Although he’s best known for his punchy, quirky, dubby ambient pop instrumentals, Bluetech’s original Liquid Geometries album from 2018 was conjured in a beatless universe – all psychedelic drones, ethereal progressions and cosmic arpeggios, generally melodic and occasionally dissonant. It’s beatless foundations makes it an unusual candidate for remixing by dub and beat-driven electronica producers. […]
The steady trickle of New Release reviews on the AMG blog feed has stopped in the last 3 months because I just can’t write at the moment. My currently stressful work situation – an unrelated job where I’m paid to think and write a lot – has left me exhausted with zero inspiration to write […]
I had no idea that Atlantic Jaxx, the electronica label owned by UK house duo Basement Jaxx, occasionally puts out downtempo and ambient releases. So it was a great surprise when this landed in my box, a fresh and astonishingly accomplished cinematic spacemusic album by the mysterious Aluben Noiro. Well not so mysterious now, because […]
I suppose it’s okay to give this fine release the nebulous tag of “post-rock”, insomuch as it has loopy processed guitars and drones and some organ and semi-Gothic piano, and progressions that might vaguely resemble the quieter passages done by more adventurous rock bands like Pink Floyd or Sigur Ros over the last 50 years. […]
Dan Armstrong is a mate of Si Matthews, the gifted UK artist whose three solo albums of cosmic instrumental electronica have all made Ambient Music Guide’s Best Albums of the Year lists. Dan’s debut solo album of panoramic ambitronic beats is a stunner, orbiting the same sun as his friend but tracking its own distinctive path. […]
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. […]
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 […]
