MODSQUARE.COM is a website focused solely on reviewing and discovering abstract, experimental electronic music. And of course, they do compilations. Ctrl+N is the 3rd compilation release and the artists in it are as experimental as they come - crossing genres of glitch, idm, ambient, chiptune, drill and bass and almost even pop.
Room brings us the […]

More food inspired music comes your way courtesy of Seestrings. Similar in vein to the Pasta EP that I reviewed earlier, the Strawberry Jam EP can be thought of as a much more laidback version of the pasta EP in a sense. Think of it as melodic chillout IDM.
Each track of the EP is […]

Bent Appletrees is a great melodic IDM album. I fell in love with it since the first time I listened to it and since it has quite easily become one of my favourite IDM releases.
All 13 tracks in this album are very beautiful and relaxing. Nothing special is achieved or noticed in this album, but […]

Intelligent Toys 1 is probably the release that put Sutemos on the map and make them one of the top Netlabel for IDM and Ambient artists. Just when everyone thought Intelligent Toys 1 is best free IDM compilation album that could have been made, Sutemos once again shocked us with their release of Intelligent Toys […]

Take two portions space dust, three quarters cup melody, mix them together and stir briskly. Then pour in one ounce of noise and you’ve got Sky Diary from United Dust.
If you thought all the music out there that incorporates noise is harsh, then the Sky Diary will prove that this is indeed not the case. […]

This is not a studio album/EP but a live recording by one of my favourite IDM artists, Lackluster. If you remembered, we have reviewed one of his albums a couple of months ago, CDR #2. Coincidentally, a few of the tracks from the album, like Starcell UK and Cull Streak, are chosen to be part […]

This ain’t an advertisement. This is a review on the album that ain’t punk rock or rock and roll. The composer, Spoweck, would like to call it emotional electronic music or digital poetry. We would like to call it glitch or IDM.
This album is not hard, nor is it soft and relaxing. Most of the […]

Forgive me for the lame title of this post, for I simply ran out of ideas!
Plosive’s compilation of his remixes of other artists on the one label is a testament to the strongly collaborative nature of the netlabel ethic. Whereas remixes would normally be filler material on 12″ dance records or artists desperately trying […]

On “The Dagda EP”, which was released on the Earstroke netlabel back in 2005, Skytree (Evan Snyder) delicately melds an ethereal mix of folk guitar, lush string arrangments, ambient soundscapes and intricate yet trippy beats.
The overall mood is organic although it can sound rather moody, fragile, cold and mysterious. I’d recommend putting this in […]

This EP by Swedish IDM ST (Stefan Ternemar) is exceptionally melodic, peaceful and easy to listen to. The EP is not strictly IDM, but more to electronica with serious melody line and even lyrics.
This is my first time listening to ST and I am very sure I will be looking for more of ST’s […]

The above title can’t be more true for the artist that is featured this time around. You probably have some memory of him if you have listened to If:Then:Goto by Another Syntax Error which was featured on gratisvibes some time ago. He is no other than bad loop, one of the remixers from the album. […]

Nice IDM/Glitch EP by the French music producer, 3tronik. Most songs on this EP are fast tracks and most of them have the unique glitchy sound which I dig. Note that this album is not as melodic as most other IDM albums featured here so far.
If you’re in for a short and sweet IDM album, […]