In an increasingly busy, digitized world, this record is a quiet refuge. It’s the sound of connection—between collaborators, between memory and place, between heart and horizon. With their debut, Almost An Island have crafted something truly special: an album to live with, return to, and slowly get lost in.
Tag: Soundtrack
Cathode Ray Tube :: Canciones en la clave de Pelea (Condition Human) — [concise]
Something jagged and instinctive pulses through Cathode Ray Tube’s latest four-track transmission—just over thirty minutes of fractured rhythms and kinetic sputter.
Autistici :: Familiarity Folded (Audiobulb)
This release marks the first in a three-part series honoring an ongoing online collaboration with fellow experimental musicians: Familiarity Folded, Familiarity Enfolded, and Familiarity Unfolded.
Pan Thorarensen :: Ljóstillífun (U Know Me)
Expansive and hushed, the landscape breathes through each piece, as Thorarensen captures its elusive essence using custom microphones—drawing out subtle sonic layers interwoven with synth hues and an almost tactile sense of presence.
V/A :: Solidarity [complete]: A Benefit Compilation for the ACLU (Voidstar Productions)
As the murk of modern political unrest deepens, these artists illuminate the darkness with warped frequencies and broken beauty, refusing silence. In its sprawling chaos and cathartic clamor, Solidarity [complete] doesn’t just advocate—it agitates, igniting sparks of resistance in every distorted signal.
Urschaum :: Dimensional Transient (Component)
These are soundtracks for forgotten horizons—the kind viewed distinctly on the project’s cover—where each composition unfolds in barren sequences of industrial hum, muffled turbulence, distant resonance, and vast auditory plateaus that seem to stretch without end.
Day Before Us :: Dim Shores of Eternity (Les Nouvelles Propagandes)
A culmination of everything Day Before Us has cultivated over the past decade, while venturing into even more radiant, immersive terrain. For listeners willing to let go and drift in its pull, Dim Shores of Eternity is one of the most beautiful and haunting releases of the year—a spiritual monument built from silence, sorrow, and sublime sound.
Dalham :: Cobra / And The Sun (Castles in Space)
Fresh from his music being picked up for a Ridley Scott Netflix production, Dalham brings the required noise in Cobra / And The Sun, a twin release from the estimable Castles in Space set to alter states across the planet.
Contagious Orgasm :: Behind Closed Doors (Ant-Zen) — [concise]
As always, Contagious Orgasm proves vital and restless—an enduring force in experimental audio since the late ’80s, still conjuring chaos and cohesion from the unruly tide of avant-garde electronics.
V/A :: Fauna, curated by Ocoeur (n5MD)
Designed to awaken compassion and connection, this collection reminds us that every species has its place—and right—on this planet we collectively call home.
WAYVES :: BOT (Mahorka) — [concise]
A rapturous convergence of glitch-laced dissonance, fractured beats, and entrancing rhythmic assaults, WAYVES reshapes downtempo cadence into a restless cascade of fragmented sonics on BOT.

















