Since I live by the life principle “there’s never a bad occasion for good ambient”, I figured an ambient Easter special should be just right.
I’ve chosen two particularly fine examples of the species! Continue reading Ambient Easter Special
It’s really quite astonishing, the influx of new followers we’ve received to our ambient playlist. Great! So I’ve found a couple more tracks that bodes to the most quiet of moments, each in their own ways. Continue reading Double Ambient: Celebrating the quiet
It sets the stage for a futuristic scenario, a cyberpunk world with broken electronic equipment scattered around a barely illuminated space. Is it a room, or a back alley? I don’ t know yet. But I have a feeling I’ll be meeting an individual of dubious character soon.
But who? And for what? With whom, and why? These are questions I am dying to find the answers to. Continue reading Trova, “Trono”: A cyberpunk opening
Ambient: Louis Sterling is preparing his debut EP, and does so with releasing a first track that is full of promise.
The reason I love ambient, is really quite well summed up in this track. There’s just nothing better to feed your imagination. And judging from this track he’s clearly an artist to keep an eye on. Continue reading Louis Sterling, “Black Gate To Utopia”: A very promising debut
What starts out as a sweet, calm piano piece slowly drifts into a wide, wide ambient landscape. Long pads smears the horizon with layers upon layers of the most precious harmonies.
Oh yes. It’s time to visit the ambient genre again. Continue reading Haav, “Nord”: A sea of calm
This is not your regular proghouse. The sound design really makes it stand out to such a degree it would actually be a bit hard to fit it into a proghouse DJ set. The sounds used are so much more haunting than what we usually find in the genre, and the bed it rests on gives me associations to dark ambient. Continue reading Axel E, “Silverhöjd”: An extraordinary production
Here’s an interesting one. A very cinematic experience from the borderlands of ambient, chill-out, folklore and movie scores.
It’s of a rather dark and quite experimental shape, but with a story to tell. That’s what makes it so seductive. There’s something going on, and we are invited to tag along and find out. Continue reading Drum & Lace, “ae”: There’s something going on
Ahhhh, just listen to this. The crying, rusty, glitchy sounds neatly spread across the audio landscape. Never competing, always completing each other. Nothing overdone, just right. Absolutely gorgeous. This is post-apocalyptic ambient. Continue reading Duglo & Albemarle, “Mis”: Post-apocalyptic ambience
It goes without saying, some submissions I receive are more special than others. And here’s one of the more special ones, or what do you say about the following pitch from the artist: “Sampled percussion includes bears chewing on bones. Yum”! Continue reading Junior Knits, “Yellowstone Modem”: An imaginary interaction between animals and electronics