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Yulyseus’ Nothing Under Heaven is ambient music that asks for patience before it gives anything back. The album does not deal in hooks or obvious peaks. It works through warm pads, long tones, low movement, and small changes that become important because everything else is so still. “Veillands” gives the record its first real mass….
Susan Style is a Taiwanese producer and singer-songwriter based in London, writing and producing her own material and treating this debut as a personal record shaped by leaving Taipei for London. She also worked with Max Heyes on the mix, a detail that matters here because these tracks move between club-ready drums and stranger, more…
RMHNDRX has already proved he can do sharp, anxious electronic pop with YUKS, but The Hole sits in a quieter corner of his world. It feels closer to someone working late with the lights low, following half-formed ideas and stray memories instead of hooks. The Murakami influence he talks about is easy to hear: this…
Carla Patullo has made a name scoring for film and television, but her solo records come from a more personal place. Her 2024 album “So She Howls” was born from a near-death experience and won a Grammy for its blend of ambient textures and raw emotion. On Nomadica, she goes somewhere even harder to reach:…
Marc Gundermann has spent years working behind the scenes in Berlin’s music circles. With Konsole, his debut solo EP, he pulls together recordings from the last five years into a focused release that sits somewhere between ambient, noise, and experimental electronics. It was made in home studios across Berlin, Santa Barbara, and Amsterdam, often using…
Katy Jarzebowski has spent the last decade scoring everything from documentaries to ballets, and her debut album FEATHERS pulls directly from that experience. Originally written for a pandemic-era ballet, the six tracks now stand alone as a kind of experimental suite—one that blends orchestral tools with sound design tricks and a willingness to let weird…
London-based artist Vellum Hill wrote the material for Songs for a Scattered Classroom during a month-long songwriting course with Brian Eno. The EP is a direct product of that process — built around oblique prompts, tight deadlines, and a rare burst of momentum. Unlike the artist’s usual years-long pace, these tracks came together in weeks….
Nostlgia plays like a quiet room late in the day. A short piano motif circles at a calm pace, soft enough that the decay of each note becomes part of the music. You can hear the space around the instrument. It was recorded on a small Schimmel upright in a living room, with mutes taking…
This instrumental piece paints a clear picture of place. Right up front you get wind, waves and seabirds – real outdoor sounds that point straight to Drumadoon Point on the Isle of Arran. The piece works like a postcard: you can hear walkers on the shore, gulls and the distant foghorn, and when the plucked…
This month’s Cinematic Giants Spotlight dives into five standout tracks that stretch across genres but share one thing: emotional honesty. From glitchy electronics to stripped-back piano to folk with teeth, each piece carries its own weight and mood. Whether you’re scoring a film in your head or just looking for something that actually makes you…