April 22nd, 2014 / Comments Off / by pdresseachea
“twincities is Fletcher McDermott from Long Island, New York. Using nearly exclusively acoustic sources transformed through a variety of both analog and digital means, the music is focused on creating grainy landscapes with subtle drifting melodies floating about.”
[ Variations For The Celesta ].
“variations for the celesta” is an album based around the sound of the beautiful, usually orchestra based, celesta instrument. for this album simple recordings of a celesta were made and then later molded into the sounds you hear on the album. around 80% of the final audio is in fact celesta, form the low drones to the grainy midrange percussive sounds. later in the process some layers of guitar, vocals and piano were added to fill out the sound. this album was the first release by new label eilean rec and was put out as a limited hand done CD.
“Variations For The Celesta” opens with rapid-fire automated Morse code, soothed with slow comforting celesta responses. The celesta is transformed into restful wind chimes with long passages of deep resonant tones and distant faint melodies. There are some comparisons to the recent works of Kane Ikin’s otherworldly explorations (seek out his recent 12k label releases). It’s like hanging on the edge of a dream while awakening in the misty early morning light—the calm and the quietude. The celesta treatment is like it could be from portions of the soundtrack to Forbidden Planet—rather mysterious, almost ominous. The collection of tracks seems like a suite, at first sonorous, gentle and deep tones and mysterious atmospheres (in time, a slower Morse code reappears), transitioning into an edgier realm and finishing in a gritty drift across the radio dial, sharper sounds with kalimba-like percussive. On track number 8 [ twincities ] works sways gently and is the most peaceful manner. It evokes some of the feeling of Robert Rich’s recent album Nest. There movements invoke a broad soundscape (in some respects like those created by the band Lambchop as links between songs…William Tyler’s moody electric guitar drones). The celesta is treated like chimes sounding like church bells, in memorial.
DISCOGRAPHY:
2014 – Variations For The Celesta
2014 – six minutes
2013 – Winter Drifts///2013.12.24
2013 – Make A Joyful Noise
2012 – Just A Bit Too Quiet: Unfinished Pieces
2011 – twincities Self-Title EP
2010 – twincities Demo
Ten pieces based around small recordings of celesta. these ten small sketches were recorded directly to my phone on my living room floor in december of 2012. since then those recordings have been turned into the finished pieces found on this album. though guitars, voices and pianos do find their way on here, the majority of the sound is still just simple celesta sounds, stretched and modified in different ways.
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Artist – twincities
Album – Variations For The Celesta
Release Date – 2014
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Post-rock, Dark-ambient [ TOTALLY AMAZING ]
Tracklist
1. prelude in E major 03:03
2. evenings wait; the morning’s break 07:59
3. early ferns 04:08
4. the sun looks quite ghostly when there’s a mist on the river and everything’s quiet 03:46
5. faint whirs of the smallest motor 03:55
6. they carried teapots and tiny gas canisters 01:30
7. a ship’s bell (sings) 05:06
8. the weight of the frost on a branch 05:59
9. and the guitar plays war hymns 06:23
10. (sings) 06:22
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Artist – twincities
Album – Six Minutes
Release Date – 2014
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Post-rock, Dark-ambient [ TOTALLY AMAZING ]
Tracklist
1. two 01:00
2. tiny victories 01:00
3. aubade 01:00
4. dust 01:00
5. .lops 01:00
6. grace 01:00
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Artist – twincities
Album – Winter Drifts///2013.12.24
Release Date – 2013
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Post-rock, Dark-ambient [ TOTALLY AMAZING ]
Tracklist
1. winter drift I 06:24
2. winter drift II 02:44
3. winter drift III 03:35
4. winter drift IV 02:41
5. winter drift V 03:52
6. may 3rd 04:43
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Artist – twincities
Album – Make A Joyful Noise
Release Date – 2013
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Post-rock, Dark-ambient [ TOTALLY AMAZING ]
Tracklist
1. [joyful noise] 01:55
2. maiden tributes to modern babylon 09:53
3. september 4th 02:19
4. six herons 09:57
5. august 15th 09:08
6. songs of farewell… 02:04
7. …rise from troubled springs 11:08
8. [rejoice] 01:37
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Artist – twincities
Album – Just A Bit Too Quiet: Unfinished Pieces
Release Date – 2012
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Post-rock, Dark-ambient [ TOTALLY AMAZING ]
Tracklist
1. bell loop 00:45
2. waltz song 12:58
3. seven song 03:04
4. studio song 03:59
5. babylon reworked 06:47
6. old intro 05:35
7. metal song 09:30
8. video song 09:13
9. bird loop 02:04
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Artist – twincities
Album – twincities EP [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2011
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Post-rock, Dark-ambient [ TOTALLY AMAZING ]
Tracklist
1. 1 04:06
2. 2 11:30
3. 3 04:21
4. 4 13:15
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Artist – twincities
Album – twincities Demos [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2011
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Post-rock, Dark-ambient [ TOTALLY AMAZING ]
Tracklist
1. I 06:47
2. II 04:49
3. III 04:37
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Tags: 2014 Albums, Ambient, Artist Submission, Dark-ambient, Drone-ambient, Experimental, Post-rock
April 22nd, 2014 / Comments Off / by pdresseachea
Ephera / Dark Ambient Forest is a one-man project by Billy Gsellmann. A mix of genres are included in the music from Contemporary Folk to Ambient to Black Metal to Minimalism, etc. Just a lot of diferent Experimental genres. The musical themes usually are about nature, sadness, journeys, things along those lines.
2011 saw the rise of this promising Australian musician. His talents progressed significantly with each release, culminating with this ominous EP. These four tracks mix dark ambient and sound collage into somber elegies of the soul. They paint a portrait of life’s difficulties and the dark hole they can drag you into.
[ NAVI ].
“Navi, the new album from the prolific electronic beat wizards Ephera has taken a decidedly remarkable turn … seeming to be guided by a more gentle hand, and divined with more thought and consideration. Ephera still maintain their initial structure and inspiration, sounding for all the world like we’re not only being treated to snippets from old black and white movies, but from the vanished lives that were going on in front of that glass tube. It’s almost as if Navi have tapped into the ability to reach back in time, and view the world from the inside of a television set, then channel these incomprehensible bits into the future, where they’ve been picked up and repurposed into a delightful vision of a vision, that exists only here, on Navi.
The boys have created a dreamy soundscape, and then eclipsed it with memories that send the listener is several directions at once, leaving me to wonder why they didn’t consider visual references to be played along with these tracks … but perhaps that’s in store for their next outing. Regardless, the deeper one travels into this project, the more difficult it is to leave, no doubt due to the interplay between the presentation and the listener’s projected interaction. And to that end, let me just suggest that you put all other things aside for a bit, turn down the lights, and let yourself be immersed in their dream.”
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And here goes an update everyone should consider based on the quoted tags. Unusual dubstep and techno-ambient for sure but totally worth the listen / download. Check it out. Those who already had a go on [ Dark Ambient Forest ] know that [ Ephera ] is just as good and totally deserve your undivided attention.
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Artist – Ephera
Album – Navi [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2014
Genre – IDM / EDM, Dubstep, Electronic, Ambient [ ECSTASY ]
Tracklist
01. Animate 03:58
02. Dependence 02:25
03. Forest Daze 03:17
04. Lost in the Wilderness 04:56
05. META 03:10
06. Sun Beamzz 04:48
07. Forever Doing Whatever 01:04
08. Whying 03:36
09. Midnight Melancholy 03:32
10. Time Passes By 02:55
11. Inanimate//Eulogy 03:21
12. Dark Recess (Interlude) 00:29
13. Hypnobeast (feat. Anneka) 03:55
14. Brainteaser (feat. Bijou.) 04:43
15. Cold Wind 03:29
16. Getting Out 03:15
17. Daniel Johnston – Walking the Cow (Ephera Remix) 03:44
18. Streetlight 03:35
19. Tetra 01:54
20. Alone (feat. URAMESHI!) 03:30
21. Alaska 05:08
22. REanimate 03:18
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DIG IT TO BITS Ephera – Navi
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Artist – Ephera
Album – Ongaku EP [ 10 Out Of 10 ]
Release Date – 2013
Genre – Ambient, Dubstep, Down-tempo, IDM, Experimental [ GORGEOUS ]
Tracklist
1. Aura 02:28
2. Tora 03:54
3. Sakura 03:21
4. Chakra//Mantra 04:45
5. Chakra//Mantra (URAMESHI! Remix) 03:17
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Ephera – Ongaku EP
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Artist – Ephera
Album – Alaska
Release Date – 2013
Genre – Ambient, Dubstep, Down-tempo, IDM, Experimental [ GORGEOUS ]
Tracklist
01 – Alaska
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Ephera – Alaska
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Artist – Dark Ambient Forest
Album – Dark Ambient Forest / Sam Stauble – Darkness/Light [ * * * * * ]
Release Date -
Genre – Ambient, Minimal, Dark-ambient, Abstract-ambient, Experimental [ REALLY GOOD SOUND ]
Tracklist
1. Dark Ambient Forest – Hatred Echoing Through the Trees 05:35
2. Sam Stauble – Waterfalls and Rainclouds 03:45
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Artist – Dark Ambient Forest
Album – Sadness Out in the Heart of Natural Depths [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2012
Genre – Ambient, Minimal, Dark-ambient, Abstract-ambient, Experimental [ REALLY GOOD SOUND ]
Tracklist
01 – Sadness Out in the Heart of Natural Depths
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Dark Ambient Forest – Sadness Out in the Heart of Natural Depths
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Artist – Dark Ambient Forest
Album – The Collapse of Reality [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2011
Genre – Ambient, Minimal, Dark-ambient, Abstract-ambient, Experimental [ REALLY GOOD SOUND ]
Tracklist
1. Reality Collapsing With Every Moment 03:27
2. Swamp of Misanthropic Terror 05:27
3. Silent Storm 06:20
4. The Shining 04:33
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Dark Ambient Forest – The Collapse of Reality
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Recommendations: Herzog | | Nest | Erik K. Skodvin | Sylvain Chauveau | Svarte Greiner
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Tags: 2014 Albums, Ambient, Artist Submission, Chillout, Dark-ambient, Dubstep, Experimental, IDM/EDM, Minimal, Slow-ambient
April 22nd, 2014 / Comments Off / by Admin
AMUTE IS JEROME DEUSON. Five albums so far and always a different approach of music and its world of sickness. Jerome gave birth to aMute with the aim of releasing some tunes, playing out some and messing about with mates, and that’s exactly what he did but the project became serious in 2004 with the release of its first critticaly acclaimed album A Hundred Dry Trees. Often compared to the works of Christian Fennesz with a more pop approach, Deuson’s following album The Sea Horse Limbo offered Deuson’s the envy to play Amute as a band. What had to happen happened as in 2009 Infernal Heights For A Drama was born as a band album for which the now then quatuor performed Europe widely.
These years of experience combined with a desire of always reinventing its music led to the release of its more experimental album to date in 2011 : Black Diamond Blues on the Belgian label Humpty Dumpty Records.
2014 marks the return of Jérôme as Amute or aMute with a even more dark album called Savage Bliss on Three:Four Records. The strong sound and bright escape of this new record defines a world on its own and definitive personal style with harder comparison to make. A move in its growing career. Besides music, Deuson’s passion for graphic design and music gave him the opportunity to lead the Stilll Label which released more than 15 records and international artists. Sound design and graphic art are also one of his many passions.
DISCOGRAPHY:
2014 – Savage Bliss
2011 – Black Diamond Blues
2011 – Heal Please Heal : Collection of B Thoughts
2009 – Infernal Heights For A Drama
2006 – The Sea Horse Limbo
2004 – A Hundred Dry Trees
Savage Bliss is the fifth album from Amute and the first to be released by three:four records. As a solo artist, Jérôme Deuson continues his path with determination and shows that he has the level of such artists as Tim Hecker and Fennesz. This record still holds melancholy and nostalgia, but the religious post-rock melodies are scarcer. There lies very dark and tortured romanticism as the subtitle ‘an album about love and other lies’ indicates. The astounding density of the sound layers makes Savage Bliss a dark album, a sad revolution – crude but not monolithic, powerful, but without violence – with heart and emotions. The refinement of the arrangements, the accuracy of the atmospheres, the diversity of textures show the very high sensitivity of Amute, who delivers an asserted and true album.
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Artist – aMute
Album – Savage Bliss [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2014 [ COMING IN MAY ]
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Dark-ambient, Drone, Music-noir [ EXCELLENT ] [ EXCELLENT ]
Tracklist
A1 – Death To The Hype (4:09)
A2 – I Was All Yours You Know (5:44)
A3 – Lonely Vegas Trust (6:22)
A4 – Empirical Evidence (5:44)
B1 – Friends (6:11)
B2 – The Short Mess (2:30)
B3 – You’re In The Air I Breathe (5:17)
B4 – Savage Bliss (8:16)
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Artist – aMute
Album – Black Diamond Blues [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2011
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Dark-ambient, Drone, Music-noir [ EXCELLENT ]
Tracklist
1. When It Begins 01:56
2. Everyday Is 04:44
3. aMute + Offthesky – Fast Forward The Past 06:31
4. Black Diamond Blues 03:35
5. Thierry 03:46
6. So Easy To Fall 05:58
7. Drive 04:12
8. Violent Blur (With Christophe Bailleau) 04:31
9. Desert 08:56
10. Dead Hero 01:57
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aMute – Black Diamond Blues
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Artist – aMute
Album – Heal Please Heal : Collection of B Thoughts [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2011
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Dark-ambient, Drone, Music-noir [ EXCELLENT ]
Tracklist
1. You’ll find the exit anyway 02:05
2. Go Fuck Yourself 06:09
3. Hit My Country Edit 02:31
4. Tunisian Blues 04:33
5. aMute and Silencio – Un Goût Amer (with Silencio) 04:58
6. Quiet Moments Of Endless Souvenirs 05:23
7. World At Rest 02:45
8. Drive 04:10
9. Oublier et doucement repartir Live at De Avonden Amsterdam 04:58
10. Fear Of Nothing 07:28
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aMute – Heal Please Heal : Collection of B Thoughts
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Artist – aMute
Album – Infernal Heights For A Drama [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2009
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Dark-ambient, Drone, Music-noir [ EXCELLENT ]
Tracklist
1. Break 04:52
2. May Faint 06:44
3. Begone 07:11
4. Enclosed Movements / Inner You 10:43
5. When Things are Not Going Right 02:22
6. Spread 05:04
7. No Other Man 08:51
8. Eyelash / Fukt 05:27
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aMute – Infernal Heights For A Drama
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Artist – aMute
Album – The Sea Horse Limbo [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2006
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Dark-ambient, Drone, Music-noir [ EXCELLENT ]
Tracklist
1. Why Do I Run Seasons So Fast 02:49
2. The Floating Boat 05:06
3. Hit My Country 08:02
4. Disco Flags Are All Around You 02:37
5. When Cyclic Brussels Gave Up It Turned me On 05:26
6. Oh ! Le Zeppelin 11:28
7. Sea Horse 06:50
8. (H)and in the Sand 03:28
9. Limbo 01:23
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aMute – The Sea Horse Limbo
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Artist – aMute
Album – A Hundred Dry Trees [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2004
Genre – Ambient, Experimental, Dark-ambient, Drone, Music-noir [ EXCELLENT ]
Tracklist
1. Trouver les mots 04:31
2. Landslips 07:07
3. A l’ombre de 12000 médias 06:13
4. (Loose nothing but happiness cause) From where I stand… 05:22
5. Se laisser aller en tournant, Let it go Swirling 07:09
6. Aux creux des vagues mon visage 11:41
7. Weight of time, Relief 03:47
8. Oublier et doucement, repartir 08:20
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aMute – A Hundred Dry Trees
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Tags: 2014 Albums, Ambient, Artist Submission, Dark-ambient, Drone, Experimental, Music-noir
April 22nd, 2014 / Comments Off / by Admin
Astrodom is a personal ambient, drone, experimental project from the North of Spain. synth sounds, effects, guitars, noise, field recordings, electronics and more. bright, dark, raw, smooth, simple, multi-layered… just free of any strict style guidelines, simply trying to turn moments and moods into sounds.
Although [ Siam ] is astrodom’s sophomore work, released in 2013 which focuses on a deep Asian experience and which is also available for digital download. The band previously recorded the title [ Domo ] back in 2012. BOTH release are totally exquisite based on the quoted. So fear not my friend… turn off the lights and the volume-up for a better listen to a transcendental meditation. Hope you enjoy ’cause today you in for a mega treat on NEW artists / NEW post. Stay tune, more to come.
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2013 – In Memoriam (...)
2014 – Luces De La Ciudad
Luces De La Ciudad (city lights). New album inspired by hometown memories, time passing and blurred spaces. ambient drone with big presence of guitars and loops, evolving and hypnotic sounds recorded at home ( April 2013 – February 2014 ) and mastered by [ James Plotkin ].
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Artist – Astrodom
Album – Luces De La Ciudad [ * * * * * ] X 10
Release Date – 2014
Genre – Ambient, Instrumental, Post-rock, Ambientscape, Dronescape [ SUPERB ]
Tracklist
1. Primeras luces 08:55
2. Llévame contigo 04:10
3. El tiempo en los tejados 12:23
4. Líneas de cable 05:11
5. La zona roja 03:46
6. Angelica 09:50
7. Eterno retorno 04:40
8. Gente como tú 03:24
9. Zapatos de cristal 19:12
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Artist – Astrodom
Album – In Memoriam (...) [ * * * * * ] X 10
Release Date – 2013
Genre – Ambient, Instrumental, Post-rock, Ambientscape, Dronescape [ SUPERB ]
Tracklist
01 – Astrodom – In Memoriam (...) [ 27:59 ]
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AS DARK AS THE COVER Astrodom – Astrodom – In Memoriam (...)
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Artist – Astrodom
Album – Siam [ * * * * * ] X 10
Release Date – 2013
Genre – Ambient, Instrumental, Post-rock, Ambientscape, Dronescape [ SUPERB ]
Tracklist
1. Siem Reap International 09:50
2. Una larga travesía 05:54
3. Thalang Road 06:15
4. Esperando lo desconocido 07:19
5. Jamie 04:12
6. Una puerta interior 08:12
7. Estación de lluvias 07:58
8. La soledad sonora 08:05
9. Calles vacías de Chinatown 09:32
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GO GET IT Astrodom – Siam
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Artist – Astrodom
Album – Domo [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2012
Genre – Ambient, Instrumental, Post-rock, Ambientscape, Dronescape [ SUPERB ]
Tracklist
01. Frigia 06:00
02. Tiempo muerto 01:16
03. Inercia 05:40
04. Dos cuerpos 06:08
05. Indios contra vaqueros 01:34
06. Desintegración 05:05
07. El diente de oro 01:10
08. Un sueño 05:31
90. El récord 04:15
10. Reflexión de un prisma 12:58
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AWESOME Astrodom – Domo
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Tags: 2014 Albums, Ambient, Ambientscape, Artist Submission, Dronescape, Instrumental, Post-rock
