Iglooghost - Clear Tamei ep & Steel Mogu ep

  On 8/8/2018 at 4:44 PM, lickneonlights said:

The guy has strong visual aesthetic, but his tunes are too all over the place for me. It's hard to enjoy them basically, it's just a wall of loud sound with no dynamic range.

 

And what the hell's wrong with the sound on these latest EPs? There's no mid range, way too much highs and it's way too loud, sounds like Death Magnetic ffs. He was always too loud, but this time it's unbearable. 

 

I don't know, maybe someone's digging that fast-paced madness topped with pitched down rap vocals and I'm being grumpy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUHOyMDbEoE

His arrangements are actually on point. ^ no regrets

Both EPs are soooo good!!

  On 8/8/2018 at 2:08 PM, D4M0 said:

second listen and I'm impressed , this shit is next level 

Agreed, between this and the new Aphex Twin I feel like there's a been a swing back toward the same tempos and complexity of breakcore, "drill n' bass" IDM, etc. that seemed to go a bit out of vogue 10 years ago when dubstep, house, downtempo, etc. and the plethora of retro minded styles dominated. I don't know if it was footwork or maybe all of this post-grime future bass stuff that prompted it but since Syro there seems to be an injection of interest toward really bonkers and unabashed complexity by producers like iglooghost. 

  On 8/8/2018 at 8:34 PM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 8/8/2018 at 2:08 PM, D4M0 said:

second listen and I'm impressed , this shit is next level 

 

Agreed, between this and the new Aphex Twin I feel like there's a been a swing back toward the same tempos and complexity of breakcore, "drill n' bass" IDM, etc. that seemed to go a bit out of vogue 10 years ago when dubstep, house, downtempo, etc. and the plethora of retro minded styles dominated. I don't know if it was footwork or maybe all of this post-grime future bass stuff that prompted it but since Syro there seems to be an injection of interest toward really bonkers and unabashed complexity by producers like iglooghost.

I guess it's because of juke/footwork (and maybe a jungle/DnB revival ?)  but anyway it's cool !

https://iglooghost.bandcamp.com/track/black-light-ultra

https://iglooghost.bandcamp.com/track/nam

on repeat 

These both slap. That is all.

  On 8/8/2018 at 5:04 PM, D4M0 said:

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUHOyMDbEoE

 

  On 8/11/2018 at 5:01 PM, Crossword Enthusiast said:

 

  On 8/8/2018 at 5:04 PM, D4M0 said:

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUHOyMDbEoE

 

 

https://youtu.be/ZLr52XxTfCc

 

 

 

20 mins and nothing much changes? Bad music!

we've been there m8

some really good work in these EPs. digging the double release with thematics behind em, lovely idea :) black light ultra is really something. curious if he made these alone, didn't like the last release too much. also very reminiscent of R+7 in a way

got me the clear tamei ep and now i need the other one to, great music

His production is really slick but it's quite jumbled, aimless, and forgettable.

Forgettable ? Flol that’s some of the best tracks I’ve heard this year

Tyeshi Tss Tss wEEEEeeejah. 

I think he has his own sound but there is butt.

  On 8/14/2018 at 10:12 PM, Braintree said:

His production is really slick but it's quite jumbled, aimless, and forgettable.

Agreed. Guys got skills but he does too much with too much.

I thought I'd be more of a Steel Mogu person but Clear Tamei is awesome as well, especially New Vectors. Shrine Hacker is imho the weakest spot of both EPs, maybe it stretches for too long I don't know.

  On 8/6/2018 at 12:53 AM, Salvatorin said:

he has too much youthful enthusiasm in his music

Wait until he gets out in the world and gets his heart broken. His music will be weathered and tough like the Neurosis of IDM, but with more squiggly goobledy bloops.

This is good shit and anyone disagreeing should hand in their idm cards and proceed to the dad rock section.

  On 8/20/2018 at 12:22 PM, Gocab said:

This is good shit and anyone disagreeing should hand in their idm cards and proceed to the dad rock section.

I agree. I hadn’t IDM’d in a while, then I put on one of his ep’s a while back and I was like “ahhh the whimsical world of IDM I remember you”

I think it's good, but the tracks sound very samey or interchangeable. 

I think you could swap out almost any of the tracks on these EPs with tracks on neo wax bloom and you'd never notice.

To be clear, I really enjoyed NWB and these EPs are good stuff too. 

I always enjoy new iglooghost but I have to agree, his tracks don’t really stray from the same mood/vibe, and these EPs are no exception. I do like the instrumentation in Clear Tamei a lot though

He has his own sound, I don't really think that is a weakness, not yet anyway.

  On 8/21/2018 at 10:52 AM, Gocab said:

He has his own sound, I don't really think that is a weakness, not yet anyway.

this.

At least nobody can call him a BoC/AFX/Ae/Whatever ripoff, like a lot of the newly hyped artists on here get labelled.