Based in Brighton, Songe is a British/French ambient duo formed in 2023 upon stumbling on a lonely church piano. The band’s songs weave through ambient soundscapes, touches of darker noise and haunting folk.

Formed in 2015 in the Baltics, avant-blues duo Ringhold consists of Estonian guitarist Kalle Tikas and Latvian vocalist Eleonora Kampe. Single Takes is a live studio album capturing five distinct tracks recorded in the summer of 2025.

The approach obviously worked, as Lane was able to get great feedback from McRoberts, turning it into a set of 12 delicate, quite touching compositions that work on every musical level.

I wouldn’t really describe this as a synth record or as techno but it wanders its own path between them.

The abilities and inventiveness of the two musicians bridge all the possible gaps here and do reach that “liminal state of mind” that the duo was striving for.

To celebrate the release of the new album, Gavin Brown caught up with Daniel Foggin from Smote to get an insight into the album, folk tales and Smote’s live shows and festival appearances.

The best way to listen to The Baldock Transmission is by putting on your headphones and turn off your mind, relax, you might jump at certain moments, but perhaps there is more to where that comes from.

For those in the realms of post-rock, ambient and doomgaze this is going to be one of the best to drop this year.

Listening to Gentō, you get a sense of being in the eye of the krautrock genre that Steve and Thorsten endure and fall into the world of unbelievable results on the five compositions, tackling themes about man’s fascination with the moving image.

The Spectral Light’s new album Obliteration is a visceral, atmospheric journey shaped by improvisation, deep literary roots, and a shared affinity for both crushing heaviness and ghostly ambience

Overall, Landscape From Memory is a lush sounding album carefully constructed and highly polished.

A little cosmic, a little shambolic but mostly an album in love with the limitless joy of sound.

Whether it is meditating alone or imagining yourself walking into a dreamy landscape, Rudy has proven to be the sonic mastermind when it comes to the Sleepy Hills, waiting for us.

Like many ambient voyages, Chris and Philip bring in the shimmering view of the northern lights approaching our home planet to unveil something extraordinary right in front of our very eyes.

Everything has that click Taylor and Helping have endured to bring the cosmic voyage upon our shoulders.

With cat-paw softness, she conquers the world, not by storm, but with whispers… A review in haikus. . .

Reunion of Broken Parts is something else entirely, it is its own thing, and I absolutely love it.

Saapato’s concept here works, with all the collaborators blending in as he envisioned it.

The effect created here is quite similar to the one created by those old kaleidoscope boxes, that create patterns that come and go, never to be repeated again. It might sound simple, but it still creates a mesmerising effect.

You can forget that it’s playing. You won’t forget its impact on your troubled soul.

As always with Hecker it’s emotional but rich and complex, allowing for multiple possibilities.