Violeta Vicci ~ Cavaglia

We are 1750 metres above sea level in the Swiss alpine valley of Cavaglia, Val Poschiavo. Is this where we can hide from this era’s war atrocities? Is this where we can rediscover our kinship with nature and move away

Violeta Vicci ~ Cavaglia

We are 1750 metres above sea level in the Swiss alpine valley of Cavaglia, Val Poschiavo. Is this where we can hide from this era’s war atrocities? Is this where we can rediscover our kinship with nature and move away

GoGo Penguin ~ Everything Is Going to Be OK

The title is calm and reassuring, a salve in savage times.  But the fact that GoGo Penguin is telling us that Everything Is Going to Be OK implies that it is not OK now.  The album itself was born out of heartache, as

GoGo Penguin ~ Everything Is Going to Be OK

The title is calm and reassuring, a salve in savage times.  But the fact that GoGo Penguin is telling us that Everything Is Going to Be OK implies that it is not OK now.  The album itself was born out of heartache, as

Nicola Di Croce ~ Affects and aesthetic speculations

Featuring recordings from Italy, Iceland and Portugal, Affects and aesthetic speculations is an invitation to consider the listener within the sonic environment.  How is one affected by the sounds one hears?  How do human sounds affect the biosphere?  Do listeners acclimate or

Nicola Di Croce ~ Affects and aesthetic speculations

Featuring recordings from Italy, Iceland and Portugal, Affects and aesthetic speculations is an invitation to consider the listener within the sonic environment.  How is one affected by the sounds one hears?  How do human sounds affect the biosphere?  Do listeners acclimate or

Remanence ~ Sepiadrone

Here’s some advice we seldom hear: best played at medium volume.  Remanence (Brian McWilliams, previously covered as Aperus, and John Phipps) also recommend that the music be played at night so the nuances can blend with “the muted atmosphere of a

Remanence ~ Sepiadrone

Here’s some advice we seldom hear: best played at medium volume.  Remanence (Brian McWilliams, previously covered as Aperus, and John Phipps) also recommend that the music be played at night so the nuances can blend with “the muted atmosphere of a

Milanku ~ À l’aube

We are starting to suspect that everyone in Montréal is a post-rock artist.  The city, so integral to the genre’s development, continues to produce bands who keep the flame lit.  Milanku, now on its fifth release, brings the sense of

Milanku ~ À l’aube

We are starting to suspect that everyone in Montréal is a post-rock artist.  The city, so integral to the genre’s development, continues to produce bands who keep the flame lit.  Milanku, now on its fifth release, brings the sense of

John Matthias & Jay Auborn ~ Ghost Notes

Ghost Notes is a collaboration with a robot that displays facets of an A.I.  This “robot drummer” is a series of hammers connected by wires to computers and a drum kit; solenoid magnets translate audio signals to voltages, after which the

John Matthias & Jay Auborn ~ Ghost Notes

Ghost Notes is a collaboration with a robot that displays facets of an A.I.  This “robot drummer” is a series of hammers connected by wires to computers and a drum kit; solenoid magnets translate audio signals to voltages, after which the

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Steve Roach ~ Rest of Life

Ambient music pioneer Steve Roach’s records are always inviting the listener on a journey. The spaciousness of his musical textures and tones leave the locations and destinations open though. It could be through the recesses of your mind, the vastness

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Steve Roach ~ Rest of Life

Ambient music pioneer Steve Roach’s records are always inviting the listener on a journey. The spaciousness of his musical textures and tones leave the locations and destinations open though. It could be through the recesses of your mind, the vastness

The 25 Best Spring Albums of All Time

“Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him… Something up above was calling him imperiously… Hither and thither through the meadows he rambled busily, along the hedgerows, across the copses, finding everywhere birds

The 25 Best Spring Albums of All Time

“Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him… Something up above was calling him imperiously… Hither and thither through the meadows he rambled busily, along the hedgerows, across the copses, finding everywhere birds