This is chilling material, haunting and lonesome. An album of introspection, of reflection and rich textures. In the age of glass and sleekness it’s interesting […]
Tag: Drone
Driftmachine :: Colliding Contours (Umor Rex)
The duo have mastered the art of shifting and sliding synthesized blocks into echoed detours. By reconfiguring ever so slowly, each minuscule bit develops into […]
SONIC EXPOSURE :: Celebrating DiN’s 50th—Prolonged analog electronics
Profile on DiN and a special iNDEX05 compilation digital giveaway! Prolonged analog electronics UK-based DiN has a long-standing musical history going back to 1999 and Igloo Magazine recently […]
Review & Interview—Apocryphos :: Stone Speak (Cryo Chamber)
Behind its usual black massive drones the music reveals very dramatic, mournful and mysterious soothing melodies (mainly obtained by guitar waves) which help to be […]
Phragments :: All Towers Must Fall (Malignant)
With its dark trumpet call and thundering bass frequencies the opening theme introduces the listener in a malevolent and adventurous sound ritualism absorbed by nightmare […]
Elsewhereness revisited #1 Ramblings of a AMB-man
Elsewhereness Revisited is a new feature documenting the drift at the margins: ambientological meanderings, random bc-combing, cloud-watching, tube-findings, and a companion mix. Vol. #1: Ramblings […]
New Rome :: Nowhere (Room40)
A rich harmonic vein rooted in classic ambient ‘scapism, seen as if through a glaze darkly, via a ’70s-’90s synth-prism. New Rome is the new musical home […]
Video Premiere—Cynthia :: Between Two Worlds (Shimmering Moods)
If only you knew…. I would paint the release as dealing with the complexities and fragilities of close inter-personal relationships, when removed from the comforts […]
L’eoscombu Couti :: Five Cambridge Utilities (Constellation Tatsu)
A fabulous set of heavy-lid hypnagogue ambient drone drift. It’s not long since Constellation Tatsu‘s Winter Batch, which included the lovely likes of Chihei Hatakeyama’s You’re Still In It and Havenaire’s […]
Balance / Lucianno Lamanna :: Double review (Scudiera / Subsound)
There’s a revival of techno in Italy and Lamanna, and like-minded musicians, are at the coal face. Psychological, at times bordering on serpentine, a deep […]
Red Stars Over Tokyo :: Deconstructing Happiness (Testtoon)
Contrasts melt, comparisons jar as a strange sense of composition is somehow maintained in this immensely absorbing album. Jeroen Lauwers is a staple of Testtoon […]
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