Category Archives: Ambient

Inner Trip ~ Initiate

Inner Trip is the alias of Iranian musician Saman N. and Initiate acts as his sophomore release. Initiate avoids the curse of the follow-up that many artists seem to struggle with, largely due to the deeply personal vision that exists inside the music. Every

Inner Trip ~ Initiate

Inner Trip is the alias of Iranian musician Saman N. and Initiate acts as his sophomore release. Initiate avoids the curse of the follow-up that many artists seem to struggle with, largely due to the deeply personal vision that exists inside the music. Every

Sima Kim ~ Songs

Sima Kim’s album comes with the unimaginative title Songs, probably because he has for the first time added vocals to his minimal ambient compositions.  The song titles of the two original tracks in this ep are simply “I” and “II” but

Sima Kim ~ Songs

Sima Kim’s album comes with the unimaginative title Songs, probably because he has for the first time added vocals to his minimal ambient compositions.  The song titles of the two original tracks in this ep are simply “I” and “II” but

IA ~ Peak of Anchorite

There’s a part of ambient music closely tied to drone, the part that concerns itself mostly with repetition, that has distanced itself from both the ‘lightness’ of setting the mind adrift as self-spectator and the ‘heaviness’ of noisy irruptions of

IA ~ Peak of Anchorite

There’s a part of ambient music closely tied to drone, the part that concerns itself mostly with repetition, that has distanced itself from both the ‘lightness’ of setting the mind adrift as self-spectator and the ‘heaviness’ of noisy irruptions of

Jerome Faria ~ Overlapse

Overlapse comes to us from the Portuguese netlabel Enough Records (“Free Music For Free People”), whose philosophy we somewhat agree with (free is nice) and somewhat not (we like our vinyl!).  But any label that brings us fine music is a

Jerome Faria ~ Overlapse

Overlapse comes to us from the Portuguese netlabel Enough Records (“Free Music For Free People”), whose philosophy we somewhat agree with (free is nice) and somewhat not (we like our vinyl!).  But any label that brings us fine music is a

David Newlyn ~ Deterioration

The worlds of digital and analog recording have always existed, if not in a state of outright warfare, at least in decidedly unharmonious discord. Analog is a retreat for the purists, the cardigan-clad record or cassette collector pawing through the

David Newlyn ~ Deterioration

The worlds of digital and analog recording have always existed, if not in a state of outright warfare, at least in decidedly unharmonious discord. Analog is a retreat for the purists, the cardigan-clad record or cassette collector pawing through the

Fieldhead ~ a correction

The first 18 seconds sound like a voyage, or a goodbye.  Waves lap; hulls creak; a quiet bird seems to cry.  Paul Elam (Fieldhead) recently left the moors of Leeds for the wider expanses of Canada, and a correction is his

Fieldhead ~ a correction

The first 18 seconds sound like a voyage, or a goodbye.  Waves lap; hulls creak; a quiet bird seems to cry.  Paul Elam (Fieldhead) recently left the moors of Leeds for the wider expanses of Canada, and a correction is his

Darren Hayman ~ Lido

“Summer is almost over!”  This lament has been picking up steam in recent days, but it’s not entirely true.  Technically, there’s still a month of summer left, even if school has already begun in some parts and vacations have ended.

Darren Hayman ~ Lido

“Summer is almost over!”  This lament has been picking up steam in recent days, but it’s not entirely true.  Technically, there’s still a month of summer left, even if school has already begun in some parts and vacations have ended.

Celer ~ Lightness & Irresponsibility

A feel-good sense of liberty rises in the air of Lightness & Irresponsibility, exhaling a state of tranquility that is just as irresponsible and free of care as a delightful breeze playing in abandon. As this irresponsibility, this innocence in

Celer ~ Lightness & Irresponsibility

A feel-good sense of liberty rises in the air of Lightness & Irresponsibility, exhaling a state of tranquility that is just as irresponsible and free of care as a delightful breeze playing in abandon. As this irresponsibility, this innocence in