on the other side.

For more information and an in-depth breakdown please visit - ashthorp.com

Design/Production/Direction - Ash Thorp
Design/Production/Direction - Chris Bjerre
Score - Ben Lukas Boysen
Score - Yair Elazar Glotman

Epoch

Ben Lukas Boysen & Yair Elazar Glotman - Epoch

From textured loops and granular abstractions to mesmeric drones, melodic ambiences and warm surrounding basses, “Visionary Elements” is a must-have tool for IDM, ambient and electronic producers but also suitable for unconventional / experimental soundtrack making. Emotional and expressive melodies , downtempo beats that sound as if they come from the earth’s core, pads blended with grained textures creating misty atmospheres and womb-like, embracing low frequencies are just a few examples to begin with. 

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Visionary Elements | Samplepack

Download: https://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2017/09/jilk-become-the-build/

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Joy In The End [via XLR8R]

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Download: Jilk - Become The Build

With love to Lou and Andy.
Thank you for being such a great inspiration.

Kostas

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LAMB - Butterfly Effect (Subheim remix)

https://funckarma.bandcamp.com/album/dear-of-the-yog

Roel Funcken - Android Robson (Ochre Rmx)

Premiering on the Ransom Note: https://bit.ly/2MyJojX

"An enchanting new album." - The Ransom Note 

Heinali is the alias of self-taught composer and sound-designer Oleg Shpudeiko from Ukraine. Now well established under the name he brings along his latest full length ‘Iridescent’ due for release on October 12th on Injazero Records. 

Having garnered rapturous responses to his earlier output and last year’s ‘Anthem’ Oleg continues to push the boundaries and experiment with altering mood and atmospheres of any space - with abstract yet deeply personal transmissions of ambient synthesiser work and subaqueous, minimal techno contortions. 

‘Iridescent’ consists of fragments of studio improvisation sessions recorded in 2016 and 2017, some of them recorded in one unedited take on a modular system and some layered and later morphed into compositions. As the title suggests Heinali crafts shimmering, incandescent portraits, rich in his unique characteristics and compositional liberty. 

Apart from the “musical sculptures,” that represent the bulk of this LP, Oleg was interested in the exploration of polyphonic capabilities of the modular system. ‘Rainbow Folding’, a loose homage to Terry Riley’s 'A Rainbow In Curved Air,' features an interplay of several independent, but distinct voices and their processed shadows — ‘ghost voices’. In 'Shadow Invention’ eerie atmospherics steal the spotlight and dominate the composition, ending in a cacophony of the ‘ghost voices’. 

Oleg says of the album, “it’s a kind of studio dairy. A reflection on the development of my relations with the hardware instruments and exploration of them as channelling vessels for my experiences and ideas.” 

“One can think of Iridescent’ as ‘musical sculpture’ analogy — when the body of music stays the same, but its surface is flickering with various colours over time — sometimes in a subtle manner, sometimes loud and clear. Or it can be understood in the context of various colours of polyphony, or as a liminal condition of the colour as if it’s being ‘stuck’ in the mist of twilight zone between neighbouring colour-states, so it can’t become a particular colour and is in a flickering kaleidoscopic state.” 

‘Iridescent’ bares Oleg’s style of sonic storytelling and austere, otherworldly textural embellishments that bring to mind Ben Frost, Akira Yamaoka, and Oneohtrix Point Never but also plants the seed for much more club ready electro. ‘Starling Reprise I’ is a scorching piece of ambient techno that conjures Four Tet, LTO and Susumu Yokota’s blissful, kaleidoscopic synth work whilst ‘Starling Reprise II’ retains the frosty, steely ambience that has become Heinali’s calling card. 

Cover artwork by Olga Gaidash.
Mastered by Taylor Deupree at 12k Mastering.

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Heinali - Rainbow Folding

Peripeteia

Peripeteia (Continuous Mix)

Brand new full length album, 'Recepticon' by Wagon Christ (aka Luke Vibert). Released on Oct. 24, 2020. Pre-orders Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 via https://peopleofrhythm.bandcamp.com.

Wagon Christ: 'Recepticon' Album Sample Clips

Recepticon

'Recepticon' Wagon Christ Full Length Samples (POR04)

Twenty Years Away is a compilation with over two and a half hours of music. The collection is to commemorate n5MD's 20th Anniversary.  All proceeds will be donated to the Cystinosis Research Foundation to help find a cure for one of the rarest genetic diseases, Cystinosis. This collection features 31 tracks from the current n5MD roster and alumni to showcase the label's experimental electronica roots, electro-acoustic, leanings, and penchant for widescreen ambient.  Twenty Years way will be out on November 6th (Bandcamp Day) as digital download or stream.

Ocoeur - Dunes

Seeing Is Believing

Cognitive Dissonance

Dark Cabal

ΠΕΡΑ ΣΤΑ ΟΡΗ | REVANCHE 
4-tracks Digital EP + 4 Remix  - https://evel.bandcamp.com

ΠΕΡΑ ΣΤΑ ΟΡΗ has spent the last couple of years steadily increasing interest in the underground electronic scene due to his collaborations with labels such Yellow Machines, Furthur Electronix and his incredible remix for Brainwaltzera on Touched Music. Now, reveals in his upcoming 4-track EP on Evel Records a new sound even more futuristic and elevated.

4 boom tracks one after another + 4 excellent remixes from Nike Vomita, Secret Kitchen, Pollux Rose & Tsev.

Revanche

ΠΕΡΑ ΣΤΑ ΟΡΗ | REVANCHE

n5MD is a record label based in Oakland CA that releases emotive styles of contemporary music.

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.

Ocoeur - Dunes

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