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Special Places – Compiled by Astropilot
The compilations begins with a dark and menacing texture, quickly accompanied by some elegant strings and distant, stretched chimes. A quick succession of clashing instruments akin with Art of Noise, and K.D. Expression’s Alpae-3717 kicks off. From there, I never looked back. Plenty of new, inspiring ambient and electronica on this compilation from Sentimony Records. … Continue reading
Interiordestinations – Spring [spri-ng]
Rob Wayman returns with his second mix following last years, ‘UpStream‘ – a superb journey which led to the discovery of Horizon Fire amongst many other talented artists. This mix, titled ‘Spring – Where water from deep in the earth Spouts out of the ground”, is along the same lines as ‘Upstream’ and again features … Continue reading
The Gliese Mantra – Everybody Falls & We All Land Somewhere
A superb mix of ambient and techno which has helped my Sunday afternoon float past. ‘The Gliese Mantra‘ looks set to be a series of mixes, with this being the first. It makes me happy (and envious!) to see that this mix is vinyl only, meaning there’s been some serious investment in LP’s from the … Continue reading
Oomkah Dee & Black Sky Chant – Collage
A split ‘collage’ by Russian artists Oomkah Dee and Black Sky Chant, available as a physical limited edition tape and available for free digitally. Two marginally different approaches, with Oomkah Dee focusing on ambient and neo-classical works from the likes of 36, Max Richter, Pausal, Arms and Sleepers, This Quiet Army, Zazie Von Einem Anderen Stern, … Continue reading
ASIP – Glacially Patterned Oases (Mix for RTFKT)
I’m honoured to be able to contribute to the RTFKT Mutecast series with a special mix I spent the best part of two months deliberating, experimenting, swapping around and finally putting together. I’ve ended up with an electronic mix which is very much in the vain of the kind of music the guys over at … Continue reading
