Category Archives: Ambient

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

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,