Discoveries: Julianna Barwick
For the ambient audience of MusicTAP, I have a new “discovery” recently stumbled upon in a shuffle (bless those shuffles). The artist’s name is Julianna Barwick, who is actually not…
Steve Roach To Release New Ambient Album – What Remains
Steve Roach is one of our premiere ambient artists, deserving to be celebrated as richly as we celebrate Tangerine Dream and other ambient masters. Since 1982, Steve Roach has explored…
Posthumous Klaus Schulze Album To Release – Deus Arrakis
For those lovers of ambient music, Klaus Schulze stands out as one of the pioneers in that genre. He’s spent time with Tangerine Dream, and Ash Ra Temple, both of…
Ambient Composer Erik Wøllo To Release New Album, «NORTH STAR»
Erik Wøllo, an established Norwegian-based composer of extraordinary ambient talent, has release an impressive collection of 26 albums of personal soundscapes since his 1983 debut. Each recording is unique in…
Ambient Series: Steve Roach To Release New Album, As It Is
In the world of Ambient music, few musicians withstand the test of time as well as Steve Roach. His innovative and story-telling creativity transcends the genre with a flow of…
Steve Roach To Release New 2CD Set, Stillpoint
Ambient music has undergone many changes throughout its time as a genre of style. Since the music of early Tangerine Dream and Eno, both who advanced the form dramatically in…
Four Eno Ambient Classics To Be Reissued On Vinyl With Half Speed Mastering
Since Brian Eno‘s work with Roxy Music, where his approach to music was decidedly different than many musicians, Eno has helped to redefine and revitalize, even up the ante for…
The Ambient Series: Tangerine Dream’s Classic Pink Years Sets Get Remastered 4CD Box
Anyone that enjoys ambient music is certain to appreciate the pioneering efforts of a certain German collective known as Tangerine Dream. From their beginnings with the release of Electronic Meditation…
The Ambient Series: Threshold Point – Erik Wøllo (CD Review)
Norwegian ambient artist, Erik Wøllo, has released a healthy catalog of electronic sound explorations in the nearly forty years he has been recording. With well over twenty album releases, a…
The Ambient Series: Steve Roach’s Spiral Revelation Up For Grammy Award
Sometimes, the music you love, even the most obscure, are classics that get recognized for their brilliance. Back in January of 2017, I posted a review of an album –…
The Ambient Series: New Collaborative Work With Tom Rogerson and Brian Eno, Finding Shore
Brian Eno never really seems too far away from our musical consciousness. He may not sell music into the hundreds of thousands like his work as a producer typically did.…
The Ambient Series: New Tangerine Dream Album Scheduled For September
Before Edgar Froese passed on to the ‘great gig in the sky’, he began to work on a new iteration of his lifelong band, Tangerine Dream. He refused to let…