Category Archives: Ambient
Plinth ~ Wintersongs
Plinth‘s Wintersongs has enjoyed a series of issues and reissues over the course of the last decade. After first appearing on cassette in 1999 and CD-R in 2002 and 2006 (Rusted Root), it is now enjoying a long-delayed debut on vinyl, thanks
Plinth ~ Wintersongs
Plinth‘s Wintersongs has enjoyed a series of issues and reissues over the course of the last decade. After first appearing on cassette in 1999 and CD-R in 2002 and 2006 (Rusted Root), it is now enjoying a long-delayed debut on vinyl, thanks
A Taâlem Trio
Taâlem’s latest batch of CD3″s arrived at the end of the year, but all are suitable for winter. Tone Color‘s entry is cool and sleepy like a long hibernation; Øe (Fabio Perletta) and Enrico Coniglio’s is cold and dry like Antarctic wind;
A Taâlem Trio
Taâlem’s latest batch of CD3″s arrived at the end of the year, but all are suitable for winter. Tone Color‘s entry is cool and sleepy like a long hibernation; Øe (Fabio Perletta) and Enrico Coniglio’s is cold and dry like Antarctic wind;
Birds of Passage ~ This Kindly Slumber
This Kindly Slumber is Alicia Merz’s third outing as Birds of Passage. It is kindly, for awhile, but it bears the thorn of sorrow, too. Hopes and dreams lay beside the pavement; they’ve taken such a battering that they seem unresponsive, left for
Birds of Passage ~ This Kindly Slumber
This Kindly Slumber is Alicia Merz’s third outing as Birds of Passage. It is kindly, for awhile, but it bears the thorn of sorrow, too. Hopes and dreams lay beside the pavement; they’ve taken such a battering that they seem unresponsive, left for
A Hibernate Trio
Hibernate Records finished the year with a fine trio of releases from James Murray, Maps and Diagrams and Rion (Ian Hawgood and Ryo Nakata), whose recordings provide a fitting backdrop to the colder, stiller months. You won’t want to nap
A Hibernate Trio
Hibernate Records finished the year with a fine trio of releases from James Murray, Maps and Diagrams and Rion (Ian Hawgood and Ryo Nakata), whose recordings provide a fitting backdrop to the colder, stiller months. You won’t want to nap
Sima Kim ~ Debris
Sima Kim is a young South Korean whose ambient soundscapes are influenced by Western composition and born of ‘a state of mindfulness’. Following releases on several labels predominantly UK-based, Debris marks the fifth limited-edition CD launch from Belgium’s Soft Corridor.
Sima Kim ~ Debris
Sima Kim is a young South Korean whose ambient soundscapes are influenced by Western composition and born of ‘a state of mindfulness’. Following releases on several labels predominantly UK-based, Debris marks the fifth limited-edition CD launch from Belgium’s Soft Corridor.
Wild Wild Ambient Boys ~ We Don’t Rock
We Don’t Rock is just what ambient music could truly be if it dared to stretch its wings – mellow, without ever being saccharine, and innovative without straying too far into the left field. Presently, the ambient music scene isn’t what you
Wild Wild Ambient Boys ~ We Don’t Rock
We Don’t Rock is just what ambient music could truly be if it dared to stretch its wings – mellow, without ever being saccharine, and innovative without straying too far into the left field. Presently, the ambient music scene isn’t what you
David Andree + Josh Mason ~ Call, Response
When an album is released on New Year’s Day, is it too early to speculate that it might make a year-end list? Perhaps ~ but we know what we enjoy, and Call, Response is yet another winner from Own Records. Arriving only
David Andree + Josh Mason ~ Call, Response
When an album is released on New Year’s Day, is it too early to speculate that it might make a year-end list? Perhaps ~ but we know what we enjoy, and Call, Response is yet another winner from Own Records. Arriving only
ACL 2013: Top Ten Ambient
Ambient music continued to stretch its wings in 2013. Among our top picks: an album conceived as a love letter, an EP addressing mental illness and a 7″ vinyl that samples the original Dracula. It’s not just piano and birds anymore.
ACL 2013: Top Ten Ambient
Ambient music continued to stretch its wings in 2013. Among our top picks: an album conceived as a love letter, an EP addressing mental illness and a 7″ vinyl that samples the original Dracula. It’s not just piano and birds anymore.
a closer listen 