Category Archive: Electro Acoustic

End of 2016: A list and a mix by Slow Clinic

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Our third and final post/mix covering Irregular Crates’ favourite releases of 2016 comes courtesy of our writer James Armstrong (Slow Clinic). His post/mix was uploaded before the year finished, but I have been… Continue reading

End Of 2016: a list and show by Harry Towell

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With 2016 all but done, it’s time for me to cover off my favourite albums of the year across all genres. The year for me aside from music has gone at lightning pace with… Continue reading

ICP021 Irregular Crates Podcast 021

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Some of our more attentive readers may have noticed that there are some new ‘reviewers’ writing posts for us. This came about after we were tired of writing ‘we’ when there was only really… Continue reading

Danny Clay – Stills

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Danny Clay’s ‘Stills’ was presented as a feature opportunity, coincidently, while I was listening to ‘ganymede’: an album previously released by Clay via Hibernate Records. ‘Stills’ presents the listener with a balance of warmth and rawness… Continue reading

K’an – Babel

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What comes to mind when picturing limited edition DIY packaging for small-run CD releases? If you’re unfamiliar with the US label Time Released Sound, then the physical manifestations of their releases have to… Continue reading

Tim Linghaus – Vhoir

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Tim Linghaus’ ‘Vhoir’ opens with a tranquil selection of orchestral instruments, arranged and processed together cleverly. The addition of movement captured in field recordings creates the sounds of the accidental and unintended musical… Continue reading

Book Of Air – Vvolk

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I stumbled across this record on Granvat by Book Of Air after it was made available on Boomkat this week. The record came out in June and is available via Bandcamp, so of… Continue reading

Barnaby Carter – While It Still Blooms

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I’ve had this one by Barnaby Carter on pre-order for a few months now and have been really looking forward to it, based on my several listens to a Soundcloud preview of the record.… Continue reading

Whitelabrecs (Label Feature)

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This year saw the launch of a new label called Whitelabrecs, a project helmed by Harry Towell who also runs occasional imprint Tessellate Recordings and the long standing netlabel Audio Gourmet. We’ve been… Continue reading

Dead Light – Dead Light

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We’ve been following Village Green for quite some time and Adrian Corker’s ‘Raise’ has to be one of our favourite Ambient/Modern Classical albums in recent years. The latest release on the label is… Continue reading