Momentum is gorgeously desolate. One must admire the restraint the duo commands, elegantly and perversely amplifying its ghastliness. Twin, extended drones, smooth, minimal but bumpy […]
Tag: Ambient
Blamstrain :: Sunday Dub (Erotus)
Guiding us through the wee hours, the four tracks all sit firmly within the dub techno fields of introspective muted kicks alongside reverb and delay […]
Justin Walter :: Lullabies And Nightmares (Kranky)
A soul-stirring sonic brew of contrasts. Tranquil and dreamy, but also disturbing and eerie. Definitely one of the most eccentric releases of the year. Justin […]
Deepchord :: 20 Electrostatic Soundfields (Soma)
Eschewing dub-techno for a more ambient approach serves Rod Modell well in this excellent long form package under his Deepchord moniker. The focus for 20 Electrostatic […]
Dao De Noize & Naoki Ishida :: Split Series #1 (Zero Kei)
Like Indian ragas, the pieces seem composed and arranged to be played at specific times of day, following the sun across the sky. A new […]
Valanx :: Ejecta (diametric.)
This is cerebral, cinematic and, at points, outright scary music. Disturbing and unsettling soundscapes from the catacombs of Valanx. Arne Weinberg’s Valanx is an insular […]
LPF12 :: Rising Through Barricades (The Crime League)
Rising Through Barricades is a mysteriously evanescent, naturalistic and ethereal ambient album which gives a main importance to rhythmical experimentation, incorporating endlessly moving and majestically […]
Params :: Grids Grains & Waves (Self-Released)
While Params’ sound may not be revolutionary, there is a definitive pulsing trigger, clips and tangible emotive fragments that scatter about in an absorbing digital-to-analog […]
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