My picks of new album and EP releases from the zone without borders. Jean Michel Jarre, Deep Space Network, Secret Of Elements, Mysteries of Science, Grasz & Schultz, David Wright, Frizzell & Duque, Owl, Moderna Records, Archon Music. Beats & groove Mysteries of Science ‘Mysteries of Science’ (Re:discovery Records) Deep Space Network ‘Big Rooms’  (Re:discovery […] The post Discover Ambient (April-May 2021) appeared first on Ambient Music Guide ..read more

As telegraphed in an earlier post, reader submissions are now open for Ambient Music Guide’s 20th anniversary feature. Here’s how it works. Share the name of an album or EP you’ve discovered in the past 20 years via an Ambient Music Guide review, DJ mix or social post, and include a brief comment or story […] The post SURVEY: Share a discovery for AMG’s 20th anniversary feature appeared first on Ambient Music Guide ..read more

Ambient Music Guide is 20 years old this year. I’m glad to still be here, doing whatever you call this thing is that I do. But how to mark the occasion? When I was working in the ad business as a creative, probably the most valuable lesson I learnt was to throw out your first […] The post An idea for Ambient Music Guide’s 20th anniversary appeared first on Ambient Music Guide ..read more

My picks of new album and EP releases from the zone without borders. Boozoo Bajou, Castlebed, Gold Lounge, Lorenzo Montana, Iasos, Healing Sound Project, Bålsam, Biome, One Million Eyes, Cofaxx, Nigel Mullaney, Jacob David. Beats & groove Boozoo Bajou ‘Lambique EP’ (Apollo) Germany’s exotic lounge maestros Boozoo Bajou are back after a long absence with […] The post Discover Ambient (Jan-March 2021) appeared first on Ambient Music Guide ..read more

WORRIEDABOUTSATAN Time Lapse (n5MD) Once a duo and now the solo project of British musician Gavin Miller, Worriedaboutsatan albums have always seemed to be about fusing moody rock sounds with the synthetic DNA of electronic dance music. On that count alone, the atmospheric and sometimes melancholic Time Lapse is a triumph. His simple, exploratory electric […] The post Best Albums of 2020: Worriedaboutsatan ‘Time Lapse’ appeared first on Ambient Music Guide ..read more

WOOB Suite 59201/Lost Metropolis (Bigamoebasounds) Hypersleep 10 (Bigamoebasounds) Cyberpunk and dystopian science fiction loom large in much of the recent work of British composer Paul Frankland aka Woob. At the quiet end of the spectrum stands the fictional Lost Metropolis Hotel, the thematic core of his album Suite 59201, which I should note has since […] The post Best Albums of 2020: Woob appeared first on Ambient Music Guide ..read more

VIRGO Landform Code (1998, reissued on Fantasy Enhancing) Trust Lee Norris to unearth and reissue on his label a lost ambient techno gem like this one. He was there back in the 90’s, after all, making his own music as Metamatics. The magnificent Landform Code by Japanese artist Virgo fits right in with the early […] The post Best Albums of 2020: Virgo ‘Landform Code’ appeared first on Ambient Music Guide ..read more

TRANSLIPPERS Transparency (Cosmicleaf) Balearic chillout fans take note: this is music of the sun done right – by a guy from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Multi-instrumentalist Arthur Mustafin aka Translippers has appeared on these pages before, with his album Cycling To The Sun named one of AMG’s Best Albums of 2018. Transparency captures again all the […] The post Best Albums of 2020: Translippers ‘Transparency’ appeared first on Ambient Music Guide ..read more

VARIOUS ARTISTS Ambient Layers (7K) String Layers (7K) Vector Fields Vol. 1 (Music Company) Sustain Series vol. 1 (Ambientologist) Pop Ambient 2021 (Kompakt) Velvet Desert Music vol. 2 (Kompakt) Maui Chill vol. 2 (Waveform) Portals (Behind The Sky Music) Berlin’s long-running dance/lounge/electronica label K7 recently launched its 7K imprint for modern classical sounds, and 2020 […] The post Best Albums of 2020: Compilations roundup appeared first on Ambient Music Guide ..read more

TOM MOORE & ARCHIE MOSS Spectres (tommoorearchiemoss.com) Englishmen Tom Moore (viola, electronics) and Archie Moss (accordion, electronics) turn folk music on its head and back again on Spectres, one of the most thrillingly original instrumental albums I’ve heard in quite a while. The pair are both steeped in traditional English folk music, but there is […] The post Best Albums of 2020: Tom Moore & Archie Moss ‘Spectres’ appeared first on Ambient Music Guide ..read more