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The National Pool * Andrew Sherwell * R Beny

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

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

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

Yann Novak * Noto/Sakamoto * Tonaliens

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

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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. →

Keith Berry * Pink Fluid * Ben McElroy

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

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Keith Berry’s three titles from 2017: Viable Systems, Simulacra and Elixir.
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Pink Fluid may sound like a joke – but it’s lighthearted, not lightweight
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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

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“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

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

Ian Hawgood/Danny Norbury * Aaron Martin

By Peter van Cooten | February 26, 2018 - 10:41 |February 26, 2018 ambient music, other-music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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Cello music to enjoy the quietness and calm of hidden moments: by Danny Norbury & Ian Hawgood and Aaron Martin →

Wordclock * Tomasz Sroczynski

By Peter van Cooten | February 22, 2018 - 20:00 |February 23, 2018 ambient music, other-music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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Post-classical music meets dark jazz on Wordclock’s ‘Heralds’ – and Tomasz Sroczynski’s full scale symphony created with only a violin and a sampler. →

Frans de Waard * Zeno van den Broek * Kassel Jaeger * Orphax Reframed

By Peter van Cooten | February 19, 2018 - 11:21 |February 19, 2018 ambient music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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Frans de Waard’s “Hot August Night” is the answer to anyone that thinks that ambient music ‘needs more cowbell’.
Also three releases on Moving Furniture records that explore the deepest of drones: Zeno van den Broek, Kassel Jaeger and Orphax (remixes). →

Ljerke * Michel Banabila

By Peter van Cooten | February 15, 2018 - 20:09 |April 1, 2018 ambient music, other-music, RECOMMENDATIONS

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The wind comes from the North, and it is a cold wind.
This is a clear warning that we have to be careful, take action, and take care to preserve the nature that we will miss when it is gone forever.
Plus: Michel Banabila’s ‘Just Above The Surface’ →