Sound designer and multi-faceted experimental artist Nicola Fornasari (alias Xu) is back with a tremendous collection of cerebral dronescaping guitar abstracts and emotional electro-rockin’ resonances. […]
Tag: Ambient
Vai :: Son of Idaia EP (Holger)
Son of Idaia is a good mix of ambient electronics and ghostly techno in a dubby, starkly beautiful package. The mysterious Vai has caught our […]
3VIEW :: Maps & Diagrams / x.y.r. (Handstitched*)
We catch up on three recent releases from Tim Martin’s Handstitched* imprint, two from the head of the house with his Maps & Diagrams hat on and one […]
Photophob :: And All The Dreams You Don’t Remember (M-Tronic)
And All The Dreams You Don’t Remember is a perfect midnight ride album that—to my ears—is best suited for those nocturnal roamings across landscapes of […]
Faex Optim :: Mercury EP (Kahvi Collective)
Minimal yet metaphysical, Mercury is indeed a magnum opus of the imagination and psyche at the full command of substance—designating the origin of all that […]
Mark Lyken & Emma Dove :: Mirror Lands (Time Released Sound)
In itself the music of Mirror Lands embraces the path of semi-classical home made ambient, microtonalism, aleatoric experiments and green field recordings. For fans of […]
TAPE :: Transmissions 5
Time for more tips from the world of cassette releases. As always, there’s so much amazing music out there—with a few favorites from various musical […]
Periskop :: Immerse (Kabalion)
Immerse is essentially one long dark dive into deep-sea and chthonic space. It’s been quite some time since we heard from Danny Kreutzfeldt. Once highly prolific under given […]
Dead Fader :: Dosage EP (Touchin’ Bass)
Dead Fader (aka John Cohen) is most known for his work on Robot Elephant and the brilliant collaboration with Sensational on the Work It, No […]
Benjamin Finger :: Amorosa Sensitiva (Blue Tapes, X-Ray Records)
Finger paints multi-dimensional worlds from lo-fi ambient drones, sun-bleached synth-iness, with various infusions: low cello tides, percussive clusters swarming spectrally round piano motifs, techno tropes slowed down, […]
Pole :: Wald (Pole Music)
Oh, Stefan, why’d you have to go and change? All those years ago when you dropped the drums and your 4 pole filter clattered to […]
















