Mick Chillage, best known as one-half of The Chillage Idiots (with his cohort Paul Chillage) steps up with his debut full-length album after a long series of digital EPs for Nice & Nasty Records in 2009. Tales From The Igloo was released in July 2009 by a Dublin, Ireland-based ambient / electronic label known as Psychonavigation Records. Recorded between 2005 and 2008, the 12 tracks that Tales From The Igloo consists of clocks in at about 76 minutes and is a high class mixture of downtempo / IDM, from the calm opener “The Hidden Landscape” all the way through to the album’s closer, an upbeat remix by Pentatonik. The classy artwork was done by an Dutch artist named Jeroen Advocaat, best known to me as doing artwork for the Sending Orbs label. In addition to this, Mick has returned to Nice & Nasty with an EP called The Final Storm remixes. The Chillage Idiots took some time off while Mick prepared for the release of this album, but have recently posted a new show on XfmDublin.com, dedicated to the memories of Ian Loveday (Eon) and Andy Hughes (The Orb). Mick also keeps himself busy with a variety of remixes for other artists. Consistently, every track I’ve listen to by him has been great stuff, and Tales From the Igloo is no exception. Well worth the wait.

Tracklisting:
1 Hidden Landscape
2 Under The Ice
3 Floating In Hyperspace
4 Hypothermia
5 Disturbed Earth
6 Rotation
7 Gateway Station
8 Dubmarine
9 Melting Emotion
10 Northern Nights
11 Precinct 14
12 The Final Storm [Pentatonik Remix]

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Wide Atmosphere is the debut release for German trance artist Andreas Reeck. Reeck has been producing music since 2001 and this album also marks the first full-length release for German netlabel Multiplex Records. Cardiaca first appeared with a track on the initial Multiplex release, a compilation entitled Northward Direction. Multiplex describes Wide Atmosphere as “straight atmospheric soundscapes and smooth eartouching tunes accompanied with deep pounding grooves” and I can go along with their description. This is deep progressive trance that will appeal to fans of Vibrasphere and similar artists. Right now, it appears that Cardiaca does not have much information available as the main website is down, but there are several different tracks that do not appear on the album available to listen on his Myspace page.

Tracklisting:
1 A Very Fine Day (8:10)
2 After The Rain (6:59)
3 Wide Atmosphere (8:15)
4 Style Extract (9:29)
5 Beat Fellow (7:44)
6 Rock N Roll Kids (7:16)
7 Nightlife Express (8:24)
8 Indian Control (9:06)
9 Lullaby (4:19)

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