Ambient

  • Four lovely examples of how noise can be incorporated into ambient recordings without scaring anyone away: call it gentlenoise and spread the word.  Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.

  • It is albums like this that remind us why we love contemporary music – balancing recording innovation with soulful compositions that speak to the here and now; stunning. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.

  • Three absorbing pieces for guitar reverb and field recordings by takahiro yorifuji – each named for rivers and streams near the Japanese artist’s home: a 2020 highlight for this subgenre.  Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.

  • We can take that title both literally and figuratively; Ian Wellman turns a termite infestation into a musical analogy for climate change’s devastating impact on the planet – this new album is exactly as unsettling as that theme would suggest.  Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many…

  • Athlete Whippet – They Need To Know 0.00 Ned Lagin – Seastones 26 1.13 Carter – Floating Home 10.53 The Inventors of Aircraft – Each Morning The Trees Speak 18.27 Masahiro Sugaya – Afternoon of the Appearing Fish 25.41 Blaine Todd – Death & the Emperor 35.01 Warmth – Transition 44.40 Corey Fuller – A…

  • Italy’s Gianluca Calligaris has delivered one of this year’s most impressive debuts; a tenderly composed ambient recording with so many inspired moments that you will lose count.  Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.