Big Fish Audio has introduce two new sound libraries.
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Primal Drums features a collection of powerful and evocative rhythm beds, contained in 50 construction kits (over 700 loops). The kits range in style from massive cinematic drum scores to exotic worldbeat, ambient, and eclectic street beats.
An essential tool for producers and composers, Primal Drums also [...]

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 [...]

Secret Voices, a project of producer Tim Motzer along with Italian electronics guru Enrico Marani, has a very eclectic and original new release, No Time For Silence.
When a album is truly original, it’s often hard to fit it into a set category or niche. This is certainly the case with No Time For Silence. The [...]

Robert Rich’s latest CD, Calling Down the Sky, captures a 2003 concert performance. The CD documents a “house concert” Rich performed in Denver, Colorado. Rich performed a show for an intimite audience of 26 while a storm brewed outside. In his liner notes, Rich comments that his music refered directly to the tangible weather, which [...]

InTRO is the latest CD from Bruno Sanfilippo, an Argentinean composer and musician now living in Barcelona, Spain.
Sanfilippo claims the like of Wendy Carlos, Vangelis and Mike Oldfield as influences. The music of Intro, though, is more reflective and ambient than these influences would suggest.
Sanfilippo describes the tracks on InTRO as soundscapes. Sanfilippo masterfully combines [...]

Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces is one of ambient/soundscape artist Steve Roach’s most challenging and imposing releases to date. It is also one of his deepest, and offers new rewards with each listen.
This massive four-CD set is one of the most important ambient music releases in years. The set represents Roach’s music at its most ambient. [...]

Alpha Wave Movement is one of the recording guises of synthesist Gregory Kyryluk. Kyryluk invokes the synth gods on Drifted Into Deeper Lands, and has put together a great CD that is a must-have for fans of ambient, synth, and space music.
Alpha Wave Movement’s CDs explore classic synth music genres, but make them sound fresh [...]

Steve Roach is one of the most prolific ambient/space music artists. His pace exceeds the traditional music industry release rate, so he releases his work on several labels, including his own Timeroom Editions.
Working at this rapid pace results in some music that doesn’t fit neatly into a preconceived album concept. To get this music heard, [...]

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 [...]

Martin Ayres‘ Cellosphere is unlike any other cello music we’ve heard. Ayres creates electro-acoustic music, using ‘distortion, feedback, surges and mixes’ to create sonic environments from his cello and violin playing. Ayres music is modern electro-acoustic music that explores ambient soundscapes.
The tracks on Cellosphere are serene dronescapes, falling somewhere between the tape-loop canons of Fripp [...]

Alpha Wave Movement’s latest CD, A Distant Signal, is a great collection of tracks in the tradition of classic space music.
Alpha Wave Movement is one of the recording guises of Gregory Kyryluk, who also records as ambient/world music as Open Canvas, and as part of the synth group Thought Guild. Alpha Wave Movement represents his [...]

Ultimate Sound Bank and its North American distributor ILIO have announced the release of X-treme FX. The sample-based plug-in is the first virtual instrument solely dedicated to musical soundscapes, sound effects, foleys and atmospheric sounds. The plug-in’s versatile 8 GB sound library allows for fast and easy construction of complex textures. Its powerful UVI engine [...]

Amir Baghiri is a musician, sound designer and composer whose dark ambient soundscapes have been featured on dozens of CDs and in film.
Originally from Iran, he is now based in Germany. He has released over 28 solo CDs, collaborations with other artists and several film scores.
He began composing music in 1980. While still in school, [...]

This release captures ambient space music improvisations from a 1985 concert by Robert Rich. The eight tracks showcase a variety of ambient environments that explore different moods and sound, while also blending together into a 73 minute soundworld.
Inner Landscapes was recorded live at one of Rich’s long improvised concerts. This concert was about three-hours long, [...]

This 1992 release is complex ambient music at its best. The music has a mystery and edge about it, even a little uneasiness. The double-cd collection of dark ambient music is one of the finest works Roach has released, and is a classic piece of ambient electronic music. 
The cover of World’s Edge shows lightning striking [...]