Category Archives: Ambient

SOL ~ Where Suns Come to Die

The Cold Spring label has been a leader in the field of dark ambience for over a quarter century now, enough to have spawned second generation listeners.  While early adopters are still enjoying their Merzbow discs, late arrivals may claim

SOL ~ Where Suns Come to Die

The Cold Spring label has been a leader in the field of dark ambience for over a quarter century now, enough to have spawned second generation listeners.  While early adopters are still enjoying their Merzbow discs, late arrivals may claim

Brandon Hurtado ~ Other Spaces

Ghosts fade with music. The banishment of stress, not to mention the complete erasure of the accompanying, all-consuming fear that rears its ugly head, is possible when listening to music. You can zone out and unwind, no matter the genre. Of

Brandon Hurtado ~ Other Spaces

Ghosts fade with music. The banishment of stress, not to mention the complete erasure of the accompanying, all-consuming fear that rears its ugly head, is possible when listening to music. You can zone out and unwind, no matter the genre. Of

Kit Wilmans Fegradoe ~ Issa

Our Easter review is a tribute to the lost years of Jesus, during which he purportedly traveled throughout the Middle East, studying other traditions and learning about the diversity of humanity.  This is all speculation, but it’s a compelling story,

Kit Wilmans Fegradoe ~ Issa

Our Easter review is a tribute to the lost years of Jesus, during which he purportedly traveled throughout the Middle East, studying other traditions and learning about the diversity of humanity.  This is all speculation, but it’s a compelling story,

Devon Loch ~ Sleep Scale

Devon Loch‘s Sleep Scale is a mini-album that can, perhaps, be described as a minimal ambient work, in the sense that it bares sounds and structure down to very basic forms while providing an invitation to become lost in the

Devon Loch ~ Sleep Scale

Devon Loch‘s Sleep Scale is a mini-album that can, perhaps, be described as a minimal ambient work, in the sense that it bares sounds and structure down to very basic forms while providing an invitation to become lost in the

Heezen ~ Abandoned Memory

In addition to the recording of music, a reel-to-reel tape recorder can record memories and atmospheres. Found sounds and found objects can be unearthed, and you’ll even find people and personalities embedded within the metallic cool of the machine. They

Heezen ~ Abandoned Memory

In addition to the recording of music, a reel-to-reel tape recorder can record memories and atmospheres. Found sounds and found objects can be unearthed, and you’ll even find people and personalities embedded within the metallic cool of the machine. They

M. Ostermeier ~ Still

How still do you like your stillness to be?  As still as “4’33”, as measured as glacial ambience, or inwardly still but outwardly in motion?  On his first album since 2011, M. Ostermeier adopts the latter tactic. As the world begins to

M. Ostermeier ~ Still

How still do you like your stillness to be?  As still as “4’33”, as measured as glacial ambience, or inwardly still but outwardly in motion?  On his first album since 2011, M. Ostermeier adopts the latter tactic. As the world begins to

Strië ~ Struktura

The third album from the enigmatic Strië (Iden Reinhart) is a lesson in abstraction: an impressionistic set inspired by abstract art, swaths of sound built upon whispers.  On this album, Reinhart travels farther down the path she set out upon in Sléptis

Strië ~ Struktura

The third album from the enigmatic Strië (Iden Reinhart) is a lesson in abstraction: an impressionistic set inspired by abstract art, swaths of sound built upon whispers.  On this album, Reinhart travels farther down the path she set out upon in Sléptis

Pines ~ The Field Journal

There’s a real feel of the outdoors in The Field Journal. Hazy melodies lie against the dry, long strands of grass. Insects chirp and buzz from within their own shrunken world; for them, it must feel like a jungle. Dusty panoramas slowly

Pines ~ The Field Journal

There’s a real feel of the outdoors in The Field Journal. Hazy melodies lie against the dry, long strands of grass. Insects chirp and buzz from within their own shrunken world; for them, it must feel like a jungle. Dusty panoramas slowly