Sunday Mix: Passepartout Duo & Inoyama Land
Italian contemporary artists Passepartout Duo team up with Japanese legends Inoyama Land in a call-and-response, push-and-pull conversation that moves through ambient, reggae and Japanese synth music.
Warp reissues an expanded version of Aphex Twin’s seminal album, ‘Selected Ambient Works Volume II’
Out on 4 October, the reissue will be available on five different formats and features two previously unreleased tracks.
Sunday Mix: Lola de la Mata
Over ambient soundscapes inspired by her experiences of tinnitus, Lola mixes strings, field recordings, poetry, and hits an ear canal-shaped gong.
TraTraTrax announce new sublabel Ambie-Tón, focusing on ambient
The first release will be a six-tracker from Ezmeralda, set for release on May 7….
Morning Practice: Mixed by DJ Gigola
Start your day on a mindful note with a morning practice mix from Berlin’s DJ Gigola
A Week of Sundays: Miguel Noya
Venezuelan ambient composer Miguel Noya launches our week-long series of sets designed to help alleviate the stresses of lockdown.
Sunday Mix: Calibre
Calibre drops hushed ambient, rolling house and warming half-time for this subtly building set
Sunday Mix: OCA
Evocative of the themes of ‘memory, experience and the passing of time’ explored on their recent album Aging, this is the perfect soundtrack to while away your Sunday to
Captured Tracks #2: Dinner
One to wash away with as Anders Rhedin supplies a mix of ultra-slow ambience
How William Basinski’s masterpiece, The Disintegration Loops, captured a world crumbling around us in slow motion
Over 15 years after its original release, we take a look at how the ambient recordings confronted ideas of death and cyclical change
Astrid Sonne
The Copenhagen artist comes through with a succinct blend of celestial sounds
Theremin music – Mixed by Eversines
To celebrate the instrument’s 100th anniversary, Amsterdam-based producer Eversines blends a collection of tracks selected by Carolina Eyck
Simo Cell
Simon Aussel explores increasing speed and endless growth for this concept-driven entry
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono to feature on Japanese ambient compilation Kankyō Ongaku
Light in the Attic will be the first to release the recordings outside of Japan
Daniel Avery releases new video for 48-minute ambient track Visible Gravity
Watch the mesmerising visual now
Read an extract from David Toop’s seminal ambient history Ocean of Sound
The excerpt unpacks the influences of 21st century ambient music – from Ryuichi Sakamoto to Javanese pop and Balinese gamelan to Hong Kong atmospherics
Irish Ambient – Mixed by J Colleran
Moving between abstract electronic meditations, folk-inspired works and field recordings, J Colleran explores the rich universe of Irish ambient music
Midori Takada releases first new music in nearly two decades
The pioneering composer has teamed up with Lafawndah for the EP Le Renard Bleu
Ambient pioneer Midori Takada to make her NTS debut this week
The Japanese composer created the seminal album Through the Looking Glass in 1983
7 essential Japanese ambient and new age records
Japanese ambient and new age music created in the 80s has found a second life in reissue culture. Here’s our cheat sheet to the genre’s resurgence
Listen to an exclusive hypnotising after-hours mix from Midland
The UK producer steps up for Motion’s Monolithic mix series
Tender Textures and Self-Care: Why so many of us got lost in ambient music this year
In uncertain times, soothing sounds have provided a sanctuary for many. Aurora Mitchell maps out the context of ambient music’s resurgence in 2017
Watch ambient pioneer Laraaji savour the New York sunlight in new video
The central goal of Laraaji’s life and work is to spread joy. As we learned…
Listen to exclusive ambient mixes from Octo Octa, Axel Boman and more
Sets from the recent Monolithic at the Yard: Open Air Club are now available via an exclusive portal
Selections: Laraaji
Tetsu Inoue, John Serrie, and Steve Roach appear on Laraaji’s blissed-out Meditation Mix as part of our Selections series
Medicinal Music: 20 Records for Healing
Reflecting on defining therapeutic works and the stories behind them
PAN readies its first compilation album mono no aware
The label compilation is a collection of unreleased ambient tracks from PAN artists old and new
William Basinski – A Shadow in Time
Basinski transports the listener into introspective and hypnotic states, ultimately raising questions of our own mortality
Ryuichi Sakamoto set to release his first album in eight years
The as-yet untitled album is due to drop on 28 April.
Albums Of The Year 2016
The 100 best albums of the last 12 months, according to Crack Magazine