A Setting Sun –...
Anyone familiar with mind-expanding substances will know that, at times, getting to a state of enhanced perception and ubiquitous understanding of what just ‘is’ can ...
Simon Scott Intervie...
Simon Scott’s latest record “Bunny” turned quite a few ears when it was released on Miasmah late last year, adding a darkly cinematic vibe to ...
Good Weather For An ...
Following on from last year’s A Winter on Rural Colours, Tom Honey, aka Good Weather For An Airstrike, turns his hand to a full length ...
Cokiyu – Your ...
Towards the end of last year Japanese electronic musician Cokiyu released her second full-length release “Your Thorn.” In our review of that album, we cited ...
AmbientFestival / Co...
Great piano music has been a recurring theme of this year’s Ambientfestival “Zivilisation der Liebe” at St. Aposteln in Cologne, and the closing concert was ...
AmbientFestival / Co...
People were still filing into the Basilika St. Aposteln as Jörg Burger aka Triola took to his laptop for some warm ambient sounds, and by ...
AmbientFestival / Co...
Day two of Ambientfestival “Zivilisation der Liebe”, and at this point mention must be made of the visuals supplied throughout the festival by Irish-born, Berlin-based ...
Strom...
As most of you know by now the recent Fluid Radio iPhone app is no longer in service. To cut a long story short the ...
AmbientFestival / Co...
When Cologne resident Dietmar Saxler first heard that the local Basilika St. Aposteln was looking for projects that would bring more young people through its ...
Postcards From Italy...
The next chapter in the 'Postcards From Italy' series sees Gianmarco travel to Venice for an in-depth interview with sound artist Enrico Coniglio...
Underexposed: The Hu...
How does one truly explain the work of The Humble Bee? I have thought about that question many a late night and to this day ...
A Rare Occurrence, W...
It’s late 2008, and Dag Rosenqvist asks Aaron Martin for a cello part for his then work-in-progress, ‘The Black Sun Transmissions’…
Secret Pyramid ̵...
There is some strange symbiosis between Lars Von Trier’s latest film ‘Melancholia’ and Secret Pyramid’s “The Silent March”. Or maybe it’s just that both of ...
Daniel Thomas Freema...
Here's a wonderful sneak preview of Daniel Thomas Freeman performing live at Cafe OTO presented by Soundfjord on 16 January 2012. A full review of ...
Sounds and Textures:...
In late 2010 12k released “Monocoastal”, an album by Portland, Oregon-based musician and multimedia artist Marcus Fischer. The CD edition sold out within weeks, and ...
Gultskra Artikler: A...
In the middle of the sixteenth century in the south of England a group of Orford fishermen caught a strange creature. Its form reminded them ...
Plinth – Colle...
The philosopher, social critic and journalist Walter Benjamin once suggested that the assorted detritus of the 19th Century bourgeoisie - the knick-knacks, toys, trinkets, mechanical ...
Aspidistrafly –...
The purpose of a fable is to illustrate a lesson, often moral in character, with concision and a kind of dreamlike colour. Fairies exist, animals ...
Nova Scotian Arms: C...
Going solo after the engrossing "Crystal Anniversary" release with wife Rachel, Grant Evans, also half of Quiet Evenings, and co-curator of the Hooker Vision label, ...
Radere – I’l...
Futuresequence is a name well known among fans of ambient and experimental music for their online magazine, mixes and colossal “SEQUENCE” free download compilations (not ...
Andre Vida – B...
The once seemingly empty road came to a sudden halt, cars that were flashing by you at 70+ miles an hour have all lined up, ...
James Murray –...
Self-released on his own imprint Slowcraft Records, Floods comes packaged in a natural cardboard sleeve, hand-stamped with the necessary information and logos and generally being ...
The Dalston Session...
For a few years now, Cafe Oto and The Vortex Jazz Club have been two of the most exciting venues in East-London gaining a fully ...
Contrail EP...
Contrail marks Kane Ikin’s debut solo release outside of Solo Andata and while the same sense of dark, warm space is present he returns to ...
Film Scores Vol. II:...
Here is a small mix of film music that I compiled without too much of a plan or concept - I just looked through my ...
Talvihorros: Live Se...
At the end of 2011 Hibernate Recordings and Home Normal put on a spectacular gig in Dalston, London. It was a great opportunity to finally ...
Ilyas Ahmed – ...
There’s something about the music of Ilyas Ahmed that seems to prompt reviewers to say contradictory things. One review describes it as “completely THERE”, while ...
Birchall / Cheetham ...
Bob Dylan's almost annual nomination for the Nobel Prize in literature receives predictable resistance. Popular music is the result of months of crafting and rehearsal, ...
Nova Scotian Arms: C...
You may or may not know that the stunning new album 'Cult Spectrum' from Nova Scotian Arms was released this week on Digitalis. Whilst we get ...
