Nuojuva – Valo...
Olli Aarni's new project 'Nuojuva' has risen out of the ashes of the now discarded 'Ous Mal' moniker. Fans of Olli's previous work need not ...
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 ...
Rough Guide Vol.5: C...
At first sight you might not recognise the name, but Craig Tattersall has been making music for a good, long while now under a wide ...
Echo Park: The Willa...
An Interview with Davin Chong and Joseph Edward from Willamette whose recent LP “Echo Park” is one of the standout ambient albums of 2011...
Willamette – E...
Now this is going to look like lazy reviewing. I'm going to start with a comparison that will have all ambient heads groaning in sheer ...
John McCaffrey ̵...
Can't explain why, but this mix came together much faster and much more coherently than prior mixes I've done for Fluid. It combines very new ...
Underexposed: Scisso...
I took these photos at a big second hand/junk market in Camberwell, Melbourne. The photos were taken on the ubiquitous iphone, using the hipstamatic app. Bit ...
Part Timer – U...
The latest edition to Hibernate Recordings’ ‘Postcard’ series comes from Lancashire-born, Melbourne-based musician Part Timer. Glancing at the track list for the release, one immediately ...
Refocus...
This selection begins in a hazy cloud of sound but as the mix progresses, a bit more melody, a bit more light, a bit more ...
Cut And Paste: John ...
‘…For the Tired And Ill At Ease…’ is the cumulative result of several years of John McCaffrey’s shoulder to the musical grindstone; originally a member ...
John McCaffrey ̵...
John McCaffrey of Part Timer/Scissors and Sellotape fame returns to the Fluid ranks once more, delivering another sublime selection of haunting frequencies for your listening ...
Part Timer – T...
I put this mix together in my sleep deprived state during the wee hours between 4.30am and 6.30am...it’s the only time I have to ...
Twells and Christens...
'Coasts' is the result of collaboration between John Twells (Xela) and Matt Christensen (Zelienople) - two long form droney pieces, rich in murky atmosphere and ...
Celer – Vestig...
Celer add to their voluminous catalogue with this two track (18 minutes each) release on Blackest Rainbow...
50 For 2010: No. 37...
For Upward Arrows, John McCaffrey moves away from his work as Part-Timer to design a clearing, flooded throughout with an omnipotence of sound. Created as ...
Part Timer’s 2...
2010 has been amazing for new music - there have been many albums, artists and labels that, in one way or another, have made an ...
Part Timer – R...
Album Of The Week: Barely two months on from his Upward Arrows release for the Under The Spire label John McCaffrey gives us another stunner ...
Monolyth & Coba...
This two disc set is the third release in "The Clyde Parker Project" series from French artist Monolyth & Cobalt. The release sees Mathias build ...
Part Timer – S...
For that feeling from when you were young, when businesses didn’t open, and Sundays stretched into a weird tangible infinity...
The Declining Winter...
I’m always excited to hear new material from The Declining Winter – Richard Adams’ previous albums are firm favourites in this reviewer’s house. Melancholic, resolutely ...
Her Name Is Calla Th...
“The Quiet Lamb” is a peculiar album – it is grand, melodic and in many ways defies categorisation as post rock, indie or whatever...
Andrea Ferraris / Ma...
Experimental music, by its very nature, is often unconcerned with melody; other qualities of sound and music are explored, taken apart and reconstructed with the ...
Upward Arrows...
For Upward Arrows, John McCaffrey moves away from his work as Part-Timer to design a clearing, flooded throughout with an omnipotence of sound. Created as ...
James Blackshaw – ...
I’ll be honest. Despite his fairly extensive discography and not inconsiderable ravings about his earlier releases from numerous quarters of the music loving world, I ...
Arkhonia – Tra...
Arkhonia's "Trails/Traces" fulfils the much promised, but seldom delivered, remit of large portions of ambient music - "to take the listener on a journey"...
Celer – Dying ...
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of reviewing a reissue of Celer's 'Engaged Touches' on Home Normal - that album was, for me, something ...
Part Timer – M...
John McCaffrey returns to the Fluid ranks with another sublime selection of experimental music that effortlessly flows in the normal Part Timer fashion...
Fieldhead – Ri...
Out on Monday: Fieldhead’s debut album, “They Shook Hands For Hours”, made waves on its release, topping many year-end best-of lists...my own included. Paul Elam’s ...
Celer – Engage...
You know that feeling you get when you realise you've missed the boat? That bizarre moment of realisation that somehow you just weren't in the ...
