Audio Gourmet Top 10 of 2010. #7: Damian Valles – In The Shadow Of The Occluding Body
Guitar is often a principal instrument in ambient. I think it’s a good mechanism to bring people into the track; it’s a familiar sound that can lead you into the darker, diffuse drones. And at #7 on the Audio Gourmet Netlabel’s Top 10 of 2010 chart, Damian Valles with ‘In The Shadow Of The Occluding [...]
Audio Gourmet Top 10 of 2010. #9 – Small Things on Sundays – Recalling
Following on from the Carl Sagan’s Ghost entry, Small Things on Sundays’ “Recall” comes in at number #8 on the Audio Gourmet Top 10 of 2010 chart. Three floating tracks that are thoughtful and on their way to dark. ‘Floating in Space’ keeps you grounded with a minimal beat. ‘I Know You Now the Dinosaurs [...]
你好中国。 感谢听到我的音乐!
你好中国。 感谢听到我的音乐! Hello China. Thanks for listening to my music! – BuzzMoo
Resting Bell rocks my world. Offthesky – due soleil
Berlin based netlable ‘Resting Bell Records‘ more often than not comes up with the goods. Offthesky’s ‘due soleil‘, a grand 53 minutes of calm ambient with some quality remixes, is some of these goods. The release puts it as best it can put: “du soleil” is a very calm ambient-work with many subtle melodies and [...]
Synaecide Scientifica EP
Probably following a lead from the epic Anodyne Industries mix disk “Continuum”, James has dug up a super sweet breaks and dub disk by Melbourne based Syneacide. The EP is called Scientifica and it goes all out. You can grab the whole six tracks from IDMF right here. There’s also a handy little sound cloud [...]
Eyes Flutter Beneath – Inside The Dream Laboratory
I’ve been meaning to mention a top quality ambient release from the artist formerly known as Audio Gourmet. If you like organic ambient then you need to get this disk. Since it’s free for download you don’t have an excuse! Harry Towell sets the bar high with the first track Six Years Dreaming and takes [...]
RIP Charles Wesley Cooper III
I’ve been anticipating Telefon Tel Aviv’s new album for quite some time now. This evening, devestating news reached me of the death of Charlie Cooper, one half of the group. From their Myspace: “Hello, Everyone. It breaks my heart to inform you all that Charlie Cooper, my better half in Telefon Tel Aviv, passed away [...]
