Mix 8: The Kream of Krautstuff
That’s right, folks. Following up on my posts on Krautrock and German electronic music of the seventies in general, I present this honking big playlist of some of the finest […]
Tag Archives: Electronic
May Netaudio Revue
Another month, another one or two roundups. But man, my listening life just keeps getting better and better. I just wade through heaps of goodness each month. This month we […]
THE GATELESS GATE – Near North (2014)
OK, regular readers will know by now that I am The Gateless Gate (dun-dun-dun!). And I promote my releases on the blog briefly and in a classy fashion, then go […]
10 more classics from the dawn of ambient music
This is the second piece I’ve written on the roots of ambient. The first one is here. The first post was pretty straightforward, but in this one I’m reaching a […]
EASTERN PROMISE: The worldly fusion ambient of David Parsons
Ever since humankind first started playing around with electronic synthesizers, back in the prehistoric dawn known as the 1960s, it has understood the possibilities for applying this wonderful technology to […]
Spirit of radio: The magnificent comeback of Tod Dockstader
by Allister Thompson [Dockstader passed on in February 2015. This review is now offered in memoriam, with gratitude.] You gotta love a comeback. When someone says the heck with all […]
10 of the finest German electronic albums
Continuing my fascination with Germanic experimental music and expanding on the theme of my first Krautrock post, here’s a selection of both better- and lesser-known electronic albums from the seventies […]
OFF LAND – Tidewater Pulse (2013) Tranquil ambient environments
Off Land is the ambient music project of Tim Dwyer, who has released a string of excellent albums via netlabels and Bandcamp. I’ll talk about some of them below, as […]
CENTRAL ASIAN FUSION – The modern meets the steppes
I’ve had a thing for Central Asia, which I’ve never visited, since I was a kid and my mother took me to the museum, where she said I could choose […]
JOHN PUCHIELE ENSEMBLE – Life Cycle (2013) A true ambient journey
I’ve remarked before that making compelling ambient music is not easy, and the line between boring amateurism and compelling, spiritual ambient is sometimes a fine one. As in all music, […]
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