Inaugurated earlier this year with a debut split from Berlin-via-Essen duo Skuffface and co-founder Caldera, Duisburg-based label Riviera Club are back in business with a mesmeric four-tracker courtesy
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Results1073Kompakt reissue essential GAS albums with anthology box set
Kompakt are set to release GAS BOX, a luxurious 10LP + 4CD anthology of Wolfgang Voigt’s essential GAS albums ‘Zauberberg’, ‘Königsforst’, ‘Pop’ and ‘Oktember’, featuring previously unavailable edits on wax.
Download: Sebastien Bromberger – Get To It (Kito Jempere’s Journey Raw Mix)
Hailing from Saint Petersburg, Kito Jempere is a versatile producer and man of many projects. Having released on labels like Jimpster’s Freerange, Fata Morgana and NY-based Let’s Play
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The Orb announce ambient album “COW / Chill Out, World!” for Kompakt
Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann aka The Orb have announced the release of a new ambient album “COW / Chill Out World” and claim it to be their most ambient album to date.
Kranky announce new Steve Hauschildt album ‘Strands’
American ambient producer Steve Hauschildt has announced the release of his new album ‘Strands‘, scheduled for release 28th October 2016. The album marks his fourth album for Kranky and follows up his
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Astral Industries lineup ‘The Bamboo Recordings’ by The Chi Factory
London based imprint Astral Industries announce the release of ‘The Bamboo Recordings’, a timeless collection of ambient soundscapes from The Chi Factory.
Shifted readies ‘Appropriation Stories’ LP for Hospital Productions
Following his 2013 album “Under A Single Banner”, Avian co-founder Guy Brewer aka Shifted has unveiled details for his third album “Appropriation Stories”, scheduled for release 18th October 2016 on Dominick Fernow’s (aka Prurient/Vatican Shadow) Hospital Productions.
Unsound Dislocation Project: Announcement part 2
After unveiling a first wave of names for their Dislocation Project which is said to focus on “exploring the collapsed relationship between periphery and centre, the shifting idea of borders, and the specificity of place”, Unsound just revealed the second part of the events’ line-up, which’ll be staggered between 2016 and 2018 all around the globe.
Premiere: Distorted Portrait – Dirty & Smutty (Imre Kiss Rework)
After two VA’s released exclusively on digital, ‘The Best of Paperwork Vol.1 and 2′, Italian label Raw Paper Records step up with their debut solo twelve, courtesy of founding duo Distorted Portrait. Stream Imre Kiss’ mesmeric dub rework within.
Premiere: Pjoni – VVR Asylum
Exploring the fringes of listening ease and audio curves, Pjoni’s ‘Liminal Zones’ dares going in places few want to investigate nowadays. Don’t expect a proper rhythm, no groove, no mellifluous harmony. Stream the arrythmic ‘VVR Asylum’ in full within.
Robert Lippok : Open Close Open
Lippok’s EP was originally released on Raster Noton back in 2001, and receives a deserved reissue on clear wax complete with an additional bonus track. Expectations of 15 year old electronic music can sometimes be low yet Flau’s tasteful choice proves excellent.
Deepchord and Wolfgang Voigt remix Peter Michael Hamel
Thirty-six years on, Astral Industries reinterpret Peter Michael Hamel’s epic and sprawling 22-minute saga “Colours Of Time” LP with remixes from Wolfgang Voigt and Rod Modell (aka Deepchord).
Premiere: Evitceles – Thrown
Fresh off his debut release on US tape label Cloud Bank, Bulgarian producer Evitceles strikes a second time with ‘Risingvanity’ for Cologne’s Noorden, a well fine piece of understated techno flirting with the inmost depths of ambient music.
Whities announce new 12″ by Quirke
After breaking the year in with Avalon Emerson’s acclaimed 006 iteration, Young Turks sister label Whities welcome London-based producer Josh Quirke for an atmospheric, slow grooving three-tracker.
Huerco S: For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
By its nature ambient music often comes across as throwaway, too vague to really engage with. ‘For Those of You…’ proves that an uncompromising commitment to tone and atmosphere over everything else can show sound at its most lucid and eloquent.
Mixtape: S Olbricht
In advance of his off kilter debut album on Lobster Theremin, Farbweschel co-founder S Olbricht pulls together a few tracks to whet your appetite.