Ombilicum

HB26

2011-12-31T10:59:00.001-08:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://stromnoir.bandcamp.com/album/dni-stratili-svoju-farbu"&amp;gt;Dni stratili svoju farbu by Strom Noir&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

slowmotion

2011-12-31T10:56:00.000-08:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://matteouggeri.bandcamp.com/track/steps-on-leaves-kids-on-skateboard-steps-in-the-mud"&amp;gt;Steps on leaves, kids on skateboard, steps in the mud by Andrea Ferraris &amp;amp;amp; Matteo Uggeri&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

last bit of field recording from 2010,
wishing you the best to come.

x-mas vst freebies

2011-12-24T22:21:00.001-08:00

Giving time it seems. While some big companies send you mail with "we love you, get 5€ off your next order* (*if you buy any product over 500€) , some really GIVE you something free :

Soniccouture for instance here : http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/p138-glisten/

which makes an x-mas bells kind of sound that you can turn into a devilish tube nightmare or any other kind of aletred sound with the knobs all over. Nice one.

8DIO too : http://8dio.com/?btp_product=glass-marimba

that goes :

isn't that so cool.

hibernate : ambient collection

2011-12-11T12:39:00.001-08:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://festivegreetings.bandcamp.com/album/festive-greetings-from-hibernate-home-normal"&amp;gt;Festive Greetings from Hibernate &amp;amp;amp; Home Normal by Hibernate &amp;amp;amp; Home Normal&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;album money (£5) goes to charity :Proceeds will go to the Archway Foundation, established in Oxford in 1982 by Paul Hawgood to help serve those hurt by loneliness.www.archwayfoundation.org.uk

weap 78 : plateaux

2011-12-03T20:20:00.001-08:00

[quote] PLATEAUX is beautiful high-altitude, unearthly ambient soundscapes, an audiovisual project founded by London-based musician and producer Oskar Vizan and visual artist Soichi Matsumoto.

So now you know.  

a bit later on they say : a mind-blowing album that will smash some musical preconcepts to pieces.

that's when i stopped reading 

weap 77 : the amber tapes

2011-12-02T22:01:00.001-08:00

been away from blogging for some time, and from ambient, concentrating on cinematic works.

hi guys. This is from The Amber Tapes, UK. link is : http://youtu.be/1BBlYsEJBys

at war with the obvious is their motto / of course / check http://soundcloud.com/the-amber-tapes
also have an active myspace account, http://www.myspace.com/theambertapes

weap 76 : pascal savy

2011-11-19T21:29:00.001-08:00

Pascal Savy: Passing Light by hibernate

somewhat busy i am. there's a french one pour la route.

bruz 111111 : turn to brown

2011-11-14T08:27:00.001-08:00

There's my new contribution to the ONE DAY ON EARTH yearly project : composing, mixing and releasing a track in one day on 11.11.11.

below is the one done on 10.10.10 last year :

11.11.11. work in process

2011-11-13T03:52:00.001-08:00

still working on the editing of the video for the One Day On Earth project. Nearly done.

11.11.11. new ordeal

2011-11-10T20:48:00.000-08:00

One Day on Earth - Participate Today! from One Day On Earth

06:00 on 11.11.11. of course this year's objective would be to reach more and more people and conscience over the world. Well we all know that the big modern religion is money and that it crusades everyday to get more land. There's no secularism in that field, on the contrary. We also knwow that a massive gathering of voices can bend a king. So it's sreaming time once more. Let us build up billions of whispers today, if only to unleash our secret storms to blow in the face of the mighty ones.

weap 75 Krusseldorf

2011-11-05T21:56:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://alephzerorecords.bandcamp.com/track/deep-fulgin"&amp;gt;Deep Fulgin by Krusseldorf&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt; from Stockholm, SW, new release from label Aleph Zero, sort of Idm Lounge work though this one track is more on the creepy side of the moon.

some time ago there were 3 Weap from me over here. I thought i had missed one. so I added one. Now i did miss one yesterday. So we're even.

2011-10-31T23:16:00.000-07:00

quite nice macro photo over there : http://www.evasionk.be/m1101.htm

weap 74 : Sonmi451

2011-10-29T20:12:00.000-07:00

Sonmi451 - Omicron Ceti

it seems i might be beginning to make circles am i ? Stumbled upon this guy again - it was W.e.a.p #55 here .

Still a very relevant choice as we've been changing time again. I see this is 05:00 a.m. now. but i'm wrong as it is in fact 04:00 a.m. which lets me think i shouldn't be a w a k e at all.

what's the link with Mr451 ? well this track was released on TimeReleased Sound label, see ?

Anyway, enjoy your free hour of life as i am now.

weap 73 : Kevin McInnis

2011-10-29T00:56:00.000-07:00

What Could Have Been by Kevin MacInnis

that one is totally unexpectable, it's almost like a David Lynch movie scene without the movie, a bit scary at some point. No more info on Mr McInnis, 3 tracks on the soundcloud page, all different sorts.

weap 72 : Digitonal

2011-10-23T23:37:00.000-07:00

by digitonal

Must have missed a day. maybe not in the mood. let's say this is sunday, unexisting sunday stolen from my libre arbitre.
A very particular mix of cinematic, ambient and electronica, from London.

weap 71 : Aech Rom

2011-10-22T21:39:00.000-07:00

Sleep Machine

not much info here either on that guy who seems to be moving between Geneva and London. there's a very pleasant track anyway, part of a 5-track you can get from bandcamp or label site Complex Sound Sagacity.
Other works on Soundcloud . Really sensitive work which will undoubtedly grow more complex in the near future.

weap 70 : silent strike

2011-10-21T23:41:00.000-07:00

Silent Strike

The guy's from Romania and has some particularly tricky drum sequence patterns there ! As he works for films too, his different tracks are quite different one from the other, sometimes over processed even, but always rhythmically surprising.

many links on soundcloud page.
there's also a cool ambient/lounge album to download free here : http://soundcloud.com/silentstrike

label is LaStrada

weap 69 : 2 people in a room

2011-10-15T22:07:00.000-07:00

Two People In A Room

Not much info save that this long 9-minute-track comes from Berlin, Germany. There's a page there : http://acrashateveryspeed.tumblr.com/ with links to links and links to more links. there's a René in there, and a Michelle, and a pillow.

weap 68 : great skies

2011-10-14T23:57:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://cutrecords.bandcamp.com/track/festival"&amp;gt;Festival by Great Skies&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

still from label FENCE, there's a very cool one with bits of vocals scattered around and some sort of a happy something that lingers on.

Placement is back

2011-10-11T22:42:00.001-07:00

http://placement.bandcamp.com/album/very-small-science

weap 67 : reporter

2011-10-08T22:47:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://reporter.bandcamp.com/track/venice"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Venice by reporter&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

don't know if Reporter is still active / could trace to a lastfm page thah led to a myspace one where news are from sept. 2010. Anyway, this "Guggenheim" album is a very peaceful set of 5 tracks that just flow through the place here as autumn is definitely back in its well known clothes.

weap 66 : spheruleus is back

2011-10-07T22:51:00.000-07:00

Spheruleus: Set Sail

Already had a post on that mysterious multinamed guy Spheruleus back in May 2011 for the Kanshin project, remember ? Well the sailor is back on a boat today with new project "VOYAGE". Slow motion moments ahead as autumn breezes in.

release is here : http://store.hibernate-recs.co.uk/products/12687

weap 65 : talvihorros

2011-10-01T22:45:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://talvihorros.bandcamp.com/track/theta"&amp;gt;Theta by Talvihorros&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

if i got it right, Talvihorros is the name of the guitar. Ben is the guy, from UK. it's mainly guitar speech really, and sound. Slow motion ride on a foggy sunday morning.

// this is from Hibernate label //
http://www.talvihorros.com

weap 64 : rain dog

2011-09-30T23:19:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://cutrecords.bandcamp.com/track/one-to-love"&amp;gt;One To Love by Rain Dog&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Just simply an amazing EP. check this, download, share, wonderful work.

weap 63 : ombilicum neverland

2011-09-25T10:14:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://ombilicum.bandcamp.com/track/neverland"&amp;gt;neverland by bruz&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

oups, been away and late for my weap this sunday. there's one by me : "neverland".
relax.

weap 62 : arbee

2011-09-23T22:47:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://arbee.bandcamp.com&amp;gt;arbee&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

A rather mysterious work from a mysterious guy from Canada (i assume). this track and the rest of the album that comes with it show a clinical precision in the making. It looks bare but only because everything is in its right place.

album is available as a "name your price" download (click "download" in the player.

weap 61 : splitter

2011-09-17T22:09:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://splitter.bandcamp.com/track/its-over-now-im-running-sidechain-on"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;It's Over, Now I'm Running (Sidechain On) by Splitter&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Guy seems to be from bremen, germany. that's about all i could find on mr Splitter. This track just rocks your sunday morning 6 a.m. And the rest of the album is just as good. beautiful sounds & mixing.
facebook page there : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Splitter/155781341144086

weap 60 : c.db.sn

2011-09-16T23:15:00.000-07:00

by c.db.sn
Amazing rhythm programming nuts this Denver guy is ! Chase Dobson is the name, check soundcloud page for other loony tracks. it's like Aliens playing nujazz in 2056 on planet uranus while we sit hypnotized on a bubble couch with our integrated dreamscape channel glasses on, sipping a translucid blue drink called moonbeam ,

guy has a blog too : http://cdbsn.wordpress.com/

ombilicum : week-end ambient pick (weap) #60 : c.db.sn

VST plug : HGsound ARP

2011-09-11T07:01:00.000-07:00

ARP is an advanced Polyphonic Arp and Note Sequencer with Scale Remapping for powerful sequencing possibilities. Sequences can be re-mapped based on the played note so for example a sequence can be forced to fit to the major scale. The idea behind this is to break away from the typical note sequencer where every key simply transposes the sequence, the ability to remap each note results in a much more creative sequence.
http://www.hgsounds.com/shop/vst-plugins/arp-vsti

weap 59 : Knopfdreher

2011-09-10T23:17:00.000-07:00

Knopfdreher

this one is a weirdo from Berlin, though living in Madrid. must have crossed France to get there and went loony during the trip. tracks are a very bizarre combination of cool deep ambient lines and totally unpredictable percussions movements. reminds me of some old Japan material at moments. bizarre is the word.

weap 58 : The Next Commuter

2011-09-09T22:30:00.000-07:00

Last Shadow Puppets by The Next Commuter
guy is from Belgium and mainly uses guitars and field recording. This is his most recent work but the older ones are just as good. Find these on Soundcloud. Really cool slow track to step away from sleep.
http://soundcloud.com/thenextcommuter

weap #57 C418

2011-09-03T22:44:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://c418.bandcamp.com/track/marketing-squander-versus-the-little-man"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Marketing Squander Versus the Little Man by C418&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Funny kind of Green creature this C418. Guy is from Germany and as far as i could get, undergroundly known as composer for the game Minecraft which i don't know anything about as i'm a dull person.
Whole album "72 minutes of Fame" is brilliant with impressive diversity, the common point between tracks being the quality of sound treatment and subtlety of fx used. woaw i'm writing a proper review am i ?get out.

check : http://c418.tumblr.com/

weap #56 : gustavo lamas

2011-09-02T23:02:00.000-07:00

Mas by Gustavo Lamas

From Buenos Aires, Argentina a famous producer over there it seems. Quite a nice revolving track settling softly into the room, filling the space. saturday morning, rainy again.

weap #55 : sonmi451

2011-08-27T23:28:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-27T00:33:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-20T20:46:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://theamericandollar.bandcamp.com/track/equinox-ambient"&amp;gt;Equinox (Ambient) by The American Dollar&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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

2011-08-19T20:27:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://simulatedsystems.bandcamp.com/track/stage-04"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;stage 04 by simulated systems&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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

2011-08-13T12:59:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://music.relmicstatute.com/track/05-00-hrs"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;05:00 Hrs by Relmic Statute&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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

2011-08-12T21:28:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-06T23:15:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-05T21:30:00.000-07:00

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

my week-end ambient pick #47 : julian trushi

2011-07-30T21:31:00.000-07:00

Julian Trushi - Elements

music from Tirana, Albania this morning with this experimental drone piece by Julian Trushi about whom i couldn't get much info at all. magnificent unknowns...

my week-end ambient pick #46 : nhlsqaik

2011-07-29T22:22:00.000-07:00

Quand Meme Excerpt

This is a 4-minute-extract from a 30-minute track called "Quand Même" ("all the same" in french). Guy is from Cologne, Germany, and that's about it.
site : http://www.nhlsqaik.com
30-minute version on shop : http://nqmusic.bandcamp.com/album/this-once-silver-sky

my week-end ambient pick #45 : lars leonhard

2011-07-23T23:32:00.000-07:00

Lars Leonhard VS Fingers in the Noise - Ping Pong Party I

just pure relax sunday morning time, day dreaming while coffee's almost done ...

check sites : LL : http://www.lars-leonhard.de/ + new album coming right now
FITN : http://myspace.com/fitn

vst pick : reflex free

2011-07-22T22:07:00.000-07:00

really funny useful tool here : http://www.stw-audio.com/

launches delay & verb all over the place !

@ Audiofanzine pick of the week.

my week-end ambient pick #44 : thy veils

2011-07-22T21:14:00.000-07:00

Auditore by Thy Veils

a very soft relaxing piece by that Romanian combo that once was one person only and now plays live as a band.
Check www.thyveils.com/

Spheruleus

2011-07-21T21:32:00.001-07:00

Sundown by Spheruleus

my week-end ambient pick #43 : ombilicum

2011-07-16T22:51:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://ombilicum.bandcamp.com/track/south"&amp;gt;South by bruz&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

i had an amazing computer crash on friday, like black screen, blue screen, multicolored screens of all sorts. took me ages to fix. So there's a self-oriented pick, enjoy ;)

my week-end ambient pick #42 : Nitin Garg

2011-07-09T20:59:00.000-07:00

Nitin Garg

Mr Garg from New Delhi, India, is mainy a graphic designer. Once in a while though, he composes music that he calls "sound exercises". Well, if this is exercise, i can't wait for an actual work.

my week-end ambient pick #41 : bitcrush

2011-07-08T22:39:00.000-07:00

from&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://n5md.bandcamp.com/track/bitcrush-of-embers"&amp;gt;bitcrush - of embers by n5MD&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
last track from n5MD compilation. site is here : www.bitcrush.net/

photo : tanner volz

my week-end ambient pick #40 : Hammock

2011-07-02T21:27:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://hammock.bandcamp.com/track/dark-beyond-the-blue"&amp;gt;Dark Beyond the Blue by Hammock&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
this is treated guitar mainly / guys are from Nashville, US. / pretty famous from what i can read, anyway : http://hammockmusic.com

my week-end ambient pick #39 : Phoenecia

2011-07-02T03:06:00.000-07:00

This is from the Echelon Mall project which mixes video, performance and mix. Quite puzzling work.
check ; http://schematic.net/echelon/

my week-end ambient pick #38 : New Watercolour Society

2011-06-25T22:53:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://cathedraltransmissions.bandcamp.com/track/different-ways"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Different Ways by Cathedral Transmissions&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

This is as quiet and still as yesterday's pick was moving all over. a short and harmonious mix of noise, reverse, field, hiss, grumbling, overdrive, probably some processed live.
I have no info at all on NWCS, don't know who they are or anything. Label is Cathedral Transmissions though.

my week-end ambient pick #37 : Hologram

2011-06-24T22:04:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://holografique.bandcamp.com/track/solstice"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;solstice by Hologram&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

I just can't say why but this track manages to get into my brain and provokes a big weird something there. Something close to hypnosis. To specialists, the tune is a reference since the 98's. I'm no specialist and i've just stumbled upon this. Time travel exists...
http://holografique.tumblr.com/

and there's the original vinyl version, if you want to dive back in

Laurie Spiegel

2011-06-22T22:10:00.000-07:00

".../... and I soon began to work with that instrument myself, music turned back into the medium I had loved. In fact it went far beyond that, virtually turning from black-and-white into color. Not only could I work directly with sound itself again, like painters and authors do on their works, instead of indirectly encapsulating them in abstract sets of instructions to others in an imperfect notational language, but also, I was able at last to represent the tenuous and vague sonic shapes that formed in my imagination and in which my inner emotions had always taken previously inexpressible form."

Laurie SPIEGEL is one of the computer generated music pionneers of the late 70's. She's done amazing pieces and still does. In fact, she actually does much more than music, if you want to try to get some bits of this :
1984 interview here : http://www.youtube.com/musicmouse
official site : http://retiary.org/ from which you can start wandering through a labyrinth of works, thoughts, pictures ...

my week-end ambient pick #36 : Placement & Kuroi Mori

2011-06-18T23:32:00.000-07:00

Here comes Placement again, for a collaboration with japenese artist Kuroi mori (Hiroki Furutani). To be released one of these days. As usual, nothing more to say, i just love everything they do. The percussion and guitars coming up just perfectly suits their work here. Voices too, all over the place.

Feldspar : free Vst synth by Contralogic

2011-06-18T03:07:00.000-07:00

http://www.contralogic.com/vst-plugins/feldspar/

free download.

16 LFO waveform shapes
18 Ring modulator algorithms
Tempo-synced delay with high and low pass filters in the feedback path
Simulated oscillator pitch instability for vintage analog style sounds

The download also includes FeldsparFX, a VST effect plug-in based on Feldspar’s architecture.

Kanshin

2011-06-18T00:59:00.000-07:00

received KANSHIN yesterday. definitely a must have. it takes a life to listen to everything in there.
check this : http://www.kanshin.co.uk/

my week-end ambient pick #35 : Offthesky & Pillow garden

2011-06-17T21:46:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://music.audiogourmet.co.uk/track/sun-filled-moon"&amp;gt;Sun Filled Moon by Audio Gourmet Netlabel&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
We've met Offthesky here before. On this particular project "A dream in a dream", he meets Sarah Chung (Pillow Garden) who uses all kinds of little unexpected instruments to get sounds from. Though it is not that clear on this track that 2 works are entertwined before minute 6, it gets obvious on track #2 that you can find here : http://music.audiogourmet.co.uk/album/a-dream-in-a-dream (album is free download).

Have a nice peaceful saturday morning.

my week-end ambient pick #34 : Ten & Tracer

2011-06-11T22:43:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://theacrecollective.bandcamp.com/track/the-iceburg-calf"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;The Iceburg Calf by The Acre Collective&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
I love those tunes when there's a purring kind of gentle bed and micro events coming up over it.
the guy is from Colorado and has done an amazing number of works already (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ten+And+Tracer ) ! Some can be downloaded from his site, others can be bought.

site is here : http://www.tenandtracer.com/

ps : you may find the end of the track somewhat abrupt; that's because the tracks on the album are linked together, so the end of #2 is the beginning of #3.

my week-end ambient pick #33 : Paper Relics

2011-06-11T02:58:00.000-07:00

Remember Spheruleus a few weeks ago ? well the guy is here too, with his brother this time for a folky tranquil line of sound and mobement. Same label as Fabio Orsi's, that place where they make CD sleeves as amazing as the music they propose.
check this : http://timereleasedsound.com/releases/paper-relics/ (the second tune is as nice as the 1st one.)

my week-end ambient pick #32 : IveLost

2011-06-04T21:54:00.000-07:00

IVELOST. The guy is from Portland, Oregon, i have no further info. It's mainly guitar with effects and is played so softly that you would think the guy plays with a feather.
check out other tunes here : http://soundcloud.com/ivelost
there's an absolute masterpiece, 16-minute long here : http://soundcloud.com/ivelost/absence

update : "Absence" is actually part of the "Dissociative Fugue" album that you can get here : http://feedbacklooplabel.blogspot.com/2010/07/fbl005-ive-lost-dissociative-fugue.html

+ brand new album : http://relaxedmachinery.com/releases/ive-lost-scath-manam-rm_0010/ available as download or CDR

my week-end ambient pick #31 : Letna

2011-06-03T21:29:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://shop.semlabel.com/track/susica"&amp;gt;Susica by SEM label&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
From SEM label (Paris), we had stumbled upon the Green Kingdom a few weeks ago. Here comes Letna, with this beautiful 11-piece album : ADRIA, full of delicate & delicious moments. I like it when experimental combinations of sounds bring up emotion. check whole album here : http://shop.semlabel.com/album/adria

my week-end ambient pick #30 : Bgudna

2011-05-28T21:27:00.000-07:00

Tideless

From Iceland, a puzzling kind of track and the video that goes with it. No info on Bgudna anywhere, that will be our sunday morning unknown unknown.
more on http://bgudna.com/

my week-end ambient pick #29 : The Amber Tapes

2011-05-28T00:25:00.000-07:00

These guys are from London, Uk and build up layers of sound, then cut, add, cut, spoil, recover, cut. that's what they say :
These tracks are typically built up in layers, and then adding and taking away until something happens. Sometimes tracks start on a particular thread and end at a different destination; sometimes they splinter into nothing. Where does all the time go...

There's beautiful stuff on their Myspace, though I can't embed it here, check this : http://www.myspace.com/theambertapes

my week-end ambient pick #28 : Fabio Orsi

2011-05-21T22:37:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://fabioorsi.bandcamp.com/album/leaves-under-trees-portrayed-window"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Leaves Under Trees (Portrayed Window) by Fabio Orsi&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

The guy is from down south Italy and is an absolute nuts at field recording manipulation. This track stands on its own as a particular release (you may get a special vynil limited edition of this, with work from painter Niwi). Let's quote from the bio :
Orsi’s music originates with field recordings through which he seeks to capture images in sound inspired by the historic pre-war folk recordings made by Alan Lomax . Orsi says he admires the way in which Lomax was able to present folklore not merely as some historic artefact but as “an expression of suffering with a thirst for rebellion”.
I love this. Thing is they make so perfect bios now that you can't chop in it.
You have other one-track projects & albums to listen to here : http://fabioorsi.bandcamp.com/

my week-end ambient pick #27 : Spheruleus

2011-05-20T21:43:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://kanshin.bandcamp.com/track/spheruleus-residue"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Spheruleus: Residue by Kanshin&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
That guy has many names, Spheruleus is one of them. We'll meet him again later i'm sure. that track "Residue" is from album "Kanshin" put together by label Hibernate, UK. Download is £6 only.
£6 for what ? for 3 hours of music, 31 tracks and goes directly to the help of Japan.

whole album is here : http://kanshin.bandcamp.com/album/kanshin

As the sensationalist media broadcasters find other things to talk about in the news, a huge recovery operation is still on-going as we speak. Many people have lost everything. So we decided to put together Kanshin so that via Ian Hawgood, 100% of profit from compilation sales will go directly towards the Japan recovery and on-going relief efforts. Ian lives in Japan and his wife is currently working with both the Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support organisation ... more

As for Mr Spheruleus, you have to listen to "blue moon" here : http://www.myspace.com/spheruleus (i can't get it out of the space to put it here). And don't be surprised if you get more from this Lincolnshire guy on this blog soon.

update 10/06/2011 : album is ready & shipping now : http://store.hibernate-recs.co.uk/products/10276
+ there's an awesome interview here too : http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2011/06/the-truth-hurts-ian-hawgood-brock-van-wey if you want to know more about the project, why, how, who ...

my week-end ambient pick #26 : Off the Sky

2011-05-14T22:50:00.000-07:00

Offthesky: Whittling You Little Lights

Could be pop ? and so what. a very delicate sweet flowing moment. from label hibernate, UK.

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(why i take the comments off from the soundcloud player ? because it would make some of you think some tracks are worth listening to more than others.)

my week-end ambient pick #25 : M.Ostermeier

2011-05-13T14:30:00.000-07:00

Gently going its way all along, simple. I love the quiet strings here.
Competing Memories, Both Correct by M. Ostermeier

hessien #2 : a video

2011-05-07T23:07:00.000-07:00

my week-end ambient pick #24 : Hessien

2011-05-07T22:55:00.000-07:00

T&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://music.audiogourmet.co.uk/track/passing-you-bye"&amp;gt;Passing You-Bye by Audio Gourmet Netlabel&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
This is a haunting work by english/australian duo Hessien. Wrapped into hypnotizing textures, you can clearly distinguish silouhettes in the mist : a woman's voice, a guitar, the sound from an amp, someone walking. Still everything just combines to create a fantastic cloud of sound evaporating from your speakers.
The duo has released 6 projects already. You can listen to 3 of them here : http://handstitched.bandcamp.com/
Another one (this is our extract) is here : http://music.audiogourmet.co.uk/album/broken
2 others over there : http://soundcloud.com/handstitched/sets/hessien-skurjn/
More info, or how to buy a physical copy : http://hessien.net/

electrorchestral music ?

2011-05-06T22:37:00.000-07:00

Electrorchestral is obviously a mixed use of electronic music & orchestral composition. My basis on this 6th project was to work around a field recording done outside recently. Adding layers and treatment to make the background bed like moving in slow motion. I used piano on the first 2 tracks. On the first one, it is only improvisation. On the second, it does set up a melody that will be repeated all through the tune with slight changes. No piano on the third.
The orchestral parts were improvised while playing the final bed. The improvisation (with alti first, then celli, violin, basses, horns and sparse bassoon, trombone or trumpet) had to follow the unfamiliar movements of the electronic bed beneath. I must say i decided to stay as instinctive as possible. There's nearly no correction to the orchestral improvisation. It's something like automatic writing in a way. the thing is, when i had the electronic texture and the alti on it, i thought 'this goes right to the bin'. Absolutely no magic happened at that moment. It's when the celli came in that some shape was unveiled.
I recorded the celli with the alti midi part on the screen. So I knew when something was going to happen with the movement. Still the notes were improvised though naturally played on the same key as the alti. The second melodic line (celli here) might be the point when the music gets cerebral again maybe.
When the violins and basses were added, something did start to come out of the whole thing. I came back to the electronic part for a while, even sending parts of the string parts into effects. The come back to the "unnatural" sound was the point when the fusion operated. I then treated the sound of the orchestra to fit in the global mix (in this case, driving strings to higher frequencies, combined with very low reverberation.

track #01. Pater

track #02. Filius

track #03. Spiritus

The religious terms given to this piece have nothing to do with the musical idea of electrorchestrality (?). It just came naturally that there was in the orchestral work some kind of link to something mystical or divine. I didn't stop that from coming out, all the more on track #03 with its latin choir phrases (improvised too).

So, Electrorchestral is a term that just fits that combination of classical and electronic in order to make the 2 sources of familiar emotions collide and speak to the mind. There should result in some kind oh hypnotizing effect. Ancient to Ambient, or through.

my week-end ambient pick #23 : Green Kingdom

2011-05-06T21:14:00.000-07:00

G&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://shop.semlabel.com/track/mei-li"&amp;gt;Mei-Li by SEM label&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Guy is from Detroit, US and has a peculiar romantic way of using sounds & samples. It's like joyful sadness, or imagine the evening your girlfriend dumped you. And it's pouring down all night. And you walk aimlessly into the streets and at 6 am, you're too exhausted to even think. And there's a huge ray of light suddenly piercing the sky making everything around shine and reflect. Ok drop poetry now. Just joyful sadness.
check whole (beautiful) album here : http://semlabel.com/s-t/

my week-end ambient pick #22 : Schindling

2011-04-30T20:47:00.000-07:00

Christoph Schindling's work is not exclusively ambient, but that track " Wave-Breaking" has something hypnotizing. the thing is when it stops, you put it on again.
German guy has a myspace : http://www.myspace.com/christophschindling
Happy sunday morning you nuts !

my week-end ambient pick #21 : mikrokristal

2011-04-30T02:23:00.000-07:00

Really&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://coldtearrecords.bandcamp.com/track/starry"&amp;gt;Starry by Cold Tear Records&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Really peaceful moment with that Lithuanian artist, a mix of field and ponctual sample use. perfect for a sunny saturday morning.
check out whole album on : http://coldtearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/reflections-from-imagination

Ombilicum V. Dreamlands available

2011-04-25T23:11:00.000-07:00

You can now peacefully listen to Dreamlands on www.ombilicum.com
4 tracks, 30 minutes, free streaming.
please share ;)

Soniccouture : ondes martenot

2011-04-24T20:05:00.000-07:00

Soniccouture is a London based company that releases amazing virtual instruments and samples. Their latest work was quite a challenge as they decided to capture the intriguing unique sound of Ondes Martenot.

You'll get all details on what that extraterrestrial instrument is all about here : http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/g27-ondes/ and listen to no less than 15 demo tracks to see the extent of its capacities. Spooky.

There's a nice video too i'll share here where you get a live performance of the beast with specialist Jean Laurendeau :

Funny thing i remember when Radiohead came over to France for a special private concert on TV : they couln't find enough Ondes players around to perform for the show. I guess it takes some kind of eccentricity to deal with the alien ! that's what Soniccouture is about also.

http://www.soniccouture.com/

my week-end ambient pick #20 : naono

2011-04-23T22:26:00.000-07:00

rellay cool textures and field treatments, reminds me of my Ombilicum works, just relax.
Guy is from Greece, Athens, where they fight for respect and human dignity at the moment, against the oppression of bankers and their international mathematics of greed.

other quiet beautiful tunes on : http://soundcloud.com/naono/tracks
album to download (free) here : http://www.archaichorizon.com/releases/AH038

my week-end ambient pick #19 : Klontart

2011-04-22T23:18:00.000-07:00

"slomo"
Klontart is Robert Van Der Kamp, photographer and sound scientist who seems to be looking for light into darkness.
haunting photographs here : http://www.klontart.com/klontart/vision/vision.html
and amazing sound here : http://www.klontart.com/klontart/sound-monolyth.html ("slomo" is part of this project)

my week-end ambient pick #18 : arms & sleepers

2011-04-17T14:49:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://wearearmsandsleepers.bandcamp.com/track/the-hidden-sea"&amp;gt;The Hidden Sea by Arms and Sleepers&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

I know it's a bit late for a sunday morning musical pick so i'll lull you to slumber with that very quiet work by Arms & Sleepers, a duo from the US.
Whole album is a wonder, check this whenever : http://wearearmsandsleepers.bandcamp.com/album/nostalgia-for-the-absolute

my week-end ambient pick #17 : Sphingida

2011-04-16T10:21:00.000-07:00

Alone In Aqua Endless by Sphingida

A very quiet smooth moment, like running in a sea of cotton.
The guys are from Kiev, Ukraine. label is here : http://sentimony.com/

my week-end ambient pick #16 : myself

2011-04-09T22:38:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://ombilicum.bandcamp.com/track/arrakis"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;arrakis by bruz&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
This is one by myself, Arrakis, from Ombilicum V. Dreamlands.
I worked on a basis of layered guitars, with a simple rhythm, then added on some bits of recordings i had done outside in the garden (there's a railway nearby...). The chamber orchestra bit in the middle was played live to see where it would go. I then added an old phonograph treatment cos' i was thinking of Blade Runner when Rachel plays the piano and 2 lines of music are mixed together. enjoy.

whole project is here : http://ombilicum.bandcamp.com/album/ombilicum-v-dreamlands
site is www.ombilicum.com

my week-end ambient pick #15 : David Peck

2011-04-09T22:22:00.000-07:00

Sorry, I was away for some time and skipped a pick;
There's one that will easily replace your radio station news groaning in the kitchen on sunday morning. A rather spooky futurist track (there's a gothic choir in the background at some time).
Guy is David Peck, from Indianapolis, US : http://dvdpck.tumblr.com/

Soniccouture VSt : special japenese tsunami appeal

2011-03-28T06:04:00.000-07:00

SPECIAL SONICCOUTURE OPERATION FOR JAPAN

http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/g28-omnichord/

n Omnichord is an electronic musical instrument, introduced in 1981 and manufactured by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation. It typically features a touch plate, and buttons for major, minor, and diminished chords. The most basic method of playing the instrument is to press the chord buttons and swipe the touch plate with a finger or guitar pick in imitation of strumming a stringed instrument.
The Omnichord we have sampled here is a ‘System Two’, and it has a great synth tone, which sounds ‘cheap’ in all the right ways. You can mix two different tones, one straight, and one modulated with a basic LFO. While not sounding much like a plucked string, it does have a pure character all its own, which won it many fans, such as Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, to name but two.

Japanese Tsunami Appeal

This offer is only available until 31st April 2011 - 100% of all payments taken for the Omnichord instrument will be donated to the Red Cross Japanese Tsunami appeal.

http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/g28-omnichord/

my week-end ambient pick #14 : Rosenqvist & Scott

2011-03-26T23:11:00.000-07:00

A long progressive slow motion moment to quietly start your sunday with a few qigong moves maybe.

This actually is the soundtrack to a film by Juriaan Booij : "The Conformists". The music was composed by Dag Rosenqvist and Simon Scott (Netherlands). The original track is about 20 minutes long, this is only an extract.
Whole project is available for streaming, downloading or buying (vynil) here : http://lowpoint.bandcamp.com/album/conformists
+ mind the gap ! at around 5'30, you might think the track is over. well, it's not.

my week-end ambient pick #13 : Daniel Lambert

2011-03-26T00:50:00.000-07:00

The Great Lime Sphere by Daniel Lambert

This one is a very methodic composition. A beautiful work on beat lines and effects, a quite particular kind of instinctive sense of breaks and turns, very motivating to listen to as you never know where you're going to be led to.
Guy is from Australia and has a myspace page over here : http://www.myspace.com/lambertsound

new world percussion library

2011-03-22T23:13:00.000-07:00

A new world percussion library with an amazing punch and depth (maybe a bit too much, really cinematic approach, see ?) has just been released by Evolution Series (www.evolutionseries.com).
It is definitely not cheap at all (600€). You do have a demo available for free here :
http://www.soundsondemand.com/free_sounds.asp/world_percussion_free/en/1
(it's a djembe full sample)

I don't know who's the first guy who used enormous sounding drums in an action movie but it's clear that he influenced the way instruments of that kind are recorded today. Still, if you're looking for the big striking one, well, the latest is just on now.

my week-end ambient pick #12 : Carbon Based Lifeforms

2011-03-20T00:24:00.000-07:00

Pasting bio note here : Carbon Based Lifeforms is an ambient electronic music group made up of Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Ringström, in Gothenburg, Sweden. So now you know.

This is pure, simple relaxing time. The sun is back again this morning and we all may share some healing thoughts for Japan. peace / bruz

my week-end ambient pick #11 : KrackMonster

2011-03-18T22:24:00.000-07:00

Hope you have some ironing to do at home because this one is more than 1 hour long ! If you have to go, check the first 10 minutes. Or at least the first 8 before the big bass drum comes in)
After those, you'll travel through different moods with a mixtape of minimal tech parts, soft piano or harder experimentation. I have no other info on that Monster person.

+ there's a 2nd one (1 hour too !) check this :
Ambient Cookbook Phase VI CD2 by Krackmonster

middleearth (ambient sky lapse)

2011-03-14T10:29:00.000-07:00

my week-end ambient pick #10 : Nalepa

2011-03-12T21:23:00.000-08:00

Very nice music to start a day with, especially on a sunday that has decided to be mainly, well ... rainy.
That Nalepa guy is from L.A, US and seems (from the bio) to be quite enormously famous in the fields of music technology. Well, we don't care at all if he's Mr Something or what; the thing is this track has amazing rhythm sequences and delicious sounds to my ear.

ambient work is here : http://soundcloud.com/nalepa/sets/ambient-32/

my week-end ambient pick #09 : Klimek

2011-03-11T22:36:00.000-08:00

Very peculiar work by a particularly delicate artist. It's almost like chirurgical manipulation in a way, so meticulous are the details in the sounds and movements. I love his "dedications" series, check this on :
Site is : http://www.random-industries.com/
Myspace here : http://www.myspace.com/random666industries

Ombilicum IV. compass

2011-03-07T22:11:00.000-08:00

note

2011-03-05T23:12:00.000-08:00

Bandcamp is shut down for maintenance on march 6th / so some of the players on this page won't show for a few hours / only a matter of time, thanks/bruz

my week-end ambient pick #08 : Arteshe

2011-03-05T23:09:00.000-08:00

Skyglow by Arteshe

Hard to pick up one from this Chicago based artist. His tunes are quite complex architectures of sounds woven with an amazing dexterity. Really awesome work, check more at : http://soundcloud.com/arteshe

my week-end ambient pick #07 : Aliquo

2011-03-04T21:16:00.000-08:00

Another Blue World by Aliquo

A very pleasant evolving textured melodic line, to welcome the sun back.
The guys are from South London, UK and have released 2 albums, downloadable here : http://aliquo.bandcamp.com/album/another-blue-world

my week-end ambient pick #06 : Blood n' Tongue

2011-02-27T06:36:00.000-08:00

Dusk by Blood 'n' Tongue

This one is from Vancouver, Canada, one among an amazing number of works for 30 years by Mr Fist / Dusk is a moving line with specks of violin strikes on the way, quiet a deep low track with stunning bass sound.

Whole work is here : http://soundcloud.com/blood-n-tongue/sets/ambient/

project site : http://www.blood-n-tongue.net with photographs and videos too, like the one below :

my week-end ambient pick #05 : Mr Worry

2011-02-26T08:17:00.000-08:00

Everything is the Same by Mr Worry
A very particular deep sound treatment around medium frequencies, a quite sober play that evolves as the track goes on to introduce some kind of rhythm and higher frequencies. Like the last words of a dying machine.
The guy is from Australia and has a myspace page here : http://www.myspace.com/misterworry

my week-end morning ambient pick #04 : Placement

2011-02-20T01:25:00.000-08:00

i think i just love about everything Placement does, so there's one from their latest work - with this usual conflict between permanence and movement, maybe because they are an artistic duo. Anyway...

whole album is here : http://placement.bandcamp.com/album/collected-locations
Artist's myspace page : http://www.myspace.com/placement

my week-end morning ambient pick #03 : Jonathan Hugh

2011-02-20T01:15:00.000-08:00

there's a very peculiar contrast in this track between a deep low bass and the cello's medium melody, which strangely gives a feeling of self insurance and hope in the future. I can't explain this but it's a nice moment for a sunday morning.
check whole album here : http://jonathanhugh.bandcamp.com/album/lucid-dreaming