Each track offers something of a carnival of textures, beats and downtempo segments strung around with vocal samples and snippets of conversation. Both as text […]
Tag: Ambient
Involved :: Radiation Leak 3D animated music video
A brooding sci-fi film noir set piece featuring ghostly silhouettes wandering through a smoke-filled city of glittering skyscrapers and glassy plazas. Words from Hidden Shoal: […]
Asmus Tietchens :: Fahl (Farmacia901)
A relevant and elaborate example of timbral experimentations in conceptual drone based minimalism music. On the way to becoming a key figure in the world […]
(ghost) :: A Vast And Decaying Appearance (n5MD)
A Vast And Decaying Appearance has an almost anthemic, multi-instrumental core around which its synth, textures and samples rivet and cohere. The background of (ghost) […]
Harold Budd & Jane Maru :: Jane 1-11 / Harold Budd :: Jane 12-21 (Darla)
Seeds float on their fluff like a hot summertime snowfall, and Budd’s airy synthesizer bears them that much further afield. Our world and welcome to it. […]
Hessien :: Your Empire, In Decline (The Long Story Recording Company)
Evocative scaping of a generally melancholic cast, Hessien’s mix of air and substance uniting the newer ambient waves. Your Empire, In Decline sees igloo review regular, Tim Martin (Maps […]
Robert Curgenven :: They tore the earth… (Recorded Fields Editions)
For all the prevailing visceral, startling and bleak tenor, there are passages where crumbling timbres recede into shimmering suspension—a kind of calm, a glimpse perhaps […]
Aphex Twin :: Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP (Warp)
A bold experiment which unveils a whole new perspective on our beloved Aphex. Something potent is brewing over in the Aphex Twin camp. After years […]