Category Archives: Ambient
Drifting in Polar Seas
Toronto’s Polar Seas label returns this month with a pair of evocative albums, one ambient and one modern composition. Mathieu Lamontagne‘s Obsolescence Programmée is a soft meditation on disposable culture, while Mikael Lind‘s Strings and Clusters detaches and reassembles violin, viola and cello phrases until they
Drifting in Polar Seas
Toronto’s Polar Seas label returns this month with a pair of evocative albums, one ambient and one modern composition. Mathieu Lamontagne‘s Obsolescence Programmée is a soft meditation on disposable culture, while Mikael Lind‘s Strings and Clusters detaches and reassembles violin, viola and cello phrases until they
Common Eider, King Eider ~ A Wound of Body
A Wound of Body is the first part of a two-album series by dark ambient experimentalist Common Eider, King Eider, which delves into “wounds at once physical and spiritual, social and societal, natural and environmental”. A harsh fragility permeates the entire
Common Eider, King Eider ~ A Wound of Body
A Wound of Body is the first part of a two-album series by dark ambient experimentalist Common Eider, King Eider, which delves into “wounds at once physical and spiritual, social and societal, natural and environmental”. A harsh fragility permeates the entire
bvdub ~ Drowning in Daylight
Drowning in Daylight is pure magic. Elasticated vocals appear like spectres out of time, submerging themselves in the depths of reverb and invincible levels of love. Echoing harmonies and repeating pulses of patient sound build and build, while a thin,
bvdub ~ Drowning in Daylight
Drowning in Daylight is pure magic. Elasticated vocals appear like spectres out of time, submerging themselves in the depths of reverb and invincible levels of love. Echoing harmonies and repeating pulses of patient sound build and build, while a thin,
H. Takahashi ~ Low Power
Tokyo resident H. Takahashi uses a background in architecture and sound design to good advantage. Both areas can be thought of as being one and the same, the former being confined to physical construction and outward manifestation, and the latter
H. Takahashi ~ Low Power
Tokyo resident H. Takahashi uses a background in architecture and sound design to good advantage. Both areas can be thought of as being one and the same, the former being confined to physical construction and outward manifestation, and the latter
Fall Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone
When we started to receive fall music announcements early this spring, we knew something special was in the air. By the time summer started, we already had enough for an article. Now we have enough for five. The brand new
Fall Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone
When we started to receive fall music announcements early this spring, we knew something special was in the air. By the time summer started, we already had enough for an article. Now we have enough for five. The brand new
Pausal ~ Volume Flow
You’ll fall in love with Volume Flow. Pausal‘s music is as essential as a heartbeat, a kind and love-struck ambient. Dreaming in the daylight, their slow drones are populated with well wishes and fulfilled destinies. Alex Smalley and Simon Bainton
Pausal ~ Volume Flow
You’ll fall in love with Volume Flow. Pausal‘s music is as essential as a heartbeat, a kind and love-struck ambient. Dreaming in the daylight, their slow drones are populated with well wishes and fulfilled destinies. Alex Smalley and Simon Bainton
The Necks ~ Body
One of the things that makes The Necks so brilliant is their continual exploration of organicism in any and all its forms, not only in pure musical terms but also as ensemble. For the past few years that’s meant drawing
The Necks ~ Body
One of the things that makes The Necks so brilliant is their continual exploration of organicism in any and all its forms, not only in pure musical terms but also as ensemble. For the past few years that’s meant drawing
Kenji Kahara ~ Scenes of Scapes
Summer is ending. We hate to say it, because despite all our complaints about the heat, humidity and mosquitos, summer often represents more than it offers. Summer is vacations by the sea, rest and relaxation, a surrender to the flow
Kenji Kahara ~ Scenes of Scapes
Summer is ending. We hate to say it, because despite all our complaints about the heat, humidity and mosquitos, summer often represents more than it offers. Summer is vacations by the sea, rest and relaxation, a surrender to the flow
a closer listen 