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From the first self-title “Glorie” album to a series of exquisite videos released in (2012) this enigmatic group of musicians has come a long way. A week ago their latest brand new EP “Falling” made its way to my inbox like a deserted child with the need of some proper attention. So I decided to go along with the flaw giving it all I got.

Without beating around the bush the big question is… so how is this new EP by [ Glorie ]? Well to start with “Falling” is absolutely moving and thought-provoking. There is a strong sense of nostalgia across the entire EP, more specifically on the track “Smoke” and “Falling” which almost left me to tears while listening to over and over. The one thing we can all be certain of is… With this new release [ Glorie’s ] aim is not to rebuilt or reinvent the term post-rock or at least at this phase of their musical careers but their approach on this EP is utterly and undoubtedly ecstatic. Their notes and simple execution gleamed in the dark and bring life and hopes to the surface.

“Falling EP” accomplishes a set of strongly defined strings command that evokes some of the most profound inner emotion I have ever experience. [ Glorie’s ] manifest with major strings from their heart and slender violins chords that are undeniably touching as they reveal every fragile layers in sequence and in harmony. Piano / Keys are totally well executed and flows flawlessly in parallel with violin and cello. No glitch, no break up, no hiccup, it’s like a whole bunch of instrumental equipment’s that came together and aligned themselves PROPER and in order. Almost as if they were made to complement each other’s naturally.

Downside and Favourite Tracks.

“Falling EP” total length is only about twenty-five minutes in duration. It’s not so much of a downside since it’s an EP and we can all understand the concept behind but when facing music of such caliber and sounds that are executed with such precision, believe me twenty-five minutes is not long enough, you’d wish for the sound never to end.

Favourite tracks, the entire EP is totally BRILLIANT and extremely well produced but if you really want to know “Run Away”, “Smoke” and “Falling” are KILLER MOVEMENTS and definitely the high of this EP. A lot of people has already managed to get this recording in high quality waves format but for those who haven’t yet, well do expect something utterly beautiful coming your way soon. __[ M S T ].

Credits / Released 06th March 2013

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"The Album 'REST' was recorded and mastered by myself in my own Proclambient (means Progressive-Classical-Ambient) Studio at my Home in Germany. It was a process about one year, I put all my ideas together, first on piano (that's played by myself on a Midi keyboard). The speeches on "Broken Home" I took from a Creative Commons blog --it's a preacher who's talking and weeping about God and Jesus-- together it's my interpretation of a broken home that's left and leaving. All strings I used were formed from synthesizer tunes into real strings by myself.

The dialogue on "Playback rewind..." are recorded in Dutch speech one year ago by myself; it's an old Woman which would not leave alone her old cassette player. Sad story I think, deep minded and terrible. "Easy Steps Moving Downward" is the newest one on this release. It's my own favorite, a little bit jazzy I think. It's a view to the next releases I'm working on. The drums are created by myself on a drum machine that I use for my computer, also Midi into real stuff.

[ Argumentum e Silentio - Ten Sticks of Willow Charcoal ]

[ Ten Sticks of Willow Charcoal ] is the latest release from Marko H. AKA [ The Nikki Grace Experience ]. Although this album has been released under a different moniker [ Argumentum e Silentio ] which is Marko H side project. [ Argumentum e Silentio ] combines instrumental compositions with samples and field recordings, with influences from ambient and soundtrack music. The idea of [ argumentum e silentio ] was born with my novel "quaint music - the alphabet theory" -- an a-z story of music mysteries. So i would like to thank all the people who loves my work with -[ argumentum e silentio ] and [ The Nikki Grace Experience ].

New Video From Upcoming Album [ Walnut Grove´s Sunset Diaries ].

[T.N.G.E] - Hearse: Black And White Opinion

Major thanks to the collaborating artist [ Lotte Kestner ]… one of the better beneficiaries of ambient music and needles to say prominence of the present decade [ The Nikki Grace Experience ] a gentle and exquisite of a lead melody accompanied by piano and a steady beat. But above all else… we talking bonus point here guys, [ Lotte Kestner ] lovely lead vocal.

“Hearse: Black and White Opinion” is [ The Nikki Grace Experience ] 10th releases and rapidly attaining the zenith point of an abstract and underground success. All without any radical change from where the band was in 2012 with “Rest” or “Halo”. Marko Hupel oversaw all the production; the core emphasis remained a nexus point between minimalism and ambient all shrouded in mystery of a long journey.

Though many songs work with full arrangements, for instance "The Heartshaped Coffins," or “Proudly Waving Farewell,” those pieces attributes thick and dominating resonance but never once overpowering the combination of the various elements that are blend together. All movements on this particular album are heavily stripped-down to demonstrate in various ways as to how [ The Nikki Grace Experience ] or the collaborating artists for that matter, makes a virtue out of simplicity.

We’ve had many previews of this album “Quiet Painting,” “Proudly Waving Farewell” and more, we knew well in advance something big and totally exquisite is going to hit us on the 26th of April 2013. Truth be said there is no absolute point in beating around the bush over the fact that [ The Nikki Grace Experience ] 10th releases includes some of the most beautiful crowning moment within the ambient scene. Many will agree that “Hearse: Black and White Opinion” somehow… magically possesses the power to force you in to romanticism, if not I’ll even stretch describing it as a nostalgic breakdown and weeping tears.

But that in mind let’s not forget while “Hearse: Black and White Opinion” attracts an unlimited elements of subtlety and nostalgia, movement such as “Homeless (The Wisconsin Oddysey) come’s dressed up with an up-beat attire and is so beautifully arrange that it will leaves you breathless. We’ve got eight months to go before the year end and I’ve already put aside 5 of my top 2013 releases. This one my friend jumps to the 01st top of 2013 release. I can only wish for this release to be press on Vinyl or print on CD’s as a limited edition.

Based on the quoted tags [ Ambientscape ] ~ [ Dreamscape ] ~ [ Classical-ambient ] let it be [ Divergence ] or [ Rest ] or [ A()anda "EP" ] and [ A()anda Partur 2 ] you simply need to get your hand of all 4 releases. I was streaming [ Rest ] earlier this am and man... I'm impressed. Seriously guys... you don't even need to stream them just go right ahead and downloads all four titles as you in for super classical-ambient treat here. [ __TheSirensSound ].

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The Sun Aesthetic [ Adeline ].

The Sun Aesthetic is a project that consists of Anthony Raad from California. He aims to create organic sounds through electronic means with ambient and post rock influences. Up to date the band has released 3 albums in the following order:

[ Thicker Thread ] There are so many different genres of rock music in the world, it’s difficult to keep track some times. That in itself is a great thing, it means a change is happening, an evolution. Music is a display of diversity and unity. It’s a forum in which we can bring our thoughts ideas and skill, put them on the table and say: "this is who I am, this is what I’ve got. Love it or leave it. Love me, don’t judge me."

The spirit and mind of this musician is wonderful, in fact it’s refreshing, seeing musicians stepping up and getting their work out is a delight for me, a man who’s been in the game for years. This guy’s a man from California, America, stepping up to the plate and knocking it out of the park. Ladies and Gentlemen, I bequeath unto you, The Sun Aesthetic.

The album kicks with a soft string section, subtle throw back to Samuel Barber’s 1936 epic, Adagio for strings, but Aesthetic picks it up in an amazing resolution and gives us a quaint vibe, and feel good velocity. It becomes clear quite quickly that he is in fact a percussive artist, the sporadic shuffles move between, ambience and a distinct West African influence, it's moving.

‘Bigger Circles’ gives us a soft rhythmic juxtaposition between vibraphone and piano in a style reminiscent of gamelan and Indian culture, it’s short and sweet, ‘Ghost Clouds’ is not nearly as morbid as its title would suggest, the pentatonic variations are passive, submissive, yet somehow showing you who’s in control. The highlight for me is the stylistic groove of ‘Fracture.’ It’s amazing, bringing a hint of funk to the table and that makes it golden in my eyes.

These are just my favourite selections, the album in its entirety creates a resonant vibration, you experience a sense of joy, a desire to tackle your deepest fears, right the wrongs in the world, and experience the world for its beauty. The fusion of some lesser known world music influences shows this guy’s ability to absorb sound and meld it into one delicious mood.

Thicker Threads pushes the limits, It has a subtle reverberation which you may not even notice, but when it’s gone you feel it. An album for the evenings and the mornings, an experience for rainy days and sunny afternoons, for the playing in the park with your children and loved ones, an uplifting grace for when you’re down. But most of all, it’s a cure for silence. Enjoy.

[ Adeline ]. Completely out of the blue, this EP is a continuation of Thicker Threads, although more delicate and even calming than the previous album. Each track is an electronic treat, sweeping atmospherics and piano driven melodies, journeys reflecting emotional situations, this is the music that every- and anyone can fall in love with.

Both acts will be touring Europe in April 2013 (separately but crossing paths), including a stop at Dunk! Festival for Labirinto before embarking on a South American tour together to promote the release of this split in June 2013. The record will be release worldwide on CD by ConSouling Sounds (Belgium), and on vinyl LP by Dissenso Records (Brazil) & Pirate Ship Records (USA).

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PRE-ORDER as this awesome release is limited to 500 piece only. Once the 500 units is sold out I doubt there will be a 2nd edition or a re-run for that matter. And you bet this is one vinyl you definitely want to have on your collections.

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[ Sun Gliters ]. Sun Glitters sound is an ocean of lush melodies, pitch-shifted vocal samples, ghostly digi-diva choirs, warm bass melodies driven by alternately dense and relaxing beatwork combinations between downtempo and wonky beats. RIYL: [ Boards of Canada ] ~ [Burial ] ~ [ Balam Acab ] and the likes.

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Split Lines

It´s about the process of ending. Ending of a relationship between two subjects, between two parallel lines. About the thoughts that you can´t sleep because of, about the struggle between reason and heart, about the decision of leaving and about the sense of liberation.

Credits / Released 22 April 2013

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[ We | Human ] Credits / Released 06 May 2013

Tiziano Bianchi: trumpet on track 2; keyboards on track 1,2,3,4; drums on track 2 | Emilio Marconi: guitars | Bojan Fazlagic: guitars on track 1, 2, 3, 4; keyboards on track 1,4 | Marco Bigazzi: bass | Stefano Bizzarri: drums | Laura Loriga: voice | Luca Giovanardi: guitar on track 1,2 | Denis Zannani: violin on track 3 | Montserrat Coll Torra: viola on track 3 | Paola Herbertson: cello on track 3

Remix of “Beth Gibbons” by Silent Panda | Deadly Panda | Strings arrangements on track 3 by Tiziano Bianchi. | Electronic samples on track 3 by Marco Rossi. | All songs written by Portfolio. | Recorded, mixed e mastered at Bunker Studio in Rubiera (RE), by Andrea Rovacchi and Simone Riccioni between march 18th and april 8th 2013. Cover photography by Martina Bianchi. Graphic design by Martina Bianchi and Portfolio.

New release from the stunning post-experimental jazz outfit title [ We | Humans ]. Lasting just about half an hour [ We | Humans ] is packed with some exquisite noises and over a sublime vocals. Be sure to get all three titles on this one guys.

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[ Overhead, The Albatros ] = Post-rock sound drawing strong comparison to the likes of [ GIAA ] ~ [ C.U.T.E ] and [ Do Make Say Think ]. The sound is at time piano driven post-rock while other moment on the album is simply electric and energetic. SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF without a doubt. [ Mr. Dog ] is [ Overhead, The Albatros ] most recent work and its yet... another self produced record. Violin performed by Daire O'Sullivan, Cello performed by Eoin Kenny and artwork by Stacey Power (stacersart.tumblr.com). As far as we've gathered, the band's got another title to come before the year end. Stay tune on this one lads. Definitely a band that's starting to take proportion.

Hold your breath on this one... Hopefully soon enough we'll be having some brand new materials from [ Overhead, The Albatross ] as the band has been busy writing their debut album over the last few months, but recently they've played one of the songs from the upcoming album live in RTE studio 8. In meantime here is the new video from the bands forth-coming album to keep us going. Needless to say if you haven't yet, by all means start with [ Lads With Sticks ] making your way up.

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When I first saw them play they were a much more experimental duo with just guitar and bassoon. They had a lot of great idea's to be sure but still had some thing's to figure out. The drums were the final key to fleshing out the song's and its obvious a lot of time was put in to making them click just right. Gotta say its a lot of fun and there really is something for everyone into this sort of biz. Can't say there is much going right now that is on this vibe..all the better. Wonderful" __[ Plenty Of Swords ].

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[ The Drone Collective ] ~ Slightly drifted apart from the experimental aspect of [ This Is Not A Conceptual Album ] The Drone Collective in its complete form lead [ Taimur Mazhar Sheikh ] and [ Omer Asim ] in standard to [ Methadrone ] and [ Nadja / A. Baker ] territories where guitar tones are amplitude to its largeness and camouflaging songs in endless and epic swirling loops. Although [ The Drone Collective ] is set in its chronological order still... having heard the album dozens of times over the course of a week, the release in its entirety do not pertains a point of entry or exit. One can literally hit play from the very beginning of the album or start at the middle, the fact remains every single track on this title simply sound like an opening of something very big and that’s about to lead somewhere deep and profound.

[ In the Land of Dreams ] is an attempt to portray a blanket of comfort and false consolations that we have, the denial and distractions that we can maintain, which keeps us sane for the most part. There are occasional glimpses of 'What the fuck am I doing?', the fact that time is running out and you should do something useful, but instead only the feeling of helplessness and worthlessness settle in. It is a Long (nearly 2 hours), simple and vague album, hidden behind dialogues on various tiring topics. It's music that has no energy left on its own, but is soft enough to dissolve in your head and swim in the puddle (or chasm) of thoughts that you may have, if you let it. But to a distracted mind, ironically, it is mere elevator music.

[ The Last Strands Of Fortitude ] is really beautiful as it differs to majority of the [ 6LA8 ] records which pertain 20mins to 30miis movements. [ 6LA8 ] tend to keep all tracks reasonably short on this new record focusing more the particular sections such as keys output and electronic layers. The opening track “very unusual” contains some lyrics so do expect to hear the band in a complete form. Although I wouldn't go as far as saying it’s a radical change from the band as elements of darkness and drone subtleties are still the core layers of the music but overall yes [ The Last Strands Of Fortitude ] stand for itself in a unique outfit. This is definitely worth the listening, so check it out guys.

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All the money from the songs sold will go to create a real album with the best songs. Thanks for the support and listening.

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The second LP from DRUNK ROBOTS is more harsher and noisy than the previous things, messing more with the industrial side of the project. DRUNK ROBOTS decided that "Aftermath" is available for €4, but if you pay more than €5 you'll receive a download code for the EP "interstícios", which will be only available this way. You can listen to one of "interstícios" track in the "collapsing labyrinth" single.

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[ Nothing Important Happened Today ]. Actually something important happened today. Today I discovered [ Nothing Important Happened Today ] and man for those who don't know of this moniker yet, you'll thank me and above all the band later but for now skip stream got strait to download and listen. This has nothing in common with the band [ Mutyumu ] but for some odd reason [ Mutyumu ] was the 01st name that came to mind. Especially while listening to the movement call "Il giorno della tempesta". That said if you want solid comparison I'd stick to [ If These Trees Could Talk ], [ EXPL In The Sky ], [ Mogwai ] and the likes. I wish this listen would last longer though.

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