Ian Boddy's music consistently sounds fresh; seeming to exist in an eternal now. Continually coming up with new ideas and approaches on each release he is...
While the few albums that founded the Spacemusic genre 30 years ago have been cited as a major influence by a number of electronic musicians, very few of the...
With MOONWATER (63'26"), Rudy Adrian celebrates the touching and easy moods of environmental musical fantasy. This work hopes to take the listener out of the...
Ian Boddy live on STAR'S END 10.01.06 Ian Boddy's music consistently sounds fresh; seeming to exist in an eternal now. Continually coming up with new ideas and...
The purpose of non-commercial radio is to present music and programming that is worthwhile based on artistic content and the ability to somehow enhance the...
Johann Johannsson composes a symphonic music which draws more from the present than the past. His works incorporate many unusual, possibly ironic, elements...
Music by Between Interval (aka Stefan Jonsson) should be taken along with a cup of midnight. His CD AUTUMN CONTINENT (72'59") soaks up the darkest beams of...
Markus Reuter has become known for the brainy, brooding and atmospheric ambient music he creates using a touch guitar, a metal stringed guitar-like instrument...
Redshift has developed the sensible habit of releasing new CDs at their concerts of every two years or so. The CD TOLL (64'23") was recorded live at the E-live...
AirSculpture, the synth trio from the UK, made their east-coast concert debut in Philadelphia at The Gatherings Concert Series on 17 April 2004. Recordings of...
AirSculpture formed in Britain during the early 1990's when the trio of Adrian Beasley, John Christian and Peter Ruczynski began pooling their talents and...
If it were not know that CRYOSPHERE (79'23") was an anthology of various artists, one would think that its tracks were all by the same musician. So sharp is...
It would seem that there is no place for the listener to hide in SANTIAGO'S DREAM (51'08"). Kevin Keller's blend of New Age, Jazz, Classical and even the...
Years of experience are showing through in the work of Craig Padilla. His many concerts and collaborations with Skip Murphy have paid off in the form of a...
Thomas Fanger brings his exquisite sensibility to bear on PARLEZ-VOUS ELECTRONIQUE? (77'23"), his first solo release. The contrasting tonalities and...
The eight small tracks on PHONEMA SACRATA (53'17") by Cymphonic do not stimulate the edges of the listener's ears the way long-form pieces do, but rather they...
PHASES is the five CD retrospective released to coincide with Steve Reich's 70th birthday. It is a fascinating look at an artist whose influential work spans...
Dwight Ashley may never learn to tame his impulses into a style. The smoldering emotion of ATAXIA (68'28") does not fit comfortably into any one movement. His...
If music can reflect the glow of galactic light, Kevin Kendle's Deep Skies series is it. LAGOON OF ETERNITY (69'50") is the second volume, and possesses a...
Tim Story comes from a small town near Toledo. Where the music on BUZZLE (51'48") comes from is hard to tell. Nothing at all like the introspective and elegant...
With Radio Massacre Int'l it's tough to know whether their music heralds the creation of the world or its end. On LOST IN SPACE, their six disc compilation,...
While the composers in the sub-genre of orchestral-based textural music seem unable to suspend time in their works as well as the best artists in electronic...
Utilizing large forms and expansive tonalities Craig Padilla realizes music to enhance sleep rather than induce it. THE LIGHT IN THE SHADOW (63'32") combines...
Ambient Music comes in many shades, and it is a green cast which permeates STILL LIFE volume two (51'56") by Nelson Foltz + Tom Lynn. Their work creates an...
With the three tracks on MOODS (77'47") Frank Klare further explores the concept of mood sustainment first heard on Klaus Schulze's early cosmic efforts. The...
Erik Wollo creates evocative electronic scores for the cinema of sleep. The imaginative soundtracks on his CD ELEVATIONS (65'09") conjure up vast panoramas and...
Jim Cole + Spectral Voices create intimate Ambient Music by the simplest means. Using only their voices and both natural reverberation and a few electronic...
The Ambient Music of Kit Watkins is quietly magnificent. Simultaneously representational and abstract, his aural meditations have a way of expressing what the...
Der Spyra (aka Wolfram Spyra) is a German synthesist with strong roots in the Berlin-School of Spacemusic. Embracing these essential concepts, he creates...
Allusions to "Discrete Music" by Brian Eno abound on AND THEIR REFINEMENT OF THE DECLINE, but Stars of the Lid gives Ambient Music nuances that even its...