Indo‘s ‘Rupa Loka’ brings us back in 2011, actually it was recorded in 2009 so I guess this makes the record already pretty ancient in the context of our current times, when daily you are given access to countless records, either old or new. However, in your daily routine I hardly advise you to find your […]

Electronic fluctuations, an asperous guitar and cheap Casio-tones create what might best be called outsider alien synthscapes. Well, that’s not the only thing these ten tracks could be called. One might want to tag this cassette as discount minimalism, or file it under one-man with a four-track drone. However, I keep returning to the term […]

Drone-based dark ambience that is strictly created through emotional interests rather than those of the intellect has always been a bit of a gamble for me.  Most of the absolute worst music in the genre comes from these artists whom appear to get so lost in their own chaotic existence that they lose all sight […]

Over the years the triumvirate of auricular artisans that comprise Solumenata have all been involved in a number of projects, all of their audio output has been well-respected, and plentiful to say the least, Allan Zane was involved with Le Scrambled Debutante, and along with Liz Lang used to record as WYRM until putting that […]

The co-operation between Martin Stürtzer (well-known for his work with the dark ambient act Phelios, and the Wuppertal-based dark ambient gathering Phobos Festival) and Christian Stritzel officially dates back to 2006 when the German netlabel TonAtom put out Klang ist Ewig, their first common drone ambient record (which was later self-released on CD-R). Some 6 […]

The Spirit Dies is a solo act from Dublin, Ireland. Under the sole stewardship of a certain “Ninah”, The Spirit Dies operates as a drone / ambient / field recording project, with a main descriptor as “instrumental music for [horror] movies: I write ambient drones, haunting soundscapes, experimental textures.” (Facebook) I hate to say that […]

There is something almost instantly mystical from the core of the sound on this cassette. It’s similar to a Tibetan brass bowl being struck. It’s similar to the call of the ram’s horn echoing over the Dead Sea. It’s just the thing to widely open your spiritual eye by crawling in through your ear canal […]

I have to admit that it’s been quite some time since I have stopped long enough to relax and give Aidan Baker a dedicated listen.  Like some other prolific favorites of mine, from Vinterriket to Mystified, I’ve found it difficult, if not frustrating, to attempt to keep up with his career and decidedly gave up […]

An immense leap forward; this is what Fraktal is for the Romanian ambient trio Environments. After quite a silent and barely popularized debut album and its far more interesting and challenging follower (both out through the now defunct Asiluum Arts net label), Stefan Panea (composition), Para (drums) and Marius Costache (noise, engineering, visuals) are offering […]

Those of you who are familiar with the immense Russian underground have surely, at some point, reached the very interesting drone / ambient label Vetvei. It was an initiative signature for its really nice and minimalist packaging and raw but atmospheric music that was mostly inspired by nature. However, at some point it simply disappeared, […]