weap #55 : sonmi451

Sonmi451 - Alpha Centauri

The guy is from Belgium and offers what i've seen called a  minimalist approach to electronic manipulation of sound that i've seen called Electro. check out Blog for news.
Guy also wrote a special track "HELDER" as a slow musical ceremony to the memory of those who died in the Pukkelpop Festival last week. You may download that one free.

other material available on beautiful label : timereleasedsound  (.com)/

weap #54 : cyrus reynolds

A Monument to Thought by Cyrus Reynolds

no particular info on Mr Reynolds except that he's from the UK and that he also writes for films.
funny how the sound of rain immediately creates some kind of nostalgia and peace too.

weap #53 the american dollar

quite a funny name for a band, isn't it ? well these are from NY, big apple, US. been around for some time now, call themselves postrock ambient. Maybe Eno would call this Music For Airport. they usually build up around a revolving piano riff that becomes thicker and thicker, then bursts out with all that rock n'roll material (drums, power chords and all...). Quite cool stuff.

check whole thing here : http://theamericandollar.bandcamp.com
i recommand "A Memory Stream", best so far i think.

weap #52 simulated systems

this is not properly "ambient" i know. they call it IDM.
Inside da Mind ? not far ... that's Intelligent Dance Music. Woaw. thing is some dance is just a series of
BumpTSS - BumpTSS - BumpTSS - BumpTSS ...
So IDM would be more like Bump fzz weeee TSTS stststststs TSTSTS ffff rtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtr Bump
see ? ...

just like you, I Don't Mind.

guy is from Portugal. Check whole album there : http://simulatedsystems.bandcamp.com/album/stages
He also has cooler, slow things around.

my week-end ambient pick #51 : Relmic Statute

truly beautiful album that Morning Tapes by Relmic Statute from Leeds, UK. This is poetry, what else ?
+ guy is on Hibernate, what a label : http://store.hibernate-recs.co.uk/products/8896

my week-end ambient pick #50 : Oistat

OISTAT Sound Working Group: World Listening Day July 18th. 2011

on july 18th this year, these guys from O.i.s.t.a.t. (Organisation Internationale des scénographes, Techniciens et Architectes de Théâtre) decided to record 2 minutes of their day starting at a particular hour. the result is 24x2 minutes of sound from the world. weird. unlike usually, i'll leave the whole set of tracks this time, cos' it's even weirder as it goes on.

my week-end ambient pick #49 : syros

blessings by SYROS

from Australia this time, there's some nice nostalgic melody to start another rainy summer sunday ...
(no more info on Syros, except that it's the name of a greek island...)

my week-end ambient pick #48 : kogyo

Kogyo - Silent World by Kogyo

very cool slow saturday morning wake with this mysterious guy from Austria with a name from Japan, and who's real name sounds Russian ... surprise me baby

Relax