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Abstract Formalism and Grafisk Världsbyggnad
Understanding formal tendencies in Ambient Drone music through the work of France Jobin (Solitude) and Ager Sonus (Mithra) (read more)
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Shamanic Falterings Amongst the Valleys of Tone
Musician Ben Frost meanders at the ICA 2017 (read more)
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Kotä: Selected Works of Experimental Music and Art Expo
The Russians aren’t coming. But you can go to them. And should. (read more)
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Pact Infernal on Stroboscopic Artefacts (Monad XXV)
Architectural depth and space, dark sonics, incantatory beats – Stroboscopic Artefacts produce the goods once more (read more)
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Staring into the Eye of the Soundscape (Riverside)
Forging on after the death of guitarist Piotr Grudziński, Riverside continue to intrigue (read more)
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Crystal Dwarf (KOMORA A)
Mysterious, focussed, disciplined. Komora A put some backbone into ambient. (read more)
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An Ominous and Unsettling Ambience: #1 (Daghraven)
Intricately constructed and spanning the gap between melancholy and tragedy, Daghraven makes for brooding archeological listening (read more)
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Peau froide, léger soleil (Vainio & Vigroux)
A review of the Cosmo Rhythmatic label’s third release: Vanio & Vigroux’s Peau Froid, Leger Soleil (read more)
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De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu (Troum & Raison d’être)
De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu is not an album whose complexity or power can be instantly grasped. It requires some time and effort. (read more)
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An uncomfortable imbalance. ∆GO (Lilies On Mars)
Neither too soft to be described as background, or loud enough to be defined as foreground, Lilies on Mars straddle the genres. (read more)
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A muscular form of ambient: Near Dark (Gideon Wolf)
Emotional complexity and implied narrative – Gideon Wolf’s ambient electronica has heart (read more)
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An undercurrent of groove and funk… gone dull. [Polar Bear]
Two tracks in, and the band departs to leave the irritatingly named Leafcutter John to give the audience a few minutes of meandering ambient nonsense. (read more)
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Composing With Particle Interactions. How Does the Invisible Sound?
here is a lot going on in Q07, particularly for a record which qualifies wholeheartedly as ambient noodling. Thanks to the obliging folk at Farmacia901 the reviewed version of the album is a 24-Bit Flac (read more)
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Boilersuit in a field [The Orb]
I always think of “Towers of Dub” as The Orb in microcosm. Although at around 15 minutes it’s not particularly micro, which I suppose is part of the point. But with that brilliant sample (“Hailie (read more)
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Pan American – For Waiting, For Chasing
Pan American is no stranger to the art of soundscapes (read more)