Rutger Zuydervelt * Associated Sine Tone Services
Rutger Zuydervelt’s score for Banzo, a film by Margarida Cardoso, and his work with Jeremy Young and Nicolas Bernier as Associated Sine Tone Services.
Category: ambient music
Kilometre Club * Brannan Lane
Comparing geographies with Canadian small towns with Kilometre Club, and Brannan Lane’s music for a refreshing powernap.
Ekin Fil * Tristan Da Cunha
Music ‘as if plucked from a dream’ (Ekin Fil) or from the hidden frequencies of cymbals and drums (Tristan da Cunha).
Ark Zead * Final
Ark Zead’s Niptaktuk will lower the temperature in your room by a few degrees, and Final (Justin Broadrick) explores invisible worlds.
Bit / Mens * von Seggern / Debenedictis
The ‘tension beween horizontal and vertical musical events’, as explored by Ard Bit & Radboud Mens and by John von Seggern & Dean DeBenedictis.
Cat Tyson Hughes * Zakè
Cat Tyson Hughes helps us ‘to live the simplest childhood dreams as an adult’ *** Zakè offers ‘a refuge for those burdened by distraction of sorrow’.
Michel Banabila * Whettman Chelmets
Michel Banabila’s latest release is a showcase of the kind of music only he can create *** Whettman Chelmets describes his own music as ‘confrontational, uplifting, and silly’.
Jan Jelinek * Alva Noto
Jan Jelinek transforms phishing mails to sonic art *** Alva Noto’s third edition in the HYbr:ID series is another stunning ‘soundscape of meditative and resonant tones’.