Posts Tagged: ambient

Luca Sigurtà ~ Bliss

A simple three-note melody is quietly sounded out as electronics buzz and swarm their way into the foreground, a low tone gently swelling in the back.  A bird cries above, water sloshes lightly in the harbor. What is conjured up

Luca Sigurtà ~ Bliss

A simple three-note melody is quietly sounded out as electronics buzz and swarm their way into the foreground, a low tone gently swelling in the back.  A bird cries above, water sloshes lightly in the harbor. What is conjured up

LCNL Mix 011: Daylight Fades

LCNL Mix 011 The internet as a distribution network for music  has done some really wonderful things for us, bad press to the contrary aside. As I hope this series itself will eventually attest, there is great productive power in

LCNL Mix 011: Daylight Fades

LCNL Mix 011 The internet as a distribution network for music  has done some really wonderful things for us, bad press to the contrary aside. As I hope this series itself will eventually attest, there is great productive power in

Wesołowski + Kaliski ~ 281011

It may have taken about 600 years and countless jokes, but it seems Poland may finally be cool.  In the last decade Poland has emerged with cutting edge festivals (Unsound), artists (Jacaszek), labels (AudioTong, Few Quiet People)  and now musical

Wesołowski + Kaliski ~ 281011

It may have taken about 600 years and countless jokes, but it seems Poland may finally be cool.  In the last decade Poland has emerged with cutting edge festivals (Unsound), artists (Jacaszek), labels (AudioTong, Few Quiet People)  and now musical

Julia Holter ~ Ekstasis

In my review of Julianna Barwick’s A Magic Place  for the now sadly gone The Silent Ballet (a moment of silence, please), I concluded with a rather misinformed opinion on female vocalists and how there are very few of them

Julia Holter ~ Ekstasis

In my review of Julianna Barwick’s A Magic Place  for the now sadly gone The Silent Ballet (a moment of silence, please), I concluded with a rather misinformed opinion on female vocalists and how there are very few of them

Giuseppe Ielasi ~ Untitled, Bellows ~ Reelin’

Giuseppe Ielasi began producing music in the early ‘90s as a guitar player in the European free improv scene, but has long since been known primarily as a deeply skilled producer of inventive elecroacoustic music. He has also run several

Giuseppe Ielasi ~ Untitled, Bellows ~ Reelin’

Giuseppe Ielasi began producing music in the early ‘90s as a guitar player in the European free improv scene, but has long since been known primarily as a deeply skilled producer of inventive elecroacoustic music. He has also run several

LCNL 07: Black Swan

Black Swan, Black Swan, Black Swan.  His first two LPs, In 8 Movements and The Quiet Divide, were released in fairly rapid succession, and seemingly overnight this anonymous herald of drone whipped up a respectable cult following.  Expectations for his

LCNL 07: Black Swan

Black Swan, Black Swan, Black Swan.  His first two LPs, In 8 Movements and The Quiet Divide, were released in fairly rapid succession, and seemingly overnight this anonymous herald of drone whipped up a respectable cult following.  Expectations for his