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…
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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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Alba Ecstasy – X Edition
Mihail-Adrian Simion is the name of the talented synthesist behind the Berlin-school infused music of Alba Ecstasy. It’s hard to pin down from his bio exactly where Alba Ecstasy started. However his involvement with synthesizers spans almost 30 years, and featured working along such luminaries…
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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…