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… Read More Steve Roach & Roger King – Dust to Dust
Record label Shima has posted free electronica MP3s from the Greek electronica group Parallel Worlds. Parallel World’s music is a combination of dreamy/atmospheric textures with pure analogue electronic rhythms and sequences, combining the feel of 70s electronic music with modern electronica and ambient music. For Parallel Worlds, melody is essential, but most important is emotional… Read More Free Electronica MP3s from Parallel Worlds
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… Read More 302 Acid – 0005 Even Calls
HealthyFire.com features the free MP3 downloads of the music of M.D. McKnight, an experimental ambient artist. As McNight puts it, “You will find a sampling of strange, unique and truly original songs that spark the imagination and puzzle the soul.” Tracks range from ambient to aggressive industrial in style. Check out My Liquid Life. While… Read More Free Experimental Ambient MP3s
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… Read More Free Ambient Electronica MP3s from Dark Winter
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… Read More Alpha Wave Movement – A Distant Signal
Electronica soundscaper and audio artist Mark Rushton recently moved from his old site, Hooray For Vouvray, back to his old location: http://www.markrushton.com “It’s just a matter of simplifying things in my life,” said Rushton, 38, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. To celebrate the change, Rushton offers up a new podcast. It’s his eighth since 2004, but… Read More Free Ambient Music & Podcast from Ambient Artist Mark Rushton
Piano Dreams and Nightscapes, the latest CD from electronic/ambient musician Brannan Lane, is one of the most relaxing and lovely ambient CDs released this year. The CD explores the ambient territory pioneered by Brian Eno and Harold Budd on releases like Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirrors, and The Pearl. Though Lane visits similar territory,… Read More Brannan Lane – Piano Dreams and Nightscapes
Ambient electronic music artist Robert Rich has announced the availability of a unique collaboration with photographer David Agasi, Echo of Small Things. Longtime friends Agasi and Rich inspire each other with image and sound. Ten of Agasi’s haunting sensual photos unite with Rich’s calm reflective soundscapes in this collaboration, “focusing eye and ear on the… Read More Ambient Artist Robert Rich Releases Limited Edition Collaboration
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.
