Tag Ambient
In the last of these reflections on ambient experimentation, audio seismologist Vaarwel really shakes things up. The 39 minute one track album has a droning sound on a low frequency rumbling through the entire length of the piece. Does it… Continue Reading →
Minimalist. This is a short album, around thirty minutes in total split into six chapters, which apparently goes against the normal approach of this Slovakian duo of industrial, dark electronic music. Here they instead favour these slow motion ambient flows… Continue Reading →
Ambient/noise stuff is an odd thing to review as you’re very much asking the question “what is this for….?” Is this mood music, a story, a film without images, a background soundscape? What exactly is it? Not sure I’m going… Continue Reading →
Spring is very much in the air on this split album. We are greeted by an idyllic Swiss looking field in bloom on the cover which is in the form of an interesting green tracing paper design and inside there… Continue Reading →
I had intended covering these three rare ambient works from Russian musicologist Vaarwel in one review but due to the weather, listening to them has been tough. Let me explain, we are in the grip of a heat-wave which in… Continue Reading →
There is a wealth of almost hidden treasure to be found within the French Canadian Quebec region as far as black metal is concerned and listening to many bands from their lately it has reminded of the excitement felt as… Continue Reading →
I’m sure I can’t be alone in listening to an album I haven’t heard for some time and wondering why on earth I hadn’t played it more. Such is the case with “Seigneries des Loups” (2010) by this French-Canadian black… Continue Reading →
And so we plunge boldly into the deepest reaches of space here courtesy of two one-man projects who very clearly have at least one eye set on the stars. ‘Sol’ is a conceptual 3 song split featuring one long track… Continue Reading →
Rip out the gnarled beasties that lurked within ISIS, the howling, human cyclone that was Aaron Turner and the sudden, throaty wall-of-sound guitar that Michael Gallagher was capable of, and you’re left with a bit of a soft touch. However,… Continue Reading →
There are some albums that impress so much by their physical appearance that at the very least you know there is serious attention and involvement in your hands. This limited release is kind of special in its hand crafted presentation;… Continue Reading →
Imagine that you are standing in total blackness. There are no people. It’s as if you are standing in a large, cylindrical hall of emptiness where the echoing sounds around you are endless. Haunting shapes whistle by quietly and ominously…. Continue Reading →
This is a work of the imagination for the imagination. “What happens when you travel so far east looking for enlightenment that you’re your destination and are headed west again?” they ask. Inspired by the Wicker Man soundtrack, “Far West”… Continue Reading →