Heaven is on earth, proof? Listen to Freya Alley’s latest release, ‘Big Wild World’. The Lithuanian born singer hypnotises here with a stunning performance which is impossible not to relish. Now residing in London, Freya pushes into the underground of dark pop with an ambient flavour which charms from the first second. ‘Big Wild World’ opens with a multifaceted piano
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Gavella Glan is a dark ambient project of Joseph Mlodik (of Noctilucant). He’s got the debut record out under this name, and it was created out of isolation in early quarantine. He stated on Bandcamp that this is the album he’s wanted to create since he was a teenager; it’s got a rich fantasy theme using awe-inspiring ambient synths, haunting
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Ambient electronic artist Brandon Buhr teamed up with dreamcore artist Cloak for a new single. Cloak sings about not knowing where to go or what to do and feels he needs to be saved from himself. This is gently blanketed by Buhr’s droning space-techno production. It’s short and sweet; the tune carries the cry for help over two minutes but
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Niko Dalagelis who goes by the name One Of Them was born in Philadelphia, US & raised in Ioannina, Greece. Niko started his solo career under the moniker ‘One Of Them’. One Of Them has been entrenched in the electronic music scene for many years. His versatile sound ranges from house, techno, ambient & experimental electronica. He has managed to
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Ambient-noise project Whaler’s latest track was created with the audio input silenced during recording. Therefore, the audio was only manipulated by visual cues. The result is an atmospheric drone with static zaps, sounding like a massive spaceship passing by you. Whaler continues his vast experimental palette of sound in a uniquely constructed way.
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Milwaukee dark ambient projects Noctilucant and Psyclopean teamed up with Germany-based Visions of Ulnahar for a record where they each do two tracks. They conceptually focus on the texts of Lovecraft and Cthulhu Mythos through droning dungeon synths and industrial movements. The three artists build off one another as the gothic narratives expand. It’s mysterious, apocalyptic, and bleak like stumbling
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Experimental-ambient composer David B Collins is out with a new record containing two extended pieces. “Polar Vortex” is a frosty modular synthesizer soundscape inspired by Tristan Muriel’s “Winter Fragments.” “Loom” is a singing bowl and modular synthesizer track inspired by the intricacies and textural shifts of a tapestry. Both pieces employ their sound sources in many dynamic ways; spectral analysis
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Electronic ambient artist Brandon Buhr has a new EP out. Featuring Dustin Boyer on guitar, each track floats calmly into the next. It’s spacey, droning, and gentle like the title suggests – we’re floating freeform in space against nebulas and celestial bodies. If you’re looking for a reserved but potent experimental listen, Brandon Buhr has you covered. Brandon Buhr ·
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Experimental artist Jake Marin’s new release is a fifteen-minute long ambient piece. Featuring feathery acoustic guitar and droning singing bowls, it’s a listen that feels anxious but in a subtle way, living up to the song’s name. The drones crescendo in the final moments, elegantly contrasting the guitar. Jake Marin is one of the artists to know in Milwaukee’s DIY
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Psychedelic-ambient project Psyclopean is out with a new record, based upon the H.P Lovecraft story. Building on the visceral desolation Psyclopean has sonically conjured before, the music here feels like loneliness in space at times but stumbling on a desert civilization at others. About halfway through there’s horse samples, as well as someone smoking a bong. Neat, right? It’s certainly
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Dark ambient project Psyclopean (side project of doom band Sleestak) is out with one of the most haunting sonic odysseys you will embark on this year. Done in two parts, the record ventures from the most distant desert planets to the deepest dungeons to the most desolate realms. Dynamic drones, symphonic triumphs, occult tensions, and atmospheric soundscapes all encompass what
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Electronic ambient artist J. Mollerskov recently dropped a new album using Ciat-Lonbarde instruments; he wanted to do the most he could while utilizing limited instrumentation. The sonic tools here are the Plumbutter, Sidrax Organ, Cocoquantus, and Steel Piezo Chimes. The sensations vary from free-floating space in “The Gate” to upside-down worlds in “Catching Birds” to existential anxiety in “Boat Beside
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Whaler delivers a new single-track project of ambient noise.
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The Telechrome member’s latest twinkles with synth progressions and blooming crescendos.
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Andy of The Unitaskers releases an EP of ambient music.
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The Smudge exercises with minimalism on a new track.
Read moreAre you a Milwaukee musician/band? You can submit your music to be the Milwaukee Artist of the Week by emailing links to info@BreakingAndEntering.net. We’ll check out every submission we get! While Milwaukee is seeing it’s scene flourish in many genres, most notably hip hop and indie rock (see most of this blog), there are always emerging pockets of talent that
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