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Ambient Music Releases of the Week: November 22, 2024

dawn – benjamin tennikoff

As a new father, Benjamin Tennikoff found himself having to be awake in the wee hours of the night/morning. To keep awake he started recording, which lead to this short film recorded on MiniDV featuring music he composed using a Roland Juno-6 recorded to an old Tascam 414 that he slowed down.

imagine a dolphin​.​.​. – Tony Rolando

Cassette release by electronic musician and Eurorack maker Tony Rolando, imagine a dolphin​.​.​. explores what it would sound if you put water in your synth. Well, he didn’t literally put water in his synth, but various samples of water sounds were run through Rolando’s modular synthesizer to help guide the compositional process. Shortly after the recording, Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, NC, home to Rolando and Make Noise, his company. All proceeds of the albume will benefit Lamplight AVL: lamplightavl.org.

PLACE II – J. T. Boogaard & R. M. van der Meulen

J. T. Boogaard and R. M. van der Meulen almost scrapped the sequel to PLACE, their first collaboration. Like the sequels of Hollywood many times do, their work felt rehashed and forced (to them), so they shelved it, but they didn’t give up on it. After some time and tweaking, they ended uip with PLACE II.

PHANTOM BRICKWORKS (LP II) – Bibio

I was eager for the release of Bibio’s follow-up to 2017’s PHANTOM BRICKWORKS, as the pre-release singles were one better than the other. A man of many hats, this collection of 10 tracks sees Stephen James Wilkinson exploring sites that are haunted by “human echos”, and exploring his ambient side

Tunnels of Egypt – André 3000

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Ambient Music Releases of the Week: October 25, 2024

forge – KMRU

Joseph Kamaru’s releases on Seil Records are some of the more melodic of his repertoire. Melody is crossed with static, drone, and rhythm to create captivating landscapes that are at once natural and alien.

Eno Piano 2 – Bruce Brubaker

On his second EP exploring Brian Eno’s ambient music, Bruce Brubaker used a Steinway concert grand piano with electromagnetic bows to create sustained drone textures.

LLYN PERIS – Bibio

The second single from Bibio’s upcoming PHANTOM BRICKWORKS (LP II) that releases November 22, 2024. Based on the sounds of the two singles, the follow-up to 2017’s PHANTOM BRICKWORKS is going to be a great release.

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Ambient Music Releases of the Week: October 11, 2024

DINORWIC – Bibio

The first single and first track off of Bibio’s upcoming PHANTOM BRICKWORKS (LP II), DINORWIC is decidedly more ambient than the sunlight-infused guitar-laden folktronica of his latest offerings. This longform track is lo-fi and muffled yet reverberated, like listening to subtle ringing guitar plucks and a soft choir behind an obstruction from the other end of a large church.

Virtual Dreams II – Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999 – Various Artists

A Music From Memory release compiled by Eiji Taniguchi and the late MFM cofounder Jamie Tiller, Virtual Dreams II explores the Japanese ambient tracks that frequented the “club chillout” rooms of the 90s.