Experimental act Names Divine have their first release out in quite some time, featuring two compositions each spanning nearly twenty minutes long. The music here is created to reach heights in consciousness and seek oneness with the cosmos. With angelic vocals, opulent keys and murmuring tenor saxophone, there’s a tried-and-true gateway to transcendence across these immersive soundscapes. Names Divine dance
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Prolific experimental/noise act Death Tape Super Bass is out with his first release of 2023. Over six tracks, Aaron Steinmetz explores minimal techno built from variably metallic and wonky textures. A couple tracks span over eight or nine minutes long; “Tooth Party” and “Sound Drown” give Steinmetz plenty of room to feel out industrial soundscapes with alarm-like repetitions. “Hellmouth” is
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Experimental artist and percussionist Jon Mueller’s latest release is a meditation on time and loss. This composition is just over half an hour long and consists of gentle tones, angelic yet haunting. It’s a potently hypnotizing sonic expedition that follows a keen sense of awe and gallantry into spacious soundscapes. Jon Mueller takes us into a calm yet compelling trance
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Psych rock group Painted Caves released their first single of 2023. This tune is performed with over fifteen different instruments and conjures a picture of lovers removed from one another. There’s a B-side Fluoxetine dance remix of the song as well, featuring additional lyrics and nearly ten minutes of instrumentation. The wonderful cast of musicians behind bandleader Ali Lubbad features
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The producer isn’t afraid to create a bit of sonic anarchy on his first project of 2023.
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Artist-producers Docx and BIG PHARMA teamed up for a new EP. Get ready to embark on a surreal and mischievous excursion through sonic experimentation – these five tracks are each entirely in their own lane, yet they form an extraordinary collage of textures and ideas. The duo incorporates elements of industrial, hyperpop and danceable electronica, complete with contributions from fellow
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Experimental artist Kendraplex released a new single last week. Taking an ambient pop approach, this tune’s lush synth substratum and dreamy vocals create a hypnotizing atmosphere, with distorted guitar introduced periodically to add to the fantastical soundscape. The title is pretty self-explanatory; the lyrics describe what it’d be like living in your vehicle with your lover. Kendraplex ponders the nomadic
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Dennis Hawk and Dave Schoepke look to capture some of the feeling of floating through the world with a meditative jam.
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Psychedelic-dark ambient project Psyclopean released their 19th album. Get ready to embark on a smoky, introspective, Lovecraftian sonic odyssey that gets variably awestruck, emotive and meditative. The record is self-described as Pink Floyd getting lost in the world of science fiction, which certainly conjures imagery of shadowy fantasies and the other-worldly ethereal. Keep an eye out for more Psyclopean and
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The stripped down piece is the latest from Moby’s ACAN label.
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T!ny wonders what it would be like to be famous on a new track.
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Collaborating artists Dennis Hawk and Dave Shoepke put listeners at ease with light bass and rolling drums in “Flow.”
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Noise artist Peter J. Woods released a new album on Skinwalker Recordings. Between methods like obfuscated vocal sounds and distorted effects that buzz, hiss and hum, Woods delivers an abstract sound art experience containing studio versions of live sets he’s done in the past year. According to him, the album is a rumination on whiteness and the cycles that perpetuate
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Brandon Buhr creates electroacoustic improvisations with his latest EP. Piece one features ominous clarinet that soars with patience and detail. Piece two contains shuddering piano that echos with haunting resonance. Piece three fancies droning violin passages that feel like you’re exploring a long-lost edifice. Brandon Buhr leans into his spontaneous side with bold, imaginative soundscapes on “Improvisations I.”
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Experimental electronic project Kinth released a new track. It’s a hypnotic ambient piece, featuring lush soundscapes that feel bright and warm with occasional twinkles. We get the sensation of passing from one state of consciousness to another, kind of like the title suggests. Kinth enters the light with “Dying.”
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Experimental collective VUCA teamed up with Amanda Huff for a reimagining of the English folk song “Greensleeves,” complete with their own lyrics. The result is a grand, magical anthem of spirit, ignition and joy just in time for the holiday season. It was collaboratively written between Huff, Kelly Fitzsimmons and Steve Peplin (who also contributes guitar with a totally shredding
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Electronic project Black Lines, Din Sky is out with their first release in five years. It’s five tracks that merge chiptune and K-pop for a most retro-future audiovisual experience, created utilizing the XBAND network and recorded through an SNES. If you’re ready to race through a classic 90’s video game, look no further than “Antisummer Club SPC-700.” Plus, a 52-page
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Eric Blowtorch is back with a new single, and this one finds him taking a country western-bluegrass direction. It’s the tale of an adorable woman born and raised in the countryside who serves up looks yet is sweet as can be. The song is about a minute and a half long which gives Eric Blowtorch just the right amount of
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Electronic project The Vicuna 100 just put a ton of music out on Bandcamp – here’s one such release. It’s two tracks of spacious, glossy soundscapes that send us into a hypnotic, meditative state – each nearly twenty minutes long. The first track incorporates some light techno while the second track favors brightly shining ambient. Be sure to check out
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Experimental artist and composer Sbowe is out with a new EP. Utilizing electric cello (Rachel Icenogle) and programmed drums (Adrian Harpham), the two tracks here create massive, textural, exquisite movements that feel poetic as they feel intentional. It’s like we’re observing both the gorgeous and tense moments of nature unfold in real time, punctuated by a variety of cello sounds.
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As Oak are a group whose sound encompasses elements of folk rock, slowcore, experimental and ambient. Their new EP is out today and it’s full of dense soundscapes that give plenty of room for emotive movement. You can tell that the members really listen to one another with patience and intention, bringing an overall somber demeanor that is both sensitive
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Pendrop Poet has returned with a new album this week. There’s 17 tracks here that encompass the Poet’s ruminations to the instrumentation of folk, electronica, indie rock and hip hop. It’s a cathartic body of work that seeks to liberate by touching on topics like exhaustion, oppression, revolution, self-ownership and being forced to participate in this capitalist hellscape while alternating
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Phatbrane maintains a consistent lo-fi groove on a new EP.
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Postureless sets the tone and then changes it rapidly with a new beat tape.
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Cyrus Chrome and Skymall deliver the visual from the title track of their new EP.
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