Category Archives: Ambient
Karen Vogt ~ Losing the Sea / Losing the Sea Remixes
Losing the Sea has gone through various incarnations, beginning with its original release on Mare Nostrum earlier this year. Now that remixes and original sea recordings have joined the lineup, the package finally seems complete. As a kind bonus, no
Karen Vogt ~ Losing the Sea / Losing the Sea Remixes
Losing the Sea has gone through various incarnations, beginning with its original release on Mare Nostrum earlier this year. Now that remixes and original sea recordings have joined the lineup, the package finally seems complete. As a kind bonus, no
Hanna Svirska ~ Yangola
Vangola brings back pleasant memories of French label Prikosnovénie, in multiple aspects from Hanna Svirska‘s fairy tale aesthetic to Sana Shahmuradova’s folklorish cover art. The project is released on Kyiv’s Standard Deviation, who also released last year’s superlative compilation From Ukraine, For Ukraine.
Hanna Svirska ~ Yangola
Vangola brings back pleasant memories of French label Prikosnovénie, in multiple aspects from Hanna Svirska‘s fairy tale aesthetic to Sana Shahmuradova’s folklorish cover art. The project is released on Kyiv’s Standard Deviation, who also released last year’s superlative compilation From Ukraine, For Ukraine.
V/A ~ These Clouds…
Congratulations to Athens label Sound In Silence, who has just reached its 100th release! (Wasting no time, the label released #s 101 and 102 the same day.) These Clouds… is only the label’s second compilation, on the very slow heels
V/A ~ These Clouds…
Congratulations to Athens label Sound In Silence, who has just reached its 100th release! (Wasting no time, the label released #s 101 and 102 the same day.) These Clouds… is only the label’s second compilation, on the very slow heels
Penelope Trappes ~ Heavenly Spheres
On Heavenly Spheres the Australian born vocalist and musician Penelope Trappes depicts the fragility of improvisation and experimental practice, while imbuing the spaciousness of ambient music’s soundscapes with surprising heft. On album opener “The Bitterness of Parting,” an opening wave
Penelope Trappes ~ Heavenly Spheres
On Heavenly Spheres the Australian born vocalist and musician Penelope Trappes depicts the fragility of improvisation and experimental practice, while imbuing the spaciousness of ambient music’s soundscapes with surprising heft. On album opener “The Bitterness of Parting,” an opening wave
Bartosz Dziadosz ~ Peace
Just as the pandemic produced a ripple effect across the music industry, the war in Ukraine is having an effect today. Bartosz Dziadosz‘ Peace is the latest album to address the war, albeit obliquely, offering a feeling of calm. Dziadosz spent the
Bartosz Dziadosz ~ Peace
Just as the pandemic produced a ripple effect across the music industry, the war in Ukraine is having an effect today. Bartosz Dziadosz‘ Peace is the latest album to address the war, albeit obliquely, offering a feeling of calm. Dziadosz spent the
Arbee ~ La place est prise / Glacial Anatomy ~ Field
One of the pleasures of watching Montreal’s Florina Cassettes is matching their cover art with the original paintings. The young label’s unified cover aesthetic is particularly appealing as it zeroes in on abstractions ~ even in otherwise straightforward art, as
Arbee ~ La place est prise / Glacial Anatomy ~ Field
One of the pleasures of watching Montreal’s Florina Cassettes is matching their cover art with the original paintings. The young label’s unified cover aesthetic is particularly appealing as it zeroes in on abstractions ~ even in otherwise straightforward art, as
Tim Hecker ~ No Highs
“What is the function of music?”, asks the Canadian sound artist and composer Tim Hecker in a recent New York Times profile. “Is it to serve as a background for a WeWork, efficiency world, for someone who just wants to
Tim Hecker ~ No Highs
“What is the function of music?”, asks the Canadian sound artist and composer Tim Hecker in a recent New York Times profile. “Is it to serve as a background for a WeWork, efficiency world, for someone who just wants to
Video Premiere: Alexander Grawoig ~ “So Little Remains”
By the end of “So Little Remains”, a gentle binaural sonic meditation by Alexander Grawoig, you won’t be sure if ten minutes have elapsed or ten hours. The transient instability of both the cyclical acoustic swells and subtly fluctuating visuals
Video Premiere: Alexander Grawoig ~ “So Little Remains”
By the end of “So Little Remains”, a gentle binaural sonic meditation by Alexander Grawoig, you won’t be sure if ten minutes have elapsed or ten hours. The transient instability of both the cyclical acoustic swells and subtly fluctuating visuals
a closer listen 