Category Archives: Ambient
2020 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone
Today we shift from the best music of the 10s to the first music of the 20s. This one is our biggest Winter Music Preview ever, listing nearly 200 albums in five days! A new year starts with new hopes
2020 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone
Today we shift from the best music of the 10s to the first music of the 20s. This one is our biggest Winter Music Preview ever, listing nearly 200 albums in five days! A new year starts with new hopes
A Closer Listen’s Best Ambient Albums of the Decade
Our Best of the Decade lists begin today! These lists celebrate the power ~ and the idiosyncrasies ~ of the individual. Each of our staffers was invited to list their favorite album of the decade in each of seven categories,
A Closer Listen’s Best Ambient Albums of the Decade
Our Best of the Decade lists begin today! These lists celebrate the power ~ and the idiosyncrasies ~ of the individual. Each of our staffers was invited to list their favorite album of the decade in each of seven categories,
ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Ambient
And now, the first of the Big Seven Lists! We receive more ambient music than anything else, at times equal to all the other genres combined. This makes the field our most competitive, which is ironic considering the fact that
ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Ambient
And now, the first of the Big Seven Lists! We receive more ambient music than anything else, at times equal to all the other genres combined. This makes the field our most competitive, which is ironic considering the fact that
Jen Kutler ~ Disembodied
This album is a mine field for a male reviewer, but Disembodied is also one of the strangest releases of the year, and one of the most relevant. So let’s get the concept out first: volunteers across the female spectrum were invited
Jen Kutler ~ Disembodied
This album is a mine field for a male reviewer, but Disembodied is also one of the strangest releases of the year, and one of the most relevant. So let’s get the concept out first: volunteers across the female spectrum were invited
A Winged Victory for the Sullen ~ The Undivided Five
Everyone listens to instrumental music. In developed countries, most people listen every day. A much smaller number tries to figure out who they are hearing in films, on TV and online; and an even smaller number follows these artists. A Winged Victory
A Winged Victory for the Sullen ~ The Undivided Five
Everyone listens to instrumental music. In developed countries, most people listen every day. A much smaller number tries to figure out who they are hearing in films, on TV and online; and an even smaller number follows these artists. A Winged Victory
Kajsa Lindgren ~ Everyone is here
Where do our parents end, and where do we begin? How old must one be to become one’s own person? Answers are elusive, but on Kajsa Lindgren‘s latest album the emphasis is more on connection than disassociation. Three generations contribute music to Everyone
Kajsa Lindgren ~ Everyone is here
Where do our parents end, and where do we begin? How old must one be to become one’s own person? Answers are elusive, but on Kajsa Lindgren‘s latest album the emphasis is more on connection than disassociation. Three generations contribute music to Everyone
Hammock ~ Silencia
Silencia completes a trilogy launched by the death of a loved one. 2017’s Mysterium was a tribute to Marc Byrd’s nephew Clark Kern and the ravages of grief; 2018’s Universalis looked upward, to transcendence and peace. Silencia honors silence, not as the space between tracks but
Hammock ~ Silencia
Silencia completes a trilogy launched by the death of a loved one. 2017’s Mysterium was a tribute to Marc Byrd’s nephew Clark Kern and the ravages of grief; 2018’s Universalis looked upward, to transcendence and peace. Silencia honors silence, not as the space between tracks but
Blind Cave Salamander ~ The Svalbard Suite / Ecker & Meulyzer ~ Carbon / Glåsbird ~ Svalbarð
Great minds think alike, or perhaps it’s just coincidence ~ but three albums about Svalbarð have been released in a short span of time, including two in a ten-day span. Each occupies a different genre, and brings something unique to the table.
Blind Cave Salamander ~ The Svalbard Suite / Ecker & Meulyzer ~ Carbon / Glåsbird ~ Svalbarð
Great minds think alike, or perhaps it’s just coincidence ~ but three albums about Svalbarð have been released in a short span of time, including two in a ten-day span. Each occupies a different genre, and brings something unique to the table.
a closer listen 