In a world where music often trends toward the loud and assertive, Les Toiles De Nuits is a breath of fresh air. It celebrates the art of subtlety and the beauty of sparseness, inviting us to find solace in the spaces between sounds.
Tag: Acoustic
Old Amica / Aiko Takahashi :: Vikande blå / Nuages (Handstitched*)
Overall, musically, Vikande blå / Nuages occupies a span of the ambient-drone spectrum that should lure in fans from, say, PITP to 12k, with Aiko T’s more minimal experimental sensibility nearer the latter, and Old Amica’s more fulsome space/post-rock leanings the former. A quality package, as you’ll have come to expect from Handstitched*.
Memory Effect :: Some Other Morning EP (Augment)
Some Other Morning presents a collection of non-linear, inventive instrumental bursts, blending creativity and groove into one cohesive experience.
Maps and Diagrams :: Islands (Handstitched*)
As you listen, following the slowly emerging sustained long tones, the suggestion of rattling bones, sunshine, lavender and beautiful clean beaches come to mind.
DFKT :: Armagideon Machines EP (Dystopian Dub Discotheque)
Armagideon Machines is a robust EP pushing forward with sandblasted rhythmic dark-ambient dub strands from the farthest reaches of our universe, and is a treat to consume in one take.
Fallen :: Fragments (Móatún 7)
Fragments is a very nice loop-based, drifty ambient album. Some classical sounds appear, such as guitar and piano, and they often evoke very traditionally human themes. The release is well mixed and mastered, and concern was clearly given to each composition.
Rena Jones & KiloWatts :: Caesura (Cartesian Binary)
Caesura is a very listenable production, with consistent compositions and solid mastering; several familiar classical and acoustic sounds are infused all around.
Shahzad Ismaily, Stanford Cheung, Andrea Scala :: ENDROLL EP (Aural Shapes)
ENDROLL is an EP that weaves together a landscape of multi-instrument improvisations. The genesis of this album began with the question of whether all music needs a beginning, and instead, to hypothesize on whether music could still retain intention when drawn from a place of “finality.”
Kate Carr :: Midsummer, London (Persistence of Sound)
The way the drones and nature sounds blend together produce a noticeable, primordial outcome that is practically terrifying as Midsummer, London explores morbid emotions like […]