Perila’s Ambient Debut Is a Waking Dream in Constant Motion
Perila creates uncanny worlds crackling with both elemental force and human ingenuity. How Much Time is a glowing debut worth a full and dedicated listening.
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Darkside Are Torn Between Convention and the Avant-garde on ‘Spiral’
While Darkside’s Spiral includes moments of virtuosic integration there are other moments where the album seems to lack a unifying aesthetic.
A Year Again with Brian Eno
Published diaries are a tricky business. Brian Eno’s 25th Anniversary Edition of ‘A Year With Swollen Appendices’ is no less so.
Penelope Trappes’ ‘Penelope Three’ Is a Meditative LP of Sultry Vocals and Glossy Electronics
Penelope Three is not a pop record, but it is Penelope Trappes’ boldest, most straightforward work to date. On Three, Trappes holds nothing back.
Lustmord and Karin Park Lose Themselves in the Ambient Beauty of ‘Alter’
Sceneries come and go, landscapes evolve, and time loses its meaning through the passages of Lustmord and Karin Park’s Alter.
‘Touchless’ Is Matt Evans’ Gorgeous, Transcendent Meditation on Grief
Brooklyn-based experimentalist Matt Evans’ touchless sees him grappling with loss through tender instrumental sound sculptures.
Lustmord & Park – ‘Alter’ (album premiere)
Lustmord & Park’s Alter descends into the dark ambient abyss without forgetting minimal music’s ethereal nature. Hear it a day early.
Daniel Avery Gets Nostalgic on ‘Together in Static’
Daniel Avery’s Together in Static moves along at a glacial tempo, full of mournful ambience, slow-motion beats, and waterlogged synth tones.
Colleen’s ‘The Tunnel and the Clearing’ Takes Us Deeper Into Her Fuzzy Analogue Sound-World
Colleen has struck out on a course all her own and continues to inhabit one of the most distinctive sonic terrains today, as on The Tunnel and the Clearing.
Jazz Saxophonist Warren Walker Explores the Modular Synthesizer on ‘(n)Traverse Vol. 1’
Saxophonist Warren Walker unbuckles his modern jazz seat belt to hitch a ride on his modular synthesizer on (n)Traverse Vol. 1.
Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones on the Debut Album That Was Decades in the Making
The founder of Mute Records and his brilliant production collaborator have crafted countless masterpieces together over the years, but their long-in-the-works Sunroof project didn’t get around to releasing their debut album until 2021. This is their story.