Category Archives: Ambient
Last Days ~ Satellite
Graham Richardson’s last album, The Safety of the North, was about a family tragedy and a move to colder climes. The theme of his latest work is open to a wider interpretation. Expressing “an affinity for satellites and stars”, the work
Last Days ~ Satellite
Graham Richardson’s last album, The Safety of the North, was about a family tragedy and a move to colder climes. The theme of his latest work is open to a wider interpretation. Expressing “an affinity for satellites and stars”, the work
Kreng ~ …And Then In The Morning
Over the past few years, Kreng has carved out a specific niche of the dark ambient world, using a wide variety of sharp implements. Highly informed by classical music and spooky scores, this music is intelligent, haunting and strangely alluring.
Kreng ~ …And Then In The Morning
Over the past few years, Kreng has carved out a specific niche of the dark ambient world, using a wide variety of sharp implements. Highly informed by classical music and spooky scores, this music is intelligent, haunting and strangely alluring.
Hessien ~ Calcifer / Miaou ~ Bring the Lights
The Sound in Silence label has been a consistent presence over the past few years, releasing small-run albums and EPs, each graced with a lovely Polaroid print. The releases tend to sell out quickly at source but can usually be
Hessien ~ Calcifer / Miaou ~ Bring the Lights
The Sound in Silence label has been a consistent presence over the past few years, releasing small-run albums and EPs, each graced with a lovely Polaroid print. The releases tend to sell out quickly at source but can usually be
Günter Schlienz / Kyle Landstra / N Chambers / Cliffsides ~ Swim Trunks
Michigan-based cassette label Space Slave is enjoying a well-deserved vacation this summer, after releasing an astounding nine tapes in July. Swim Trunks is the set’s crown jewel, a double-cassette featuring four artists, one on each side. Any of these could have occupied
Günter Schlienz / Kyle Landstra / N Chambers / Cliffsides ~ Swim Trunks
Michigan-based cassette label Space Slave is enjoying a well-deserved vacation this summer, after releasing an astounding nine tapes in July. Swim Trunks is the set’s crown jewel, a double-cassette featuring four artists, one on each side. Any of these could have occupied
Monochromie ~ Enlighten Yourself While You Sleep / Colors in the Dark
Wilson Trouvé’s last album, Angels and Demons, was a big success around these parts, so it’s exciting to see how he’s stepped up his game in 2013. The French artist’s two new albums, released on Fluttery Records and Time Released Sound,
Monochromie ~ Enlighten Yourself While You Sleep / Colors in the Dark
Wilson Trouvé’s last album, Angels and Demons, was a big success around these parts, so it’s exciting to see how he’s stepped up his game in 2013. The French artist’s two new albums, released on Fluttery Records and Time Released Sound,
Lights Dim & Endless Melancholy ~ Soft Steps / Endless Melancholy ~ Epilogue
Poland’s Lights Dim and the Ukraine’s Endless Melancholy have been busy since they were last reviewed here at ACL, releasing a series of small-run, beautifully designed EPs. (Lights Dim: please make a third edition of Moon!) Each act borders on ambience, but
Lights Dim & Endless Melancholy ~ Soft Steps / Endless Melancholy ~ Epilogue
Poland’s Lights Dim and the Ukraine’s Endless Melancholy have been busy since they were last reviewed here at ACL, releasing a series of small-run, beautifully designed EPs. (Lights Dim: please make a third edition of Moon!) Each act borders on ambience, but
Indigolab ~ The Last Cartographer of Dreams
Be free. Enter this sanctuary, where sparkling rivers flow and ambient waterfalls are covered in the fluffy foam of white, celestial clouds; chimes rock against the cool breeze, mirroring the clarity of the air after the rain has fallen. Disappearing
Indigolab ~ The Last Cartographer of Dreams
Be free. Enter this sanctuary, where sparkling rivers flow and ambient waterfalls are covered in the fluffy foam of white, celestial clouds; chimes rock against the cool breeze, mirroring the clarity of the air after the rain has fallen. Disappearing
James Murray ~ The Land Bridge
Last year James Murray impressed us with the elegant Floods, an aural reflection of the rising and receding waters that annually threatened his childhood home. This time around, his subject is more general, but more relatable: “patience, devotion and loss”. That last word
James Murray ~ The Land Bridge
Last year James Murray impressed us with the elegant Floods, an aural reflection of the rising and receding waters that annually threatened his childhood home. This time around, his subject is more general, but more relatable: “patience, devotion and loss”. That last word
a closer listen 