Elsewhereness revisited is an occasional feature documenting the drift at the margins: ambient gasbagging, ’tube-d, ’cloud-ed, and ’camp-ed up, complete with companion mix, Elsewhereness revisited #9. […]
Tag: Dark Ambient
The Exaltics :: Das Heise Experiment 2 (Solar One)
I can imagine Mr. Witschakowski is heaving a sigh of relief with the release of Das Heise Experiment 2. From his social media correspondence, the […]
Taphephobia :: Ghostwood (Cyclic Law)
Their typical signature based on layered, reverberant guitars and processed acoustic eerie ambiences are always catchy, elegant and brilliantly brought to the fore. Faithful to […]
Ugasanie & Xerxes the Dark :: Abysmal (Cryo Chamber)
Abysmal delivers a convincing assortment of layered drones and epic, oceanic noises. This album follows the path of mystical naturalism shrouded in utter bleakness. Fans of […]
t.e.s.o. :: costruzione 04 (Aperture)
Fans of modern IDM and experimental music will love this, especially those fond of Autechre’s latest works. Find yourself a good dark place and turn […]
Hall of Mirrors :: When Only Shades Remain (Eibon)
When Only Shades Remain is one emotional story, beautifully sculpted and which alternates heavily wistful sequences with more melodious themes. Those enveloping tones, subtle echoing guitar […]
Ivan Shopov & Monolog :: Veracity EP (Subtrakt)
The careful trajectory of beats, bass, and slow-moving distortion keeps this EP in a surreal state of fluctuating beauty. Emulsified electronic debris, mutating, slow motion […]
Day Before Us :: Adorned Path Of Stillness (Twilight, GH Records)
‘Odd literature, ghostly presence, angelology’–things from which Philippe Blache claims inspiration for his ‘antipop-cinematic-nocturnal-melancholic soundscapes’ as Day Before Us; ‘solemn soundscaping ritualism, dada-esque hypnopedies and soundtracky ambiences,’ visible […]
Ugasanie :: Ice Breath Of Antarctica (Cryo Chamber)
Ice Breath Of Antarctica radically embraces the most visceral and abstract path of isolationist ambient minimalism with a collection of deep drone environmental pieces. Ugasanie […]
Ian Boddy & Erik Wøllo :: Meridian (DiN)
The soundscapes express peaceful, soothing, warm, and mellow passages dominated by a straight dialogue between evocative guitar sequences in a minimalist mood. Hypnotically fixed pulses […]
Atrium Carceri, Cities Last Broadcast, God Body Disconnect :: Miles To Midnight (Cryo Chamber)
Stylistically we are still wandering on the subterranean and cinematographic dark ambient territory but this collaborative album introduces a corpus of new elements taken from […]
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