Category Archives: Ambient
Wanderwelle ~ Wat gebeurde er met Sergeant Massuro? (What Happened to Sergeant Massuro?)
Taking a break from completing their trilogy of albums examining the impact of global warming on the world’s coastal regions, Amsterdam’s Wanderwelle have instead created a new work that considers the damaging consequences of authoritarian rule and dogmatic self-interest. Their
Wanderwelle ~ Wat gebeurde er met Sergeant Massuro? (What Happened to Sergeant Massuro?)
Taking a break from completing their trilogy of albums examining the impact of global warming on the world’s coastal regions, Amsterdam’s Wanderwelle have instead created a new work that considers the damaging consequences of authoritarian rule and dogmatic self-interest. Their
Taylor Deupree ~ Sti.ll
Most albums have one lead story; Sti.ll has two. The first is that the album presents an acoustic ensemble reworking of an electronic classic. The second is that it comes in an extensive hardcover edition, thanks to greyfade’s brand new FOLIO imprint.
Taylor Deupree ~ Sti.ll
Most albums have one lead story; Sti.ll has two. The first is that the album presents an acoustic ensemble reworking of an electronic classic. The second is that it comes in an extensive hardcover edition, thanks to greyfade’s brand new FOLIO imprint.
Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements ~ Rain on the Road
Harpist Mary Lattimore has been popping up all over the place this season, from Montgomery and Turner’s Spring Became Silent to Moor Mother’s GUILTY. An Adult Swim collaboration with Juliana Barwick just became available as well. Few artists have a scope this
Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements ~ Rain on the Road
Harpist Mary Lattimore has been popping up all over the place this season, from Montgomery and Turner’s Spring Became Silent to Moor Mother’s GUILTY. An Adult Swim collaboration with Juliana Barwick just became available as well. Few artists have a scope this
The Balloonist ~ A Quiet Day
Many people yearn for a quiet day, imagining that they might spend such a day languishing in the yard, reading on a comfortable couch, perhaps taking a walk by the stream. But to a younger person, such days are to
The Balloonist ~ A Quiet Day
Many people yearn for a quiet day, imagining that they might spend such a day languishing in the yard, reading on a comfortable couch, perhaps taking a walk by the stream. But to a younger person, such days are to
floating shrine ~ Connecting
Sometimes a micro-genre is lost to the point at which one wonders if it ever existed, apart from candy-glow daydreams. Two decades ago, labels such as Spekk, flau and Noble specialized in a type of ambient glitch that sounded simultaneously
floating shrine ~ Connecting
Sometimes a micro-genre is lost to the point at which one wonders if it ever existed, apart from candy-glow daydreams. Two decades ago, labels such as Spekk, flau and Noble specialized in a type of ambient glitch that sounded simultaneously
Kinbrae ~ Cryptophasia
Cryptophasia is a language shared by twins that only they can understand. On the new album of the same name, twin brothers Andy & Mike Truscott (popularly known as Kinbrae) use music to reflect their decades-long relationship. This is the first
Kinbrae ~ Cryptophasia
Cryptophasia is a language shared by twins that only they can understand. On the new album of the same name, twin brothers Andy & Mike Truscott (popularly known as Kinbrae) use music to reflect their decades-long relationship. This is the first
Daou ~ Forgotten Stories
Daou‘s Forgotten Stories prompts nostalgia, its sounds hearkening back to antique equipment: stylus crackle, peeling photographs and perhaps forgotten stories of one’s own. The patina is everything: notes abraded by tape and time, melodies distorted, memories blurred. Loops suggest rumination or regret,
Daou ~ Forgotten Stories
Daou‘s Forgotten Stories prompts nostalgia, its sounds hearkening back to antique equipment: stylus crackle, peeling photographs and perhaps forgotten stories of one’s own. The patina is everything: notes abraded by tape and time, melodies distorted, memories blurred. Loops suggest rumination or regret,
ACL 2024 ~ Spring Music Preview: Ambient & Drone
Astronomical spring is only two weeks away, and hundreds of spring albums have begun to poke through the sonic ether like crocuses and daffodils through dirt. In a few weeks time, the bouquets will become fields, and the hills will
ACL 2024 ~ Spring Music Preview: Ambient & Drone
Astronomical spring is only two weeks away, and hundreds of spring albums have begun to poke through the sonic ether like crocuses and daffodils through dirt. In a few weeks time, the bouquets will become fields, and the hills will
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