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SEE: Nick Schofield – ‘Ambient Architect’: modular retro-futurism full of light and grace

NICK SCHOFIELD is a Montréalais composer in love with modular synths, and who has a new album, Glass Gallery, coming out early next month, composed entirely on the legendary Prophet…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Aaron Cupples – ‘Island Of The Hungry Ghosts’ original soundtrack: a sonic film in itself

There's always that caveat with a soundtrack that this is music in service to another artform. But Island Of The Hungry Ghosts is a sonic film in itself. It wholly lets the soul of the island through and onto your record deck. If you're a fan of labels like Touch, Kranky, this is so a record for you.

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TRACK: Rachika Nayar – ‘The Trembling Of Glass’: an exciting voice in experimental guitar

HAILING from the borough of Brooklyn, ambient composer Rachika Nayar has left her previous nominative chrysalis as Rachika S behind to spread her wings as a potent ambient guitar sound…

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Premiere: Flawed God releases new video for ‘Destroyer, are you within me?’

Out as part of ‘Mansplained’, the compilation to celebrate the first anniversary of Italian tape label Commando Vanessa, is the new track from Flawed God, and we’re delighted to premiere…

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Album Review: Garrett – ‘Private Life III’

DāM-FunK has been enchanting listeners for over a decade with his highly filthy but musical synth funk-infused jams. Mostly releasing with Stones Throw, his solo albums Toeachizown and Invite the…

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SEE: Jon Mueller – ‘Welcome’: glorious drone textures from Wisconsin

WISCONSIN musician? Sound artist? Explorer? Curator? – all of these things, Jon Mueller is always seeking new confluences of thought and sound. He may be best known to you as part of…

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SEE: Jon Hopkins covers Thom Yorke’s ‘Dawn Chorus’

AS THIS most hellishly viral year’s eyelids droop and it prepares to exit stage left, the masterful Jon Hopkins has brought some beautiful piano catharsis and grace for our troubled…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Late Night Final – ‘A Wonderful Hope’: Public Service man takes an ambient diversion

Public Service Broadcasting's J. Willgoose takes a glorious ambient diversion - pretty doesn't cover it

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TRACK: A Winged Victory For the Sullen – ‘Desires Are Already Memories’: O’Halloran and Wiltzie return

THAT glorious combination of Stars of the Lid and The Dead Texan’s amniotic drone sustain voyager, Adam Wiltzie, and modern piano composer, Dustin O’Halloran, who ply their seductive trade as…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Various artists – ‘Ambient Layers’: a state of the art, 20-track journey on 7K!

Ambient Layers is quite a trip through the current state of the blissful/emotive sonic arts. There's so much to burrow into here, experience deeply. Set it on repeat and let it guide you through a whole, amniotic diurnal cycle. It's really very great.

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