Journeys in Sound & Music
If you don’t know the name of UK-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Matt Emery, chances are you have heard his music somewhere. It could have been as part of a soundtrack to one of over 100 television shows or setting the mood for the trailer of a major film like The Kindness of Strangers (2019), or…
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In calling his new album Anaphora, UK-based guitarist Charlie Coxedge is telling us a great deal about the music it contains. Originating from a Greek phrase meaning “carrying back“, the word suggests a means of expression that relies on patterns of repetition. Most applicable here is its use as a rhetorical device which involves repeating…
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There are any number of ways an artist might seek to capture the essence of a place in their music. A field recordist might do so solely through curating and mixing sounds they collect in situ while an electronic musician might conjure an immersive soundscape that envelops the listener in a visceral way. For modern…
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Hibernaculum is a Latin word that suggests a ‘tent for winter quarters’ and is sometimes used by zoologists to refer to shelters used by many kinds of animals & insects to take safe refuge and bide the time until the arrival of spring. It is an apt metaphor for the music represented by the albums…
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Ambient music may be a music for all seasons, but its intrinsically reflective nature always seems best suited to the times of year when we naturally turn inwards. So, as the slanted light and bracing stillness of autumn returns once again to this part of the world, here is a collection of recent releases that…
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The next stop in a series of travelogues sampling the latest offerings from various labels is Quiet Details, an imprint launched in February of this year and already settled nicely into its own tidy corner of the ambient landscape. Founded by the artist behind the musical pen name of Fields We Found, the label seeks…
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Continuing a series of label sampler travelogue posts to load up on some great ambient music for the Fall, this edition puts the spotlight on the venerable Fluid Audio and its digital only companion label Facture. As many readers are already aware, Fluid Audio is known for a carefully curated catalog of bespoke releases that…
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However wide you cast your net out into the deep waters of ambient music, you are likely to pull back at least something that has Ian Hawgood has had a hand in. As solo artist, collaborator, and mastering engineer, he has been involved in scores of albums that are strewn across the lowercase sonic firmament,…
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After a diversion to the misty forests of Oregon, Sam Ashton’s Fortresses project returns with a new sonic journey rooted closer to home. His forthcoming new long form track Hear was made during the fall of last year and captures an essence of autumn on the streets of an East London preparing for winter.
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Stationary Travels 