Material from the following interview with Don Slepian was used in Justin Patrick Moore’s new book The Radio Phonics Laboratory: Telecommunications, Speech Synthesis, and the Birth of Electronic Music from Velocity Press and available on Bookshop.org, Amazon, and fine bookstores everywhere.
Tag: New Age
NRV :: Seasons Beyond the Ashes (See Blue Audio)
Introspective moods are cultivated here with pastoral synth washes and mesmeric floating chords. Yet the wisps of sadness in these short pieces do not linger for too long, as winter has given way to spring rains and new shoots of life emerge out of the soil. Even if that soil has been damaged.
Ecovillage :: Crescendo (Lo Recordings)
Experimenting in the realms of blissful melancholy and soothing new-age atmospherics.
Suseti & Henrik Meierkord :: Trakt (Labile)
We need musicians like Suseti and Henrik Meierkord who take making slow introspective music designed for contemplation an art form, and not just something that can be replicated with a few music apps and some help from soulless AI.
Rudy Adrian :: Reflections On A Moonlit Lake (Spotted Peccary Music)
Reflections On A Moonlit Lake is a meditation on freshwater mysteries and the delicate feelings of being at a lakeside camp in the wilderness. Rudy Adrian paints sylvan scenes with sound. There are no maddening blood-seeking insects at this lake.
David Helpling & Jon Jenkins :: A Treasured World (Spotted Peccary)
The natural synergy between Helpling and Jenkins is well known for bringing their melodic ringing dynamics of cinematic electronics, somehow merging piquant flavors of rock sensibilities, ambient electronic, and limitless atmospheric space music.
AK-One :: Nothing Grows in a Straight Line (Common Ancestors)
A two-part voyage into the sublime is achieved through a fusion of styles, expansive ambient sound sources, drifting synths, and gentle guitar tones.
Deborah Martin & Erik Wøllo :: Kinishba (Spotted Peccary Music)
Kinishba stands strong as a new creation with elements of today together with so much to remember from our complex human history.
Carlos Dengler :: The After (Self Released)
Dengler’s complexity and innovative craftsmanship take the listener into a new musical experience, inviting dreams and providing a healthy relief from stress.