We are treated to a sort of granular treatment of piano pieces and piano timbres. Throughout the recording, Iwata’s instrument and compositions are put through […]
Author: Godefroy Dronsart
“Batticuore” :: New track from Alessandro Cortini’s upcoming Volume Massimo album (Mute) & Tour dates
Alessandro Cortini has unveiled the video for the second track to be taken from his forthcoming album, Volume Massimo. “Batticuore” – an exquisite and dizzying […]
Darren McClure :: On Opposites (Neotantra)
Just as it is difficult to write an ambient review that stands out, it is difficult to write an ambient album that stands out. Fortunately, […]
Ruby My Dear :: Phlegm EP (Analogical Force)
All in all Phlegm serves as a fine introduction to Ruby My Dear’s sound as well as a very worthy addition to his catalog. There’s no […]
Rian Treanor :: ATAXIA (Planet Mu)
This is what Rian Treanor achieves on ATAXIA—tracks which are based on patterns that the listener can identify and remember, and yet which are never […]
Bochum Welt :: Seafire (Central Processing Unit)
If you’re looking for a concise but varied electronic record which puts melody first despite taking bits and pieces from ambient to acid, give Seafire a […]
Konx-om-Pax :: Ways of Seeing (Planet Mu)
A lot of passages in these tracks hark back to Tom’s back catalogue—the more ambient passages on “Magenta One” or “The Paleontologist,” or the ominous […]
Shigeto :: Shigeto EP (Vanity Press)
Shigeto plays it cooler, softer—and yet offers a set of four darkly-lit tracks that occupy a fortunate space between jazz vocabulary and the heritage of […]