Category Archives: Ambient
A Gene from a Genome: The Transient Tapes of Muzan Editions
Named after a portmanteau fusing the Chinese characters for “dream” and “mountain,” Muzan Editions is a small-run cassette label based in Nara, Japan. Its artists span the rainbow of contemporary electronic music, pursuing a dream of technology within the mountain
A Gene from a Genome: The Transient Tapes of Muzan Editions
Named after a portmanteau fusing the Chinese characters for “dream” and “mountain,” Muzan Editions is a small-run cassette label based in Nara, Japan. Its artists span the rainbow of contemporary electronic music, pursuing a dream of technology within the mountain
M/M ~ I Know You Are Thinking I’ve Said This All Before
Sometimes music is all about creating a mood ~ hollowing out an experiential space in which the listener may dwell. M/M creates this space in two half-hour pieces on I Know You Are Thinking I’ve Said This All Before. Extended loops
M/M ~ I Know You Are Thinking I’ve Said This All Before
Sometimes music is all about creating a mood ~ hollowing out an experiential space in which the listener may dwell. M/M creates this space in two half-hour pieces on I Know You Are Thinking I’ve Said This All Before. Extended loops
Philipp Bückle ~ Paintings
For a while, it seemed that Dortmund’s Philipp Bückle might complete his trilogy early. The first two entries in the series, Sketches and Drawings, were released in 2015, and were the first recordings under his own name. But it does take longer to complete
Philipp Bückle ~ Paintings
For a while, it seemed that Dortmund’s Philipp Bückle might complete his trilogy early. The first two entries in the series, Sketches and Drawings, were released in 2015, and were the first recordings under his own name. But it does take longer to complete
36 ~ Circuit Bloom
36 returns to the tape format after seven long years. Circuit Bloom‘s piano-based tape loops summon feelings of emptiness, loneliness and escape, of someone struggling and trying to accept their true self. It looks at the world through an outsider’s
36 ~ Circuit Bloom
36 returns to the tape format after seven long years. Circuit Bloom‘s piano-based tape loops summon feelings of emptiness, loneliness and escape, of someone struggling and trying to accept their true self. It looks at the world through an outsider’s
Felicia Atkinson ~ Coyotes
This is desert country. Coyotes came from Felicia Atkinson‘s trip to New Mexico and features two side-long pieces of serene, expansive music evocative of those desert plains. The mysterious sounds court Roswell in terms of state and scientific study,
Felicia Atkinson ~ Coyotes
This is desert country. Coyotes came from Felicia Atkinson‘s trip to New Mexico and features two side-long pieces of serene, expansive music evocative of those desert plains. The mysterious sounds court Roswell in terms of state and scientific study,
Field Harmonics ~ Corpsing
Corpsing‘s ghostly whispers point to a deeper frailty, a dying and a subsequent rebirth, seeping out of the music and then refilling the gaps with a fresh coat of sonic paint. As it was with the birth of the cosmos,
Field Harmonics ~ Corpsing
Corpsing‘s ghostly whispers point to a deeper frailty, a dying and a subsequent rebirth, seeping out of the music and then refilling the gaps with a fresh coat of sonic paint. As it was with the birth of the cosmos,
Christina Vantzou ~ No. 4
How do you loosen time? Many consider time to be rigid and inescapable, but it is not. Much of the world just ‘lost’ an hour by welcoming spring with Daylight Saving Time. Take a long-haul flight, and time becomes elastic.
Christina Vantzou ~ No. 4
How do you loosen time? Many consider time to be rigid and inescapable, but it is not. Much of the world just ‘lost’ an hour by welcoming spring with Daylight Saving Time. Take a long-haul flight, and time becomes elastic.
From Winter to Spring
New York has endured five snowstorms in the past month. Berlin has had more snow this spring than it had all winter. New releases from Ugasanie, Araceae and Ian Battenfield Headley explore the transitional period of changeable weather: quoting Sting,
From Winter to Spring
New York has endured five snowstorms in the past month. Berlin has had more snow this spring than it had all winter. New releases from Ugasanie, Araceae and Ian Battenfield Headley explore the transitional period of changeable weather: quoting Sting,
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