Markus Guentner and Joachim Spieth reunite for Conversion, their second collaboration on Affin, blending ambient expanses with dub-driven detail through a contemporary lens. Minimalist yet immersive, the album balances rhythmic depth and atmospheric stillness, reflecting the artists’ shared roots in early ambient, dub, and deep techno while continuing their distinctive sonic evolution.
Tag: Pop Ambient
Leit Motif :: Vestige (See Blue Audio)
The year starts in a good way for the chill-out vibe of ambient music and this album can already compete among the best of the genre. A powerful and oceanic immersion through sparkling tone colors and sinuous spacious melodies.
Irkya :: night flowers EP (Wormhole World)
This EP, which is ultimately calming, contemplative, and spot-on in its sonic approach, is a prelude to an album that we’re pretty excited to hear will (also) be released on Wormhole World in February 2025.
Tonik Ensemble :: Music Is Mass (Touched Music)
The atmosphere herein simply spills over non-existent—perhaps even floating—boundaries with a surplus of instrumental virtuosity, roughened textures, and vaporous brittle tones that time shift and alter before our own eyes.
shn shn :: everything from before lives here. (Imaginary North)
The album everything from before lives here is a 21-track full discography cassette featuring shn shn’s lush vocals, creative production, and experimental soundscapes, blending electronic textures with emotional depth.
Joachim Spieth :: Tides (Affin)
The entire album has a cool, lush beauty to it, rewarding the listener at any time of day or night with a sonic excursion to other lands.

















