This episode starts off like a hive-mind one step removed and finishes with a twist of mystical, warped, stream of consciousness. Most of what falls in-between, some in excerpted form, falls outside typical norms, and somewhere that is silky smooth and subliminal. What’s come over us? TRACKLIST Raphaël Panis – Fragment 2Oberlin – Eine kleine […]
TRACKLIST Benge – DecimalRafael Anton Irisarri – LuteciaMachinefabriek – Stillness #6 (Lemaire Channel, Antarctica)Fani Konstantinidou – RiseAndreas Dzialocha – IICeler – Cracks and an unpleasant scoffingANMA – Limbus Patrum Pt. 4Ida Toninato – Avant Les ForêtsT.R. Jordan – Rise AgainV-Stók – FloaterFennesz/Rosy Parlane – Live 2000 2Ruben Kotkamp – ett litet våldZoltan Fecso – Liquid […]
This episode includes more names that are not passed readily around in the kitchen table, but unlike condiments, they are acquired tastes. And with resounding bite, you too may want to sink your teeth (er, ears) deeply into the mix. We are excited to feature several labels like Unheard Records, Teranga Beat, Oigovisiones, Pomperipossa Records, […]
Drowse & Amulets | Split | Whited Sepulchre Records (CS/DL) These two Portland artists share more than just a city they live in. Randall Taylor, probably better known as AMULETS has already been featured on these pages with his quite exquisite sonic excursions of tape loops and ambient guitar. Nothing much changes in that respect […]
Andrew Sherwell | WithoutShimmering Moods (CD/DL) In just thirty-seven minutes West London sound artist Andrew Sherwell brings his follow-up to Approaching (Rusted Tone) and his previous effort on Shimmering Moods, Ektenia. Though I very much enjoyed his spirit of loose ambient drone in the past, here the mood is even more fleeting and ebullient. And […]
Selvedge | Don’t Sweat Infinity (Wormhole)Jack Hyde | Lowlands (Whitelabrecs)Danny Scott Lane | Memory Record (Shimmering Moods) Falling as briskly as the dried multicolored leaves, three ambient records for mid November have arrived, and they are each intricate and lofty in their own right. These each are solo works (US + UK) and appear on […]
Talk about Fall, new work is dropping quickly and October seems to be warming more than most Autumnal seasons of late, and it shows in a bevy of new releases – several highlighted here. The nineteen new records here are all releasing this week. Alex McKechnie‘s Degrees of Latitude manages to use computer code (C++), […]
There Is A Flaw In My Iris (12″/DL) KrysaliSound Don’t Worry Mother, Everything Is Going To Be Okay (CD/CS/DL) Shimmering Moods Records Despite the ecological hiccup I was taken aback back this new title, not because of the music, or the stunning visuals, but the title itself. As a gardener this is the second year […]
T. Gowdy | Pachira AquaticaShimmering Moods Records (CD/DL) “An predominate (holistic) bouquet of bright electronic sounds” Hailing from Montreal, Canada, T. Gowdy is an electronic music producer, audio/visual performer and musician who began his career as a professional choral singer at the age of eleven! There is this sweet looking CD that needs to be […]
An On Bast | Nothing Shapes Everything Marcus Fischer + Burke Jam | Vanitas øjeRum | on the swollen lips of the horizon Sonmi451 | Nachtmuziek Sven Laux + Daniela Orvin | The Writings Ambient is nothing new and its true roots are likely a bit of a mystery, cast in the shadows between a […]
Projektions | The Shores of Valhalla Shimmering Moods Records (CDRx2/DL) The Shores of Valhalla starts as a quivering ambient record on the seductive Cave Dweller. Like waking from a haze and spying a light just barely making its way through the tiniest cracks. The hiss and crackle ground the sound of Projektions as the beat, […]
Music For Sleep | WaterformsShimmering Moods Records (CD/DL) Music For Sleep is the ambient project of Andrea Porcu, a Sardinian artist now based in Berlin. His previous work has been mostly self-released, but he now finds the perfect home for his dreamlike compositions on the ever-reliable Shimmering Moods label. Ambient music sometimes skirts with clichés, […]
Luna Monk | Silent Odes Shimmering Moods Records (CD/DL) Ahhhh, the great outdoors! Or some semblance thereof. When Fall from Grace opens it is as if this Luna Monk, an Afro diaspora artist, has captured a tiny star and is slowly drifting back down the celestial belt towards civilization. Impactful, refreshing ambient wafts through like […]
øjeRum | A Certain Grief Shimmering Moods Records (CD/CS/DL) Danish artist øjeRum (Paw Grabowski) just delivered a delicate and masterful work, available in a few formats via Amsterdam’s Shimmering Moods. Nine tracks, simply separated by Roman numerals that are delightfully airy, melancholic, and dare I say — romantic. The atmosphere is soft and lush, without […]
Olan Mill | Sounds of a New Father Shimmering Moods Records (CS/DL) Orphax | Dream Sequence #5 Non-Harmonic Multitones (3″ CD-R/DL) Two recent releases of drifting ambient here. Orphax presents the fifth installment of his “Dream Sequence” series, and it’s a meditative piece that ripples and washes by. The composition was inspired by taking a […]
Mind Over MIDI | Falling Shimmering Moods Records (CD/DL) Voices, analogue warmth and endless echoes are the order of the day on this new 10 track album by Mind Over MIDI. Released by the Shimmering Moods label, it’s an ambient album that works essentially as a whole. Each track is around the 5-minute mark, but […]
Andrew Sherwell | Ektenia Shimmering Moods Records (CD/DL) From the top this is a subtle ambient wash of soft drone emphasizing the grey area of tranquility. Andrew Sherwell‘s layered setting on Ektenia could be either warm or rather chill depending on your mood. The first six tracks are derived from the title, each offering a […]
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