Ambient Music
Inner islander Sean Conrad started his splinter ambient endeavor Channelers to make what he calls “essentialized sounds:” loose liquid states of intentional non-intentionality and letting go, conjured with keyboards, bowed guitar, flute, and voice. For Being, his latest, began in 2016 as a series of sessions all sharing this title, as an experiment to “steer … Continue reading For Being by Channelers
Oblique Russian sound strategist Natalia Salmina’s latest forking path portfolio as Atariame, Voiceless, arose in the wake of a dissociative relocation to Moscow, where she found herself adrift amidst a manic metropolis, alone in a skyscraper staring out at trees: “It made me lose faith in my ability to communicate, in my ideas about life.” … Continue reading Voiceless by Atariame
III: Chroma/Contour is the third album from Billow Observatory, the collaborative project of Danish producer Jonas Munk (Manual, Ulrich Schnauss collaborator and more) and Michigan native Jason Kolb (Auburn Lull). The album's nine tracks eschew the pulse and rhythm that defined the duo's previous effort (II: Plains/Patterns) in favor of sparse melodic possibilities and a … Continue reading III: Chroma/Contour by Billow Observatory
On August 25, 2012, the Voyager 1 spacecraft left our solar system and entered interstellar space, making it's new home in the vast gulf between the stars. It will be another 40,000 years until it reaches the next star. Long after we are all gone, it will still be orbiting around the centre of our … Continue reading Sine Dust (Remastered) by 36
Sirimiri is made of four long and mid-length pieces, each composed of different perspectives, processes and identities. However, Rafael seeks to blend subjective time with the listening experience. A sort of loop and repetition, sub-sequence-based sound. Following Eno, nothing happens in the same way twice, perception is constantly shifting, nothing stays in one place for … Continue reading Sirimiri by Rafael Anton Irisarri
Picturing the planet Midori Hirano is setting to music for us is like sauntering through a meadow. There's plenty of scents surrounding us, a vast field of different sound sources braiding together to one captivating scenery. It's a rich and colourful place to be in and it's everything but minor. The soil is made of … Continue reading Minor Planet by Midori Hirano
Exactly 10 years ago this month, I finished my debut album Hypersona. In the decade since its release, I feel I've explored many avenues to my sound, but I will always have a fondness for those tracks where everything is stripped bare, letting just the pads and the chords tell the story. I think it's … Continue reading Ego Death by 36
Kenji Kihara is a musician based in Horiuchi, Japan, a place surrounded by nature near the sea and the mountains. Kenji makes field recordings around his home and integrates those into his lush, drifting compositions. He says, “I am making music as an inspiration for seasonal change, day to day importance.” Kenji imbues his compositions … Continue reading Scenes of Scapes by Kenji Kihara
All tracks recorded in real time by way of Yamaha QY100, Kurzweil XM1, Kawai K5m, Emu Audity 2000, Lexicon MX400, and Alesis Midiverb II during the Fall of 2017. Muzan Editions is a small label from Nara, Japan, focusing on ambient and experimental sound.
The album "Water Atlas" illustrates two words, two meanings. Water is life. A variety of forms, states, visual textures. The mood and the message of the music are conditioned by the perception of water - its mythology. According to the Russian philosopher Alexei Losev, a myth is the simplest intuitive relationship of a person with … Continue reading Water Atlas by Max Ananyev
The Mouthchew 