Posts Tagged: Sontag Shogun
ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Ambient
The best ambient albums of the year include a set of short stories, an ode to a remote island, a celebration of sailing, a score to ice diving and an expression of hope from Ukraine. Fans of classic ambience will
ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Ambient
The best ambient albums of the year include a set of short stories, an ode to a remote island, a celebration of sailing, a score to ice diving and an expression of hope from Ukraine. Fans of classic ambience will
Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau ~ Valo Siroutuu
Does anyone remember 2019? In that innocent summer, Sontag Shogun and Lau Nau met on the Finnish island of Kimitoön to continue the sparkling collaboration that begun on Sontag Shogun’s Floréal. The new album is about friendship, simple pleasures and breezy days,
Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau ~ Valo Siroutuu
Does anyone remember 2019? In that innocent summer, Sontag Shogun and Lau Nau met on the Finnish island of Kimitoön to continue the sparkling collaboration that begun on Sontag Shogun’s Floréal. The new album is about friendship, simple pleasures and breezy days,
ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Drone
Fewer drone releases came in this year than ever before. The world was so dark, it seemed that even recording artists weren’t in the mood to record dark music. But by the end of the year, we began to notice
ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Drone
Fewer drone releases came in this year than ever before. The world was so dark, it seemed that even recording artists weren’t in the mood to record dark music. But by the end of the year, we began to notice
Jeremy Young presents ‘Je Suis Mon Absence.’ [mix]
Jeremy Young recently released Filaments on Eliane Tapes, Moving Furniture’s sporadic series of work inspired by the remarkable French composer Éliane Radigue. The series was inaugurated with a release by Kassel Jaeger back in early 2018, and after a long
Jeremy Young presents ‘Je Suis Mon Absence.’ [mix]
Jeremy Young recently released Filaments on Eliane Tapes, Moving Furniture’s sporadic series of work inspired by the remarkable French composer Éliane Radigue. The series was inaugurated with a release by Kassel Jaeger back in early 2018, and after a long
Sontag Shogun, Stijn Hüwels ~ The Floating World & The Sorrowful World
The Floating World & The Sorrowful World was always meant as a diptych, but for nearly a year the two tracks were cut off from one another, set adrift, seeking the balance of their complementary twin. Ironically, this temporary excision adds
Sontag Shogun, Stijn Hüwels ~ The Floating World & The Sorrowful World
The Floating World & The Sorrowful World was always meant as a diptych, but for nearly a year the two tracks were cut off from one another, set adrift, seeking the balance of their complementary twin. Ironically, this temporary excision adds
Sontag Shogun ~ It Billows Up
As Sontag Shogun is a constantly evolving collective, it’s easy to forget that the three current members were once part of [The] Slowest Runner [In All the World]. During the last decade, the band has changed styles many times, but continues
Sontag Shogun ~ It Billows Up
As Sontag Shogun is a constantly evolving collective, it’s easy to forget that the three current members were once part of [The] Slowest Runner [In All the World]. During the last decade, the band has changed styles many times, but continues
Sontag Shogun ~ Patterns for Resonant Space
Patterns for Resonant Space is ambient in sound, but experimental in design. The album was composed in reverse fashion, with the piano offering comments on the field recordings and tape loops. The background becomes the foreground, yielding an appreciation of space
Sontag Shogun ~ Patterns for Resonant Space
Patterns for Resonant Space is ambient in sound, but experimental in design. The album was composed in reverse fashion, with the piano offering comments on the field recordings and tape loops. The background becomes the foreground, yielding an appreciation of space
Sontag Shogun ~ “Tale” Remixed/2015, NYC
As Brooklyn’s Sontag Shogun prepares for the release of a new album later next year, they continue to re-visit older recordings and experiment with templates for the new. On “Tale” Remixed, they invite some friends to re-interpret their work; on the 2015, NYC cassette, they
Sontag Shogun ~ “Tale” Remixed/2015, NYC
As Brooklyn’s Sontag Shogun prepares for the release of a new album later next year, they continue to re-visit older recordings and experiment with templates for the new. On “Tale” Remixed, they invite some friends to re-interpret their work; on the 2015, NYC cassette, they
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