Like an extended gaze on the infinite, or the sound of chronostasis, Ash is motion felt at a Brownian micro-level of timbre and harmonic shift.
Author: Alan Lockett
‘t Geruis :: Terre, Poussière (Quiet Details)
Behind ’t Gerius is Belgian sound-wrangler, Daniel, who’s hit on a hermetic audioworld at once delicate and distorted, refined and uncouth; sound seen as if through a glass blurrily, yet sharply—alive with microsound like a fungi forest close-up.
Arovane :: Polymer (Quiet Details)
Zahn, though, never lets any innovation imperative efface the musicality at the heart of the matter; his compositions lie on a cline between minimalism and sound design in a melodic ambient zone…
Alva Noto :: This Stolen Country of Mine (NOTON)
Standalone release of Alva Noto’s score to This Stolen Country of Mine, Marc Wiese’s award-winning film which explores the issue of state sovereignty in the face of predatory foreign power.
Field Lines Cartographer :: Tone Maps (Quiet Details)
A sonic exploration of place and time, past, present and future, via synths and field recordings, Tone Maps is another exhibit in a growing display of prowess in crafting deep evolving compositions.
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan :: The Nation’s Most Central Location (Castles in Space)
Overall, a wistful reflection on the past inside the present, seen through hometown glass darkly; a critique of its place in the nation ‘inspired’ by the architecture and history of the eponymous New Town he grew up in.
Zakè · Markus Guentner · James Bernard :: Pyramiden (Zakè Drone)
A dialogue is set up between the cadence of ambient drone and the cascade of post-rock (rock sublimated) with an array of textures and strata perfused in a kind of slo-mo wide-sky outfolding.
Daou :: Reverie (Rohs!)
Tape enthusiast from an early age, fiddler and twiddler with loops, synths and field recordings alongside his trusted guitar and effect pedals,..