David Toop/Lawrence English * Cruel Diagonals
Hallucinatory landscapes created by Lawrence English and David Toop, and chopped up, warped voice sample compositions by Cruel Diagonals.
Category: ambient music
Burden/Tattersall * Ned Milligan
Two Laaps releases celebrating Spring: one by Russell Burden & Craig Tattersall and another by Ned Milligan.
VARIOUS VARIOUS
A selection of various artist compilations: Ambient Layers, vol. 2, These Clouds… (the 100th release on Sound In Silence), music inspired by tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and a sneak preview into Lost Tribe Sounds’ new subscription series.
Brìghde Chaimbeul * Six O’Matic
Ambient and bagpipes: a pairing few would consider. Brìghde Chaimbeul (with Colin Stetson) and Six O’Matic prove that it works very well.
In Praise of the Saddest Chord (Mix)
‘In Praise of the Saddest Chord’: all of the tracks in this mix are in D-minor, which is said to be ‘the saddest chord’.
Alva Noto * Markus Guentner
Alva Noto’s ‘modern minimalist ambient classical’ soundtrack for ‘Kinder der Sonne’, and Markus Guentner’s enticing and immersive ‘Onda’
400 Lonely Things * Push For Night/Jon Mueller
400 Lonely Things celebrates the legendary Banning Mill on their album produced by William Basinski *** Push For Night reshapes Jon Mueller’s percussion (including his lawn sprinkler)
Michael Begg * TheAdelaidean
Music inspired by Antarctica: a data-driven project by Michael Begg, and Sean ‘theAdelaidean’ Williams’ memories of an expedition.
Tim Hecker * Phonsonic
Tim Hecker’s escapes from escapism with No Highs, plus Phonsonic’s new album ‘Chrome’.