Archives is a label based in Valencia, Spain run by DJ, producer, & musician Agustín Mena (aka Warmth, SVLBRD). You won’t find a lot of words written by the label about itself. Its impressum can be found in the music which focuses uncompromisingly on pure ambient, downtempo & dub techno aesthetics with a preference for soothing, warm…
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Sound Impression: Floating Away From the World by OKADA [n5MD]
Floating Away From the World is the third album in as many years by OKADA on the n5MD label and his fifth overall (the first two being issued by Fluttery Records). It is the first, however, that Gregory Pappas developed for this project since relocating from Mobile, Alabama to Seattle, Washington with a corresponding shift in style that seems…
Read MoreTravelogue 2014: Top Ten Ambient (Downtempo / Electronica)
Whether expansive and hypnotic, deep and liquid, or pulsing and glitchy, these beautiful albums released in 2014 are all about tone and atmosphere. Dub and ambient aesthetics meld together with a plethora of other tones, styles, and motifs that captivate the ears, engage the mind, fuel the imagination, and soothe the soul. Click on the…
Read MoreTravelogue: Week 2014-37
Noteworthy highlights from the past week of music discovery, releases, previews, and other news. Daily updates are available on the Stationary Travels Facebook and Twitter feeds and audio/video links to all tracks featured during the month are available on the Songdrop page. Previews and Singles Siavash Amini | What Wind Whispered to the Trees | Futuresequence (Oct 6) I…
Read More2013 Travelogue: Five Outstanding ambient/soundscape/downtempo EPs
This is one of a series of musical “travelogues”, or year-in-review posts, covering music I especially enjoyed this year. This entry covers five outstanding ambient/soundscape/downtempo EPs. Note that the albums are not in any kind of ranked order, but are simply listed alphabetically by artist. David Wenngren / Jonatan Nästesjö – Below From Sweden…
Read More2013 Travelogue: 20 outstanding ambient / soundscape / downtempo albums (Part 2)
This is one of a series of “travelogues”, or year-in-review posts, covering music I especially enjoyed this year. This entry covers the last ten of twenty outstanding releases in the categories of ambient, soundscape, and downtempo electronic. Note that the albums are not in any kind of ranked order, but are simply listed alphabetically by…
Read More2013 Travelogue: 20 outstanding ambient / soundscape / downtempo albums (Part 1)
This is one of a series of “travelogues”, or year-in-review posts, covering music I especially enjoyed this year. This entry covers the first ten of twenty outstanding releases in the categories of ambient, soundscape, and downtempo electronic. Note that the albums are not in any kind of ranked order, but are simply listed alphabetically by…
Read More‘Human Theory’ from the new album “Elsewhere” by Miktek (Ultimae Records)
Sunday morning listening. ‘Human Theory’ from Miktek, the electronic music project of Greek artist Mihalis Aikaterinis who has released a new full-length album called “Elsewhere”, his first on the outstanding Ultimae Records label. The music is an absorbing blend of cool ambient and lush, downtempo IDM that is a feast for the ears, especially in…
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