Bleep

The debut album from Iglooghost from 2017 goes even further down that rabbit hole of wild genre melee with EDM, juke, J-Pop, chiptune and much more all counted as weapons in the Irish producer’s arsenal. The voracious postmodernism of Neō Wax Bloom would mean nothing, however, if Iglooghost wasn’t an immaculate curator as well as creator. The attention to detail of tracks like ‘White Gum’ and ‘Teal Yomi/Olivine’ recalls the legendary SOPHIE and labelmate Daedalus - bursting at the seams, every idea still manages to find its own triumphant space.

Iglooghost sequences Neō Wax Bloom’s two collaborations back to back towards the end of the album, with the crushing but beautifully rendered digital dembow kicks of ‘Infinite Mint’ providing a reggaeton meets hyperpop platform for Cuushe’s breathy and excitable vocals. Meanwhile, the aforementioned ‘Teal Yomi/Olivine’ featuring Mr. Yote is a league all its own.

There are strands of the PC Music DNA in its helium and detritus spiked vocal processing and rubbery synthetic D&B percussion, but the track possess a unique energy that blasts well past their typical zone, almost as if Iglooghost ran it through a nightcore filter and back several times until it became thrillingly precarious.