Nils Quak reflects on the tissue that separates one moment from the next, one opportunity from the next. Field recording and ambient music as two […]
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V/A :: Aquarius (Dronarivm)
Liquidity has always been an apt metaphor for ambient music as well as for what this collection represents—the fluidity, if not downright irrelevance of boundaries, […]
\\\V/// :: 267L-18 (Vomit Bucket Productions)
The anonymous artist behind the cipher \\\V/// builds up a threnody of muscular tension, as if too much sound is trying to squeeze itself through […]
Birds of a Feather, Vols. 3-6 (Flaming Pines)
The second quartet of Flaming Pines‘ year-long Birds of a Feather 3″ CDR series is now available, bringing us at least halfway through its planned […]
Szymon Kaliski :: From Scattered Accidents (Kitchen)
Mishap and flaw are key to his aesthetic, but craftsmanship and attention to detail the organizing principle. Musically, Szymon Kaliski is a wise old soul, […]
Wouter Veldhuis :: Blue Forest (Organic Industries)
With Blue Forest, Wouter Velduis has crafted such a handsome edition it’s like purchasing a framed piece of art with its own soundtrack slipped in […]
Josh Mason :: Jeremiad (Analogpath)
Mason speaks softly and with some difficulty, his reel-to-reel and cassette tape loops wobbling while his guitar strives to articulate itself in contention with scuffed […]
Ametsub :: All Is Silence (Nothings66)
On All is Silence, Ametsub cleverly mixes research and development in what he calls New Field music—post-glitch, post-dub, post-ambient, past caring about genre and style, which at the same time […]
Fescal :: The Descending Light (Wist Rec)
Irresistable little box of wonder from Wistrec, the little Irish art house with big, innovative packaging ideas (cf. its “Book Report” series). English sound innovator […]
John Sobocan :: A Soft Circle (Databloem)
Rollingly classic, accommodating ambient, A Soft Circle leaves a big, cozy space between the listener and his or her thoughts and the music. The so-called natural […]
Bangeliz :: Mixtape (Mik Musik)
Mixtape adds up to two, twenty-minute merries-go-round (…) and though you’ll step off woozy, it’s melodic, it’s accessible, it spins at an angle but steady. […]
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