Category Archives: Ambient

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

M/M ~ Before We Lost Ourselves

You would not believe the sort of day I’ve had ~ the sort of day that can leave a person, worn out, bone tired, drained.  Fortunately, I was able to come home to this calming cassette.  Readers in search of intelligent,

M/M ~ Before We Lost Ourselves

You would not believe the sort of day I’ve had ~ the sort of day that can leave a person, worn out, bone tired, drained.  Fortunately, I was able to come home to this calming cassette.  Readers in search of intelligent,

France Jobin ~ Singulum

Like a sluggish mummification process, the light and creamy textures of Singulum are gently wrapped around the body, embalming the slowly developing ambient music. On Singulum, Montreal sound artist France Jobin gently nudges her music forward, and it’s so hushed

France Jobin ~ Singulum

Like a sluggish mummification process, the light and creamy textures of Singulum are gently wrapped around the body, embalming the slowly developing ambient music. On Singulum, Montreal sound artist France Jobin gently nudges her music forward, and it’s so hushed

Drombeg ~ Earthworks

Thom Brookes calls Earthworks “a soundtrack for the middle of nowhere,” but the sounds are better described as applicable to the entire earth.  With references to the Bible and geology, it even manages to straddle the line between creationism and

Drombeg ~ Earthworks

Thom Brookes calls Earthworks “a soundtrack for the middle of nowhere,” but the sounds are better described as applicable to the entire earth.  With references to the Bible and geology, it even manages to straddle the line between creationism and

Federico Durand ~ A Través del Espejo

Loops and lullabies cover the mattress of Federico Durand‘s A Través del Espejo (Through the Mirror).  The title refers to mirrors that face one another, creating endless reflections; the music provides an aural version of this effect.  If one were unaware of

Federico Durand ~ A Través del Espejo

Loops and lullabies cover the mattress of Federico Durand‘s A Través del Espejo (Through the Mirror).  The title refers to mirrors that face one another, creating endless reflections; the music provides an aural version of this effect.  If one were unaware of

Pinkcourtesyphone & Gwyneth Wentink ~ Elision

The harp has struggled to break back into the public consciousness in recent years, but thanks to the efforts of harpists such as Cecilia Chailly, Rhodri Davies, Mary Lattimore and Gwyneth Wentink, a small resurgence is taking place.  Don’t speak to them

Pinkcourtesyphone & Gwyneth Wentink ~ Elision

The harp has struggled to break back into the public consciousness in recent years, but thanks to the efforts of harpists such as Cecilia Chailly, Rhodri Davies, Mary Lattimore and Gwyneth Wentink, a small resurgence is taking place.  Don’t speak to them