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Review: i Häxa ‘Part Three’ EP

6th September 20246th September 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Electronic, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

Personally, this year has passed with a surreal sense of time; on the one hand, it seems like an age

Review: Ivan The Tolerable Quintet ‘Water Music’

4th September 20244th September 2024 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Ambient, Ivan The Tolerable Quintet, Jazz, Riot Season

The experimental, free-jazz-oriented album Vertigo from Middlesbrough’s eclectic multi-instrumentalist Oli Heffernan, released under the moniker of Ivan The Tolerable Quintet,

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Review: Uboa ‘Impossible Light’

13th August 202413th August 2024 Reza Mills Ambient, Experimental, Noise, The Flenser, Uboa

I have a soft spot for San Francisco based label The Flenser; Midwife, Mamaleek, Agriculture, Ragana and the recent Your

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Review: Harvestman ‘Triptych: Part Two’

7th August 20247th August 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Dub, Harvestman, Neurot Recordings, Steve Von Till

July’s Buck Moon saw the release of the second part of Harvestman’s ambitious Triptych (a work of art divided into

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Review: Dark Sky Burial ‘Solve Et Coagula’

1st August 20241st August 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Dark Sky Burial, Electronic, Extrinsic Recordings

For the second time this year, I find myself joining Napalm Death man Shane Embury on his continuing personal meditative

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Review: Ex-Easter Island Head ‘Norther’

3rd July 20243rd July 2024 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Ambient, Ex-Easter Island Head, Instrumental, Rocket Recordings

With eight releases under their belt, the UK’s minimalist experimentalist Ex-Easter Island Head are back with their latest full-length Norther.

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Review: Kati Rán ‘SÁLA’

19th June 202419th June 2024 Lee Beamish Ambient, Folk, Kati Rán, Svart Records

In the nine years since the release of her debut album LYS, multi-instrumentalist Kati Rán has been busy embracing the

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Review: i Häxa ‘Part Two’ EP

5th June 20245th June 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

Back in March Rebecca Need-Menear (one part of alt-rock combo Anavae) and Peter Miles (Architects, Dodie, Fizz) released the first

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Review: Lull ‘Journey Through Underworlds’ [Reissue]

7th May 20247th May 2024 Amanda Votta Ambient, Cold Spring Records, Lull, Mick Harris, Soundscapes

Mick Harris’ work as Lull was made for days like today. It’s dark outside. Not because it’s nighttime, but because

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Review: Harvestman ‘Triptych: Part One’

3rd May 20243rd May 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Dub, Harvestman, Neurot Recordings, Steve Von Till

Steve Von Till has had a prolific solo career, both under his own name and the Harvestman moniker. This multi-dimensional

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Review: Šamane ‘Solstice’

16th April 202416th April 2024 Reza Mills Alternative, Ambient, Folk, Last Day Of The North, Šamane

Three years ago I reviewed progressive doom rockers SAPATA and their album No Sun To Embrace for The Shaman which