Author Archives: JB
Maninkari ~ Continuum Sonore
The French duo Maninkari crafts music with a haunted sensuality. Mythical and improvisational in spirit, the sounds are activated in solitude, at night. Imagine The Necks playing in a vampire opium den; it’s not exactly the soundtrack for reading my
Maninkari ~ Continuum Sonore
The French duo Maninkari crafts music with a haunted sensuality. Mythical and improvisational in spirit, the sounds are activated in solitude, at night. Imagine The Necks playing in a vampire opium den; it’s not exactly the soundtrack for reading my
Un Silencio Blanco ~ Las Cosas Cansadas
Only two songs strong, the second release from Colombia’s Un Silencio Blanco is very much a study in contrasts; or, if you prefer, a record of two halves. Both are worthy of your time, although it is the Caretaker-esque ambient
Un Silencio Blanco ~ Las Cosas Cansadas
Only two songs strong, the second release from Colombia’s Un Silencio Blanco is very much a study in contrasts; or, if you prefer, a record of two halves. Both are worthy of your time, although it is the Caretaker-esque ambient
Gideon Wolf ~ Paper
Paper, the debut full-length release from London’s Gideon Wolf, opens subtly, with a bare, crisp piano hovering in a cloud of stark, minor key notes. You may think you have a clear idea where the piece is headed, but around
Gideon Wolf ~ Paper
Paper, the debut full-length release from London’s Gideon Wolf, opens subtly, with a bare, crisp piano hovering in a cloud of stark, minor key notes. You may think you have a clear idea where the piece is headed, but around
Linear Bells ~ An Island
If one wrote a manual for the ambient musician, it would probably contain an appendix listing words and images to steer clear of, if only because their over-use has toppled into cliché. The words ‘bells’ and ‘island’ would probably be
Linear Bells ~ An Island
If one wrote a manual for the ambient musician, it would probably contain an appendix listing words and images to steer clear of, if only because their over-use has toppled into cliché. The words ‘bells’ and ‘island’ would probably be
Listening Mirror ~ The Clearing / My Hiding Place
This new single by Listening Mirror starts out in similar fashion to countless other ambient/drone tracks with a low-key hum, but it soon ramps up the atmosphere and rather than being blasé about more ambience, one is suddenly beguiled. The
Listening Mirror ~ The Clearing / My Hiding Place
This new single by Listening Mirror starts out in similar fashion to countless other ambient/drone tracks with a low-key hum, but it soon ramps up the atmosphere and rather than being blasé about more ambience, one is suddenly beguiled. The
Pillowdiver ~ Cassette Recordings
Ever since the birth of René Margraff’s sublime project in 2008, Pillowdiver has been a highly fitting alias, describing the music Margraff etches out quite effectively. His deeply organic, ambient soundcapes are entirely dreamy, thinly vaporous and utterly ethereal in
Pillowdiver ~ Cassette Recordings
Ever since the birth of René Margraff’s sublime project in 2008, Pillowdiver has been a highly fitting alias, describing the music Margraff etches out quite effectively. His deeply organic, ambient soundcapes are entirely dreamy, thinly vaporous and utterly ethereal in
Kyle Bobby Dunn ~ Bring Me the Head of Kyle Bobby Dunn
A sweet paradise awaits all who dive into Kyle Bobby Dunn‘s music. Bring Me The Head of… is like a hazy, gorgeous dream, drifting along the delta waves of the subconscious. Truly sublime music may allure us utterly with her
Kyle Bobby Dunn ~ Bring Me the Head of Kyle Bobby Dunn
A sweet paradise awaits all who dive into Kyle Bobby Dunn‘s music. Bring Me The Head of… is like a hazy, gorgeous dream, drifting along the delta waves of the subconscious. Truly sublime music may allure us utterly with her
Sferi ~ Sound of the Spheres
Our eight planets, pulled together under one sun, hang blackly in the solar system. As our Sun casts its light onto each planet with wildly changeable degrees of intensity, a wondrous fascination of the space in which we live becomes
Sferi ~ Sound of the Spheres
Our eight planets, pulled together under one sun, hang blackly in the solar system. As our Sun casts its light onto each planet with wildly changeable degrees of intensity, a wondrous fascination of the space in which we live becomes
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