Adrift is Robert Farrugia's 7th album, and his third release on the Archives imprint, following Slow Morning & Tines. Adrift is a heaven-sent guide for lost travelers, or a shining point of reference for those who seem to have figured out life's varying vicissitudes.
Northerner – End Of The Holiday (2018 :: Home Assembly Music, HAM019)
Northerner's newest album on Home Assembly touches the right tones and intricate spots of the electronic and post rock spectrums. With colorful in-depth tones seamlessly integrated into arrays of electronic harmonies, this album takes a spot as one of the best albums of 2018.
Wizard Apprentice – I Am Invisible (2018 :: ratskin records, rsr074)
For their Ratskin Records debut, “I Am Invisible", Wizard Apprentice reveals thirty two minutes of experimental, folk-oriented compositions for voice and electronics spanning across a vast landscape of melody, space, contemplation, storytelling, and idiosyncratic compositional strategies.
Rhucle – Fade In / Dimitar Dodovski – Predeli (2019 :: hibernate, Postcard 41/42)
Ahh, the meditative state that hibernate recordings brings us. First up for 2019 from one of the most reputable and supportive labels of the ambient electronic music community: Rhucle's Fade In, Postcard 41, and Dimitar Dodovski's Predeli, Postcard 42...
[Guest Mix 002] James A. McDermid :: Midnight in Europe
As a guest mix should be completely fueled by individual creativity, McDermid took a trip down memory lane to revisit the process of growing up, maybe coined as evoking a sense of pure fun on radiating summer days, or the warmth of spectating a winter snowfall...
Alex Bober – Purity (2018 :: Archives, ARCHIVES51)
'Purity' is the first full release on Archives by talented russian artist Alex Bober. Bober's first full length lives up to the legendary status and acclaimed enormous talent/A&R of the Archives music label...
Banabila & Machinefabriek – Entropia (2019 :: eilean rec., eilean 60)
One of the many reasons that we’ve been longtime fans of Eilean Records and to that extent, Mathias Van Eecloo and Rémi Verdier’s work and exquisite vision for the label is the conceptual center behind Eilean...
[Premiere] Luis Miehlich – Koyomi (Forthcoming 1.1.19)
Following Luis Miehlich (Woolookologie's) recent earth-moving inspiring album, Silences, on the Archives music label, Luis continues where he left off by telling intricate stories through sonic, wavy sounds and drifting ambient haze for meditation & relaxation.
Sun Sea Sky x3 :: An Heirloom, Data Rebel & Spinger (A 2018 end-year Retrospective)
Charleston, IL residents Sun Sea Sky Productions are purveyors of high-quality, intricate and involved intelligent harmonics. Data Rebel & Spinger have recently paved paths for clear skyline travel & An Heirloom make a creative statement with involved layered ethereal productions and soaring vocals. These three end year releases are strong concrete examples of Sun Sea Sky's forward-thinking vision for addicting melodic goodness, but these purveyors released many additional solid releases during 2018...
VA – Salaam for Yemen (2018 :: Hibernate / Dronarivm, hb67 / DR-56)
"Salaam for Yemen," a collaboration between ambient titans Hibernate and Dronarivm. One of the most pure and inspirational compilations: 100% of profits raised from will be donated to the charity War Child. Children and young people have the right to grow up free from fear and violence, to develop to their full potential and contribute to a peaceful future – for themselves and for their communities.
Sound In Silence New Releases x2: The Gentleman Losers & Umber (SIS058 // SIS059)
Sound In Silence is one of the most consistent labels known in this day and age for their signing of post-rock and ambient electronica acts of pure inspiring quality. Run by the inspirational George Mastrokostas out of Athens, Greece, releases are assembled by hand from the ground up to make music more personal as they always... Continue Reading →
user_ambiguous – Whispers Of A Dream (2017 :: Shimmering Moods, SHMCD033)
A mysterious figure in the electronic music community appears on Shimmering Moods' Meditations 1 with two standout meditative tracks... Shortly after, we see user_ambiguous return to Shimmering Moods with their full length elements of perfection on "Whispers Of A Dream."