Deep ambient artist Steve Roach has announced his only 2008 performance:
DEEP SKY DREAMING — October 25, 2008 in Flagstaff, Arizona. This concert is sponsored by the Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition and will be presented in an intimate 200-seat theater at the Coconino Center for the Arts.
Tickets will go on sale by late April for this […]

A forum member sent me info about an upcoming performance by ambient space music master Steve Roach, being held at at Grace Cathedral: Mystic Chords and Deep Immersions.
Roach plans to present an evening of pure, expansive soundscapes. His atmospheric works should be a perfect match for the reverberant acoustics and sacred space of the Cathedral.
Lynn […]

Formication has released its latest project, Pieces for a Condemned Piano, as a free download.
According to Formication,  the music “came about when we discovered an abandoned piano in a car park. The piano was unplayable but we managed to obtain 13 samples from the remains. These samples became the 45 minutes of music presented as […]

Dust to Dust blazes a new trail for Steve Roach. On many of his albums, he has explored integrating electronically generated sounds with acoustic percussion and didgerido to create tribal electronica. On Dust to Dust, he collaborates with guitarist Roger King to create music inspired by the dreams and memories of the people that have […]

The latest em:t release, 302 Acid’s 0005 Even Calls, is a very cool voyage into a new territory of improvisational ambient jazz.
Doug Kallmeyer, Justin Mader and Andrew Reichel make up 302 Acid. Some may recognize Reichel’s name from em:t’s earlier release gel-sol1104. There some similarities with the earlier album, but 302 Acid’s CD has more […]

The Dark Winter label, out of Minneapolis, MN, sends word that they have 14 releases of dark ambient music available for free download as MP3 files.
Fans of ambient and dark ambient will find a treasure trove of great music.
For a taste of what you’ll find, check out Samsa’s Unyou from Return of the Sofa King.

Auxar, a netlabel, has announced a free EP release,  Laugan Evil - Aeon Blend [Auxar003], that is available for free download.
The release features “4 dark melodic ambient patterns with a twist.”
Download the tracks (for free) from Auxar.com. A podcast of the EP is also available.

Cycling 74, a San Francisco-based music software company, has released Unnatural Rhythm, the second volume in the Cycles series of audio source libraries.
Produced and edited by Ron MacLeod, Unnatural Rhythm consists of organic, extended-form grooves that provide an alternative to the drum loop genre. The sounds in this volume range from rhythmic undulations of Cyclic […]

Challenge your perception with this innovative ambient reinterpretation of one of the greatest works of Beethoven. 9 Beet Stretch is the Ninth Symphony stretched to last twenty-four hours. By slowing down the recording so dramatically, recognizable melodies are lost, and the ambient sound can be appreciated. You can download free MP3s of the music, and […]

Codex Hypnos, the debut release of SourceCodeX, explores ambient spaces somewhere between music and chaos. This release is a treat for fans of experimental electronica and dark ambient music.
This self-produced CD displays a stylistic boldness and confidence that is unusual for first releases. SourceCodeX makes no concessions to popular tastes. The music is devoid of […]

Dark ambient music explores the experimental fringes of ambient music, often using ambient sounds to create an unsettling or even scary soundscape. Dark ambient is rhythmless or uses minimal beats, and may include atonal synthesized washes and sample-based noise effects.
One of the earliest examples of what could be considered dark ambient was Brian Eno’s Ambient […]

This Hearts of Space release from Steve Roach explores ambient soundscapes and combines them with rhythmic backing.
Roach’s ambient music is often built with metallic, otherworldly sounds that push his music into dark ambient territory. He uses a variety of analog and digital instruments to create long droning sounds, and then envelopes them in ambient reverberation. […]

Aphex Twin one of the working names for Richard James, an artist with a unique, quirky angle on electronica. His Selected Ambient Works, Volume II, is a set of abstract musical pieces that add to the ambient genre started by Brian Eno.
On Volume II, each track is electronic tone painting, that explore a broader palette […]