Our friends at TAOASIS offer us a new release today – Lilium by ambient composer | MA |. This is not music, per se, but a series of cascading ambient drones to envelop you. Headphone music, surely.
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Z aka Bernard Szajner – Visions of Dune
A few days ago, the great electronic music composer Bernard Szajner, who performed and recorded as Z, passed away. This is one of his most important works. We keep losing so many good musicians, and this is yet another painful loss.
Haruomi Hosono – Yours Sincerely
From Harry Hosono’s Bandcamp site: “Haruomi Hosono, the pioneering Japanese musician, producer, composer, and founding member of Yellow Magic Orchestra and Happy End, has “found his voice in a late career renaissance,” writes The Wire. His five-decade legacy continues to grow and attract new fans, and has been cited by Continue Reading
Sonmi451 – Panta Rei
Sonmi451 released this album on the now defunct eilan rec. record label in 2017. It serves as a shining example of ambient music akin to Brian Eno and Harold Budd, with an added touch of elegance.
Various Artists – The Church of Noisy Goat: 5 Year Anniversary Music Compilation
We at MYNTH offer our beloved friends in Brazil. They have been releasing dark music for an amazing five years. From their Bandcamp site: “Five years of noise, darkness, experimentation, and sonic resistance. To celebrate the 5th anniversary of The Church of Noisy Goat, we present a compilation featuring over Continue Reading
Bernard Parmegiani – La Création du Monde
This album is considered to be a masterpiece of electroacoustic music. The composer’s notes are provided on the release’s Bandcamp site: “La Création du Monde (The Creation Of The World) (1984), 72’38 — First movement, “Lumière noire” (Black Light) premiered at the 1983 Acousmatic Cycle, 104 Studio of the French Maison Continue Reading
Various Artists – Late Night Tales: Groove Armada, Vol. II
As their Bandcamp site states, “Late Night Tales invites the world’s best artists to delve deep into their music collections to create the ultimate ‘late night’ selection.” Groove Armada were one of electronic music’s biggest dance bands for years, and their tastes on this compilation are extremely broad, making their Continue Reading
Philippe Blache – Embodied Shadow Of Thy Secret Mind
A new gem from composer Philippe Blache, courtesy of our friends at Mahorka Records: “Mastermind behind the veteran neoclassic dark ambient project Day Before Us is back on Mahorka with a new solo album whose conceptual background explores unsettling “liminal spaces”, paramnesia and flowing affective memories. In this new release Continue Reading
Rani Jambak – VIBRA GENETIKA
Rani Jambak offers some dark, tribal music from this release from 2025, Vibra Genetika. From her Bandcamp site: “Rani Jambak, a distinguished composer, producer, field recordist, instrument designer, and vocalist of Minangkabau descent from Medan, actively engages in the exploration of electronic music and soundscapes derived from diverse locations across Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek – Sybillewo (Sybilline Leaves)
Though this is a small snippet of Jeff Gburek’s notes on one of his latest recordings, I highly recommend going to his Bandcamp site and reading his whole essay. Musically, this release sits somewhere in the valley between electroacoustic music and a sound which reminds me of some of the Continue Reading