Category Archives: Ambient
Lingua Lustra ~ Truth Rings Like a Bell
Shimmering Moods went on a quiet tear at the end of the year, releasing nine albums in just over a month. We’ve been holding onto the first one for a while because it sounds like the new year. Truth Rings
Lingua Lustra ~ Truth Rings Like a Bell
Shimmering Moods went on a quiet tear at the end of the year, releasing nine albums in just over a month. We’ve been holding onto the first one for a while because it sounds like the new year. Truth Rings
ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Ambient
After a long, hard day, there’s nothing like a beautiful ambient album to soothe the savage breast. Whether one is dealing with heartbreak, the loss of a loved one or the state of world affairs, this is music to come
ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Ambient
After a long, hard day, there’s nothing like a beautiful ambient album to soothe the savage breast. Whether one is dealing with heartbreak, the loss of a loved one or the state of world affairs, this is music to come
Günter Schlienz ~ Book of Dreams
Write down your dreams before they slip away. The advice is wise, for as soon as we awake, we begin to forget. By keeping a notepad next to his bed, Günter Schlienz was able to begin writing his Book of Dreams. The album
Günter Schlienz ~ Book of Dreams
Write down your dreams before they slip away. The advice is wise, for as soon as we awake, we begin to forget. By keeping a notepad next to his bed, Günter Schlienz was able to begin writing his Book of Dreams. The album
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
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