Man Watching The Stars * Tetsuroh Konishi
Brendan Paxton spends 2.5 hours watching the stars with his violin (and effect pedals) *** Two ambient jazz albums by trumpet player Tetsuroh Konishi.
HIA * Emmanuel Holterbach
Two ‘acousmagic’ albums: a sonic study of working steam engines (Higher Intelligence Agency) *** Mysterious sound paintings of the Finnish deep North (Emmanuel Holterbach).
Dronny Darko & Phaedrus * Ajna & Onasander
Darkness from outer space or darkness from witchcraft: enjoy the shivers down your spine with these two dark ambient albums. Be sure to leave the light on!
Gianluca Ceccarini * Aperus * Blessed Are The Hearts That Bend
“Detached from one reality, connected to another”… albums by Gianluca Ceccarini, Aperus and Blessed Are The Hearts That Bend.
‘t Geruis * Víz
‘t Geruis slowly dances on moss beds *** VÍZ (Réka Csiszér) presents her requiem for (her Transsylvanian) ancestral origins.
Duncan/Kirstein * Kouw/Maguire * Rodolfo Pitti
Drones from different perspectives: based on spoken sentences, structuralist architecture and the Antarctic landscape.
The Howard Hughes Suite * Fawnwoda/Ciani/Leisz
Two albums presenting ‘ambient americana’ with the pedal steel guitar as a distinctive instrument: The Howard Hughes Suite and Alister Fawnwoda, Suzanne Ciani & Greg Leisz.
Dullmea & Ricardo Pinto * Enrico Coniglio
A ‘descent to the depths of a non-place made of desertion and desolation’ (Dullmea/Pinto), as well as exploring the Alpine mountains (Enrico Coniglio).