honest words on honest music
Sophie Hutchings
A visual piece on isolation…
Interview with Jason van Wyk
“… sound design played a big part, but I also revisited methods I used in producing club music […] it was more a process of looking back than forward…”
Interview with Alessandro Cortini
… on the musical ideas that fit like puzzle pieces, on partnership with Make Noise for a synthesizer module, and much more…
In the studio with Matt Robertson
“… I love the idea that your own projects and your own perception of your ideas, can evolve by themselves when you leave them alone…”
In the studio with Biosphere
“… I often start a composition by creating a theme with an acoustic-digital filtered sound. Over this, I often try to integrate pure synthetic sounds from a synthesizer…”
Interview with Max Richter
I finally catch up with one of my all-time favourite contemporary classical composers to talk about his latest record, VOICES and touch a little on SLEEP.
Mike Lazarev
When You Are
“… in this timeless passage, I explore the possibilities of being outside being, and in the absence of elsewhere finding ourselves, whenever we are…”
Sophie Hutchings
In this episode, Matt Emery chats with the Australian talented composer and pianist, Sophie Hutchings
Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Ravage
“… how thoroughly unprepared we are for something almost all of us will experience…”
“I see Ravage as a mourning diary – it’s intimate, ritualistic in the sense that some of the methods used are sometimes more to do with their symbolic meaning than with the resulting sound.“
Frances Shelley
For Now We See Darkly (Drexler Rework)
“… textural ambience with a cinematic arc that guides a modern classical piece on an atmospheric journey…”
A Spatial label showcase of classic 90’s atmospheric drum & bass
Flore Laurentienne
Navigation IV
“… the passing of time and the elements changing in a cyclical and infinite way…”
Tegh & Adel Poursamadi
Ijād
“… what if one day in the distant future human beings encounter unknown types of feelings…”
“… we all could use the perfect English Holiday from time to time, for relaxation and recreation…”
PvC
For Ukraine Mix
A hand-curated sampler mix of pieces from both volumes of our benefit compilation by ambientblog
Orson Hentschel
Midnight Unrest
“… metallic, sometimes harsh and electrifying, surroundings of the urban life are landscaped into eclectic pulses…”
“… what I seek is to be like an empty vase that I fill by observing and exploring…”
Niels Orens
Implicit Void
“… melts into shapes, blends into surfaces, and dissolves into structures again…”
“… this is my own personal friendly reminder, to breathe in and breathe out…”
Pascal Schumacher
Luna
“… a quiet, dimmed-lights meditative journey with hints of nostalgia…”
Isambard Khroustaliov
Experts v. Shamans
“… proto-Autechre, post-Warp, and pre-AI hallucinogenic twists of psychedelic visuals and sounds…”
“… solo piano, innovative sound design, and an immersive aqueous sonic experience…”
Lawrence English
Outside The City Of God (Augustine wept)
“Music that lowers the heart and respiratory rates. Music that changes the state of mind. Music that leads to visions.”
Penguin Cafe
Harry Piers
“… this strong memory of seeing Arthur genuinely reach out to Simon through the piano…”
bvdub
Violet Opposition
… the emotional seepage of sound through the newly refreshed bandages of the recently healed wounds…
With Violet Opposition, Brock Van Wey floats the project into murkier waters by adding a layer of overdriven gilding to his trademark sound.
Matt Emery
Koi Swirls
“… elegant movement through the waters, with ebbs and flows culminating in the hypnotic swirls of the harp…”
Mathias Van Eecloo
eisOtones 14
50 tracks from 50 releases of 2021
“… meditative, mesmerising, and magnetic… something words cannot describe…”
Mischa Blanos
Mrs. And Mr. Smith
“… from the inner vortex of feelings…”
Sven Helbig
Skills
“… a musical tribute, a hymn, to those who have dared to persist…”
Bank Myna
Los ojos de un cielo sin luz
“… narrating an introspective and cathartic journey within a troubled subconscious…”
“… a journey through some of the outstanding modern and post-classical music released throughout the year…”
Julia Gjertsen
Cause And Effect
“… Formations is about how things take form, musically and in our lives – what forms our personalities, who we become…”
Mike Jedlicka digs through his crate of records and picks his favourites just for you!
Vanessa Wagner
Before 6 [Ezio Bosso]
“… leaving behind the traces of melancholy, yearning for hope, and ultimately the acceptance…”
Corey Fuller & Richard Skelton
Isolarii
“… layering time zones and topographies to create a new, singular atlas of remote islands…”
LAAPS 2020-2021
“… a permanent sonic and visual continuity…
Two years. four seasons, and 16 releases later, we’ve got this exclusive 60-minute mix showcasing each album put out on LAAPS, curated by Mathias Van Eecloo himself.
In this episode, Matt Emery chats with the Icelandic composer, Eydís Evensen, who has released her debut album, Bylur, on XXIM Records earlier this year.
“… about appreciating the medium from a musical connoisseur’s point of view…”
Poppy Ackroyd
Suspended
“… the feeling of normal life being temporarily put on hold… everything so still, time almost suspended…”
Pat Jaffe & Callum Mintzis
V. Murmur
“… capturing a range of moments of quietude (or stillness) in the natural world…”
“… I’m looking for objects with a story, linked to various people. Every tool I keep is linked to personal memories or has had a previous life…”
“… continuous modulation of all the parameters can create incredible sounds, cover an incredible spectrum of frequencies with wide presence, dynamics, and precision…”
Sanctuary
In Absolute
“… crystalline, emotional orchestral, and choral elements blend with intriguing foley…”
Clima
Headphone Commute Mix
Climb high and dive deep with these dub-infused spacious d’n’b selections courtesy of Clima.
“… I try not to force myself or become afraid of not finding what I need. Very often things just need a bit of time and a fresh mind…”
Luke Gajdus
Dawn Chorus
“… it is in nature that I feel most connected and balanced and I endeavoured to reflect this in the music…”
School of Silent Illumination
Just Debris
“An impassable mountain; a vast, endless ocean. The dark and the light.”
“… the world is falling to pieces… but not with a crash… the world is decaying in waves…”
In the studio with Idlefon
“… the liberating quality of experimentation is still what excites me the most…”
Fionnlagh
In Isolation
“… a thoroughly immersive and dystopian exploration of sublime vastness…”
“The only thing for certain is that everything changes […] In order to master changes, we have to recover slowness, reflection, and togetherness.”