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Five questions with Acre
“Acre is an Edinburgh-based label that laments the hole left in the electronic genre by Warp. Acre are audiophiles and vinyl junkies, putting out well-mastered and well-pressed dynamic records for the...
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Blakbody vs C. Mantle :: In The Mouth Of The Syndrome (Acre)
Taken as a whole, it’ll take a few listens to extrapolate the layers of debris on this extended player as both artists blur the edges of glitch and abstraction. Blakbody vs C. Mantle ‘In The Mouth Of...
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V/A :: Iugeri Sonus II (Acre)
Iugeri Sonus II exemplifies the multifaceted sounds of Acre—broken electro enriched by weaving experiments that bend, tweak and alter reality. Acre opens up 2013 by inviting their talented roster of...
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Blakbody :: Atmos EP (Acre)
Blakbody’s abstract vision of electronics—and the motion of molecules on offer—teases the listener (again) with what might hopefully be the workings of a full-length release. Blakbody inhabits...
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Carl Finlow :: Boot Loop EP (Electrix)
Absolutely devastating examples of proper electro stomp drenched in nothing but the finest machine funk and bass filth. Carl Finlow returns with some heavy weight electro beasts on Billy Nasty’s...
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C. Mantle :: Femto Tudomány EP (Acre)
Weaving basslines that burst from every corner, Femto Tudomány is a distracting yet somehow attractively coherent extended player. C. Mantle (aka Christopher Mantle and Acre label head) delivers his...
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Flint Kids :: Sancerre EP (Abstrakt Reflections)
Expanding from bass-heavy turbulence to a gritty electrical traverse and spacious sonic revisions, Sancerre is an engaged backdrop to spinning Neutron stars. Offering slabs of classical glitch...
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C. Mantle :: Con-fusion EP (Acre)
Con-fusion is built on its title, torn down to its core and rebuilt as a towering abstract mega-structure. There’s no escaping the sounds of full throttle, heavy punching bass and beats rummaging...
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V/A :: Earthlings 2 (Pyramid Transmissions)
An ear-shattering assemblage with heavy emphasis on rolling rhythms, raw machinery, and modular finesse. One of the top compilations of 2018, and a benefit release (for World Animal Protection) that...
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C Mantle :: Anatomically Correct (Acre)
C Mantle’s unique ability to truncate strangely captivating angular exp-electro soundscapes—and swiftly obliterate them often at the same time—assures us that every scratch, screech, crunch, crack and...
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C Mantle :: The Trials of Herta Kosinsky EP (Gabber Noir)
A blisteringly wild ride through turbulent electronic mayhem that is saturated with deformed electro strands. Broken electro formations, twisted sonic peripheral, and cold rhythmic breaks C Mantle (aka...
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Aelk Minsur :: Catalyst (Self Released)
Catalyst doesn’t try to find the path of least resistance, instead, it takes the scenic route with decomposed drum work and broken rhythms galore. Squelching sonic depth and debris Aelk Minsur...
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C Mantle :: Photisms (Kaer’Uiks)
Right from the onset we can consider this album as an electronic exploration—its tangled, mangled, and clanging industrial tropes are in full swing (ref. “F.rr.t–Cer”) and sliding through crunchy sonic...
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Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2022
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...
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