Category Archives: Ambient

Pascal Savy ~ Adrift

Pascal Savy is a French musician who specializes in an organic kind of ambient that ages like the skin. His drifting drones are well versed in the art of decay, its vanquishing of youth and its intrinsic link to life.

Pascal Savy ~ Adrift

Pascal Savy is a French musician who specializes in an organic kind of ambient that ages like the skin. His drifting drones are well versed in the art of decay, its vanquishing of youth and its intrinsic link to life.

Wil Bolton ~ Bokeh

Bokeh feels like a true “environment”: ambient music that feels alive with the intelligence of nature. Wil Bolton has done quite a bit of sound work for art installations, where being sensitive to an actual environment is paramount. His compositions

Wil Bolton ~ Bokeh

Bokeh feels like a true “environment”: ambient music that feels alive with the intelligence of nature. Wil Bolton has done quite a bit of sound work for art installations, where being sensitive to an actual environment is paramount. His compositions

Nick Gill ~ Grey season

According to Nick Gill, the grey season is not a specific season, but a state of mind: a melancholic morass that may or may not coincide with the onset of winter.  That time is growing near, but for many, a spiritual

Nick Gill ~ Grey season

According to Nick Gill, the grey season is not a specific season, but a state of mind: a melancholic morass that may or may not coincide with the onset of winter.  That time is growing near, but for many, a spiritual

A Ross Baker Septet

If you think you know Ross Baker, then think again.  Then think again.  In the past couple years, we’ve come to think of the London composer as an ambient artist, with a preference for piano and elegant monologues.  But as this

A Ross Baker Septet

If you think you know Ross Baker, then think again.  Then think again.  In the past couple years, we’ve come to think of the London composer as an ambient artist, with a preference for piano and elegant monologues.  But as this

Bing & Ruth ~ Tomorrow Was the Golden Age

Four years on from City Lake, the timbre of New York based ensemble Bing & Ruth has changed.  The vocals, lap steel, percussion and vocals are gone, carrying with them most of the crescendos.  Composer and pianist David Moore brings only six of

Bing & Ruth ~ Tomorrow Was the Golden Age

Four years on from City Lake, the timbre of New York based ensemble Bing & Ruth has changed.  The vocals, lap steel, percussion and vocals are gone, carrying with them most of the crescendos.  Composer and pianist David Moore brings only six of

Kakurenbo ~ Take, Run, Lookback.

The first physical release from Unperceived Records, Take, Run, Lookback is a lovely way to launch the line.  A beautiful blue still photo graces the cover of the mini CD, lodged in a handmade paper sleeve.  To use the obvious line, Unperceived

Kakurenbo ~ Take, Run, Lookback.

The first physical release from Unperceived Records, Take, Run, Lookback is a lovely way to launch the line.  A beautiful blue still photo graces the cover of the mini CD, lodged in a handmade paper sleeve.  To use the obvious line, Unperceived

OKADA ~ Division of Self

“Gave up” is the first piece of music the listener hears on Division of Self. It’s a tense, almost schizophrenic start to an ambient record, with screeching strings spinning out of control as if chained to a nasty bout of vertigo,

OKADA ~ Division of Self

“Gave up” is the first piece of music the listener hears on Division of Self. It’s a tense, almost schizophrenic start to an ambient record, with screeching strings spinning out of control as if chained to a nasty bout of vertigo,

Old Amica ~ Drone and Hum

All too often, instrumental bands become vocal bands.  But on this EP, a vocal duo has become an instrumental duo.  Separating by 649km, these Swedes had already recorded four internet collaborations.  It was time for them to try recording in

Old Amica ~ Drone and Hum

All too often, instrumental bands become vocal bands.  But on this EP, a vocal duo has become an instrumental duo.  Separating by 649km, these Swedes had already recorded four internet collaborations.  It was time for them to try recording in