Tim Hecker – Anoyo (Kranky / Sunblind)
Label: Kranky / Sunblind Released: May, 2019 Mastered By: Matt Colton Artwork By: Tobias Spichtig See Also: Tim Hecker and Revisited Tragedy If You Like: Oneohtrix Point Never, Ben Frost, Lawrence...
View ArticleEmilie Levienaise-Farrouch & Resina – Valse
Label: 130701 Release: Traces – Remixes Date: May 31st, 2019 Bandcamp Tidal Spotify Amazon daylightmusic.co.uk 130701.com/artist/resina With all this talk of Chernobyl and, more importantly, Hildur...
View ArticleWill Long : I’ll show you mine…
How many records would you say are in your collection? Less than 100. I keep my record collection small because of space, and if I had more I probably wouldn’t listen to all of them. I try to keep what...
View ArticleÔ Lake, Richard Luke, and Alex Kozobolis
There seems to be a lot of solo piano and cinematic classical music these days on the playlists – am I right or am I right? Among the saturation of the “plinking” [as one “journalist” referred to it],...
View ArticleMichel Banabila, Louis Sterling, and Marty Hicks
Michel Banabila is a prolific Dutch composer who was originally introduced to me by my dear friend Peter Van Cooten (of ambientblog.net) and since appeared on my rotations and these pages on countless...
View ArticleIn the studio with Michel Banabila
Let’s start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? Because of listening to music and sounds. I was listening to a lot of...
View ArticleDaigo Hanada – Under The Starry Sky
Label: Moderna Release: Ouka Date: June 21st, 2019 Mastered By: Martyn Heyne Artwork By: Katy Schmader Bandcamp Tidal Spotify Amazon Daigo Hanada‘s Ichiru landed on my shelves back in 2017 courtesy of...
View ArticleDeaf Center – Low Distance (Sonic Pieces)
Label: Sonic Pieces Released: March, 2019 Mastered By: LUPO See Also: Two and a Half Questions with Deaf Center If You Like: Rafael Anton Irisarri, Ben Lukas Boysen, Brambles, and Richard Skelton...
View ArticlePvC – Radical Candor
Download Mixcloud Podcast iTunes ambientblog.net Well, here we are kids, back with the podcast. I know I’ve kept you waiting, but I promise it was all worth it. For this 265th episode, I’m honoured to...
View ArticleRafael Anton Irisarri – Solastalgia (Room40)
Label: Room40 Released: June 2019 Mastered By: Lawrence English See Also: In the studio with RAI If You Like: loscil, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Ben Frost, and Lawrence English Bandcamp Tidal...
View ArticleStephan Mathieu – Radioland (Schwebung)
Label: Schwebung Released: 2008 / 2019 (Reissue) Mastered By: Stephan Mathieu Design By: Caro Mikalef Artwork By: Stephanie Quillon See Also: Interview with Stephan Mathieu If You Like: Taylor Deupree,...
View ArticleBen Chatwin – Coruscate
Label: Village Green Release: Drone Signals Date: September 2018 See also: In the studio with Ben Chatwin Bandcamp Tidal Spotify Amazon ben-chatwin.com Ben Chatwin‘s Drone Signals may have come out...
View ArticleValiska, Gavin Miller & Field Lines Cartographer, and Zahn | Hatami | McClure
Eight. Two. One. The mysterious numbers ring out from the shortwave radio stations. Where are they and what are they hiding? Is it a military or a government-sponsored installation, transmitting an...
View ArticleIn the studio with Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Let’s start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? I started composing when in my teens by improvising on the piano and...
View ArticleAaron Martin – Headphone Commute Mix
Download Mixcloud Podcast iTunes This quiet Wednesday morning seems like an appropriate time to begin a day with another Headphone Commute Mix. Today’s selection is curated by Aaron Martin, whose...
View ArticleClint Mansell – Moon
Label: Black Records Released: 2009 See Also: Interview with Clint Mansell If You Like: Max Richter, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Steven Price, and Cliff Martinez Tonight, Clint Mansell witnesses London...
View ArticleIn the studio with Resina
Let’s start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? I started playing music when I was 8 and my first piece of gear was the...
View ArticleMarek Kamiński, Luke Howard, and Andrea Belfi
What an album! It seems that Marek Kamiński‘s Not Here landed on my desk merely by accident (or perhaps I’ve finally picked it up by accident), with Grzegorz Bojanek introducing this Polish composer to...
View ArticleLuke Howard – Future Coda
Label: Mercury KX Release: The Sand That Ate The Sea Date: August 23, 2019 Visuals By: Matthew Thorne I was still bathing in the echoes of Luke Howard‘s Beating Heart Stories reworked by my favourite...
View ArticleStavros Gasparatos – Rage Park (Inner Ear)
Label: Inner Ear Released: May, 2019 Mastered By: Stefan Kostantinidis Artwork By: Nikos Sepetzoglou If You Like: Strië, Saffronkeira, and Kryshe Bandcamp Tidal Spotify Amazon I’ve been listening to a...
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