‘Odd literature, ghostly presence, angelology’–things from which Philippe Blache claims inspiration for his ‘antipop-cinematic-nocturnal-melancholic soundscapes’ as Day Before Us; ‘solemn soundscaping ritualism, dada-esque hypnopedies and soundtracky ambiences,’ visible […]
Tag: Neo-classical
Elsewhereness revisited #3 :: Party Like It’s 1991
Elsewhereness revisited is an occasional feature documenting the drift at the margins: ambient gasbagging, ’tube-d, ’cloud-ed, and ’camped-up, complete with companion mix, Elsewhereness revisited #3 1991 made waves in 2012 with […]
Willamette’s Diminished Composition
Diminished Composition brings sad-happy scenes painted in warm tones, strokes of drone deftly drawn. A new recording from Willamette, Diminished Composition, has just been released by Scissor Tail. The […]
Dirk Geiger :: Connected Worlds (Tympanik Audio)
Meticulous ambient decay and refined audio sculptures for the midnight hour. Defying space and time, a surreal blur of sound and vision wisps by like […]
Xu & Rooms Delayed :: Seaweeds (Triple Moon)
An overwhelming contemplative drone ambient release and a truly absorbing excursion through intimate and delicate process music. The young and independent net-label Triple Moon presents […]
Sóley :: Kròmantik (Morr Music)
The fact that consonant melodies can feel out of place speaks to the success with which Sóley was able to communicate her vision through her […]
Steiner :: At Or From A Distance (Glass Reservoir)
These sounds never overwhelm the ambience but, rather, do it service, almost bubbling up through it to add an inflection or humanity to certain sounds. […]
Organisation Toth :: The Sword of Creation (Rage in Eden)
The conceptual background appears to be implicitly linked to Nietzsche / Spengler’s modern decadence, the sovereign virtues of the ancient world, found of the occultism […]