Somnia is proud to present an album of delicate sensibilities, and subtle heart filled vistas. Written as a dedication to his two daughters, motionfield’s new album captures something wistful and nostalgic, like conversations from old friends overheard in dreams.
Just occasionally it can be refreshing to take a step back from the world of instant messaging, chemically enhanced food and mass marketing. There is a certain solace to be found away from your television, your stereo or, dare I say it, your laptop. This belief brings me concisely to the music of Texan duo of Rob Lowe and Michael Muller, otherwise known as Balmorhea. Eschewing electrically enhanced equipment completely in favour of percussive and string instruments, Balmorhea engage in folk, classical and ambient styles to present fourteen moments of pure heartfelt emotion that have the ability to take the listener far away from their everyday life.
I Awake Live at Aurora Festival 2008
Neo ambient producer Thomas Huttenlocher aka I Awake crafts his way through astral soundscapes and parallel lives, blending styles and flavours in search of the very moment. His music often combines celestial emotions, tribal rhythms and an ever present sense of adventure.
“The Unmade Sound” is an impeccably produced album with hyper-intelligent melodic architectures. It is an ocean of perfect harmonics, taking listeners deep into melodies of dreamscape long forgotten”.
I guess that’s one way to sum up one of the most original albums to be released over the past 10 years.
We recently caught up with Matte to find out a little more about the man behind the Anahata project…
“We had the inbreath with early chillout and then we had the outbreath with dance and external expression and we may sometime see a return to the inward dance or something new. Future music will be fractal, never repeating and spiral like as we progress from the 4 square walls of the 19th century into the number 5 and new world” – Ishq
‘Move’ is a concept EP based around minimal lo-fi recording techniques and short improvised loops. These four songs were played and recorded by Guy using any instruments and household items he could find that made noise. Short loops were constructed and layered on top of each other to create an extremely organic sounding EP. Once the loops were created, Guy arranged them into full songs that mimicks the order they were recorded in to keep the original vibe. Over the entire EP there is only one synthesised sound, a first for iambic!
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Not long now and 1 of the most eagerly anticipated albums will be released on Aleph Zero Records from Hibernation aka Seb Taylor.
I have been lucky enough to listen to the tracks in full and trust me this is gona be biiiiiiig. The album focuses on more experimental textures and yet still has the truly original Seb sound stamped all over it…
Marconi Union’s unique fusion of electronica, guitars and strings first came to people’s attention with the release of their highly acclaimed second album Distance (released on Brian Eno’s All saints Records) This album was a hailed in some quarters as “groundbreaking” and “an ambient classic” with it receiving a particularly strong reaction in the US where many of the tracks appeared on the soundtracks to various TV shows.
James Murray is a london-based electroacoustic sound artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist. his productions weave together elements of electronica, downtempo, jazz and dub in emotive explorations of how the organic and electronic interact.
All at once the city and the middle of nowhere, jm’s recursive themes draw hi-tech sound design, live instrumentation and lush pastoralism together in a sonic world where nothing is ever quite as it seems.
Previously released on em:t, psychonavigation and part2 records, he is currently finalising his debut album on ultimae records and working as a freelance composer, producer and sound designer.
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Energy Mind Consciousness is a post electronic, post ambient and post millennial magnum opus of transcendent soundscapes. Atmospheres, guitars, electric sitars, synths and dubby grooves drenched in reverbs and cavernous echoes. EMC mixes and matches styles to create new genre fusions, it is a hypnotic and mesmerising record.
The album pays homage to classic ambient and conceptual album fans and then still brings a whole new level of sound design to the table.
“One of the best albums we have heard in a long time….
Mystical Sun must have been in some deep meditative state when working on this project as it takes you way beyond the realms of normal musical stratospheres”
Track Listing:
01: Dune Oscillator
02: Blue Lotus
03: Passage
04: Departure
05: Protostar
06: Incense
07: Dark Energy
08: Expansions
09: Lava Tubes
10: Holographic Rain
11: Sanctuarium
Protostar Video here
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