Tag: new age

  • Voices #40

    voices #40
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    H-M O

    answering some questions. We have already observed her drone / ambient / new age work here.

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: Can you tell us how the track “Misty Lake” came to light?

    ► H-M O: I live in northern Finland and spend a lot of time in nature – one beautiful morning in August I woke up in the wee hours to a sudden urge to go outside and enjoy the first rays of the sun. As I stepped outside, I was enticed by this sweet mist to a nearby lake. And there I could do nothing but stare at the water, breathe in the balmy air and record the soundscape all around me. So, the whole track is built on and around one single field recording from that morning. All I tried to do was to capture the feeling of staring at the lake at sunrise, by emphasizing the natural soundscape with soft and smooth and meditative electronic elements. My aim was to keep it calming yet quietly suspenseful, as that morning, or the whole natural world actually, felt and often feels to me. It was an almost transcendental experience, as if a whole huge lake was evaporating into thin air…and condensing back into a single drop on a blade of grass.I also took many black and white photos on my film camera of that lake on that very morning, which then ended up forming the cover art for Misty Lake as well as the music video (for which the link is this: ▼)

    [2. CREATION]

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  • Observation n.69

    Observation n.69

    H-M O

    Misty Lake

    ○ Oct 2025 | Label: Ingrown Records

    ■ Genres: Drone / Ambient / New Age
    ■ Rating: 7.0/10
    ■ Favorite track: “Misty Lake”

    ► Breathing in intense cycles of expansion and release is not easy as it seems. Deep, sustained tones form vast sonic spaces, while subtle new age elements add gentle movement. The interplay generates a meditative tension, evoking both earth and air, presence and transcendence. It’s a soothing yet quietly dynamic soundscape.

  • Voices #29

    Voices #29
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    David Aimone

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

    [1. IDEA]

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

    ► David Aimone: Well, about half way through making these tracks I realized there was a theme that was loosely about seasons.  I love a nice rain storm, just like waves at the ocean, and can zone out on these sounds.  I decided to create an atmospheric piece, fairly straightforward, to end “Changes”. I used two guitar like arpeggios, left and right, to emulate the steady rain through phases of harmonic changes.  I backed this up with actual rain sounds, and some contained but expressive musical motifs in the background.
    I ended up using environmental sounds in most of the songs on the album, not always depicting specific seasons or weather events, but also atmospheric sounds to place the music into a place and time.  Meadow sounds, distant church bells, thunderous synth recreations, and so on.

    [2. CREATION]

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  • Observation n.53

    Observation n.53

    David Aimone

    Changes

    ○ Oct 2025 | Label: Passed Recordings

    ■ Genres: Ambient / Electronic / New Age
    ■ Rating: 7.0/10
    ■ Favorite track: “RainSong“

    ► We feel like we are listening to an acoustic reproduction of Penelope’s canvas. The fascinating choice of harmony is woven together and moves back and forth like a single wave, which arises and dissolves in itself with geometric rigor.