Ishq may be in hibernation for now, but under different aliases UK composer/producer Matt Hillier remains as prolific and creative as ever. Fans of psyambient maestros Ishq (Matt Hillier & Jacqueline Kersley) might remember Matt’s announcement at the end of 2017 that he was putting Ishq to sleep so he could focus on other projects. […]
I’ve updated two of AMG’s Spotify playlists to showcase some of the amazing music you’ll find reviewed in Ambient Music Guide’s Best Albums Of 2018 feature. New Ambient: Groove is mind-expanding ambient techno/trance, downtempo, lounge, psychill, Balearic, trip-hop, downtempo breaks, Krautrock, post-rock, ambient dub and more. New Ambient: Deep is beautiful, mysterious and deep ambient, drone, […]
Daniel Segerstad of Swedish ambient trance-tech duo Carbon Based Lifeforms talks with Ambient Music Guide about his third solo album under his Sync24 moniker. AMG: When I first saw the title for the new album I thought it was “Ominous” and so I was puzzled it wasn’t lot of darkish ambient tech/trance. So what’s with […]
What I’m loving right now in ambient, downtempo and sounds we don’t even have names for yet. Reviews of new album releases by Gold Lounge, Sankt Otten, Lingua Lustra, Tangent, Ambidextrous, Richard Lewis, The Green Kingdom, Stephanie Sante, Carl Weingarten, Dr. Deep House and the compilation Strange-Eyed Constellations 2. GOLD LOUNGE Floating (Sine Music) buy […]
Artist and music reviewer TJ Norris from Toneshift.net got in touch recently and I was intrigued by how relatively little crossover there was between our sites. So I suggested we quiz each other and share the responses. Here are 5 questions I asked him. Q: I see that Toneshift reviews a lot of artists not featured […]
Reviews of what I’m loving right now in ambient, downtempo and sounds we don’t even have names for yet. New album releases by Kaya Project, David Parsons, Connect.Ohm and EugeneKha. DAVID PARSONS Atmanaut (Celestial Harmonies) buy / stream An uncommonly gifted Westerner mining deep Eastern sounds since the 1980’s, New Zealander David Parsons’ latest album […]
Reviews of what I’m loving right now in ambient, downtempo and genres we don’t even have names for yet. New albums by Brian Eno, Jeff Greinke, One Arc Degree, Bruno Sanfilippo, Kuba, Peppermoth, I-One, Baby Grand and Shunkan Idou. BRIAN ENO Music For Installations (Opal) cd / stream / download Okay, I recant: not all the ambient […]
Reviews of what I’m loving right now in ambient, downtempo and genres we don’t even have names for yet. Albums by Tom Middleton, Alecsi, Moderna Records, Porya Hatami & Arovane and The Heart Is Awake. TOM MIDDLETON Sleep Better (UMC) buy/listen Although he’s usually associated with club music, versatile DJ/composer/producer Tom Middleton has also created some […]
Reviews of what I’m loving right now in ambient, downtempo and genres we don’t even have names for yet. Albums by Steve Roach, Taylor Deupree, Dronarivm Records, 20 Hours After Dawn, Catpilot, Hypnodial and Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society. 20 HOURS AFTER DAWN Sun Will Crackle (I Low You Records) buy/listen More dreamlike, deliciously imperfect ambience […]
My Youtube channel has never been the main outlet for the mixes and radio I create via Ambient Music Guide. But I appreciate that my work does have some fans on Youtube, and recent developments involving wholesale video blocking have been frustrating. Over the last 12 months or so, I’ve noticed that certain independent labels, […]
