Ambient
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Fair warning. A little more than three and a half minutes into this darkly foreboding record, you will be startled by a grotesque, inhaled scream. The fact that this occurs at the front end of an opening piece entitled “Angels” may cause you to wonder how such a terrible sound could ever be associated with…
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We’re getting new material from Torontonian Matt Nish-Lapidus when the two sevens clash later this week. He’s recorded a splendid five-track EP for the Forking Paths label under the brand name New Tendencies. You may be familiar with other recordings under emenel and mn-l. He’s also one-third of art-rock band Several Futures. If you haven’t…
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Wesley MacDonald has suffered more than his share of comparisons to fellow-Scottish downtempo artists Boards of Canada. It’s a connection that has as much (if not more) to do with the fact both call Edinburgh home than it does with a proper musical comparison. Sure, they both make easy-to-listen-to electronic music with a generous sampling…
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Japanese electronic music and sound artist Kee Yawne’s debut recording landed earlier this month. It’s a consistently strong effort. The eight pieces featured point to a level of compositional maturity seldom found on first-time recordings. Yawne’s release is filed under TMRPOE (an acronym for “the most remote place on earth”). Keep Sleeping is suitably titled…
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Whatever you’re planning to add to your music collection next, put it on hold. The new Future Astronauts compilation, Vessels V, is the best thing going right now. Bar none. This fifth album in the U.K. label’s series of lo-fi ambient comps boasts 15 tracks, every one of them a stunner. I emailed Future Astronauts’…
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Austin, Texas has long had a world-class music scene, the sort more often associated with global centres than with cities home to fewer than a million souls. While it may be best known for country and other roots-based music, there’s a good deal more under the surface. Colin Andrew Sheffield, chief proprietor of the Elevator…
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