Experimental Electronic Music
Hollan Holmes delivers a conceptual ambient-electronic album that energizes beauty, while considering decay, aging, and the passage of time. This could act in a sonic parallel to Holmes’ visual art, celebrating the unconventional elegance of oxidation and endurance.
The outcome of this endeavour is a series of traces that embody the distinct vision of the two artists involved, as well as the unique characteristics of the respective territories or places. These traces collectively offer a singular proposition, born from the irreplicable interplay of these elements and the intricate layering of the accumulated experiences.
The Sound of Dreams is everything I like about anthologies, a collection of very diverse personalities and idiosyncrasies expressing themselves in short performances, with plenty of guitars, strange but empathetic vocals (especially the chanting) and most of all, the sounds of birds and bugs.
Kaleidoscope reveals more hidden dimensions and interpretations of the marvelous world around us, an autobiographical journey through the creative life itself, cyclical rather than linear in form. The feeling is enriching and complex, more listening unlocks more new territories.
Empty Halls is a longer meditation, generating a haunting atmosphere that invites the listener to become lost inside its unfolding darkness. In this way, it can also provide peace and comfort in the darkness of wintertime.
Celebrating the opportunities to perform with vintage electronic music technology, not for dance, not for sleep, just for the art of listening, Barbican is a new album by Wil Bolton. The project draws inspiration from the Brutalist architecture and cultural ecosystem of London’s Barbican Estate and Art Centre and is performed on period electronica.
The overall feeling of Unfolding Skies definitely more energizing than meditative. The larger collaborative project is an homage to pre-1975 Berlin-school/Krautrock music, all electronic, usually in a journey format, and ranging from free-form beatless episodes and power rock electric guitar vocabularies with stunning drum-like percussion sounds.
Blending classic synth melodies with gentle environmental sounds from Okinawa’s mountain forests, harikuyamaku’s AMBIENTAL -Music For Oriental Hotel Okinawa Resort & Spa- creates an upbeat yet unhurried atmosphere designed to quietly energize the background of a hotel lounge.
On Lumen, Chris Russell trades the shadowed tones of Noir (Projekt, 2024) for radiant piano-laced atmospheres that echo his debut Labyrinth on Spotted Peccary Music, crafting eight luminous soundscapes that feel like stepping through a veil into widening light.
Akhira Sano transforms a soon-to-be-demolished family home into a fragile, room-by-room sound diary, shaping its creaks, air, and fading resonance into an intimate work of environmental memory.
This debut CV FREQS compilation gathers thirteen artists exploring bold, glitchy, and loop-driven electronic sounds that demand your full attention, with each track shifting unpredictably into new sonic territory.
