ACL 2013: Top Ten Ambient

Ambient music continued to stretch its wings in 2013.  Among our top picks: an album conceived as a love letter, an EP addressing mental illness and a 7″ vinyl that samples the original Dracula.  It’s not just piano and birds anymore.

Wixel ~ Revox Tapes

The digital submission was sitting in the in-box, but I had already ordered the cassette.  “Wait for the tape!” implored Jordskred’s Louis Reith.  And he was right. Revox Tapes is a tape about tapes; to listen to this release in any other fashion