Crisopa eschews solemn, melancholic, and instrumental streams of colorful sound. Lively and draped in emotively calm layers. In late January 2017, Crisopa (aka Madrid-based Santiago […]
Tag: Ambient
Enabl.ed :: Tipsy Haux 2.0 (Clean Error)
Overflowing robust beatwork and rugged melodic strands are featured start to end. If Toytronic was the go-to imprint for brittle and punchy IDM of the past, […]
Geotic :: Abysma (Ghostly International)
There’s never a dull moment on Abysma, and casting it as “passive listening” does it a bit of a disservice, in fairness. It’s a magical […]
Esem :: Enveloped – Remaster (Digital Edition)
Enveloped was a thing of beauty back in 2002, but be under no illusions: this new remastered edition is a revelation. The deFocus imprint launched […]
Pattern Behavior :: Omens (The Crime League)
Omens immediately catches the attention. Musically it brings to the fore a series of menacing and enthralling cinematic ambiences with a clear 80s retro feel. Pattern […]
BITS & PIECES with Daigo Hanada
Last February Japanese composer and pianist Daigo Hanada released his debut solo piano album on Montreal’s boutique imprint Moderna. Ichiru is made of eleven beautiful […]
Monoform :: Mea Culpa (Touched Music)
Monoform crafts definitive basslines, mechanized beatwork, and slightly chilled-ambient noodling—consistently leaning on distant, dense and mysterious/melodic sonic sculpting. Yet another benchmark release by Touched (Music For […]
Aquarium to Warren Raww :: The many habitats of Natural Sciences (Interview & Mix)
Then you meet those who refuse to adhere (to the spiral staircase of genres), who defy the norms and set their own standards. Manchester’s Natural […]
The Caretaker :: Everywhere At The End Of Time (HAFTW)
In September 2016, The Caretaker was diagnosed with early onset dementia, beginning an inevitably finite journey into the realms of degenerative memory loss. This journey […]
Eff Dst :: Blackout (Hymen)
Dense, fluid, and evolved, piano keys embark on soundtrack-driven environments as a propulsive bass assault shimmies its way throughout. Somewhere in the mist between foggy, […]
V/A :: Source Book 1 (Raster-Noton)
The markers that identify the boundaries of the label’s surface area — techno, ambient, musiqué concrete — are on display, and the terrain inside them […]
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