Talk a walk on the real side with OYSTAR. His minimalist video for “Walk in the real” is ambient rap with just some stock footage of places that are somewhat familiar. This shit is trippy. And pretty darn good too. If there is anything I like, it’s always different stuff you don’t always hear. So … Continue reading »
Nothing like some headache inducing ambient glitch to start your day. Hello! It’s Nyolfen’s digest for Pulse and it’s a mix of shrill clinks, and static and stuttering fused with hip hop beats. You either like it or ya don’t! A couple of tracks really catch my ear, like “In Forest” and “Just a Drop … Continue reading »
Japan has a fascination with the English alphabet. There are lots of songs about the ABC’s. Bio Tolva create the coolest one I’ve heard with the track “Ordering AZ (Alphabet Song).” They get the awesome singer Ferri perform guest vocals in an opera fashion-and she lists all the things you can do from A to … Continue reading »
I made the mistake of playing SiMoN’s “Reindeer” while working. This is one minimalistic night-night song. It’s very sleep heavy. The guitar picking, the violins, the radiohead-like whimpers. All of it will make you pass out if you aren’t careful. So please leave a light on for me. I won’t be home til late. Find … Continue reading »
Hold your ears. Needle piercing glitch and ambient return with Fugenn & the White Elephants new album Prays. You can listen to a digest of the new album above, which ranges from mystical and magical ambient to surgical precise pricks of pain. Progressive Form’s website will give you a quick bio and you can buy … Continue reading »
Need a little easy listening ambient music to start your day? Check out Gabby & Lopez’s “Reflection.” It’s very calming and relaxing. It’s like a musical babbling creek of music. Just don’t fall asleep! Gabby & Lopez have a new album entitled Twilight for 8th Street slated for 4.18.2012. Why don’t you dip your toes … Continue reading »
Fragment return with their polygons intact in this hip hopish experimental ambient track “Polygonair.” Computer generated thingies blip on screen and blip off screen before you can blip yourself. It’s sort of calming and sort of not. That’s Fragment. Look for their new album Narrow Cosmos 104 released 2.15.2012 at Yesasia or CDJapan. Continue reading »
The debut album from Meme sounds like a digitized Christopher Cross Sailin’ Away to ambient land! Alku Ringo is slated for 2.8.2012 thru Kilk records, and once again Kilk records Killks it! In the short 2 minutes we get snippets of alt-electronica, piano and light airy vocals that should take you away. Hopefully you’ll get … Continue reading »
Woodwind instrumental electronic ambient something-er-other. Yoshinori Takezawa is making beautiful music and will enchant you with the starry night PV for “Estrella.” It’s sleepytime music that will sooth your soul. Just hop on the rails and go for a ride. Yoshinori Takezawa’s latest album is Dream Line out 1.17.2012. You can rest your head over … Continue reading »
That ringing in your ear and that sharp needle-y sound is more glitch ambient from Pawn. Check out creepy hair girl in the PV for “Star Shards” feat. Cokiyu. This video is a distorted mystical scary train ride that never really goes anywhere. The music also traps you in and the only comfort comes from … Continue reading »
