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Red Stars Over Tokyo :: Double review (Testtoon)

Reviews 05/21/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Testtoon are doing what very few labels are. True the sounds of Ambient and Industrial are having a revival, but in many respect they are […]

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Antikatechon :: Chrisma Crucifixorum (Rage in Eden)

Reviews 05/18/2013 by Philippe Blache

Just as in his previous effort, Davide del Col explores the musical equivalent of religiously cryptic images of awakening to the supreme absolute, to ultimate […]

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Zen Lu :: River (Etalabel)

Reviews 05/13/2013 by Philippe Blache

Zen Lu demonstrates a growing interest to the sonic realms of complex sound textures, also bringing to the fore a corpus of stylistically compelling emotive […]

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Svarte Greiner :: Black Tie (Miasmah)

Reviews 05/12/2013 by James Knapman

Black Tie is a real return to form for the Miasmah label and continues the Svarte Greiner saga with two extended tracks of chilling, contemporary […]

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Aksutique :: Notch Fields (diametric.)

Reviews 05/12/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Rather than pander to the “dub” crowd, this EP takes what has become quite a saturated genre and elevates it with ambient subtlety and a […]

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Miles :: Faint Hearted (Modern Love)

Reviews 05/03/2013 by James Knapman

The melting pot of inconsistent styles make this album a frustrating listening experience and it just isn’t clear at whom Faint Hearted is aimed. Together […]

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Nils Quak :: Long Forgotten Days Under a Dust Covered Sky (Nomadic Kids Republic)

Reviews 05/03/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Nils Quak reflects on the tissue that separates one moment from the next, one opportunity from the next. Field recording and ambient music as two […]

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Oneirogen :: Kiasma (Denovali)

Reviews 04/26/2013 by Nocturnal Ghost

Dark as a ride in Charon’s ferry to the realm of Hades, and heavy and hectic as a twisted cyberpunk movie, Kiasma imaginatively combines the […]

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Undermathic :: Indistinct Face (Tympanik Audio)

Reviews 04/26/2013 by James Knapman

Undermathic’s Indistinct Face combines the organic sound of his debut album with the exquisite sound design of 10:10PM but substitutes earthiness and vigour with vibrant, […]

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V/A :: Aquarius (Dronarivm)

Reviews 04/26/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Liquidity has always been an apt metaphor for ambient music as well as for what this collection represents—the fluidity, if not downright irrelevance of boundaries, […]

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Fescal :: The Descending Light (Wist Rec)

Reviews 04/10/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Irresistable little box of wonder from Wistrec, the little Irish art house with big, innovative packaging ideas (cf. its “Book Report” series). English sound innovator […]

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