“A world appears, held together by the threads woven into the fabric of the original tracks, but expanded into a multi-faceted sonic cosmos, a wider world for the original narrow story to expand into.” ~ Tomoroh Hidari
Tag: Dark Ambient
Eldorado Omega :: Emergent (High Grade Media)
Where noisier elements collide with suspended particles of dust and debris, Emergent carefully weaves industrial, ambient, and its mechanical echo with an astounding amount of fluid detail.
Aelk Minsur :: Tar (Self Released)
A shape-shifting behemoth of sonic artillery where all manner of broken beats, electro sludge, and disjointed hip-hop meld with bass thuds from another world.
LPF12 :: Appear (Self Released)
A long-time contributor to the dark ambient community with tinges of cinematic soundscapes and industrial shards, LPF12 (aka Sascha Lemon) continues to extrapolate beats and far off spaces with Appear.
A New Shape :: Discussing Light, Sound and Music in conversation with Nathan Moody
Nathan Moody is a composer/musician and sound designer that loves to build worlds and create mental cinema using sound.
E J R M :: The Old Way EP (Labile)
All the thoughts that emerge during the listening experience is most definitely in perfect synchronization with its title—The Old Way, and indeed the song titles themselves. The atmosphere and thought-provoking compositions capture each moment perfectly.
Lisa Bella Donna :: Mourning Light (Behind The Sky Music)
The title speaks to loss and transition, grief and new horizons, confusion and transitions, with each piece consisting of a broad range of instrumentation, ambient environments and connective aesthetics.
Gore Tech :: Pulse Tundra EP (Ohm Resistance)
Deeply conceptual—conjuring time, space and even extraterrestrial life, exploring feelings that are intensified to the point of wildness, with the purity of spirit.
O C O S I :: Low World Order EP (Ohm Resistance)
Low World Order seeks to replenish darker electronic passages and reaches further into the trenches of claustrophobic sound mangling.
Aria Rostami & Daniel Blomquist :: Still (Glacial Movements)
The stillness feels more like a cocoon than hibernation, and though no global pandemic or present politics premonition, the world today completely recontextualizes the music, making release delay serendipitous.
Tom Hall :: Failed Attempts at Silence (Superpang)
All compositions are steady and laid back, showcasing intermingling patterns of varied lifeform, all of which allow for a great sense of escapism directly through the headphones.
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