Experimental Electronic Music
Nineteen shadow-bound composers unite for a two-hour Lovecraftian descent into Arctic dread—an immense dark ambient ritual where bowed strings, frozen winds, and unseen beasts awaken the terror of H. P. Lovecraft’s Mythos and the howling presence of Ithaqua.
Forged from steel-string electric guitar alone, This Broken World is a dark alt-ambient meditation where looping drones, restless fingers, and decaying tape-like repetitions favor texture over melody, tracing desperation, endurance, and the fragile possibility of repair as sound slowly resists entropy.
Descending before it ascends, The Loneliness of the Hollow Earth Explorer, Vol. II finds Arrowounds guiding the listener through ancestral caves and bioluminescent mines, a solitary, ritualistic journey where subterranean sound becomes a passage through hidden worlds, ancient time, and the haunted inner depths.
On Ecomediums, survey channel shapes a serene downtempo current of ambient electronics, where hushed synths, weightless drones, and gentle rhythms dissolve into a tranquil, all-encompassing glow.
A very English children’s story about death: Difficult Art & Music present A.C. Fayler’s novel and an accompanying electronic OST by Near Minerals. Kickstarter campaign.
wreccage emerges as a shadow-soaked collision of dark ambient drift, illbient abrasion, and downtempo pulse, carved from improvised grit and collapsing rhythms.
Soundtrack for a dying world drags you into a year-round Halloween, turning every moment into a stylish, giallo-soaked plunge through dread, decay, and dark cinematic thrill.
Nerthus returns with Love Letters via Echelon, a bleak and cerebral descent that shifts from the project’s earlier atmospheric infernos into a more intricate, molecular-level sound world. Blending micro-processed electronics, droning reverberations, and shadowed post-industrial tension, it forms a deeply immersive journey into unsettling sonic terrain.
Italian sound artists Roberto Galati and Francis Gri—renowned for their minimalist electronics and neoclassical-tinged soundscapes—craft deeply organic and harmonically rich textures that have defined their place in the post-ambient scene. With Drift, the duo channels their refined artistry into a solemn and immersive journey through wintry isolation, cinematic melancholy, and spiritual introspection.
Carpe Sonum Records—the North American distributor of Pete Namlook’s legendary FAX label—continues its legacy of immersive, unexpected sonic journeys with Elemental Studies, a compilation of film scores destined for a forthcoming quad stereo/visual installation. Spearheaded by multimedia artist T.J. Norris, the project transforms the natural elements into haunting meditations on the fragile balance between humanity and nature’s power.
Raffaele (Sonologyst) of Eighth Tower Records champions pioneering works from the (post)industrial and experimental scenes, with Capricorni Pneumatici among Italy’s key industrial artists. Their latest album, IX TAB, explores esoteric Maya mythology through mystical atmospheres and abstract electronic soundscapes for an immersive, uncompromising experience.
