(((O))) Tag: ambient
Emmaleen Tangleweed’s music is more accurately described as a channelling than a song. Summoning stories of lost souls too tortured to let go, she cries and yearns as they no longer can, and yet, a silver thread of faith binds them.
Olivares has always lived between worlds – immersed in the chaos of noise rock, while quietly drawn to the subtle complexities of electronic sound. After years of creating experimental rock, it was the deep, hypnotic rhythms of artists like Pole, Nicolas Jaar, Nils Frahm, Caribou and Floating Points that sparked a shift in his creative direction.
The right album at the right time for to release their sole self-titled debut by kicking things off for 2025 with a big bang. And it’s a strong meditated release that’ll be talked about in the years to come.
NEON KITTENS, formed in 2022, draw their name from a misheard Ultravox lyric and are influenced by No Wave, PiL, On-U Sound, and ZE Records
Deep Fade are Amanda Votta, Neddal Ayad, and Grey Malkin. Their second album, Further, delves into themes of disintegration, loss, and distance, expanding on their debut Line Of Flight with a new sonic structure.
At times the whole album feels suspended between deep breaths at the edge of sleep.
Heavier, maddening, and mighty, this is the album that didn’t just broke the door down, it remains a cult classic after its release in 1972 on the swirling Vertigo label. There are the prog-like textures, funk, hard rock, atmospheric, avant-garde, folk, psych-pop, it’s the circle that brings everything in full for both the band and Vangelis’ swan-song. If you want proof, just ask both Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness and their love of the album, covering 1972 from the Album Years podcast.
Drones and samples, bass distortion, jazz drums and industrial grind. They don’t really do repeating phrases or loose improvisation. It changes and surrounds.
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It puts you through a meditated trance, revealing all of the craziness, the dystopian wastelands, and the structures that Travis pours his heart and soul into the duduk.
Gavin Brown had the pleasure of talking to Leila Abdul-Rauf about her new solo album Calls From A Seething Edge, raising awareness of Arab American culture and much more.
If you’re very new to the world of David Arkenstone’s music, then this album is a starter to be a part of the mythology that’s waiting for you.
To Sleep on Stellar Winds is the album that’ll speak for itself for its cosmic voyage that you have you ready to conquer the stars.
What might seem senseless to some artists makes full sense for Brown, and luckily for him, all the eleven compositions here work seamlessly and effectively, coming up with an album that deserves detailed listening.
‘Disrupt’ stares eyes wide open into the abyss of the soul. The black hole stares back whilst scorching our eyes to blindness, leaving us in darkness – alone by ourselves.
This is another magical album from an artist who completely understands the power of minimalism.
Such intriguing concepts as Wallis undertakes here are often great ideas that are hard to execute, but Wallis comes through this process with flying colours.
A moment in capturing the artistic scenery using soundscapes and visuals to create a soundtrack for the mind.
The experimental drone/noise project The Mercury Impulse is about to release their album Records Of Human Behavior, and you can listen to the full album here.
Gavin Brown caught up with both Jason Butler and Scott Shellhamer to hear all about their project called Moiii and what it holds for the future.
