Metatag ~ Transmission

Ambient tracks don’t need to be long in order to be effective, a lesson that Norwegian duo Metatag takes to heart.  Transmission eschews conventions of traditional song structure, shoehorning 20 tracks into the space of an hour.  These “ambient vignettes” are forced

Mark Harris ~ The Angry Child

There are many artists in the glacial ambient field, but few have succeeded in capturing the sound as well as Mark Harris does here.  Comparable albums include Spheruleus’ The Disguised Familiar Altus’ Black Trees Among Amber Skies and Steve Roach’s Quiet Music.

clade ~ vietnamese piano

If Brightness Outshine Heavens So Prepared was an enthralling yet disconcerting verge into dense, dark dronescapes.  clade‘s newest offering channels the detached soporific intrigue of Harold Budd. In this set of untitled pieces, the artist surrounds the quavers of the upright piano with intriguingly

Faures ~ Continental Drift

In Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman writes, “The primitive brain cannot be said to think or learn; rather it is a set of preprogrammed regulators that keep the body running as it should and reacting in a way that ensures survival.”  The