Category Archives: Ambient

2023 Spring Music Preview ~ Ambient

By now, most people in the northern climates are preparing for spring; but spring is more than cherry blossoms and returning flocks.  Spring is a state of mind: a warming, a flowering, an emergence.  Spring is a feeling that, to

2023 Spring Music Preview ~ Ambient

By now, most people in the northern climates are preparing for spring; but spring is more than cherry blossoms and returning flocks.  Spring is a state of mind: a warming, a flowering, an emergence.  Spring is a feeling that, to

Heinali ~ Kyiv Eternal

Kyiv Eternal is released tomorrow on the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  At this writing, over 200,000 people have died, and the war continues to rage … but not in the way that Putin had hoped.  The Battle

Heinali ~ Kyiv Eternal

Kyiv Eternal is released tomorrow on the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  At this writing, over 200,000 people have died, and the war continues to rage … but not in the way that Putin had hoped.  The Battle

Hollie Kenniff ~ We All Have Places That We Miss

As other reviewers have observed, the pandemic still casts a long shadow over life, even as it becomes officially moved to the ‘something we have to live with’ category rather than a widespread disruption to everyday life. There is now,

Hollie Kenniff ~ We All Have Places That We Miss

As other reviewers have observed, the pandemic still casts a long shadow over life, even as it becomes officially moved to the ‘something we have to live with’ category rather than a widespread disruption to everyday life. There is now,

Mike Lazarev ~ Sacred Tonalities

We have a dysfunctional relationship with time. We groan as the alarm calls us from our sleep. We feel harried by the clock, rushing from meeting to meeting. We spend hours mindlessly scrolling. We watch our children grow up and

Mike Lazarev ~ Sacred Tonalities

We have a dysfunctional relationship with time. We groan as the alarm calls us from our sleep. We feel harried by the clock, rushing from meeting to meeting. We spend hours mindlessly scrolling. We watch our children grow up and

Tomo-Nakaguchi ~ The Long Night in Winter Light

We almost never publish a review a month before its release (this may be the first time), but we do have a good reason: The Long Night in Winter Light is a cold winter album, better suited for February chill than for

Tomo-Nakaguchi ~ The Long Night in Winter Light

We almost never publish a review a month before its release (this may be the first time), but we do have a good reason: The Long Night in Winter Light is a cold winter album, better suited for February chill than for

Tujiko Noriko ~ Crépuscule I & II

I stumbled across Tujiko Noriko’s recent project, Crépuscule I & II, completely by chance. Thanks to an excited tweet from a fellow critic (usually a good sign), “Fossil Words” jumped out at me from the swirling vortex of social media,

Tujiko Noriko ~ Crépuscule I & II

I stumbled across Tujiko Noriko’s recent project, Crépuscule I & II, completely by chance. Thanks to an excited tweet from a fellow critic (usually a good sign), “Fossil Words” jumped out at me from the swirling vortex of social media,

Drones and Debris ~ Song (After Nature Past) / Song (After Nature Future)

Seldom has so much work gone into something so short, but here the execution earns the attention.  Beginning with a bed of seal calls recorded by Chris Watson at Holy Island, Gyða Valtýsdóttir translated the calls into cello phrases and

Drones and Debris ~ Song (After Nature Past) / Song (After Nature Future)

Seldom has so much work gone into something so short, but here the execution earns the attention.  Beginning with a bed of seal calls recorded by Chris Watson at Holy Island, Gyða Valtýsdóttir translated the calls into cello phrases and

moshimoss ~ Stones of Paradise

Is it spring yet?  No, but the season is getting closer, and Stones of Paradise is a harbinger.  On the cover, the sun is shining and children are running through a gorgeous green field, the world embracing color after too long a

moshimoss ~ Stones of Paradise

Is it spring yet?  No, but the season is getting closer, and Stones of Paradise is a harbinger.  On the cover, the sun is shining and children are running through a gorgeous green field, the world embracing color after too long a