ambient
Dopplerkind – “Bleep Bloop”
L.A. musician conjures spellbinding synth odyssey
Kagami Smile – ‘Dream Residue’
Shenzhen ambient producer enthralls with latest transfixing LP/visual album
Pulse Emitter – ‘Swirlings’
Portland ambient producer transcends on kaleidoscopic new album
CYRRCA – “North Sea”
Ambient producer induces sensory deprivation on poetic new single
juneunit – ‘juneunit’ LP
New England ambient producer drops a glorious gem of a debut album
KAGAMI Smile – “Saw You In My Dreams”
Shenzhen producer crafts another stunning, ambient spiritual journey
Submotile – “Winter Storm Sequence”
Dublin shoegazers melt faces with beautiful video for recent album highlight
Fischerle & Persuasion – ‘Winter Studies’
KAGAMI Smile – “Coastal Loop”
Kouta with the track “After Party”
A haunter of the woods
Mirah and Secret Drum Band at Johnny Brenda’s
The glorious sounds of Mirah graced Johnny Brenda’s stage last Wednesday. With a diverse setlist that included a new song (“Energy”) and comments about an upcoming album, it was a great performance of the past and future. Secret Drum Band brought four drummers and a guitar player to weave some stunning environmental-themed percussive sounds to open the night.
Moby plays Rough Trade
The evening consisted mostly of his most recent album Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt. He made sure to play some crowd pleasers like Porcelain, Natural Blues, Extreme Ways, Go! & Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad which made the show so special. Even appropriately dedicated We Are All Made Of Stars to a pioneer in quantum mechanics, Stephen Hawking, who died recently.
Washburn and the River “Easy Part of Me”
Atmospheric with a hint of Saturnine
The Q&A with Playing to Vapors
The rigorous series
Eyes Behind the Veil – Everlasting Threshold
An eloquent slow burner.
