Mosaic is yet another valid addition to Fennesz’s already spotless catalog. Among the many ambient records I’ve heard this year, Fennesz thankfully reminds us of what ambient music can be when it is done in an original way, rather than offering the usual pulp of clean synth pads with some string arrangements.
Tag: Guitar-Ambient
Derrick Stembridge :: Past Present Future: Archive III (Labile)
This album feels like opening up a picture album of pleasant and nostalgic memories, infused with dust, a gauze effect giving everything a pleasant glow, even on the faded things of the past.
Demetrio Cecchitelli :: Unity (ROHS!)
Cecchitelli’s style reminds me a bit of Angelo Badalamenti, a chosen soundtrack composer for David Lynch, among others. It is much like his, but with some Leo Kottke added, with a similar style of guitar melodies.
Gamardah Fungus :: Natural Storm (Hidden Vibes)
One remarkably sculpted, eerie and raging ambient guitar album reminiscent to Expo ’70 (Justin Wright), Sum of R, Hotel Neon, or even Stars of the […]
Nimon :: The Slow Atrophy of Hope (Self-Released)
A vividly imaginative, organic, and icy ambient album mainly built on flexible guitar drones, detached eerie patterns and reverberant contemplative clouds of sounds. One blissful […]
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 […]
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 […]
SubtractiveLAD :: Valve & Ellipsis double review (Self-released)
Valve and Ellipsis follow a similar musical register where flexible tones, dense layers of sounds and aerial guitars lead the listener to a personal quest, to a feeling […]