Category Archives: Ambient

Buildings and Food ~ Yutori

Yutori is the Japanese art of slowing down to create room for reflection.  Literally translated as “room to breathe” or “spaciousness,” the approach emphasizes the creativity that can arise in moments of calm. The Japanese-Canadian artist Buildings and Food (Jen K. Wilson)

Buildings and Food ~ Yutori

Yutori is the Japanese art of slowing down to create room for reflection.  Literally translated as “room to breathe” or “spaciousness,” the approach emphasizes the creativity that can arise in moments of calm. The Japanese-Canadian artist Buildings and Food (Jen K. Wilson)

Filippo Lilli and Ludovica Manzo ~ Abisso

Tackling seminal works can be either brave or reckless, especially when it comes to something as towering as Quartet for the End of Time. Neither an act of quiet courage nor a calculated risk, Filippo Lilli and Ludovica Manzo’s Abisso

Filippo Lilli and Ludovica Manzo ~ Abisso

Tackling seminal works can be either brave or reckless, especially when it comes to something as towering as Quartet for the End of Time. Neither an act of quiet courage nor a calculated risk, Filippo Lilli and Ludovica Manzo’s Abisso

Luigi Turra (Scores by Sylvain Chauveau) ~ Diastima

In Diastima, Luigi Turra delivers what could be labelled “the Chauveau variations”—not because he takes a foundational musical idea from Sylvain Chauveau and repeats it in multiple iterations, but because he departs from Chauveau’s graphic scores in ways that are

Luigi Turra (Scores by Sylvain Chauveau) ~ Diastima

In Diastima, Luigi Turra delivers what could be labelled “the Chauveau variations”—not because he takes a foundational musical idea from Sylvain Chauveau and repeats it in multiple iterations, but because he departs from Chauveau’s graphic scores in ways that are

Deaf Center ~ Through Time / A Second

As Sonic Pieces writes, “the subject of time is an ambitious one,” tackled by Deaf Center on Through Time and its December companion piece, “A Second.” Instrumental music lends itself well to the subject, as it has the capacity to warp, suspend or

Deaf Center ~ Through Time / A Second

As Sonic Pieces writes, “the subject of time is an ambitious one,” tackled by Deaf Center on Through Time and its December companion piece, “A Second.” Instrumental music lends itself well to the subject, as it has the capacity to warp, suspend or

Charbel Haber ~ May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable

There is a quiet contradiction at the heart of May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable, the latest work by Charbel Haber. It is an album that breathes in softness while exhaling inevitability—holding beauty

Charbel Haber ~ May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable

There is a quiet contradiction at the heart of May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable, the latest work by Charbel Haber. It is an album that breathes in softness while exhaling inevitability—holding beauty

Old Amica ~ Bländverk

A cruel quirk of translation turns out to be a clever trick on Bländverk, as the Swedish title implies bland work while the actual English translation is illusion. Old Amica‘s album is many things ~ quiet, intimate, reflective ~ but it is

Old Amica ~ Bländverk

A cruel quirk of translation turns out to be a clever trick on Bländverk, as the Swedish title implies bland work while the actual English translation is illusion. Old Amica‘s album is many things ~ quiet, intimate, reflective ~ but it is

Cole Pulice ~ Land’s End Eternal

There are moments on Cole Pulice’s Land’s End Eternal where you might find yourself asking what, exactly, you’re listening to, and that’s by design. The saxophonist and composer has spent the better part of a decade cultivating a signal processing

Cole Pulice ~ Land’s End Eternal

There are moments on Cole Pulice’s Land’s End Eternal where you might find yourself asking what, exactly, you’re listening to, and that’s by design. The saxophonist and composer has spent the better part of a decade cultivating a signal processing

Hollie Kenniff ~ For Those Who Stay

Despite the fact that it includes the track “Winter, Don’t Let Go,” For Those Who Stay is very much an album of spring.  More specifically, it’s about the emergence into spring after a long winter, which has been chronicled month by

Hollie Kenniff ~ For Those Who Stay

Despite the fact that it includes the track “Winter, Don’t Let Go,” For Those Who Stay is very much an album of spring.  More specifically, it’s about the emergence into spring after a long winter, which has been chronicled month by