What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like Elevations by Contours What We Say Bask in the cosmic wake left by Contours as aided by Music from Memory he makes an evolutionary leap from his eclectic Nu-jazz tendencies, transcending this mortal coil to as yet uncharted dimensions, plotting his course with ancient instruments & Fourth World ritualism, minimal mantras, star reaching strings & universal consciousness raising synths. Safe travels. What The Release Notes SAy Music From Memory is delighted to present ‘Elevations’, a new album from Manchester based artist Tom Burford, aka Co ..read more

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks LIke Minor Blossoms by Anton Friisgaard What We Say Introspective soundscapes glide through the speaks & hang in the air, peppered with the slightest of piano lines that glisten in the ambient twilight, as recordings of life's surface noise are repurposed to calming & curious sonic ends in this detached, but by no means unsympathetic, ambient LP from Anton Friisgaad on Vaagner. A perfect Sunday morning soundtrack. What the Release Notes SAy Minor Blossoms is a collection of ambient vignettes, crafted to evoke and nurture inner emergence. Through ..read more

Aquarian Blood - Forecast Paralyzed (Black & Wyatt Records+Beluga+Head Perfume) Vertical Divider The lysergic layers don't take long to build in the new Aquarian Blood single. The minimal guitar is rapidly joined by medieval flute & bygone marching drums. Just as you're absorbing the time warped fusion, in comes an outsider spousal duet that poetically alludes to Horrell's serious degenerative health issues. Born from dire circumstances, this is a remarkable slice of freak folk & boding well for the album. Find them double dosing the Slow Folk Playlist. Belau- Home, Ag ..read more

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks LIke Where the Flowers Grow by Isabel Pine What We Say I do like it when new artists comes along & blow my socks off. The latest one to do so is Isabel Pine, a classical trained violist, composer & producer who dropped out of music school. The unguided creative endeavours, free from educational norms & her fondness for soundtracking her natural surroundings in British Columbia are coming together nicely, as she melts stately classical sounds into refined ambient electronica to delight the bucolically challenged. Find her & other forward ..read more

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like This Is Reasonable by Rejoicer What We Say Deep downtempo vibes are the order of the day courtesy of Rejoicer's new transmission via the Circus Company space station. Get comfortable as he melts all sorts of chillout waywardness, langorous beat science, cosmic soundtracks, futuristic exotica, sleepy psychedelia & technoid probing into an adventurous armchair listen. What The Release Notes Say Yuval Havkin, also known as Rejoicer, is one of the foremost exponents of downtempo music, inspired by the fusion of jazz and hip-hop. His new album thus ..read more

Elsa Hewitt - Chaos Emeralds (Tompkins Square) Chaos Emeralds by Elsa Hewitt What We Say Tompkins Square are one of the best old time folk labels around, but they've got their eyes firmly on the road with futuristic singer songwriter Elsa Hewitt, who doesn't even know what a rear view mirror is. Looping multi-instrumental jams she then cranks up the sonic density with layer on layer of accessible avant-electronica, disorientating upending effects & far out field recordings which sweep her cathartic dream pop vocals through the speakers. What The Release Notes Say Originally from Lewes, UK ..read more

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks LIke Wind Shapes by Pete Kvidera What We Say Still something of an ambient enigma, Pete Kvidera's new release on Shimmering Moods displays a rare improvisational prowess in a genre characterised by painstaking studio layering. The lightly stoned & carefree synths shimmer & sway in cosmic breezes as stargazing, instrumental minimalism further loosens any tenuous grip on reality. Just the ticket for some Sunday daydreaming. What The Release Notes Say Wind's whispers weave textured melodies, an ambient symphony of nature's grace. Single takes hand ..read more

Jonny Drop x Andrew Ashong- The Puzzle Dust (Albert's Favourites) Puzzle Dust by Jonny Drop • Andrew Ashong Label head honcho Jonny Drop provides the sedate beats, easy groove & expertly woven, equatorial atmospherics for South London soul boy Ashong to grace with his suitably warm, smooth out vocals on this fine slice of Balearic soul & enticing taste of next weeks LP release. In the meantime find them in the Slow Balearic Playlist. Mörk - Astral Visions (Albert's Favourites) It's a well deserved one-two from the Albert's Favourite label this week. Next up is a fine E ..read more

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks LIke No Reino Dos Afetos 2 by Bruno Berle What We Say Nice to hear Bruno Berle back on Far Out Records, with another meandering expression of what Brazilian muisc was, is & could be, albeit with a more organic lean this time round. So jump on the bus as his folk rooted sound expands to fill the possiblilites afforded to him; careering through bedroom bossa, jazz & psyche licked samba, autotuned MPB, lo-fi instrumentals, piano led crooning & sweet, heart on sleeve ballads. What The Release NOtes Say Bruno Berle, the young songwri ..read more

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