Iglooghost - Oxford Art Factory - SYD

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Astral People Presents... ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ JUNE 10 - SYD - Oxford Art Factory ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ There are few contemporary electronic artists building worlds as meticulously, or as strangely, as Iglooghost. Across more than a decade of releases, he has positioned himself not simply as a producer but as a world-builder, constructing dense fictional ecosystems where sound, image, and narrative operate as a single organism. His work resists easy categorisation, moving freely between experimental club music, abrasive electronics, surreal storytelling, and avant-garde performance. Iglooghost’s music is defined by contradiction. It is hyper-detailed yet sporadic, playful yet asymmetrical. Beneath the surface of his chaotic rhythms and fractured melodies lies a deep commitment to immersion, an insistence that music can function as an entry point into imagined subcultures, cryptic lore, and unstable mythologies. Each release expands this universe further, revealing new characters, environments, and symbols that feel excavated rather than invented. This holistic approach is central to Tidal Memory Exo, his third studio album, released in April 2024 via LUCKYME. Written and produced while living in a storm-battered seaside town in the UK, the record channels environmental bleakness into something both abrasive and strangely intimate. It introduces raw, post-punk-inflected vocals alongside Iglooghost’s signature tangled electronics and volatile beats, creating songs that feel like intercepted broadcasts from a collapsing coastal settlement. The album does not explain itself. It drags the listener into its tide and leaves them to orient themselves. In June, Iglooghost brings this ever-expanding universe to Australia for a limited run of appearances, including headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne, alongside a performance at Dark Mofo. Renowned for its appetite for the uncanny and the confrontational, Dark Mofo provides a fitting context for an artist whose work thrives in liminal, unstable spaces. Complex, rich, and sometimes deliberately hermetic, Iglooghost’s output has earned him a place among the most forward-thinking creators in experimental electronic music today. Observe & Absorb. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ We pay our respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and acknowledge their custodianship of these lands and waters; their culture and language; and their elders – past, present and emerging.