Ambient

  • Difficult Art and Music is preparing a 51-track compilation in three volumes, to be released in October, November and December. bivouac of the avant​-​garde: contemporary minimal, electronic and experimental music runs four and a half hours in total. The collection features James A. McDermid, Karen Vogt, Veins Full of Static, Audio Obscura, Robert Scott Thompson,…

  • We’re getting a new Cindytalk album on Oct. 21, via the False Walls label. Subterminal is a solo Cinder effort, featuring four new pieces. The Glasgow project dates back to the post-punk era of the early 1980s. Over the years, it has been both a band and solo project. Cinder’s progression – from new wave…

  • Next month marks the seventh anniversary of the debut release from Amsterdam’s Shimmering Moods Records. Paul (he prefers to go by his first name only) continues to introduce us to well-appointed ambient releases. The label’s consistent high quality stands out in a more-than-crowded corner of contemporary music. This month’s batch of new releases features five…

  • Aidan Baker is a prolific Toronto-born multi-instrumentalist who calls Berlin home now. We talked about his work, what it says about the world around him and the city he and his partner Leah Buckareff have called home for 12 years. Baker has multiple European dates lined up this spring and summer, including the A Colossal…

  • Ruben Tamayo and Braulio Lam have released a follow-up to their finely crafted Mixed Signals 2020 release on Dragon’s Eye Recordings. Mixed Signals II landed Friday. These four new pieces were recorded in Mexico, “between Tijuana and Mexicali” according to the notes. They combine acoustic instruments with electric guitars, field recordings and synthesizers. You’ll find…