Tag Ambient
I picked up the following comment about “Juuristo” from the Facebook site of Jyrki Portin, the artist behind Aarniseppä: “I hope that the listener gets to experience something about the eternal charms of the forests on the album”. From an… Continue Reading →
Circumstances have led to three different writers covering the separate parts of this triptych of albums. That’s not a bad way to do things as it means different sources are likely to be noted and it gives a broad outlook… Continue Reading →
I got into the strange dark world of Haiku Funeral through Thee Ed’s reviews on these pages and a generous gesture from Aesthetic Death owner Stu some while back. They are not easy music but their progression has been wonderful… Continue Reading →
Wow, Ave Noctum actually gets sent some dungeon synth at last! Aye I was right on this when it popped up. But there are a couple of curiosities here too. Firstly; Relapse? Dungeon synth? Ooookay. Strange home but there we… Continue Reading →
Thirty five minutes is an album to some bands. To Midnight Odyssey I’m kinda surprised they didn’t call this a single but I guess it is four tracks. I’ve been a fan of the project, and Dis Pater’s work in… Continue Reading →
Ok I knew nothing about them and frankly the bands the members are in are not, what you might call, haunts of mine. But the name and the vague descriptions kind of intrigued me so here we are. Spooky gothy… Continue Reading →
“Experience the enigmatic allure of [ówt krì]”, it is written. I can vouch for this, having listened to much of what Kenneth Kovasin, the artist behind [ówt krì], has created over the years. Based on previous offerings I expected ambient… Continue Reading →
Harvestman is the project of Steve von Till, the long-standing member of Neurosis. The pretext behind these “instrumental psychedelic reveries” is an otherworldliness born of names like Flying Saucer Attack, Fairport Convention, Tangerine Dream, Bert Jansch, Steeleye Span and Hawkwind…. Continue Reading →
On the face of it, this one sounds right up my street and possible other people’s. Finnish trio Šamane specialise “dark halls of cold alternative rock, grieving tones and mesmeric soundscapes”. “Solstice” is their third album release. The minimalist deep… Continue Reading →
Almost There may be a debut album and Livgone a new band, but the people behind this project are anything but newbies, and that shows in numerous aspects of this LP, which turned out to be a pleasant surprise. Drawn… Continue Reading →
I’m always a sucker for “improvised electronic ambient sonicscapes” which is how this album is described. There are bands called Eventide from the USA and Sweden, but this one is a recent offshoot of the French progressive death doom band… Continue Reading →
V-Khaos, the entity behind dozens of projects not least Dim Lights, returns to the forests of his birth, Druadan, and the world of dungeon synth after their cosmic journey through ‘Portals’. So I guess as the lurker on the threshold… Continue Reading →