New Tomita Album Features Live Symphony Of Final Work, Dr. Coppelius
Isao Tomita has been gone from us since May of 2016. I’m actually surprised that we’ve not seen any remasters or expansions by RCA. A BOX even. I think that…
New Brian Eno Album, Reflection, Arrives In January
The last album from Brian Eno was The Ship, released earlier in 2016. It featured vocals and was an extraordinary album that many of us fans knew he was capable…
The Ambient Series: Oxygéne 3 To Complete Jean-Michel Jarre Oxygéne Trilogy
Jean-Michel Jarre released his Oxygéne classic back in 1976. What set it apart from his previous two (both that I was completely unaware of until I heard his original Oxygéne)…
The Ambient Series: New Dirk Serries Microphonics Release, Resolution Heart
Noted ambient artist, Dirk Serries, whose music is best described as dark and experimental. The music is a minimalist drone that bypasses the safer rush of skin-pop ambient by mainlining…
The Ambient Series: New Enigma Album, The Fall Of A Rebel Angel
In the ’90s, Michael Cretu led a project notably called Enigma. During that period, there were three multi-platinum albums released (MCMXC a.D. -1990, The Cross Of Changes – 1993, Le…
New Vangelis Album, Rosetta, Arrives In September
A new Vangelis album is always a good reason to get excited. The new announcement that Vangelis would be releasing a new album based on the European Space Agency’s space…
Review: Earth Luminous – Erik Wøllo and Byron Metcalf
The latest album by Erik Wøllo, as a collaboration with ambient artist, Byron Metcalf, is a tribal rhythm grandeur. It is an unrelenting set of tracks, eight in all, that…
New Jean-Michel Jarre Electronica Addition Expected In May
Electronica (The Time Machine) was released by Jean-Michel Jarre back in 2015. It featured an ingenious match-up of collaborative music with other pioneering electronic-based bands and artists to create a…
The Ambient Series – Two Peter Baumann (Tangerine Dream) Classics To Be Released On DD
This is a small piece that should not be passed up for ambient fans. The most popular phase of Tangerine Dream is the Froese, Franke, Baumann iteration of the electronic…
The Ambient Series: Monolith To Be Released To Follow-up As Lonely As Dave Bowman’s POD
Sam Rosenthal has announced the launch of the follow-up to his compelling 2007 ambient work, POD, under the artist name of As Lonely As Dave Bowman. The new album, Monolith,…
First Preview of New Jean-Michel Jarre/M83 Song From Unscheduled New Album
It’s been a long eight years since the last studio album was released by French electronic composer, Jean-Michel Jarre. That album was Téo & Téa, issued in 2007. But that…
The Ambient Series: Letters To The Farthest Star – Forrest Fang
Forrest Fang is a multi-instrumentalist who has experimented with applications of traditional instruments like the violin, piano, guitars, and other, more exotic and classical instruments against backdrops of electronics to…