Overall, this release is a necessary reminder that we have gotten too far away from the intended, natural, human experience.
Tag: Ambient
V/A :: Artist Showcase – 3rd Edition (Point Source Electronic Arts)
Point Source Electronic Arts continue to expand their sonic reach with well-curated compilations displaying a knack for abstract electronics in all of its wonderfully skewed shapes and forms.
Rontronik :: Majestic Mosaics (Self Released)
Maneuvering through dilapidated ambient-electronics, alien concrète reverberations and clicks’n’cuts, data swirl and digital flutter.
Drape :: Forage/Presence (Infraction)
Clear space there may be between early and late Drape—Forage staying smaller, up-closer, Presence going wider and higher, post-production lending granularity to instrumentation…
Onepointwo :: Frequencies (noci miste)
Radio broadcasts, air traffic control, music from another era—get trapped and swirled in with the communications of vast and disparate alien cultures…
Scanner :: The Homeland of Electricity (DiN)
Cohesive from beginning to end, Scanner’s second release for the DiN label does not disappoint—especially if you are into moody atmospheric sound experiments that defy categorization.
Autechre :: Chiastic Slide & LP5 reissues (Warp)
…I like to think of Chiastic Slide and LP5 as the last albums Autechre made on planet Earth before gliding into another dimension.
OdNu :: My Own Island (Audiobulb)
Guitar flickers intertwine with delicate synth tones and drones on My Own Island. It’s a creative surplus of dense yet minimalist extractions that call out to nature; an organic overflow of simplicity.
Kenneth James Gibson :: Groundskeeping (Meadows Heavy Recorders)
The grounds are vast and somber, the groundskeeper has unlimited access to the universe of the night, rich keyboard-string intonations, slow dark moods, atmospheric with rare moments…
Deru :: We Will Live On (Friends of Friends) — Video premiere
We Will Live On is the new album from Emmy Award winning producer/composer Deru aka Benjamin Wynn.
Mount Shrine :: All Roads Lead Home (Cryo Chamber)
35 minutes of pluvial drones replete with soft white/grey noise and sotto voce spoken word possess a mesmeric quality that transcends the reductive description herein.

















