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.

Set and Setting ~ Equanimity

How many post-rock albums can you name that start with the sound of ducks?  Likely one, after today.  St. Petersburg, Florida’s Set and Setting lives up to its name by providing landscape cues at the outset of its debut album, a follow-up

Set and Setting ~ Equanimity

How many post-rock albums can you name that start with the sound of ducks?  Likely one, after today.  St. Petersburg, Florida’s Set and Setting lives up to its name by providing landscape cues at the outset of its debut album, a follow-up

Stefan Paulus ~ Salt Sea Island

As the summer starts to draw to a close, a melancholic flavor sets in.  One yearns to retreat in time, if only by a month or so, to extend the season.  Salt Sea Island is a balm to the withdrawing spirit,

Stefan Paulus ~ Salt Sea Island

As the summer starts to draw to a close, a melancholic flavor sets in.  One yearns to retreat in time, if only by a month or so, to extend the season.  Salt Sea Island is a balm to the withdrawing spirit,

Julien Beau ~ Reflet

Reflet (French for reflection) began life as a CD3″ and is now a full album on Aposiopèse.  It’s an experimental set in the best sense, a combination of field recordings and live instrumentation that does exactly what the title implies ~ reflect on music, sound,

Julien Beau ~ Reflet

Reflet (French for reflection) began life as a CD3″ and is now a full album on Aposiopèse.  It’s an experimental set in the best sense, a combination of field recordings and live instrumentation that does exactly what the title implies ~ reflect on music, sound,

Artificial Memory Trace ~ Tidal

After some experimentation, I’ve decided that the best time to listen to Tidal is when one is unable to get to the beach.  When one is able, one simply goes to the beach and experiences these sounds in person.  This is instead an

Artificial Memory Trace ~ Tidal

After some experimentation, I’ve decided that the best time to listen to Tidal is when one is unable to get to the beach.  When one is able, one simply goes to the beach and experiences these sounds in person.  This is instead an

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

João Castro Pinto ~ Ars Abscondita

Portuguese sound artist João Castro Pinto is said to “compose silence with sounds”, and this description is perfect for Ars Abscondita.  The combination of field recording and sound sculpture allows artists to fill spaces with the most interesting sounds they can

João Castro Pinto ~ Ars Abscondita

Portuguese sound artist João Castro Pinto is said to “compose silence with sounds”, and this description is perfect for Ars Abscondita.  The combination of field recording and sound sculpture allows artists to fill spaces with the most interesting sounds they can

SMTG Limited ~ Four releases to support Haiti

Is ‘world music’ still possible? After all, the premise of it runs closely to that of colonial pasts, to the image of the 19th century anthropologist that turns cultures into curiosities, into preconceived slideshows of noble savages merged into natural

SMTG Limited ~ Four releases to support Haiti

Is ‘world music’ still possible? After all, the premise of it runs closely to that of colonial pasts, to the image of the 19th century anthropologist that turns cultures into curiosities, into preconceived slideshows of noble savages merged into natural