Immerse is essentially one long dark dive into deep-sea and chthonic space. It’s been quite some time since we heard from Danny Kreutzfeldt. Once highly prolific under given […]
Author: Alan Lockett
Benjamin Finger :: Amorosa Sensitiva (Blue Tapes, X-Ray Records)
Finger paints multi-dimensional worlds from lo-fi ambient drones, sun-bleached synth-iness, with various infusions: low cello tides, percussive clusters swarming spectrally round piano motifs, techno tropes slowed down, […]
Kammarheit :: The Nest (Cyclic Law)
The Nest doesn’t give of itself lightly, requiring deep diving, depths-sounding—of cavernous resonance, of bleakness and sustenance—to retrieve ungenerous pearls. Dark Ambient. Sometimes a great […]
Kangding Ray’s Raster-Noton Renewal
Cory Arcane is full of intriguing compositions characterized by Letellier’s intricate percussive programming, textural invention, and deep-buried melodies, fitting comfortably into the Raster-Noton aesthetic, while […]
Phil Tomsett :: Broken Memory Machine (Fluid Audio)
All in all, the travel and topography template audio-visually mediated across its catalog by Fluid Audio curator, Dan Crossley, gets an interesting refresh, as Broken Memory Machine presses ambient […]
Robert Crouch, Darren McClure, Miguel Isaza :: 3View (Dragon’s Eye)
2015 sees the 10th year of operations of bespoke LA-based sound art and drone label, Dragon’s Eye. A trio of birthday treats from Robert Crouch, Darren […]
Chihei Hatakeyama :: Moon Light Reflecting Over Mountains (Room40)
Throughout, subtle inflictions add a new dimension—more than mere musically mediated scene capture; beyond setting, more of a story told in the tracks, Moon Light Reflecting Over […]
Celer & Nicholas Szczepanik :: Here, for now (Self-Released)
Here, for now, then, is a set of sustained streams, constant currents—endless eddies that lull into a sense of serenity, whose falseness is hinted at by […]