Author: The Abstract Observer

  • Voices #8

    Voices #8
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    Catapult Elpam

    answering some questions. We have already observed his experimental / downtempo / drone work here.

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: The track from “Boredom And Other Evil Spirits” that we prefer is “Solitary Happy Hour”. Can you tell us how it came to light?

    ► Catapult Elpam: So this track is the oldest one on the record. It came about from playing around with some textures and the guitar itself. Sonically the whole arrangement is rather simple then complex with subtle variations every now and again. I remember playing a vinyl record and placing the needle on the label not instead of the grooves. The result was this really cool scratchy rhythmic texture that goes in the background. I always like to sample and experiment with really weird and unusual sounds, reverse them, stretch them etc. Towards the end of the track, the rhythmical section switches to this galloping beat, which is actually the hooves of a galloping horse used as the rhythm.

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  • Voices #7

    Voices #7
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    ellipses

    answering some questions. We have already observed his ambient / electronic / drone work here.

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: The track from “painting the sky” that we prefer is “a bridge above, a river below”. Can you tell us how it came to light?

    ► ellipses: “a bridge above…” came to me while on one of my daily walks. there is a great walking bridge near me with a small park at the end of it. While standing on the bridge overlooking the park, i heard some great bird sounds, wind through the trees, and the sound of water below me. I quickly pulled out my phone to start recording the sounds i was hearing. I had started getting into field recordings before this, having quite a few sitting on my phone for a while. Once i started working on this track, I realized i was really into field recordings and it drove me to buy an actual field recorder. This track and one other (a far pavillion, which was the first track i recorded for the album) are the only once to include the original phone recordings i had done, as a reminder of where i started in my journey.

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  • Observation n.38

    Observation n.38

    Nicolussi

    Fairly Used

    ○ May 2025 | Label: Falt / epileptic media

    ■ Genres: Experimental / Avant-garde / Electronic / Concrete
    ■ Rating: 8.0/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Fairly Used III“

    ► This is a clear example of a combination of sounds that goes beyond their simple sum. In other words, sonic interactions *really* generate emergent properties in this case. This approach leads you to a visceral experience—haunting, immersive, and unnervingly intimate—pulling your head into a spectral world shaped by decay.

  • Voices #6

    Voices #6
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    Fletina

    answering some questions. We have already observed his field recordings / experimental / abstract work here.

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: Can you tell us how “Becquerel” came to light?

    ► Fletina: I was reading about the French physicist Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel and his discovery of ‘The Photovoltaic Effect’ while I was experimenting with some recent field recordings of mine, and without me being particularly conscious of it – I was soundtracking the story of Becquerel’s early struggles and his eventual scientific breakthrough in my own head, and trying to sculpt sounds to match my vision, so the whole thing happened in a symbiotic kind of way. I wanted to make it a longform album-length piece to reflect the time and patience it must have took for Becquerel to make his discovery, while also keeping everything pretty vague and open to interpretation…
    Through abstract sonic experimentation with room tones and various field recordings I found that I had created a vaguely dark and confined atmosphere that suited the theme of the release. The sound artist Anne-F Jacques described it as ”simultaneously full of sound but with a kind of hollow open space in the middle”. Given how abstract and ambiguous the piece (and my work in general) is – it’s pretty difficult to talk about, but the whole thing makes sense in my own head…

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  • Observation n.37

    Observation n.37

    Devin Sarno

    Low Endings

    ○ May 2025 | Label: Perceived Sound

    ■ Genres: Drone, Experimental
    ■ Rating: 6.5/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Eyes Inside“

    ► This music seems to come directly from Lovecraft’s pen. There is an eerie sense of presence and unease. The track unfolds hypnotically, blurring the line between wait and dread. Whether we like it or not, we are forced to descend into the darkest recesses of our conscience.

  • Voices #5

    Voices #5
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    Sunrise 2×4

    answering some questions. We have already observed his field recordings / drone / dark ambient / ambient work here.

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: The track from “The Drowning of Guanacaste” that we prefer is “The Blood Spilt From the Lizard Will Return To Wash Over Us All”. Can you tell us how it came to light?

    ► Sunrise 2×4: Sure, this track was mostly made up of aggravated acoustic guitar samples, recorded onto a microcassette and fed through various effect pedals. The guitar for this specific track was a fuller recording I had earlier from Jarret Luttrull who did the original sample of my older tapeloop song “music for your dying plants ii”
    The electrical hums are inspired by the constant rain and lightning storms that we worked under, and every day they seemed to show up out of nowhere and drown out everything around us. I remember walking a mile on the beach back to my room from the bar, which would have been blissfully picturesque but in the distance I could see a lightning storm move closer and closer to the direction I was heading. So even at moments of complete peace, being alone on the beach there was always a looming threat of electrical storms. At one point a lightning strike took out all the cameras and electronics in one of the rooms we had set up and fried tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
    The title of the track came from an unfortunate event with the passing of one of the older lizards that lived on the property. He had always sunbathed in the same spot near the restaraunt we all ate at, and he passed during our residency there. It’s hard to believe it wasn’t collectively our fault for being there.

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  • Observation n.36

    Observation n.36

    Sequences

    Aluxes

    ○ May 2025 | Label: Audio. Visuals. Atmosphere.

    ■ Genres: Experimental, Drone, Noise, Ambient
    ■ Rating: 7.9/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Momentum (Inner Cycles)“

    ► We’re in a swamp, darling. We ended up in “Apocalypse now”. The prevailing feeling in listening is: imminent danger. This is accentuated by an extremely wise use of space: the sounds are not only around us, but – literally – rain down on us from all directions.

  • Voices #4

    Voices #4
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    Auditor

    answering some questions. We have already observed his ambient / electronic / dark ambient / experimental work here.

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: The track from “Anachoreisis” that we prefer is “Flooding”. Can you tell us how it came to light?

    ► Auditor: My functional memory was hijacked many years ago. I imagine I was probably teaching myself to play a Gymnopedie or Gnossienne and listening to them on repeat. I have a sampler, an SP-404. I likely fed it things that were then abstractly regurgitated  and reassembled by hand and heart.

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  • Observation n.35

    Observation n.35

    Ryan Hooper

    Studies Made on a Typewriter

    ○ To be released June 2025 | Label: Heavy Cloud

    ■ Genres: Experimental, Concrete, Spoken Word
    ■ Rating: 7.3/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Drawing 4’33”“

    ► Abstract concreteness? Yes, please. Although its elements come from the so-called “real world” in its materiality, concrete music is one of the most abstract art forms ever. Where notes often resonate emotionally, the noises of a typewriter leave the listener with the need to find a key to meaning. But: does a key always exist? Do we always have to go through a door?

  • Voices #3

    Voices #3
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    House Of Quiet

    answering some questions. We have already observed his experimental / ambient / noise / lo-fi work here.

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: The track from “A Crooked Stick” that we prefer is “Ceterus Paribus“. Can you tell us how it came to light?

    ► House Of Quiet: That particular track was born out of a feeling to add gradually to a simple framework without overwhelming elements. A single looped chord fed by prepared guitar, radio static, staggered delays and predominantly clean work.

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  • Voices #2

    Voices #2
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    Passage

    answering some questions. We have already observed his drone / ambient / dark ambient / experimental work here.

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: The track from “gateway” that we prefer is “how to get away“. Can you tell us how it came to light?

    ► Passage: “How to get away” is the only song on the album that was recorded in separate sections. The first of the two sections has the only original sound on the album that doesn’t come from a guitar or a synthesizer, instead, what you’re hearing is a music box being played very slowly through a pedalboard. In an earlier version of the track, there was a short acoustic song during the intro, and the track was called “waves” in reference to one of the lyrics. Like the rest of the tracks, I came up with the final title while uploading the album to bandcamp. The title “how to get away” represents, at least for me, the existential dread of living under the American regime.

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  • Observation n.34

    Observation n.34

    Thomas / Kaufmann-Buhler

    I remained a stranger to the birds

    ○ March 2025 | Label: Somnimage

    ■ Genres: Field Recordings, Experimental, Post-rock
    ■ Rating: 7.0/10
    ■ Favorite track: “I remained a stranger to the birds“

    ► We live in this hypertrophic world. Is there still room for the beauty of little things? This is an empty question, typical of this late-capitalist era where you have to thank for your crumbs. But these 20 minutes are a meaningful exception. Here really “less is more”, here peace simply exists.

  • Voices #1

    Voices #1
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    rsn | N

    answering some questions. We have already observed his drone / ambient / dark ambient / noise work here.

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: The track from “shift #2” that we prefer is “shift #2.2“. Can you tell us how it came to light?

    ► rsn | N: “shift #2” is a collaboration album with the ambient/drone guitarist N. I worked with him a lot with my band [ B O L T ]. We met for a session together in our studio and started developing ideas without any pre-planning. It soon became clear that we wanted to work with just a semitone shift to create different atmospheres. This resulted in 5 songs, 3 of which ended up on “shift #1” and 2 on “shift #2”.

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  • Observation n.33

    Observation n.33

    Susana López

    Materia Vibrante

    ○ To be released June 2025 | Label: Elevator Bath

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Drone, Experimental
    ■ Rating: 7.8/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Mundus Imaginalis“

    ► The synths pass through us, the harmony is fluid, amniotic. But everything is filtered through an opaque lens, which gives the sound a trembling subsoil, as if you were waiting for a restless time. As if you don’t want to leave the present.

  • Observation n.32

    Observation n.32

    Various Artists / JG Stockton

    Xylophonics Remixed

    ○ May 2025 | Label: Dragon Trax

    ■ Genres: Electronic, Drone, Ambient
    ■ Rating: 7.5/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Xylophonics V (Asha Patera Remix)“

    ► This is a powerful and relentless march, punctuated by a syncopated bass that dictates its tempo. Although the drone is totally immersive, the horizontal space of the sound spectrum is intelligently preserved by percussive elements and digital cascades, panned all around our head. It’s time to travel again.

  • Observation n.31

    Observation n.31

    David Best (feat. The Electrowhisperer)

    LF 28 / Skyrocketing

    ○ April 2025 | Label: Mortality Tables

    ■ Genres: Electronic, Experimental
    ■ Rating: 8.2/10
    ■ Favorite track: “LF 28 / Skyrocketing“

    ► Okay, now we’re mesmerized. The circular advance of the synth phrase has completely captivated us. The starting Baba O’Riley subtle urgency slowly melts into the entrance of the pads. The result is highly uplifiting. Take your time and enjoy.

  • Observation n.30

    Observation n.30

    Alan Graves

    A Possible Wind

    ○ April 2025 | Label: Bathysphere Records

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Electronic
    ■ Rating: 8.3/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Atmospheric Drag“

    ► This music moves like a wave. When you sail, circumstances can change rapidly, and the short synth phrases that pop up cyclically are there to remind that. This uncertainty is emotionally precious: the result reveals a dreamy expectation, and it’s up to you to define its color.

  • Observation n.29

    Observation n.29

    Osyris Alba

    Currents

    ○ March 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Soundscapes
    ■ Rating: 8.4/10
    ■ Favorite track: “A Cetacean Thought“

    ► Some Floydian vibes here, and that might be enough. But there’s more. This is a paradigmatic example of “functional” use of natural acoustic elements that really gives strength to music. Something, to be clear, that goes beyond the simple “Oh, that’s nature ambient, let’s put some more birds here”. The result is blissful.

  • Observation n.28

    Observation n.28

    AnotherCouture

    (Noise)(Decay) EP

    ○ To be released on July 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Noise, Drone, Experimental
    ■ Rating: 6.8/10
    ■ Favorite track: “(Noise){WhiteOut}“

    ► The horizontal amplitude of granular noise is remarkable. The din faces a fully tonal harmonic development by the pads. The result is that you can choose your favorite shade of grey while you are listening.

  • Observation n.27

    Observation n.27

    rsn | N

    shift #2

    ○ March 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Drone, Ambient, Dark Ambient, Noise
    ■ Rating: 7.1/10
    ■ Favorite track: “shift #2.2“

    ► We face a long journey through sonic paths. As the piece develops, subtle shifts in tone color bring in moments of either fragmentation or expansion, encouraging deep listening, reflection and a sense of timelessness.

  • Observation n.26

    Observation n.26

    Catapult Elpam

    Boredom And Other Evil Spirits

    ○ March 2025 | Label: Cruel Nature Records

    ■ Genres: Experimental, Downtempo, Drone
    ■ Rating: 7.4/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Solitary Happy Hour“

    ► The rythmic construction and the guitar phrase are mesmerized hypnotically. The use of space is interesting and helps not to flatten listening. The subtle variations of the two key elements and the alternating use of silences cleverly sweeps away any static.

  • Observation n.25

    Observation n.25

    Passage

    Gateway

    ○ March 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Drone, Ambient, Dark Ambient, Experimental
    ■ Rating: 6.6/10
    ■ Favorite track: “how to get away“

    ► We are alone in the middle of the storm. Resistance is useless, surrender is sweet. So let us fall to infinity, disperse without guilt or hope, into oblivion.

  • Observation n.24

    Observation n.24

    KORF AR SON

    Rippen 115892

    ○ December 2024 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Ambient Piano, Minimalism, Contemporary Classical
    ■ Rating: 8.2/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Rippen 115892“

    ► When it comes to minimalism, it’s easy to talk past. “Even I could have done that!”, people always say. So try, if you can. Try to create something so liberating, so saving, so pure.

  • Observation n.23

    Observation n.23

    Eleonora Kampe

    Breath. Play.

    ○ February 2025 | Label: Cruel Nature Records

    ■ Genres: Avant-garde, Experimental, Vocal
    ■ Rating: 7.2/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Inner Peace Collapse Straight Ahead“

    ► That’s something interesting and rare. In a world that desensitizes us every day, where our tolerance threshold is getting higher and higher, this crowd of voices makes us feel like a fish tipping over on a boat dock. It distresses us in this anesthetized time.

  • Observation n.22

    Observation n.22

    SKOTÓGEN

    Of Shadow Landscapes

    ○ February 2025 | Label: SeeHear Recordings

    ■ Genres: Drone, Ambient, Electronic
    ■ Rating: 6.4/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Reynisdrangar“

    ► It’s cold out there. The wind blows hard. No time to figure out how to protect yourself. No way to find a direction in this desert of ice. Only regret for being there, trapped in boundless spaces, alone in the unspeakable white.

  • Observation n.21

    Observation n.21

    Substak

    Silent Observers EP

    ○ March 2025 | Label: See Blue Audio

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Electronic, Drone, Atmospheric
    ■ Rating: 7.0/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Voyage Beyond“

    ► This synth, in all its purity, envelops us and leads us on the journey. The evocation of interstellar space appears natural. The opening major7 arpeggio has the color of discovery; the rest of the harmony reflects the fear of revelations, along with their necessity.

  • Observation n.20

    Observation n.20

    Arutan

    La España Experimental

    ○ December 2024 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Experimental, Soundscapes
    ■ Rating: 8.4/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Symphonic Descent into the Beast’s Lair“

    ► This work, in all its nuances, is truly remarkable. The natural sounds, often trivialized in this genre and its derivations, are concretely functional to the development of the soundscape this time. Despite the sound complexity, the production of the album is perfectly blended.

  • Observation n.19

    Observation n.19

    Sunrise 2×4

    The Drowning Of Guanacaste

    ○ December 2024 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Field Recordings, Drone, Dark Ambient, Ambient
    ■ Rating: 7.9/10
    ■ Favorite track: “The Blood Spilt From the Lizard Will Return to Wash Over us All“

    ►Although the music advances with the patience a windless wave, the main feeling is restlessness. The circular anxiety is exacerbated by guitar interventions, inserted with ingenious incoherence in the sound picture. The choice of instrumental timbres is clever and seductive.

  • Observation n.18

    Observation n.18

    Asha Patera

    Mana

    ○ December 2024 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Drone, Ambient, Electronic, Post-Rock
    ■ Rating: 7.3/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Kella“

    ►There is something liberating and threatening at the same time. The bass is like a snake crawling at your feet, but the cascades of high-frequency drones make you look up, searching for shooting stars to ask for hope. You’d better act.

  • Observation n.17

    Observation n.17

    Amit Kalra

    Eulogiae

    ○ January 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Drone, Dark Ambient, Experimental
    ■ Rating: 6.5/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Eulogiae“

    ► Here it comes something really abstract. There is this dark drone going on with minimal variations, like something deeply inevitable. This is what the background noise of our lives might sound like. Silence is lost. Harmony, if it ever was, is over.

  • Observation n.16

    Observation n.16

    ellipses

    painting the sky

    ○ February 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Electronic, Drone
    ■ Rating: 6.2/10
    ■ Favorite track: “a bridge above, a river below”

    ► There is a warm drone, and we all know what is going to happen. It will probably last forever. But not here: there is a sudden harmonic modulation, two steps above keeping the major key, and after that another minor, ascending climb to the summit. It’s time to close your eyes and breathe.

  • Observation n.15

    observation n.15

    Fox Ridge Park

    The Waning Moon Fan Club

    ○ February 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Electronic
    ■ Rating: 7.0/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Let Them Eat Flowers“

    ► The synth phrase is really charming. Even though it’s in a loop, it’s not easy to find the beginning and the end of it, and that’s its secret. Maybe it is not the right way to say it, but it’s like Boards of Canada have gone on vacation.

  • Observation n.14

    observation n.14

    House Of Quiet

    A Crooked Stick

    ○ February 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Experimental, Ambient, Noise, Lo-Fi
    ■ Rating: 6.6/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Ceterus Paribus”

    ► There is a guitar and a beautiful repeated ninth chord, suitable – in its harmonic indeterminacy – to adapt to the emotional state of the listener. A desert at sunset lies before our eyes. We must cross it, whether we like it or not. Distant noises will accompany us on the way.

  • Observation n.13

    observation n.13

    Fletina

    Becquerel

    ○ September 2024 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Field Recordings, Experimental, Abstract
    ■ Rating: 6.5/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Becquerel“

    This is not music: it’s a mirror. You try to look for something and you get nothing but yourself. So, since we do not know you listener, here is our review:
    _____________________________

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  • Observation n.12

    observation n.12

    Suki Quasimodo

    Datura 01

    ○ January 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Electronic, Ambient, Dub
    ■ Rating: 8.5/10
    ■ Favorite track: “I Feel Like“

    ► Well, just to be clear: this track is quite a masterpiece. There’s something charmingly hypnotic about the words, the syncopated beat, the echoes. We got totally captivated by the texture, every spark of this beauty has become precious and necessary in our head. And when the synth gets in: oh boy. We won’t forget this music.

  • Observation n.11

    observation n.11

    Bee Resort

    The Bee Resort

    ○ January 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Electronic
    ■ Rating: 7.8/10
    ■ Favorite track: “A Mind Consumed By Meaningless Data“

    ► There is a kind of inevitable circular path that digs a deeper and deeper furrow. Minor add2 chords paint a disperate picture. The synth bass moves 4 steps downward over and over again, buried within Freud’s repetition compulsion. This path is interrupted in an extremely significant pause around the middle of the track, only to resume inexorably.

  • Observation n.10

    observation n.10

    Risbo Tazeg

    Nocturnal Reverie

    ○ January 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Experimental, Ambient, Electronic
    ■ Rating: 6.8/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Sewer Sea“

    ► In the midst of dark drones echoes, synhts phrases burst in. That’s intriguing because it emerges as an act of rebellion against the swamp that surrounds us. We can stand, somehow.

  • Observation n.9

    observation n.9

    Patrick Corcoran

    Unknowns

    ○ December 2024 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Dark Ambient, Drone, Experimental
    ■ Rating: 6.4/10
    ■ Favorite track: “III“

    ► We are in Eliot’s “Waste Land”. There is no matter, nothing can be seen. The echo of a sacred chant rises and falls on the first three deegres of a major scale, like a lifeline in a desert of ice. Does salvation exist?

  • Observation n.8

    observation n.8

    Nate Lewis

    Line Swinger

    ○ January 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Experimental, Electronic
    ■ Rating: 7.0/10
    ■ Favorite track: “The Hand“

    ► Listening gravitates around a distant kick drum. As much the synths create an underlying tension, this pulsing core offers a safe haven. The harmonic use of bichords is cleverly elusive. The Doric mode reflects, in its resolutions, the search for relief from background noise.

  • Observation n.7

    Observation n.7

    Leit Motif (aka Fragile X)

    Vestige

    ○ January 2025 | Label: See Blue Audio

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Electronic, Atmospheric
    ■ Rating: 8.0/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Welcome Home“

    ► This can make you either hunter or prey. It’s up to you. You can follow the main beat and march, mirroring the strength of your stride, or run in circles trying to escape your fears. The space is wide, you cannot be alone.

  • Observation n.6

    observation n.6

    Endogens

    Acadia

    ○ January 2024 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Drone, Electronic
    ■ Rating: 6.8/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Overture“

    ► We all love warm drones but, in our opinion, they need to be shaken up in some way. Here it happens. The use of inversions and sixth chords is clever. This creates slight imbalances and interesting ambiguities that lead unexpectedly to synth storms.

  • Observation n.5

    observation n.5

    Auditor

    Anachoreisis

    ○ January 2025 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Electronic, Dark Ambient, Experimental
    ■ Rating: 6.8/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Flooding“

    ► You may recognize Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 1. In this reinterpretation of the masterpiece, lulling nostalgia seems to founder in a maelstrom of torment. What could have been when hope was still alive is gone. It is a brilliant aural rendition of a surrender.

  • Observation n.4

    observation n.4

    Harry Mason

    Collected Works 1.

    ○ October 2024 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Electronic, Drone, Installation
    ■ Rating: 8.0/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Mae“

    ► There is something really significant about the use of space. Panning acquires the dignity of a real creative tool. The choice of samples is skillful and, at times, moving; their deconstruction is simply masterful.

  • Observation n.3

    observation n.3

    James Alexander

    no mind

    ○ August 2024 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Contemporary Classical, Experimental, Cello solo, Atonal
    ■ Rating: 7.8/10
    ■ Favorite track: “I Will Tango“

    ► It is not easy-listening, but – seriously – who cares about trivial music? Once you go down the rabbit hole you are hit by storms of gems and cascades of light, as well as shrapnels of blatant absurdity. You can either rise or get stuck.

  • Observation n.2

    observation n.2

    Dysfunktional Message Control

    Tanzmusik

    ○ November 2024 | Independent

    ■ Genres: Noise, Experimental, Drone, Installation
    ■ Rating: 6.2/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Side B“

    ► Are we supposed to like this stuff? No, but somehow these sounds haunt us, so – ultimately – yes. Make them chase you too.  

  • Observation n.1

    Observation n.1

    PLEASE CLOSE YOUR EYES

    Music For Floating

    ○ January 2025 | Label: Mortality Tables

    ■ Genres: Ambient, Electronic
    ■ Rating: 7.3/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Deeper Blue”

    ► The reassuring harmonic solutions are sometimes disrupted by unstable passages, which give the track a variety of contrasting yet perfectly balanced colors.