Category Archives: Ambient
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,
Gray Acres ~ Gray Acres
Gray Acres won’t ring any bells, but its two musicians are recognizable – brothers Andrew and Michael Tasselmyer, of Hotel Neon and The Sound Of Rescue. Gray Acres is deep and pacifying, filling the atmosphere with a dose of uninterrupted kindness.
Gray Acres ~ Gray Acres
Gray Acres won’t ring any bells, but its two musicians are recognizable – brothers Andrew and Michael Tasselmyer, of Hotel Neon and The Sound Of Rescue. Gray Acres is deep and pacifying, filling the atmosphere with a dose of uninterrupted kindness.
2018 Spring Music Preview ~ Ambient and Drone
Here in our (digital) office, we’ve been enjoying spring music for months, while our most astute readers have been discovering the buds on our News page. Now it’s time to reveal the new crop. Over 240 albums will be introduced
2018 Spring Music Preview ~ Ambient and Drone
Here in our (digital) office, we’ve been enjoying spring music for months, while our most astute readers have been discovering the buds on our News page. Now it’s time to reveal the new crop. Over 240 albums will be introduced
phon.o ~ Slow As Fog
Carsten Aermes has been steady but not exactly profile-raising prolific when recording as phon.o – he’s produced a run of almost annual EPs since 2000 on labels that are certainly eye-catching – 50Weapons, Tectonic, Bpitch Control and Shitkatapult – but
phon.o ~ Slow As Fog
Carsten Aermes has been steady but not exactly profile-raising prolific when recording as phon.o – he’s produced a run of almost annual EPs since 2000 on labels that are certainly eye-catching – 50Weapons, Tectonic, Bpitch Control and Shitkatapult – but
Dedekind Cut ~ Tahoe
OK, the tag at the top of the page says ‘Ambient’ and the label is Kranky but don’t put Tahoe on expecting to be borne aloft on clouds of ambient fluffiness for an hour. Dedekind Cut’s new album is an
Dedekind Cut ~ Tahoe
OK, the tag at the top of the page says ‘Ambient’ and the label is Kranky but don’t put Tahoe on expecting to be borne aloft on clouds of ambient fluffiness for an hour. Dedekind Cut’s new album is an
Pecking at Borders with Corvo Records
Corvo Records‘ mission is best expressed by the label’s animated logo: a black vinyl disc blinking beside a record player’s arm. As Corvo’s owner Wendelin Büchler explains, the icon shares the profile of a black-faced bird (in Italian, corvo means crow):
Pecking at Borders with Corvo Records
Corvo Records‘ mission is best expressed by the label’s animated logo: a black vinyl disc blinking beside a record player’s arm. As Corvo’s owner Wendelin Büchler explains, the icon shares the profile of a black-faced bird (in Italian, corvo means crow):
James A. McDermid ~ Tonal Glints
My sister is my only sibling; I can’t imagine what it would be like to lose her. Two years ago, James A. McDermid experienced the unimaginable. The loss of Harriet (1975-2016) left a huge hole in his life, and ever since then
James A. McDermid ~ Tonal Glints
My sister is my only sibling; I can’t imagine what it would be like to lose her. Two years ago, James A. McDermid experienced the unimaginable. The loss of Harriet (1975-2016) left a huge hole in his life, and ever since then
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