ambient music Archives – Page 2 of 75

DreamScenes – April 2018

By Peter van Cooten | April 8, 2018 - 20:00 |April 29, 2018 ambient music, DreamScenes, other-music

It’s cauld – it’s dark – through the dread waste
Yon starn, sae red, and sma,
Presses its weak, encumberd, beam,
To perish in the sna’.

Och! Och! it’s mirk – the furious storm,
Howls round the hill sae high;
And black, and awfu’, on the earth,
Sits down the laiden sky.
[Robert Couper, 1804] →

Capac * Strië

By Peter van Cooten | April 5, 2018 - 22:59 |April 6, 2018 ambient music, other-music, RECOMMENDATIONS

1 Comment

Capac celebrates the cold winter season with a fascinating collection (and an unprecedented combustible edition) * Strië tells about the perpetual journey of Laïka the Russian space dog. →

The National Pool * Andrew Sherwell * R Beny

By Peter van Cooten | March 30, 2018 - 20:05 |March 30, 2018 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

Leave a comment

Different kind of memories and mixed emotions: about the Russian space travel era in the late 50’s, about bedtime stories of mysterious central european cultures as told by a travelling grandfather, and about ‘Saudade’ – feelings to cherish. →

Swoop And Cross * Overshift * Ed Carlsen

By Peter van Cooten | March 27, 2018 - 22:20 |March 27, 2018 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

Leave a comment

Swoop and Cross tells stories of disintegration, Overshift plays with light and shade, and Ed Carlsen displays elusive frames… →

No Stars (Mix)

By Peter van Cooten | March 20, 2018 - 20:42 |March 26, 2018 ambient music, exclusives, MIXES

10 Comments

“Follow me into a movie that you might want to see sometime… a movie that’s happening in the back of your own head…”

And remember: “use your ears, not your prejudices”… →

Yann Novak * Noto/Sakamoto * Tonaliens

By Peter van Cooten | March 15, 2018 - 21:00 |March 15, 2018 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

Leave a comment

Drones and Performances: Yann Novak‘s ‘The Future Is A Forward Escape Into The Past’, ‘Glass’ by Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto, and Tonaliens’ self-titled album. →

DreamScenes – March 2018

By Peter van Cooten | March 11, 2018 - 20:00 |March 11, 2018 ambient music, DreamScenes, other-music

Leave a comment

“How beautiful. How magic. How catastrophic”

DreamScenes for March 2018 →

Keith Berry * Pink Fluid * Ben McElroy

By Peter van Cooten | March 8, 2018 - 22:02 |March 8, 2018 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

Leave a comment

Keith Berry’s three titles from 2017: Viable Systems, Simulacra and Elixir.
*
Pink Fluid may sound like a joke – but it’s lighthearted, not lightweight
*
Ben McElroy combines folk, drone and experimental into his own unique sound →

Alapastel * Group Listening

By Peter van Cooten | March 5, 2018 - 10:09 |March 5, 2018 ambient music, other-music, RECOMMENDATIONS

Leave a comment

“If we are able to uncover the profound beauty of things, that seem to be hidden, it is possible to become more humble and appreciative of life around us.”

Alapastel expands the borders of ‘post-classical’ music, plus rearrangements of ambient music classics for clarinet and piano by Group Listening. →

Dalot & Sound Awakener * Overlap

By Peter van Cooten | March 1, 2018 - 20:20 |March 1, 2018 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

Leave a comment

“The only journey is the one within…”
Dalot & Sound Awakener *** Overlap →