Theia sees Markus Guentner taking his immersive ambient soundscaping to another level, creating a work that is grandiose but somehow never overblown. Ryan Griffin’s A […]
Tag: Ambient
Sound Awakener & Linear Bells :: Belonging to the Infinity (Soft)
Motionless as the dead, writhing with memory. Nguyễn Hồng Nhung forces me to pay close attention to her career as it unfolds—each new thing she does as […]
LA Synthesis :: Agraphobia Relapse (De:Tuned)
There was a remix 12” released in ’95 but the De:Tuned gang have decided to go one better. Agraphobia Relapse collects a spread of artists […]
Sons of Melancholia :: Silencer (diametric.)
With plangent pads and heart-tug strings folded into deep bass pulses and off-kilter rhythms roamed through by a refined melodic sensibility, Silencer offers a view from and into […]
Stefan Christoff & Post Mortem :: Tape Crash #12 (Old Bicycle)
An organic, poetically bucolic and hazy modern ambient release. I firstly discovered this relatively young Italian label a couple of years ago with releases from […]
Chihei Hatakeyama & Federico Durand :: Magical Imaginary Child (White Paddy Mountain)
Equipped with only cassette player and guitar, respectively, the duo first lay low, moving unmarked through a sunken lane in the landscape, shoulder-high, green embankments veined with […]
Pleq & Giulio Aldinucci :: The Prelude To (The Long Story Recording Company)
The setting sun backlights two figures paddling gently beneath low-hanging boughs shot through with shafts of perfectly apt, melodramatic strings (played by violinist Tomasz Mreńca), as coureurs […]
Markus Mehr :: In The Palm of Your Hand (The Remix EP) (Hidden Shoal)
The listener is immersed in a dense, tense, refined and exceptionally moving semi jazzy inflected minimal electronic experience. Bavarian based sound designer and electronic artist […]
Mikaël Delta & Hior Chronik :: The First Ray (Sun Sea Sky)
Mikaël Delta and Hior Chronik have created powerful ambiance with a remarkable ease. Hior Chronik has had a busy year collaborating with Arovane on the […]
R.A.N :: Her Trembling Ceased (Partapart)
R.A.N (Roads At Night), has stitched together a patchwork of moods ranging from grey to pitch black into whole cloth by capturing the feel of “ill at […]
exm :: llmnt (Touched Music)
The album abounds with weird, wonderful sounds, complex rhythms, cold, haunting melodies and a whole lot of dark, dim elements that make it a great […]
















