There’s a bewitching darkness to be found in Italian electroacoustic composer and producer Francesco Giannico’s recent collection L’immagine di me, lontano, an album of sonic soundscapes that feel like a wordless, imageless movie; one full of neo-noir scenery and shady characters. Having written a thesis on the history of filmContinue Reading
From the mean streets of Oxford comes he didnt, an experimental guitar player who uses distortion and effects to produce a gnarly and bone-chilling assault on the senses, although one that is deceptively rich with intention and feeling. Released on drone alone records, Anti-Ambient Passive Resistance is the artist’s debutContinue Reading
Photo by Wanchai Thiantanawat Keeley – Arrive Alive alt-pop Fronted by inventive singer-songwriter and guitarist Keeley Moss, Keeley is a Dublin-based group that deals in ultra-personalized blasts of hazy and bewitching psychedelic pop-rock songs. Their debut album, Floating Above Everything Else, may draw from the macabre subject matter of anContinue Reading
ILUITEQ is an Italian electronic duo comprised of artists Sergio Calzoni and Andrea Bellucci. The pair’s work centres around climatic soundscapes glittered with minimal percussion, often downtempo, and splatters of tonal beauty. Their last full-length album, Reflections from the Road, boasts heavenly mixes of calming and colourful disposition. TheseContinue Reading
Photo by Wanchai Thiantanawat Nico Less – Slowing Everything Down ambient In a fast-paced world, slowing down may seem counterintuitive. Productivity is a virtue, and, to some, stopping to smell the roses is a selfish act of indulgence. Thankfully, German ambient producer Nico Less is here to convince us otherwise.Continue Reading
You have to leave a place to appreciate coming home. When Glastonbury-based musician Dead Carter was diagnosed with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, a form of chronic fatigue syndrome, he had to move away from his work with his group Dean Carter and the High Commission and focus on his health. However, thisContinue Reading
Photo by Alex Cooper Tired All The Time – Formulae alternative Washington DC three-pieceContinue Reading
Photo by Mathias Reding tr!stan. – Spiral Ethos ambient Operating from his University dorm room in the South West of the UK, ambient producer Tristan Pilkington, A.K.A tr!stan., merges static and evolving synths with cascading tones, mournful strings, and subtle birdsong on the single “Spiral Ethos”, a track taken from hisContinue Reading
Photo by Scott Evans Future Daughter – Eg er liten eg alternative You’d be forgiven for assuming that “Eg er liten eg,” the first single taken from Norwegian experimental electronic group Future Daughter’s album Nye Krigere, is a soundtrack to a fantastical story. Not only does its loose structure dynamicallyContinue Reading
Photo by Saxon White Teen Mortgage – Oligarchy post-punk Irresistibly immediate and simple rock riffs are counter played against sneering vocals and pugnacious drums on “Oligarchy,” the blistering new single from Washington DC duo Teen Mortgage. The track is a high-octane assault on capitalist powers (“because corporate flaws they makeContinue Reading