Secondface is a completely new artist to my burgeoning roster of ambient musicians I’ve taken a liking to and also do a music review of. Thanks to the musically consistent Exosphere music label (a division of Synphaera), I was pleasantly surprised to hear much of what I love from this label in this album, but with the usual subtle shifts and ideas that each artist brings to it. Let’s get…
Ambient Music
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Cryo Chamber: Mercury Mission Diaries – Music Review
The release of Mercury Mission Diaries was something of a surprise to me – not the usual dark and brooding various artist compilations that Cryo Chamber had released in the past, but a more science-fiction/space horror themed one. And to my even greater pleasure, it’s…
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State Azure: Church of the Last Epoch – Music Review
Another long-form ambient track from the synth master known as State Azure. I feel most of my recent long-form ambient music listening has been utterly dominated by the output of State Azure. From the very first time I heard “Fragments” back in 2021 I knew…
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Omri Cohen: Cosmic Foundry – Music Review
Omri Cohen is someone I heard of through his amazing Youtube channel in which he demonstrates, reviews and explains a lot of principles around modular synthesis. He also posts the occasional performance and completed work. It got me curious – had he released any albums?…
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Martin Stürtzer: Ambient Nights, Vol. 1 – Music Review
A somewhat unexpected release from the legendary synth master Martin Stürtzer. It features 4 tracks of wildly varying length, from a relatively short 16 minutes to just nudging over an hour. There are some musical differences between them too, as well as some similarities which…
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Frore – Void Peripheral
Void Peripheral is a long-form ambient piece by the artist known as Frore. I have a particular fondness for longer ambient pieces, as they have such more time to develop as a musical work. This even applies when the genre is known for eschewing the…
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Mount Shrine – Lost Loops Collection
Well then – here is the epic lost loops from the late Cesar Alexandre. I absolutely loved his take on ambient, that warm, fuzzy and distinctly organic tone that I’ve not really heard from any other artist. He drenched his music in this lush, vibrant…
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Archean Nights – Pulsar
Archean Nights is a phenomenal drone project from France. With 23 albums released to date, they’ve carved a niche in some excellent long-form atonal drone music and also done collaborations with other artists as well. I first discovered them purely by accident when searching through…