Ambient

  • No One – Fishing for Shadows

    It is appropriate that sound artist No One has landed with Shimmering Moods Records. This elegant 54-minute piece – his first for the Amsterdam-based label – shimmers, sparkles and a good deal more. Previous releases can be found on Midira Records and Consouling Sounds (the latter of which serves as an equally apt description of…

  • Sharema – Sottomarino Spaziale

    Emanuele Magni has delivered a pair of new pieces, both of which run 39 minutes and 28 seconds. While the album is entirely electronic, he says the work is inspired by “natural soundscapes … their rhythm and slow evolving structure.” His focus on rhythm will strike you immediately. “Sottomarino Spaziale” opens the disc with a…

  • Sven Laux and Daniela Orvin – The Writings

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    Even lovers of ambient music will accept that the genre has its limitations. Four decades after Brian Eno’s Music for Airports, too many new releases offer little more than waves of delicately performed synthesizer. Thankfully, progress has come in multiple forms: found sounds, glitch elements and drones are all fine examples of tools that innovative…

  • Jean D.L. – Early Nights part 2

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    Belgian guitarist/composer Jean D.L. has produced a follow-up to his well-received 2014 collection Early Nights. Like its predecessor, part two pulls together material produced over multiple years, in this case between 2011 and this year. We get solo pieces and collaborations with Sandrine Verstraete, Margaret Hermant and Rodrigo Fuentealba Palavicino. Often described as an ambient…

  • The Star Pillow – Music For Sad Headbangers

    Paolo Monti has announced that Music For Sad Headbangers will be his last recording as The Star Pillow. The Italian guitarist/ambient noise-maker has produced 14 titles since December 2007. In addition to his solo works, he’s collaborated with pianist Federico Gerini, Detonazione front-man Bruno Romani, video director Roberto Beani and others. This new disc is…

  • Fallen – When the Light Went Out

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    Lorenzo Bracaloni records ambient music under the name Fallen and folk and psychedelia as The Child of A Creek. He was born in the Italian province of Livorno in Italy’s famed Tuscany Region. It is a part of the world with centuries of history, and not surprisingly, its share of ghost stories. In nearby Siena,…