Category Archives: Ambient

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Darwin Raymond ~ Somewhere The Sun Shines Brightly

Sunshine. Far off in the distance, the sun shines brightly (just not in England of late.) Yet it’s encouraging to know that somewhere she is still shining with brilliance, sustaining life and the sale of sunscreen. “If I could offer

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Darwin Raymond ~ Somewhere The Sun Shines Brightly

Sunshine. Far off in the distance, the sun shines brightly (just not in England of late.) Yet it’s encouraging to know that somewhere she is still shining with brilliance, sustaining life and the sale of sunscreen. “If I could offer

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Hakobune ~ Watching the Prescribed Burn

For the music of Hakobune, gorgeous, densely developed atmospheres are to be expected, and they’re always a dream come true. And like the sweetest dreams, the music is open, lush and positive, but they also fade after awakening. A caring love

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Hakobune ~ Watching the Prescribed Burn

For the music of Hakobune, gorgeous, densely developed atmospheres are to be expected, and they’re always a dream come true. And like the sweetest dreams, the music is open, lush and positive, but they also fade after awakening. A caring love

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Alexandr Vatagin ~ Serza

“I get by with a little help from my friends”, sings Ringo Starr, and this comforting concept has not been lost on Alexandr Vatagin.  He’s spent the last couple decades collaborating with numerous artists while pursuing interests of his own through

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Alexandr Vatagin ~ Serza

“I get by with a little help from my friends”, sings Ringo Starr, and this comforting concept has not been lost on Alexandr Vatagin.  He’s spent the last couple decades collaborating with numerous artists while pursuing interests of his own through

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Barn Owl ~ V

Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras have been exploring the more electronic facets of textural guitar compositions on a lot of solo outings, and they really bring it all together on their fifth Barn Owl album. The San Francisco duo’s provocative

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Barn Owl ~ V

Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras have been exploring the more electronic facets of textural guitar compositions on a lot of solo outings, and they really bring it all together on their fifth Barn Owl album. The San Francisco duo’s provocative

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Tropic of Coldness ~ unrelated causalities

A spring thaw seems to have visited the Brussels duo Tropic of Coldness: a break in the cold, allowing the snow to melt and drain away.  Not that unrelated causalities is warm; six of its seven tracks are located just above the freezing

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Tropic of Coldness ~ unrelated causalities

A spring thaw seems to have visited the Brussels duo Tropic of Coldness: a break in the cold, allowing the snow to melt and drain away.  Not that unrelated causalities is warm; six of its seven tracks are located just above the freezing

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Josh Mason ~ The Symbiont

Josh Mason‘s new transparent record is a study in abeyance: two tracks, suspended in time, in no rush to go forward or back, aware that the needle is moving toward the end while pretending not to care.  The music is

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Josh Mason ~ The Symbiont

Josh Mason‘s new transparent record is a study in abeyance: two tracks, suspended in time, in no rush to go forward or back, aware that the needle is moving toward the end while pretending not to care.  The music is

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Melodia ~ Saudades

The Portuguese word saudade refers to an intense, continuing love for people who are no longer with us, whether they have left, died or disappeared.  Lovers, friends, and victims of crime are all included in the extended definition.  Brazil – the

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Melodia ~ Saudades

The Portuguese word saudade refers to an intense, continuing love for people who are no longer with us, whether they have left, died or disappeared.  Lovers, friends, and victims of crime are all included in the extended definition.  Brazil – the

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Linear Bells ~ ///

Sometimes there’s no disturbance like that of daydreams passing, forever awash into the streams of streets and cars, melting into power lines that draw a deeply psychological landscape into being. Ambient, as well-meaning as it is, often obviates these projections

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Linear Bells ~ ///

Sometimes there’s no disturbance like that of daydreams passing, forever awash into the streams of streets and cars, melting into power lines that draw a deeply psychological landscape into being. Ambient, as well-meaning as it is, often obviates these projections