This new offering reveals a collection of deeply soothing soundscapes and slippery textures based on sustained and dynamic drones and chords—a thrilling and minimal ambient release of sorrowing introspective solemnity.
Author: Philippe Blache
3View :: Polar Seas (Jeannine Schulz, Andrew Heath & Anne Chris Bakker, IKSRE & Anthén)
Based in Toronto, Polar Seas is one indie label which stands among the best in the panorama of modern avantgarde-micro tonal ambient music.
Aware :: Requiem For A Dying Animal (Glacial Movements)
Another clear candidate for best album of the year, as usual with Glacial Movements, Requiem For A Dying Animal goes beyond simple ambient music spectrums…
Sonmi451 :: The Eighteen Minute Gap (laaps)
The album admits a wide range of textures, field recordings morphed and treated with nuances and displayed with a massive sonic impact—immersing the listener in a vast river of emotions.
Lyonel Bauchet :: Tractatus Lyra-Organismus (DiN)
The whole compositional plan and multi-timbral atmospheres are well elaborated, revealing many nuances, with a prevailing and inviting emotional mood…
Taylor Deupree :: “Eev” (Nettwerk)
Shapes, patterns, and tonal sculptures are subtly morphed, immersing the listener in a warm and vaporous state of emotional quietness.
bvdub :: Days of Gold (Quiet Details)
As always, and in this new opus, the emotional component will grab you and transport your listening capacity to some uplifting mysterious spaces where mystery, beauty, and sparkling lightness reign.
Chaigidel & NERATERRÆ :: Lamaštu (Cyclic Law)
The two sound artists gathered for the occasion and summoned dark introspective spells; neo-shamanic dirges and grandiloquent cinematic immersions.