The old bard sat muttering by the hearth in the creaky wooden tavern. His table a scatter of maps, aged leather-bound books and unravelled scrolls lit only by the flicker of candlelight and occasional fizz of embers when drawing on his pipe. Once a chronicler to the kings of old and trusted advisor in the […]
Cities Last Broadcast presents us his second solo album on Cryo Chamber, The Umbra Report. A dark and dreamy journey. Is it a depression, a séance, or an exorcism? Whatever it is, every nuance of it is thoroughly recorded and the result is terrifying yet oddly soothing. The tape machine is constantly hissing, every piece […]
Beta Pictoris is the fifth album that Martin Stürtzer and Christian Stritzel recorded as Sphäre Sechs. They pulled off an improvisational online concert played from two cities and gathered material in preparation for this event. Their approach to record music only during improvised studio sessions with a large set of analog instruments lead to this […]
Alphaxone (Iran) & ProtoU (Ukraine) join forces on Back to Beyond, the long awaited follow up to their space ambient masterpiece Stardust. “Floating nutrition for your feline stowaway hits you amidst a sullen slumber. You jolt awake in the pilot seat and you hear the unearthly droning of your vessel. You look back and see […]
SiJ & Textere Oris teams up once again with a sequel to the album Reflections under the Sky. Field recording and drone combine for a deep and beautiful journey that is spiritual and cleansing. Reflection at the Sea is a manifest of one ordinary person living alone in a big city. A person who really […]