Category Archives: Ambient
FEAN (Piiptsjilling with Joachim Badenhorst, Sylvain Chauveau and Annelies Monseré)
The market is so crowded with LPs about endangered peatland that it’s hard to sort through them all. Just kidding, there’s only one. FEAN‘s self-titled album is educative, leading us to ask questions such as: “What is peatland?” Also known
FEAN (Piiptsjilling with Joachim Badenhorst, Sylvain Chauveau and Annelies Monseré)
The market is so crowded with LPs about endangered peatland that it’s hard to sort through them all. Just kidding, there’s only one. FEAN‘s self-titled album is educative, leading us to ask questions such as: “What is peatland?” Also known
Federico Durand ~ Pequeñas Melodías
IIKKI Books returns this fall with the colorful explosion of Pequeñas Melodías, a book of full-color photographs by Albarrán Cabrera (Angel Albarrán & Anna Cabrera) and an album from Federico Durand. The pieces of this release complement each other and can be
Federico Durand ~ Pequeñas Melodías
IIKKI Books returns this fall with the colorful explosion of Pequeñas Melodías, a book of full-color photographs by Albarrán Cabrera (Angel Albarrán & Anna Cabrera) and an album from Federico Durand. The pieces of this release complement each other and can be
Ian William Craig ~ Thresholder
Ian William Craig holds such a cherished spot in our musical consciousness that it’s a surprise to recall that his first album was released in 2012 ~ coincidentally, the first year of our site. A unique composer with a clearly identifiable
Ian William Craig ~ Thresholder
Ian William Craig holds such a cherished spot in our musical consciousness that it’s a surprise to recall that his first album was released in 2012 ~ coincidentally, the first year of our site. A unique composer with a clearly identifiable
Emilía ~ Spring through a window
Emilía has done it again. The duo who brought us last year’s exquisite EP Down to the Sadness River is back with another melancholic gem. While it may seem out of season in fall, the phrase “spring through a window” refers to the
Emilía ~ Spring through a window
Emilía has done it again. The duo who brought us last year’s exquisite EP Down to the Sadness River is back with another melancholic gem. While it may seem out of season in fall, the phrase “spring through a window” refers to the
Tim Shiel ~ Glowing Pains: Music from The Gardens Between / Interview
There’s a tension to reconcile when crafting a videogame soundtrack that plays on the mind of Tim Shiel. ‘Normal’ music has a defined path – a start, middle and end – but videogame music is very much nonlinear, dictated or
Tim Shiel ~ Glowing Pains: Music from The Gardens Between / Interview
There’s a tension to reconcile when crafting a videogame soundtrack that plays on the mind of Tim Shiel. ‘Normal’ music has a defined path – a start, middle and end – but videogame music is very much nonlinear, dictated or
Daniela Orvin ~ Home
‘For many years I was searching for a place which I could call home’. Daniela Orvin‘s music has experienced uprootedness, but not discontent or dislocation. She was born in Berlin and grew up in both Ismaning, on the outskirts of
Daniela Orvin ~ Home
‘For many years I was searching for a place which I could call home’. Daniela Orvin‘s music has experienced uprootedness, but not discontent or dislocation. She was born in Berlin and grew up in both Ismaning, on the outskirts of
Caught In The Wake Forever & glacis ~ Version & Delineation
Version & Delineation‘s pale melodies are accompanied by trembling chords. Lovingly unedited background sounds add to the everyday atmosphere: the flow of air, the creak of a chair, and a voice carried on a cool draught. Like a fine autumn
Caught In The Wake Forever & glacis ~ Version & Delineation
Version & Delineation‘s pale melodies are accompanied by trembling chords. Lovingly unedited background sounds add to the everyday atmosphere: the flow of air, the creak of a chair, and a voice carried on a cool draught. Like a fine autumn
The Penitential Station ~ The Cloud of Forgetting
Before there was Ian William Craig, there was Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, whose masses form the spiritual architecture of the astonishingly beautiful The Cloud of Forgetting. Hard day at the office? Troubles in a close relationship? Existential crisis? There’s nothing like the
The Penitential Station ~ The Cloud of Forgetting
Before there was Ian William Craig, there was Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, whose masses form the spiritual architecture of the astonishingly beautiful The Cloud of Forgetting. Hard day at the office? Troubles in a close relationship? Existential crisis? There’s nothing like the
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