Based in Toronto, Polar Seas is one indie label which stands among the best in the panorama of modern avantgarde-micro tonal ambient music.
Tag: Soundscape
‘t Geruis :: Terre, Poussière (Quiet Details)
Behind ’t Gerius is Belgian sound-wrangler, Daniel, who’s hit on a hermetic audioworld at once delicate and distorted, refined and uncouth; sound seen as if through a glass blurrily, yet sharply—alive with microsound like a fungi forest close-up.
Infinite Scale :: Solo Flight (Self Released)
A serene collection of loosely layered electronica and exquisitely choreographed instrumentals with a few interwoven vocals to balance everything out.
Drifting In Silence & EJRM :: “As You Drift Away” — Video premiere
The added influence from EJRM infuses new depth to the already sonically rich and textured soundscape, expanding the boundaries of Drifting In Silence’s quintessential tranquility
V/A :: Tomb of Primordials (Cryo Chamber)
The temple here is made of plano-convex mudbrick, not fixed with mortar or cement, so that the spirits of the dead (etimmu) can seek absolution for their unknown sins, or find resolution of the idea that one can transgress a divine prohibition without knowing it.
2view :: 4T Thieves & Cognition Delay (Mahorka)
Both albums reveal abstract electronics and downtempo layers with Abdicant and Pandacetamol remixing tracks on 4T Thieves’ album.
Aware :: Requiem For A Dying Animal (Glacial Movements)
Another clear candidate for best album of the year, as usual with Glacial Movements, Requiem For A Dying Animal goes beyond simple ambient music spectrums…
LPF12 :: minorThreats (Self Released)
The beat kicks in now and then, there are moments of ambience sometimes exploding into a driving beat. This just might be a bridge form of music, belonging to beatless space and belonging to the dance floor at the same time.
Lyonel Bauchet :: Tractatus Lyra-Organismus (DiN)
The whole compositional plan and multi-timbral atmospheres are well elaborated, revealing many nuances, with a prevailing and inviting emotional mood…
getdizzzy :: Also, the Remixes (Kracfive)
A maze of drifting, if not dizzying, electronic morsels remixed and refined with deep field modular and acid acrobatics that simultaneously resuscitates the IDM name tag from yesteryear.
















