Various Artists, Elvis, United Kingdom, Penultimate Press, digital release (2023) Usually we don’t review items if they don’t have a
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Tag: ambient
In the Observatory Dome
David StallingElemental Machinery IRELAND FARPOINT RECORDINGS fp076 (2021)Site-specific electro-acoustic compositions based on telescopes, and their location…he did it in the
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III, Ascension: cycle of life, death and beyond portrayed in an immersive epic experimental soundtrack
Feigur, III, Ascension, France, Steelwork Maschine, SMR024 CD, vinyl LP (2022) Formed in 2007 by French multi-instrumentalist Adrien Tibi, originally
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The speedy gleams the darkness swallow’d
Bipolar ExplorerForests, Voices, Coastlines, Dreams: Recordings for the Dark OutsideUSA SLUGG RECORDS CD (2021) Michael Serafin Wells and Sylvia Solanas
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Ode to the Bearer of Good News: overblown symphonic rock kitsch and dreamy space ambient electronics in Olympic Games music soundtrack
Edward Artemyev, Ode to the Bearer of Good News, USSR, Melodiya, C60 21277 005 vinyl LP (recorded 1980, released 1984)
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The Pain of Listening
Swedish dark droner Jarl continues a preoccupation with hearing disorders, as noted on previous release Hyperacusis, a near-clinical examination of
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Hypernormal Curves in Weyl Space
Andrew Raffo Dewar, Ekphrasis Suite (RASTASCAN RECORDS BDR 075) Modernist composition – jazz-ish – for a quartet, comprising Gino Robair,
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faux naturel: field recordings demonstrate the artifice inherent in natural world / human-made world polarity
João Castro Pinto, faux naturel, Belgium, Unfathomless, U77 CD (2022) Most soundscape recordings that feature field recordings concentrate on one
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Almost Touching: an epic debut of classical guitar / spoken word / electronics experimentation
An Laurence, Almost Touching, United States, People Places Records, PPR033 2 x CD (2022) An epic achievement in itself, this
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We Were Never One: a powerful and sprawling epic soundtrack exploring loss, extinction and human connection to nature
The Star Pillow, We Were Never One, Italy, Dissipatio, DISS008 CD (2022) Solo project of guitarist Paolo Monti, The Star
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