Excellent drones . . . ____________________________________________________________ Performed and recorded live 13th March 2023. Blending lines through experimentation. Part film score, part electroacoustic, part concrete, found and dark, mainly ambient… Released March 1, 2024 Written, produced and nearly mastered by J.Nicholls ..read more

e c l i p s e d | Ambient/Experimental/Glitch/Drone | 75:32 A tribute to, & distillation of, the 2024 various artists ‘Somber‘ release (March 29th) on Sounds for the Soul records. Constructed between 4.11 & 4.13.2024, the week of the solar eclipse. All tracks taken from “Somber” except track one, which was taken from “Forgotten Stories” by Daou. This is a bit dark & edgy — I tried to imagine what it would be like on the edge of the sun’s surface during the eclipse, interspersing moments of darkness & light. Best listened to via ear-buds (and official solar head-gear!) Stre ..read more

An utterly unique guitar/bass/drums triad: the guitar sounds like anything but a guitar; bass and drums simultaneously insistent and relaxed. Telephathic group-think opens a window to fresh fields of fusion: funk-jazz heads, polyrhythmic skeletons, ambient pastorals, post-kraut drones and shimmering soundtrack reveries. A music of sustained tension and deep atmosphere, marked by subtle, shifting dynamics playing out in an open sound field. Released April 26, 2024 ..read more

As one who has seen, first hand, the raw power that sustained rainwater, & the resulting floods it brings, can wreak; I recommend this new collection of drones that convey recovery & hope from devastating tragedy. Thorny constructs powerful compositions which demonstrate the intensity and frequency of nature and reveal real-life undercurrents. Favorite tracks are: When the Water Comes & 21.35′ in Slo-mo. ~Ambient Landscape – April 29, 2024 _______________________________________________________ In July of 2023, central Vermont was hit with some record-breaking floods that devasta ..read more

4th album “doppelganger” kukan effect’s truck is the soundtrack of my own life. To you who will listen. thank you for always. Official Site kukaneffect.theshop.jp Spotify open.spotify.com/artist/1AMsFh39nvVYLpqYfyfrrg Life is ambient. Credits Released March 1, 2024 ..read more

Music inspired by the relationships with those closest to us. Family is usually the first group of people we form deep connections with, friends are the family we choose. No relationship is without its conflicts, however in these conflicts that we often learn the most about each other and ourselves. We accept each other’s flaws and embrace the imperfections. This music serves to illustrate these concepts. Released October 19, 2023 ..read more

Emphasis on atmosphere and texture: From the new age-adjacent ambient style of Brian Eno to the psychedelic sounds of ambient dub music, the genre seeks to build atmosphere above all else.  Gradual exploration of timbre: Ambient music lingers on notes and chords for a long period of time. Artists create variation by shifting the timbre of the sounds, either by introducing new instruments or by applying filters to electronic sounds. Minimal harmonic progression: Ambient music does not cycle through chords the way that pop music, jazz, and classical music do. It luxuriates on simple chords o ..read more

To celebrate its 15th anniversary, 901 Editions launches a virtual residency program, inviting artists to share their creative process during the time span of a month. They have no pressure on any side and are really free to do whatever they want. We encourage them to focus on a specific theme/concept or methodology of their choice, as well as to follow their own spontaneity. We believe that uncertainty and hesitation are part of the creative process and have their own value. Life is a process, we learn by doing. The pieces will be uploaded irregularly on a dedicated Bandcamp page, only when a ..read more

A follower of our blog left a message, letting us know that it’s been a while since we last constructed a David Bowie mix. Point taken . . . stay tuned ..read more

Marc Barreca’s 1986 album “The Sleeper Wakes”. Originally released on cassette by the Seattle electronic ambient label, Intrepid. Very subtle and quiet music by a sound artist and synth-head Marc Barreca. He is usually associated with K. Leimer’s Palace Of Light imprint and Seattle’s small, but very distinctive experimental and ambient music scene of the late 1970s and 80s. Barreca has a small, but very strong and surprisingly (for ambient music anyway) varied back-catalogue, which in the last couple of years has been revisited by a number of reissue labels. For examples of the above see Bar ..read more