yeah, I must have missed that before, released Sept. 4th
― sleeve, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 03:35 (three years ago) link
Never heard of Rhucle before. Thank you ilx user sleeve for this great rec!
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 09:38 (three years ago) link
My fave dark ambient listen is Kevin Martin's Isolationism compilation, which still feels definitive 26 years after it was released.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 09:44 (three years ago) link
One of my go-to dark ambient records is David Lynch's 'The Air Is On Fire'. You don't see it mentioned a lot, not even in the Lynch-o-sphere (as far as I can tell anyway), but it's pitch black, unsettling but without any obvious 'I'm David Lynch!' in your face. It's dark and bare, I love it.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 10:28 (three years ago) link
xp yeah all those "Ism" comps are still holding up
― sleeve, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
Sounds cool. I really liked his 'duet' with Marek Zebrowski, Polish Night Music, parts of which ended up in Inland Empire.
― sock solipsist (pomenitul), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
(xp)
new Richard Skelton sounding good as well, I think I learned abt him in this thread?
https://phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com/album/these-charms-may-be-sung-over-a-wound
― sleeve, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
He's the best. I've been singing his praises for years, mentioned him in the poll last year.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
Skelton is an ambient/neo-pastoral pagan god, no doubt about it.
― sock solipsist (pomenitul), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
xp yes that was it I think! thanks!
― sleeve, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
All those Virgin Brief History of Ambient compilations were great, although #4 (Isolationism) was a big departure... I bought it on release and it was too much for me, shelved it for like 15 years and then came back to it and loved it.
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
I keep wondering whether Richard is related to John.
xps
― sock solipsist (pomenitul), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
the zoviet france track on Isolationism is GREAT
― brimstead, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
and included in the new VOD "More Collusion" 2LP release, to my great delight
― sleeve, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 17:44 (three years ago) link
I have just spent a few mins on all fours peering at the bottom shelf of my CDs to see if I still have Isolationism and I do! Yay, thanks for the reminder, I'm gonna go listen to some Main now.
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 17:52 (three years ago) link
Not sure where the line is between vaporwave and ambient but I’ve been bingeing CMD094 and US Golf 95 today and pretty sure most ambient listeners would dig them both.
― the article don, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
Christopher Bissonnette has released two albums this year, both very good. The newer one, WAYFINDING, is a nice mix of field recordings, guitar and piano.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 1 October 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
Wholeheartedly recommend the new Grand River album on Editions Mego, 'Blink A Few Times To Clear Your Eyes'. Really engaging multi-layered stuff. Didn't know her work before this but her previous record was on Donato Dozzys label and is similarly great
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 14:13 (three years ago) link
lf58 - alterazione
this is really quite incredible
Alterazione presents a critical statement – distinguished by its technical execution and breathtaking artistry. The album itself is a cathedral of sound, each cavernous chamber an exploration of space and consciousness. Presented in four movements (one track per side), altogether they extend as a transportive experience of evolution for the listener.
Iniziazione – a steady departure that unfurls like the opening of a portal; a process of molecular transfiguration commences. Panoramic landscapes begin to stretch wide, glistening with an exotic beauty, before the shamanic incantations of Rituale draws things deeper. Pulsating rotations push through the next phase of transformation, now drenched in hyperspace white-noise. The procedure continues through the quiet ethereal orbit of Metamorfosi, before finishing with the three-part Evocazione/Contatto/Risveglio; uplifting synth motifs drive forward with optimism, before fading back into the great expanse.
Alterazione is both cerebral and meditative, and one cannot help but be pulled at the core by its potency.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOpA2sDI7cM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h9wwyZ3qOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUW2KY7EN94
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g3KuJjuDiY
― the late great, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 22:05 (three years ago) link
good find there, sounds nice!
― calzino, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 22:15 (three years ago) link
Ambient / electroacoustic / electronic / experimental music is Black music:https://t.co/mTY1cb5BTSw/ @joseph_kamaru @oui_ennui @laminfofana @_LOTIC @no_allies @lichensarealive @AngelHo_Studio @infinitykniives @nailah_hunter @NamirBlade et al pic.twitter.com/dIUZt8jehN— Musicophilia (@musicophiliamix) October 27, 2020
― Soundslike, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 22:24 (three years ago) link
Late great, I'm going to hazard a guess that album's on Astral Industries judging by the artwork? Will hit that up later cos they normally put out amazing stuff
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
haha yeah astral industries ftw
― the late great, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 22:31 (three years ago) link
and yes they generally put out amazing stuff with amazing artwork but that one is a real standout for me, both in terms of music and artwork
― the late great, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 22:32 (three years ago) link
excellent new work from Grand River who made one of my favourite albums from 2020. i love the way her pieces evolve, the mood is always shifting from light to darkness and back, but there's always a sense of beauty. awesome home set-up too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZPnuhx201M
― kieth chagrin (NickB), Thursday, 14 January 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
I posted it on another thread but I really like the Ana Roxanne album from last year, and her NTS radio shows as well.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 14 January 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
yeah, that's a good one too!
― kieth chagrin (NickB), Thursday, 14 January 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
Jordan what's funny is my partner serendipitously recommendded that same ana roxanne album the other day, when you mentioned you heard it on spotify. so did she, that day, in a coffee shop! the spotify gods must have been shining on her that day.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 14 January 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
have had this in the pile to listen to for a while, and it turns out her album is a perfect sunday morning listen.the only way to test such albums.
― mark e, Thursday, 14 January 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
Y'all, it isn't even on the Astral Spirits "ambient" sub-label, but this record is simply extraordinary. Warmest ambient vibes, highly highly (wink) recommended.
https://aslittleflower.bandcamp.com/album/little-flower
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:52 (three years ago) link
I've quite liked what I've heard from Kelly Moran in general but this is <3
https://mmmmalibu.bandcamp.com/track/lost-at-sea-kelly-moran-remix
― the article don, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 11:47 (three years ago) link
Loved Florian T M Zeisig's Coatcheck and the new one is just as good:
https://metronrecords.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-parents
On a rare trip back to his rural Bavarian hometown, producer and sound-artist Florian T M Zeisig was intrigued by a new addition to his parent's house, a vibroacoustic mattress purchased in the hopes of aiding their chronic sleep issues. Driven by a desire to reconnect in adulthood and help them finally find some rest, Zeisig spent the next two years researching vibroacoustic sound therapy, resulting in his third full-length LP 'Music for Parents'.Building conceptual frameworks around intimate and personal encounters has always been the bedrock of Zeisig's work. His 2020 LP 'Coatcheck' explored emotional, physical and functional experiences of working in nightlife from the perspective of a garderobe attendant, a position he's held at various venues in Berlin over several years. With 'Music for Parents' he turns his attention to themes of sleep and healing, using elements of low-frequency sound therapy to create soothing soundscapes imbued with childhood memories and aspirations for creating better, more accepting familial relationships today. While rooted in the personal, the album was made with all those struggling with anxiety, stress and insomnia in mind.Practically speaking, 'Music for Parents' can be paired with a vibroacoustic mattress or wearable bass device to enhance a listener's experience of the low frequencies. Zeisig will be teaming up with SubPac for a live rendition when gatherings can safely return, and frequently made use of their 'Wearable sub' while composing the record.'Music for Parents' features cover artwork by his father and will come out on February 2nd, in celebration of the artist's mother's birthday.Happy 60th Birthday Mom.
Building conceptual frameworks around intimate and personal encounters has always been the bedrock of Zeisig's work. His 2020 LP 'Coatcheck' explored emotional, physical and functional experiences of working in nightlife from the perspective of a garderobe attendant, a position he's held at various venues in Berlin over several years. With 'Music for Parents' he turns his attention to themes of sleep and healing, using elements of low-frequency sound therapy to create soothing soundscapes imbued with childhood memories and aspirations for creating better, more accepting familial relationships today. While rooted in the personal, the album was made with all those struggling with anxiety, stress and insomnia in mind.
Practically speaking, 'Music for Parents' can be paired with a vibroacoustic mattress or wearable bass device to enhance a listener's experience of the low frequencies. Zeisig will be teaming up with SubPac for a live rendition when gatherings can safely return, and frequently made use of their 'Wearable sub' while composing the record.
'Music for Parents' features cover artwork by his father and will come out on February 2nd, in celebration of the artist's mother's birthday.
Happy 60th Birthday Mom.
― Barnaby, Hardly, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:44 (three years ago) link
p4k review reminded me to check his out. It sounds great so far!
― Evan, Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
this*
know he's been talked about here, but KMRU released a new track this morning, and it's quite lovely, would fit in nicely with something from Skelton's record from last year.
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/track/falling-dreams
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Friday, 5 February 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
my friend tanner menard had this record released by Full Spectrum last year. it's quite lovely.
https://fullspectrumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/san-francisco-an-audiophony-in-four-movements
Presented as a suite in four movements, san francisco was recorded between 2006 and 2009 as an extension of the conceptual “envelope” music – inspired by Ray Johnson’s work – that they were doing around the Bay Area during that time. The artist provided their friends Ping Chu and Chris Horgan with envelopes containing conceptual scores that indicated trajectories for recording locations around the San Francisco metro. These recorded found sounds and environmental performances were then mixed with sounds generated from a physically modeled 30-foot long piano, utilizing various experimental tunings by Nick Gish.Ever the poet, tanner structured the album to roughly mirror Sonata Allegro form; hence the title, ‘an audiophony.’ Taking inspiration from Bernadette Mayer’s approach to the traditional sonnet, they sought to create a vast, experimental, recursive and barely recognizable sonic experience, achieving striking divergence from the source material through subtle changes in tuning and gradual movements from melodic signal to noise
Ever the poet, tanner structured the album to roughly mirror Sonata Allegro form; hence the title, ‘an audiophony.’ Taking inspiration from Bernadette Mayer’s approach to the traditional sonnet, they sought to create a vast, experimental, recursive and barely recognizable sonic experience, achieving striking divergence from the source material through subtle changes in tuning and gradual movements from melodic signal to noise
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Friday, 5 February 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link
love the cover, very nostalgic photo for me <3
― brimstead, Friday, 5 February 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
same tbh! i have a feeling that my next visit to the Bay is going to be filled with a lot of moments where i'm going to become irrationally emotional when i see, like, a seagull eating a dead pigeon at the Civic Center BART.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Friday, 5 February 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
haven't seen many mentions of Sea Oleena on here, but jesus, this record is phenomenal
https://seaoleena.bandcamp.com/album/weaving-a-basket
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Friday, 5 February 2021 21:21 (three years ago) link
like less creepy but similarly somnambulant Grouper
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Friday, 5 February 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
As genre tags go, that's got me interested.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 5 February 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
Surprised 'slowcore' isn't listed as well.
― pomenitul, Friday, 5 February 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
That Caldwell/Tester 'Little Flower' record is great
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 5 February 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
Right? So beautiful!
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Friday, 5 February 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
i'm listening to the tape right now
😎
― Karl Malone, Friday, 5 February 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
one of my favorite things about it is this, in the liner notes:
Sunday, April 16, 2017 Landon Caldwell: piano, synthesizers Mark Tester: Arp Odyssey, field recordings
Sunday April 1, 2018 Landon Caldwell: electric piano, marimba, vibraphone, effects, percussion Mark Tester: vibraphone, bass guitar, Casio SK1, percussion
Sunday April 21, 2019 Caldwell/Tester: Mixing
i don't know how intentional that was, but i think that's a really cool process - record, wait a year, record, wait a year, mix, wait a year, release
― Karl Malone, Friday, 5 February 2021 23:39 (three years ago) link
I noted that too! Love it
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Saturday, 6 February 2021 12:32 (three years ago) link
https://a-ton.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-yellow-haze-2
Nigerian sound and installation artist Emeka Ogboh has put a perfect debut album out, it's very evocative and pretty and moving stuff.
― calzino, Sunday, 7 February 2021 09:06 (three years ago) link
Nice, thanks
― Scampi reggae party (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 February 2021 09:34 (three years ago) link