Library Recommendation
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Released: 1994 Label: Virgin Records Genre: Contemporary As worthy a project as ISDN is, there’s still a feeling that beneath the noble cause of deconstructing the concept of performance, Cobain and Dougans were seeing if they could release the musical equivalent of a circular Picasso. And whilst it’s undoubtedly one of the most experimental records ever released with mainstream…
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Released: 2019 Label: Light in the Attic Records Genre: Contemporary It is not incorrect to file this collection of early works by Japan’s Masahiro Sugaya under ambient. Lovers of the genre will appreciate Horizon Vol. 1 for both its compositions and instrumentation. There is a gentleness to the music that will appeal to ambient music fans, particularly those…
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Released: 2021 Label: Buh Records Genre: Contemporary A figure of the avant-garde and collaborator of Karlheinz Stockhausen in the 70s, the Ecuadorian Mesías Maiguashca has developed a very broad musical palette, mixing traditional music, electroacoustics, electronics. Música para cinta magnetica (+) instrumentos (1967-1989) is a perfect introduction to his work, bringing together five titles composed between 1967 and 1989 and revealing…
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Released: 2021 Label: Fabrique Records Genre: Contemporary There is a certain sense of progression over the course of the eight compositions, with more percussive sounds coming increasingly to the fore. In doing so, the album gradually moves from intangible to something altogether more substantial, its physicality developing an almost corporeal tangibility. Aural Aggravation
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Released: 2018 Label: Northern Spy Records Genre: Contemporary Much of the 57-minute album has two volume settings: growling pianos so quiet they virtually disappear into whatever ambient sound you’re surrounded by and banging (often surprising) percussion seemingly designed to put you on edge. The Moderns
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Released: 2023 Label: Cubus Records Genre: Contemporary Aare’s universe of fascinating sounds is comprised of hypnotic sine waves and field recordings of rippling water sounds that suggest a steady and long-term flow, punctuated by microscopic beatings and other brief sonic events. salt peanuts*
The Moderns 