Wordclock * Tomasz Sroczynski
Post-classical music meets dark jazz on Wordclock’s ‘Heralds’ – and Tomasz Sroczynski’s full scale symphony created with only a violin and a sampler.
Frans de Waard * Zeno van den Broek * Kassel Jaeger * Orphax Reframed
Frans de Waard’s “Hot August Night” is the answer to anyone that thinks that ambient music ‘needs more cowbell’.
Also three releases on Moving Furniture records that explore the deepest of drones: Zeno van den Broek, Kassel Jaeger and Orphax (remixes).
Ljerke * Michel Banabila
The wind comes from the North, and it is a cold wind.
This is a clear warning that we have to be careful, take action, and take care to preserve the nature that we will miss when it is gone forever.
Plus: Michel Banabila’s ‘Just Above The Surface’
Cryo Chamber Collective * Noone * The Null Spectre
An ongoing collaborative tribute to the work of H.P. Lovecraft by artists and producers from the Cryo Chamber label. Next to a NoOne release inspired by a Lewis Carroll poem, and Null Spectre’s soundtrack for a fictitious suspense and horror movie
Various Compilations
The end of a year is a popular moment to release a (label) compilation. Sometimes to look back, sometimes to look ahead. Here’s an (incomplete!) overview of some recent compilations presenting hours (and more hours) of listening pleasure.
Hior Chronik * Francis M. Gri * Polaroid Notes
Hior Chronik’s ‘Out Of The Dust’, Francis M. Gri’s ‘Fall And Flares’, and ‘Unsung Memories’ by Polaroid Notes.
Aidan Baker/Gareth Davis * James Osland/Finn Kelvin
Two duo’s collaborating and improvising: Aidan Baker with Gareth Davis, and James Osland with Finn Kelvin.
Matthew Florianz * Max Corbacho * Robert Scott Thompson
Exploring uncharted territories with Matthew Florianz, Max Corbacho and Robert Scott Thompson