Category Archives: Ambient
Tapes and Topographies ~ Soft Decibels
Soft Decibels gently swells as it passes by, quietly inhaling and slowly filtering the hazy light of its microscopic world. The micro-tonal ambient music is shy and softly spoken. If it were not for the repetitive swells that venture out of
Tapes and Topographies ~ Soft Decibels
Soft Decibels gently swells as it passes by, quietly inhaling and slowly filtering the hazy light of its microscopic world. The micro-tonal ambient music is shy and softly spoken. If it were not for the repetitive swells that venture out of
Gidge ~ Lulin
Lulin is an intriguing left turn for Swedish duo Gidge, whose last appearance on our site was in the electronic section. This time they’ve returned with a 24-minute film and 43-minute score, interrelated but not identical. The film in fact contains very
Gidge ~ Lulin
Lulin is an intriguing left turn for Swedish duo Gidge, whose last appearance on our site was in the electronic section. This time they’ve returned with a 24-minute film and 43-minute score, interrelated but not identical. The film in fact contains very
Matthewdavid’s Mindflight ~ Trust The Guide And Glide
Imagination is a fantastical thing. It’s also incredibly real, despite its inner refuge. If something doesn’t manifest physically (a thought, for instance), it doesn’t make it any less real. The inner crypts of the mind can still shape and influence
Matthewdavid’s Mindflight ~ Trust The Guide And Glide
Imagination is a fantastical thing. It’s also incredibly real, despite its inner refuge. If something doesn’t manifest physically (a thought, for instance), it doesn’t make it any less real. The inner crypts of the mind can still shape and influence
The Volume Settings Folder ~ Folder #05/Laguna
M. Beckmann (The Volume Settings Folder) has been quietly amassing a personal body of work over the past few years. His tender blend of field recordings, guitar, electronics and other organic instruments has led to some creative and hard-to-define collections,
The Volume Settings Folder ~ Folder #05/Laguna
M. Beckmann (The Volume Settings Folder) has been quietly amassing a personal body of work over the past few years. His tender blend of field recordings, guitar, electronics and other organic instruments has led to some creative and hard-to-define collections,
Julia White ~ In the Cities of Dust
Paris-based musician Julia White‘s In the Cities of Dust almost never appeared. David Teboul, the label owner at Soft Records, played an important part in finally realizing the record, eventually persuading Julia to continue with her project. ‘The weeks and months
Julia White ~ In the Cities of Dust
Paris-based musician Julia White‘s In the Cities of Dust almost never appeared. David Teboul, the label owner at Soft Records, played an important part in finally realizing the record, eventually persuading Julia to continue with her project. ‘The weeks and months
Yann Novak ~ We Love Our Parents, We Fear Snakes
The most important segment of this 48-minute piece may be the section that one can’t hear. The opening is so quiet that it falls into the realm of silence, although it is not silence, but a seeming void from which sound will
Yann Novak ~ We Love Our Parents, We Fear Snakes
The most important segment of this 48-minute piece may be the section that one can’t hear. The opening is so quiet that it falls into the realm of silence, although it is not silence, but a seeming void from which sound will
A Tatsu Triangle
Three new releases hot off Constellation Tatsu have arrived as part of their 2016 winter batch: Thousand Foot Whale Claw‘s Cosmic Winds, Havenaire‘s Tremolo and Chihei Hatakeyama’s You’re Still In It. Thousand Foot Whale Claw are an Austin four piece, and Cosmic Winds
A Tatsu Triangle
Three new releases hot off Constellation Tatsu have arrived as part of their 2016 winter batch: Thousand Foot Whale Claw‘s Cosmic Winds, Havenaire‘s Tremolo and Chihei Hatakeyama’s You’re Still In It. Thousand Foot Whale Claw are an Austin four piece, and Cosmic Winds
Window Magic ~ Well Kept Era
Well Kept Era‘s chiming, vaguely-romanticized music gently wavers in the air, carrying with it the delicacy of a falling leaf and the whispered advancement of a plane’s vapor trail as it cruises at an altitude of thirty thousand feet. It doesn’t paint
Window Magic ~ Well Kept Era
Well Kept Era‘s chiming, vaguely-romanticized music gently wavers in the air, carrying with it the delicacy of a falling leaf and the whispered advancement of a plane’s vapor trail as it cruises at an altitude of thirty thousand feet. It doesn’t paint
a closer listen 