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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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Shrine :: Somnia (Cyclic Law)

Reviews 03/06/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

But though Somnia has its head in the clouds, it drags its tail on the ground, skims the water, passes through the teeth of grinding cogwheels […]

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Zilverhill :: Laodoicean (Adept Sound/Blind Shouter)

Reviews 01/28/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

A sacral-industrial passage suggests some creepy cathedral attached to a munitions factory. In the end, something wounded limps away, dragging its heavy tail in the […]

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LPF12 :: Fahrenheit EP (Self-Released)

Reviews 01/22/2013 by Philippe Blache

Fahrenheit EP provides elaborate sonic sound tapestries, spaciously dense and mesmeric. Definitely recommended for those who love the reflective, post-structural ambient dreamscapes. [Release page] LPF12 (Low […]

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Maëror Tri :: Emotional Engramm (Zoharum)

Reviews 01/01/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

The trio’s distinct sound was the result of its refined treatment (the seven pieces were three years in the making) of acoustic instruments, primarily guitar, […]

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