It’s no big secret that I have long been a champion for the creations of A Death Cinematic, and it seems to have become a biannual occurrence that I would find myself sitting down to my desk to write on yet another exquisite release from his own imprint, Simple Box Construction.  While for many artists, […]

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 […]

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, […]

Our age of modernization presents a very complicated environment for the atavistically inclined. Often, we will see primal and heathen-minded folk, recorded all acoustically, and sung in a dead language, but they will update you every day via Facebook and Twitter. It is unavoidable, so why bother trying to? We are thoroughly entrenched in a […]

My first awareness of the Mahatma Dalí project came a couple of years ago, after I was introduced to Soundcloud by my friend Talib Aziiz (who, sadly, is no longer a presence on said cloud at press time). I recall being impressed, and actually, a bit jealous. Here was this new mystery, a person who […]

Wood & Wire aims to present experimentation in Australian music, across all genres, and this month we have the privilege to introduce you to The Pomegranate Cycle by Textile Audio – a rare opportunity to witness experimentation in opera and classical forms. Textile Audio - The Pomegranate Cycle The Pomegranate Cycle is the debut album from Textile […]

There’s only one thing better than getting a new record from an artist whom you consider a favorite, and that would be getting a great record by a project, about which you don’t know anything. All the information that I have about the Lithuanian drone / ambient musician Lys (or Vilius Šiaulys) is a white […]