Category Archives: Ambient
Visible Cloaks ~ Lex
The rainbow notes of Lex are as colourful as a bag of opened Skittles, spilling out vivid, strong-and-yet-gentle primary colours and inhabiting a sparklingly-clean, tidy space somewhere in the not-too-distant future. Somewhere around the year 2020, the music showers itself
Visible Cloaks ~ Lex
The rainbow notes of Lex are as colourful as a bag of opened Skittles, spilling out vivid, strong-and-yet-gentle primary colours and inhabiting a sparklingly-clean, tidy space somewhere in the not-too-distant future. Somewhere around the year 2020, the music showers itself
Stuzha ~ Siberian Sketches II
The door squeaks and opens; the raging blizzard fills the ears. Stuzha slams the door and heads out with his acoustic guitar, trudging through the snow, his hands growing more frozen as he walks. At a certain point, it’s too
Stuzha ~ Siberian Sketches II
The door squeaks and opens; the raging blizzard fills the ears. Stuzha slams the door and heads out with his acoustic guitar, trudging through the snow, his hands growing more frozen as he walks. At a certain point, it’s too
Slow Heart Music ~ This Body Is Not Me
When was the last time we moseyed through a dream without a worry—when not bushy-tailed prey dodging Id-fanged phantoms stomping, snorting, nipping at our heels—or drifted through a dream without a fancy—when not some hungry hunter foraging for elixirs (sweet
Slow Heart Music ~ This Body Is Not Me
When was the last time we moseyed through a dream without a worry—when not bushy-tailed prey dodging Id-fanged phantoms stomping, snorting, nipping at our heels—or drifted through a dream without a fancy—when not some hungry hunter foraging for elixirs (sweet
Norihito Suda ~ Light Snowfall
Is it time for snowfall yet? The season’s first frost is predicted for this evening, and this album is playing in preparation. The skies are already grey. A hint of chill is in the air. The radiators are beginning to
Norihito Suda ~ Light Snowfall
Is it time for snowfall yet? The season’s first frost is predicted for this evening, and this album is playing in preparation. The skies are already grey. A hint of chill is in the air. The radiators are beginning to
James Murray ~ Heavenly Waters
Water is a long standing theme in ambient music. From Michael Hoenig & Manuel Göttsching’s Early Water to William Basinski’s Water Music I & II, the concept of water—as an agent of movement and stasis—parallels that of the pure, fluid
James Murray ~ Heavenly Waters
Water is a long standing theme in ambient music. From Michael Hoenig & Manuel Göttsching’s Early Water to William Basinski’s Water Music I & II, the concept of water—as an agent of movement and stasis—parallels that of the pure, fluid
Secret Pyramid ~ Two Shadows Collide
Secret Pyramid‘s music is ocean-deep, and just like the blue, underwater kingdom, it remains an elusive and mysterious world, teeming with colossal textures and the shipwrecked debris of an old collision, which only registers as a faint smudge on the
Secret Pyramid ~ Two Shadows Collide
Secret Pyramid‘s music is ocean-deep, and just like the blue, underwater kingdom, it remains an elusive and mysterious world, teeming with colossal textures and the shipwrecked debris of an old collision, which only registers as a faint smudge on the
DISPLAY: The TED Talks of Music Labels
TED talks are typically 6-18 minutes long. The DISPLAY label (a sub-label of Kid Smpl’s Symbols label) holds a similar love for brevity, although it may come across as the opposite. By asking artists to submit single works, 10-15 minutes
DISPLAY: The TED Talks of Music Labels
TED talks are typically 6-18 minutes long. The DISPLAY label (a sub-label of Kid Smpl’s Symbols label) holds a similar love for brevity, although it may come across as the opposite. By asking artists to submit single works, 10-15 minutes
Laraaji ~ Bring On The Sun / Sun Gong
Lovers of instrumental ambient music will be pleased to see that Laraaji is back with two new albums. The musician, mystic and laughter meditation practitioner famously recorded an album as part of Brian Eno’s seminal Ambient series back in 1980
Laraaji ~ Bring On The Sun / Sun Gong
Lovers of instrumental ambient music will be pleased to see that Laraaji is back with two new albums. The musician, mystic and laughter meditation practitioner famously recorded an album as part of Brian Eno’s seminal Ambient series back in 1980
a closer listen 