https://cachedmedia.bandcamp.com/album/prism Americana Jazz Fusion ⭐️ ⭐️ released March 3, 2023 The selection of instruments is great: hammered dulcimer, guitar, and sax. There is so much potential here a the droning foundation provided by the other two musicians is certainly fertile ground to work with but Cole Pulice doesn’t do their part. The saxophone sounds likeContinue reading “Prism by Powers / Pulice / Rolin”
Category Archives: drone
Pillars of Light by Stellarium
https://exospheremusic.bandcamp.com/album/pillars-of-light Genre: Space Music Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ released March 21, 2023 If you’re a fan of Klaus Schulze or Jean-Michel Jarre or just in general whatever they play on Hearts of Space this is probably the best release so far along those lines in 2023. So again, if, you’re interested in finding newContinue reading “Pillars of Light by Stellarium”
Entropy by Colin Bragg
https://colinbragg.bandcamp.com/album/entropy Genre: Experimental Rating: 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 5/5 Stars According to his BandCamp notes Bragg decided to pull out his old man’s guitar and created this excellent release in a couple days. The electronics remind me of Edgar Froese and the guitar playing Loren Connors. From what I’m seeing this music hasn’t reachedContinue reading “Entropy by Colin Bragg”
cold by èvia
https://lillernetapes.bandcamp.com/album/cold Genre: Ambient Rating: ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ 4/5 Recommended released January 19, 2023 Reminiscent of Pausal and Hakobune and clocking in at twenty minutes èvia wisely chooses quality on this outstanding ambient release. The texture of this music is dense and interesting and remains engaging on repeat while also serving as excellent background musicContinue reading “cold by èvia”
Éliane Radigue: Occam Delta XV by Quatuor Bozzini
https://collectionqb.bandcamp.com/album/liane-radigue-occam-delta-xv Genre: Contemporary Classical Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ plus (world heritage level) released January 24, 2023 This is such an important release that it’s really important to me to do it justice when writing about it. Now that Radigue has reached her nineties I’m starting to feel a reverence for her similar to how I felt aboutContinue reading “Éliane Radigue: Occam Delta XV by Quatuor Bozzini”
Hypnagogia by MARTINA BERTONI
https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hypnagogia Genre: Drone Rating: Highly Recommended Released January 20, 2023 Just yesterday I was relaxing in my backyard reading science fiction and listening to electronic drone music mostly from the 70’s. One artist I was discovering new work from is Isao Tomita. Tomita is one of many, but still I felt very moved by howContinue reading “Hypnagogia by MARTINA BERTONI”
Reverie by Daou
https://lontanoseries.bandcamp.com/album/reverie Genre: Ambient Rating: 🌧️ 🌧️ 🌧️ 🌧️ 4/5 rain clouds Release date: 20/1/2023 Artists Personal Website: https://www.daou.info/ Basic Information C&P from bandcamp: Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series is a division of Rohs! Records. Est. 2018 – Berlin, Germany. The label is now located in Sardinia, Italy. My Review: Daou’s day job is being an architect. Anecdotally, I’veContinue reading “Reverie by Daou”
Sentrifuge by Pjusk
https://pjuskswc.bandcamp.com/album/sentrifuge Genre: Ambient Rating: Recommended, especially for fans of the genre released March 18, 2022 (BandCamp) Right from the start I want to say I really like this album. It clearly separates itself from the very crowded field of ambient music. Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik, whose name is spelled with an extra i in his BandCampContinue reading “Sentrifuge by Pjusk”
Still Life by Ortooeen Waves
https://humanhoodrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/still-life Genre: Experimental Rating: Recommended released November 21, 2022 First off, there’s a long very informative article on this artist here: https://desertmountaindust.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/paul-harrison-avant-garde-optics/ Secondly, I love this album cover. Definitely frame worthy art. Third, the music. Falls into the camp of serious experimental music that isn’t gimmicky, generic, or obnoxiously in your face. It borrows fromContinue reading “Still Life by Ortooeen Waves”
Cataclysmic System Binding Loss by Carbon In Prose
https://carboninprose.bandcamp.com/album/cataclysmic-system-binding-loss Genre: Experimental Rating: Highly Recommended released October 24, 2022 Unlike a lot of the ambient drone releases this one offers different moods and approaches. CIP doesn’t limit the sound sticking with a uniform format. There’s nothing remotely mainstream about it, and ultimately the feeling is sad. The music doesn’t always explicitly sound melancholy butContinue reading “Cataclysmic System Binding Loss by Carbon In Prose”
Call and Response by Stefan Goldmann
https://ashinternational.bandcamp.com/album/call-and-response Genre: Experimental Rating: Highly Recommended As the title hints at Call and Response is the artistic expression of reverberation. If the machines have any sentience perhaps they feel like slaves and chain gang workers from the past. Musically this also calls on more modern traditions. A 2022 release like this with this sound isn’tContinue reading “Call and Response by Stefan Goldmann”
Svaberg by Pjusk,Chihei Hatakeyama
https://pjusk.bandcamp.com/album/svaberg Rating: ☁️ ⛅️ 🌧 ❄️ 🧊 Genre: Ambient released July 7, 2022 Chihei Hatakeyama is one of my favorite ambient artists. His label, White Paddy Mountain, offers dozens of good releases. Hatakeyama himself has over seventy releases. You can start wherever you please as his music is consistent and he sticks with a winningContinue reading “Svaberg by Pjusk,Chihei Hatakeyama”
Beyond the dark zone by Cristiano Bocci
https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-dark-zone Genre: Experimental Rating: 🎺 🎺 🎺 🎺 This one’s an aggressive percussive creature. If you remember the band Crash Worship the music on here builds tension in a similar fashion. It also has a film noir cinematic soundtrack vibe. Especially when you’re watching some movie and it occurs to you that the score composerContinue reading “Beyond the dark zone by Cristiano Bocci”
Everdream by Agape Horizons
https://underwater-computing.bandcamp.com/album/everdream Genre: Dream Punk Rating: 🛰🛰🛰🛰🛰 released on bandcamp August 10, 2022 If you call it dream punk it’s dream punk but nobody calls anything but dream punk dream punk. It carries the classic hallmarks of slush and trad vapor but there’s an extra expansive quality to it. The grooves open up into something thatContinue reading “Everdream by Agape Horizons”
passage by Nicholas Maloney
https://unfathomless.bandcamp.com/album/passage Genre: Ambient Rating: 5/5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ released on bandcamp June 20, 2022 This one really surprised me. It’s ambient music in the purest sense in that it cooperates fully with your actual surroundings. So subtle as to be almost unnoticeable for the first few minutes then the birds came and IContinue reading “passage by Nicholas Maloney”
Gainer by Mary Lattimore & GROWING
https://marylattimoregrowing.bandcamp.com/album/gainer Genre: Ambient Rating: 5/5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Lattimore’s harp waits nine minutes and forty-five seconds to chime in. First a proof is established. There’s a quality to ambient / ambient-drone on the highest tier. Basinski and Eno. It’s like the musical equivalent of erosion which may seem too obvious in Basinski’s case.Continue reading “Gainer by Mary Lattimore & GROWING”
The June Releases by The Volume Settings Folder
https://thevolumesettingsfolder.bandcamp.com/music Inlopp Och Utlopp is sonic sorrow surrealism. It really fills up your sonic reality with thick layers of dreamy melancholy. A lot of people try this but this is better than – this stands out as especially effective. It’s engrossing. It’s nine minutes long and if you’re not a cheap ass like me youContinue reading “The June Releases by The Volume Settings Folder”
Equinox by Max Corbacho
https://maxcorbacho.bandcamp.com/album/equinox Genre: Ambient Drone Rating: 4/5 This is audio chocolate pudding and your brain is an eight year old boy. You need this. It’s in your refrigerator gleaming its chocolatey gloss. This isn’t just earcandy. This is oil. The salve for your bruised consciousness. This isn’t chicken soup. This is a universe of creamy comfort.Continue reading “Equinox by Max Corbacho”
Level One Mage by Erik Gundel
https://erikgundel.bandcamp.com Genre: Ambient Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 8, 2022 LOM is a surprisingly diverse record. The bandcamp notes and a little googling lets you know that Brooklyn resident (how do they afford it?), Gundel, takes his craft seriously and has been at it for a while and his professional approach pays dividends. ThereContinue reading “Level One Mage by Erik Gundel”
Threshold of Eastern Octaves by Khem One
https://silentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/threshold-of-eastern-octaves Genre: Ambient Drone Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 8, 2022 Kim Cascone is one of the longest running most important names in the genre. He’s also a pioneering guitarist who redefines how we think of the instrument in a completely different galaxy than the Hendrix and Segovia galaxies. Along with a handful ofContinue reading “Threshold of Eastern Octaves by Khem One”
Sarin Blizzard by Pestilent Rain
https://pestilentrain.bandcamp.com/track/sarin-blizzard Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 3, 2022 This is a single 14 minute track of music grown mostly out of the beatless industrial noise tradition but filtered through a drone lens. It’s not so harsh that it leaves the impression that Pestilent Rain only wants to clobber you with noise. NorContinue reading “Sarin Blizzard by Pestilent Rain”
涉水来世 / Wading in the Afterlife (Original Soundtrack) by 天火见
https://telepathtelepath.bandcamp.com/album/wading-in-the-afterlife-original-soundtrack Genre: New Age Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 4, 2022 Water is almost synonymous with life itself which makes drowning an ironic way to die. t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 referenced the drowned woman on the album cover on this massively long released: https://telepathtelepath.bandcamp.com/album/–42 Admittedly, all meaning is crypticContinue reading “涉水来世 / Wading in the Afterlife (Original Soundtrack) by 天火见”
Evolve by Motionfield
https://motionfield.bandcamp.com/album/evolve Genre: Ambient Drone Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 1, 2022 Motionfield are a band that have been at it a while and have laid out some strong wood so before I start dropping influences I need to give the devil his due. This is a solid outfit on its own. Nods to that.Continue reading “Evolve by Motionfield”
Vairagya by Mario Lino Stancati
https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/vairagya Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 1, 2022 The distinction of borders are probably less important than they were in the 1960’s but there’s still a borrowing and building symbiotic relationship of artistic ideas among Italian and German composers. This one’s Italian and you can hear the space savore sanguino. Vairagya, I’veContinue reading “Vairagya by Mario Lino Stancati”
in the end we are all leaving by default.cfg
https://noproblemadigital.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-end-we-are-all-leaving Genre: Ambient Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp March 15, 2022 It’s been a bit too long since I’ve heard a truly pioneering ambient release. And as much as I love aggressive music there’s something very special about music that successfully adds a large dose of the surreal in a peaceful way. It’s easy toContinue reading “in the end we are all leaving by default.cfg”
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