Tomoyoshi Date is a musician who knows how to make warm music from a cold laptop. To that end, he uses recordings from a Diapason upright piano in the house of his maternal grandmother’s sister.
Reviews
Bart Hawkins :: Bell’s Theorem (Self Released)
Hawkins elicits increasing clearly defined tones from his modular synth, with bright ambience and traces of an improvisatory concert of lofty circles in the air, like entangled particles dancing in their contemplative and transcendent harmonic existence.
V/A :: 36 (Spotted Peccary Music)
The tracks assembled for this annual aural treasury are all highly crafted ambient electronic instrumentals, each illuminated and uplifting, with an evident deep moral seriousness and an artistry which expresses a very conscious and deliberate assumption of spiritual ecstasy in which our mind is suspended.
Philippe Neau :: A Quiet Place (Mahorka)
Neau records tranquil surroundings, filled with birds and a bit of water, which he combines into soundscapes. He superimposes the material, and along with that, he adds some electronics.
Francois Dillinger :: -40.715921 EP (EC Underground)
Francois Dillinger’s overarching ability to redefine electro-nics is astounding and -40.715921 is a workout on the ears and body. Delivering next-level sonic transmissions from a distant galaxy…
Golden Donna :: The Truth About Love (Expanded Edition) (Mighty Force)
The album is replete with melodic moments and beautiful synth washes that have the slightest tinge of melancholy which gives the album some extra depth and emotionally expressive motifs.
TÆT :: Serpent Bearer (Errorgrid)
A tried-and-true collection of mechanical sound structures, fidgeting synth workouts, and blissful melodic strands submerged in tightly threaded beat patches settled on a solid foundation.
Simona Zamboli :: A laugh will bury you (Mille Plateaux)
Timing these new works to enter the world on Friday the 13th seems as a heavily premeditated arrangement; each track is a taunt and jest as whilst we slowly eclipse towards warmer times…
Toh Imago :: Refuge (InFiné)
Across the album, Toh Imago finds inventive ways of opening a dialogue between nature and machine, both literally and metaphorically, creating a soundscape that both feels like and was created by the natural world…
Fortresses :: Near (Dragon’s Eye)
Such a powerful ambient excursion dips and dives through the unknown and offers a captivating treasure-trove we should all experience.
The Fellow Passenger :: Book of Needlecraft (Point Source Electronic Arts)
While the theme on Book of Needlecraft, and its track titles, are centered around embroidery and needlepoint, the vast electrical tapestry stitched together on this proverbial audio quilt is subtle and warm.
Recent Posts
Moonphase :: Dark Assembly (Petroglyph)
Boards of Canada unveil video for “Introit / Prophecy At 1420 MHz” from the forthcoming album Inferno (Warp)
Nora & Tess :: Mira’s Loop EP (Clean Error)
Sound Signatures :: Crafting your electronic music identity — by Nick Feldman (Routledge)
Rob Clouth :: Cicada EP (Mesh)
Yu Su :: Foundry (Short Span)
SCALD :: Asphyxia (Industrial Coast)
Eko :: The Mirror World (Evel)
