Stationary Travels
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Stationary Travels is based in Richmond, Virginia. It is a place to discover, share, and talk about great instrumental music from all over the world - music that tells stories without words or that is capable of transporting you far from wherever you currently find yourself. The scope of coverage embraces a variety of predominantly instrumental genres such as experimental ambient, drone, field..
Stationary Travels
2w ago
For the better part of a decade now, brothers Sebastian & Daniel Selke have been making music that draws heavily on their personal & musical experiences from growing up in the “concrete fields” of East Berlin to life after the wall fell dividing it from the West. Both as CEEYS (a portmanteau that references their ..read more
Stationary Travels
1M ago
A trailblazing sound artist since he started out in the 1990s, Taylor Deupree has quietly carved out a distinct musical path over the years that emphasizes blending natural sounds with technological mediation and is marked by what he calls “a deep attention to stillness”. The works that come out of his studio have a pristine ..read more
Stationary Travels
2M ago
Onur Tarçın is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer based in Paris, France. Onur’s musical journey began in what he calls the heart of Turkey’s Anatolia region where he says his family life was immersed in both cinematic tradition and the “captivating colors” of Turkish traditional music. From this background, he has forged a cross-genre approach ..read more
Stationary Travels
2M ago
The Summer 2024 Field Journal Companion is a selection of modern classical, ambient, and electroacoustic tracks curated from listening throughout the season which wrapped on September 2nd. Featured artists include Ólafur Arnalds, Keaton Henson, Sofi Paez, The Green Kingdom, Robot Koch, Six Missing with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Hollie Kenniff, Chihei Hatakeyama, Dalot, and more. Stay tuned ..read more
Stationary Travels
3M ago
Ocoeur is the moniker under which French producer Franck Zaragoza performs, records, and releases his music that fuses glitch textures and intricate sound design with classical composition. With a self-proclaimed “penchant for dreamlike and cinematic sounds”, Zaragoza contextualizes the various aspects of Ocoeur’s sound within conceptual frameworks that have a positive outlook on life. For evidence ..read more
Stationary Travels
4M ago
An accomplished artist in the realms of experimental ambient and drone music with releases across numerous labels under his own name, Manchester based musician Ben Rath is also known for forays into instrumental acoustic guitar under the pseudonym of Slow Heart Music. The Whitelabrecs imprint has been the main home for this side project of ..read more
Stationary Travels
4M ago
A summer listening journey continues with a group of thoughtful and heartfelt albums to patiently savor. Each one takes listeners deep into contemplative liminal spaces or heartfelt inner landscapes conceived by the artist and realized through sound & music. Featuring recent releases by Andrew Heath, Anthéne, Fortresses, Hadley Roe, Marine Eyes, and zakè. Andrew Heath ..read more
Stationary Travels
4M ago
The long, hot days of summer have fully taken hold her in the Mid-Atlantic, so I thought I would spotlight a quartet of guitar-centric ambient records I’ve been enjoying that share a rustic nature and quiet shimmer that suits the season. Featuring recent releases by Gollden, The Green Kingdom, Mark David Hadley, and Olma feat ..read more
Stationary Travels
5M ago
Keaton Henson may not like to talk much about himself, but he suffers no shortage of eloquence when it comes to expressing himself musically. Though mostly grounded in a “bedroom” aesthetic, the English musician, artist and composer has shown impressive range from intimate singer/songwriter albums to soundtracks and orchestral works. With the newly released Somnambulant ..read more
Stationary Travels
5M ago
For the better part of two decades, Chihei Hatakeyama has woven a plethora of evocative soundscapes primarily from electric & acoustic guitars along with a smattering of other instruments and sources. The Tokyo-based artist has described his work as polychroming, quite an apt way of putting it as anyone has spent time in thrall of ..read more