Tag: experimental

  • 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.

    [2. CREATION]

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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.

    [2. CREATION]

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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.

  • 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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.