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Review Reblog – ACL 2016: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape — a closer listen

Few people would guess that the Field Recording and Soundscape section of our site would also be its most timely and political. And yet, as this year’s selections indicate, the genre is far more than nature recordings. While these continue to have their place, they also hint at much larger stories: climate change, disappearing environments, […]

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I’m not a great lover of end of year lists but I’m reblogging this one as it contains some of my favourite field recording discoveries of this year, all via ACL.

Reblog – a requiem for pauline oliveros

Cannot underestimate the importance of Pauline Oliveros as an artist, mentor and human being. She seemed to touch so many people’s lives and was, but will continue to be a titan in the pantheon of electronic pioneers.

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Article Reblog – 1957 improvisations by pauline oliveros & terry riley (with loren rush, laurel johnson, robert erickson, and bill butler)

Today’s Discovery -Album of the Day: Mica Levi and Oliver Coates, “Remain Calm” — Bandcamp Daily

“Remain Calm” is steeped in classical music, yet keen enough to blend contemporary styles—like grime, techno and drone.

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Review Reblog – Svetlana Maraš and Bodies Under The Waterfall ~ Angry Ambient Artists Vol. 2

Yes, you can be an angry ambient artist and this expresses the mood at the moment.
“What to do with all this anger?  The healthiest approach is to channel it into something positive” – Couldn’t agree more.

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fwd16_frontThere’s been a lot of news to be angry about this year, from terrorism to Brexit to the U.S. presidential elections to the ongoing crisis in Syria.  What to do with all this anger?  The healthiest approach is to channel it into something positive, which Svetlana Maraš and Bodies Under The Waterfall do in the second installment of Forwind’s Angry Ambient Artists series ~ ironically, once again ending up in the Drone category.  As the series progresses, we may determine that “angry ambient” is an oxymoron, but it’s still a catchy title.

Last time around, the artists involved (Machinefabriek and Phillippe Petit) were well-known for their softer works, as well as their forays into abrasion.  This time, the artists are new, which leads one to wonder if they were ever ambient at all.  Their stated goal:  “to make some creative sense of these dark times.”  These sounds are indeed…

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News – Meryll Ampe — Tsuku Boshi Records

Meryll Ampe a sorti un premier EP sur label espagnol Audiotalaia http://www.audiotalaia.net/2016/11/at083-meryll-ampe-void-if-removed.html A écouter .. en attendant sur Tsuku🙂

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Today’s Discovery – Teresa Rampazzi

Teresa Rampazzi – Atmen Noch (1980)

Reblog – Even­ing of Light Are Celebrating Their 10 Year Anniversary With ‘LVX: Ten Years of Light and Darkness’ — Heathen Harvest

 

In Octo­ber 2006, Even­ing of Light was launched as an out­let for their grow­ing love for altern­at­ive folk and ambi­ent music. Over the years, Even­ing of Light has been an online zine, a label for hand­made releases, and a monthly radio show. Not always all at the same time, in the same format, or with […]

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Glad to see this release on my reader as it is a wonderful collection and all the proceeds of this compilation (after transaction costs) will be going to Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières.

Review Reblog – Stag Hare – Velvet And Bone — Yeah I Know It Sucks

Artist: Stag Hare title: Velvet And Bone keywords: ambient drone electronic faery fantasy folk love magic pop psychedelic storytelling Oakland label: Inner Islands http://www.innerislands.com/ Stag Hare knows how to massage our ears with a buildup that even the most painful stiffest muscle cannot resist to become flexible with. With smooth ambiance the hearing receptors are […]

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Great to see this new project – Stag Hare – has been picked up. When I first heard this album, recommended by Sean Conrad of Inner Islands records, I was blown away by the sound, partly New Age and also what some term Now Age. It was so good to my ears , I made it my Album of the Week – 8/11//16 and was also going to be a Todays Discovery but pleased to post this YIKIS review instead.