Summer Extras – 1
Summer Extras: browsing through releases that somehow stuck to the bottom of the promo pile but are definitely worth hearing!
Featuring: Earthen Sea, Anthéne, Stereo Hypnosis/Christopher Chaplin and Ehsan Banitaba
Loscil * Hakobune
Another treat from the Kranky label: a new Loscil that may prove to be one of his very best *** Hakobune makes you remember a melody that didn’t exist before.
M. Grig * Aihio
M.Grig recreates the places of his childhood with dobro, lap steel, and pedal steel guitar *** Aihio is a Finnish duo with a unique sound based on their self-built Ginette combined with ‘algorithmic afrobeat’.
Dream Scenes Bratislava
DreamScenes special: performance fragments of the ambient sleepover festival Dream Scenes Bratislava (June 29, 2019)
Arovane/Mike Lazarev * Michael Cutting
Two releases on Eilean Records that sound completely different yet have more in common than just their label: Arovane & Mike Lazarev and Michael Cutting.
Siavash Amini * Llyn Y Cwn
A deeply personal experience inspired Siavash Amini for his new album about Night ***Llyn Y Cwn took its inspiration from the Lake of the Dogs in North Wales.
Music Beyond Airports
This collection of essays on Ambient Music provides a series of provocations, observations and reflections that each open up seams for further discussion.
Tapani Rinne * Andrew Heath
Tapani Rinne’s surprising ECM-like sound created with bass clarinet and effect pedals *** A free gift from Andrew Heath, with reworks of his soundtrack for The Echoing Space.