Jolanda Moletta Showcases the Female Voice’s Power
Oceanine is where Jolanda Moletta truly shines, allowing other deeply talented artists to collaborate on the process. It’s warm, enchanting and dreamlike.
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Croz Boyce Create Fragmentary, Beautiful Music
If Animal Collective records translated density into exhilaration, Croz Boyce work in the opposite direction, pulling things apart and seeing what remains.
Seefeel’s ‘Sol.hz’ Offers a Disorienting Clarity
Seefeel are less interested in constructing songs than sustaining a shifting field of texture, where familiar signposts dissolve as quickly as they emerge.
Does Stephen Emmer Share George Harrison’s DNA?
Bristling with ideas and formations, Stephen Emmer’s latest work is so malleable to interpret precisely because the tones and timbre are so universal.
Joseph Branciforte and Jozef Dumoulin Are Stunning
ITERAE sees two trailblazing musician-composers, Joseph Branciforte and Jozef Dumoulin, experiment with keyboards and electronics.
Daryl Groetsch Takes a Stunning Oceanic Voyage
Daryl Groetsch has given the ocean depths an eerie sense of calm and adventure, ranking among the finest ambient soundscapes in recent memory.
Gigi Masin Confronts Loss with Blissed-Out Ambience
“Lost” is a mournfully exultant little piece, fusing Gigi Masin’s trademark glow-toned ambience with triumphant horns and a defiantly upbeat groove.
10 Synthwave and Ambient Songs for Swimming
Paired with the proper music—synthwave and ambient electronic tracks—our next visit to the pool can transcend exercise into a meditative reconnection with embodiment.
Ben Seretan and John Thayer Create an Ambient Masterpiece
Ben Seretan and John Thayer’s Sunbeam of No Illusion beautifully melds improvisation, loops, effects, and field recordings.
Irish Shoegazer Maria Somerville Makes Waves on Tour
Irish dream pop artist Maria Somerville kicked off her US tour in Burlington, Vermont. On 21 March, she played to an intimate, captive crowd at Higher Ground.
Ohyung Offers Vivid Heartland Impressions on ‘Iowa’
Ohyung offers spacious electronics and samples that evoke vast and open landscapes, stories of life and loss, social tensions, and oppression.
Ólafur Arnalds Creates Past Songs for the Future
Ólafur Arnalds’ prolific recordings are matched by his eclectic range of styles and, significantly, the range of artists he works with, such as here, with Talos.