Dec 23, 2002 Music Children of Nature by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (Review) Not to sound overly melodramatic, but this music is what I picture souls entering heaven hear.
Dec 3, 2002 Music Harmonies and Atmospheres by Orange Cake Mix (Review) Orange Cake Mix presents a blend of shoegaze, glitch, warm electronica, and pop.
Dec 3, 2002 Music Submers by Loscil (Review) I could only fully appreciate Submers’ nautical-themed soundscapes once I listened to them over headphones.
Oct 21, 2002 Music The Skin of Whippets by Charity Empressa (Review) Some drone artists may encourage you to tune out and fade away but Charity Empressa’s music engages the listener.
Oct 19, 2002 Music The River Made No Sound by Pan•American (Review) Mark Nelson is determined to minimize his albums’ accessibility as deliberately as he minimizes his sound.
Aug 23, 2002 Music Meditation, Contemplation, and Prayer by Jesse Eubanks (Review) For the most part, the album maintains a consistent mood best suited for contemplative moments.
Jun 16, 2002 Music Perception (Bliss Out, Volume 4) by Amp (Review) Perception’s strength lies in the fact that it takes seemingly unrelated sound sources and combines them into glorious music.
Apr 20, 2002 Music No Solace In Sleep by Aarktica (Review) It’s an intense experience, and not one you’ll soon forget.
Feb 26, 2002 Music Structures From Silence by Steve Roach (Review) These compositions move and flow like giant pools of color, shifting at the same graceful pace as the landscape’s colors when the moon slowly moves over it.
Jan 12, 2002 Music Aida (Bliss Out, Volume 17) by Mus (Review) Aida will gently settle around you like nice, thick blanket, coaxing you to bed but never boring you to sleep.
Jan 12, 2002 Music Son De Mar by Piano Magic (Review) Haunting soundscapes that conjure up misty beaches, abandoned lighthouses, and hulking shipwrecks.
Oct 12, 2001 Music Angels of the Universe by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Sigur Rós (Review) You get the feeling that, in order to truly appreciate this music, you need to see the movie.
Oct 5, 2001 Music Phaedra by Tangerine Dream (Review) Probably as a good a place as any to start if you want to start delving into the history of electronic music.
Sep 3, 2001 Music Charity Empressa by Charity Empressa (Review) Charity Empressa’s “drone” music makes for a beautiful and consistently rewarding listen.
Jul 22, 2001 Music Souvenir from a Dream by The Waterfall Effect (Review) Despite the album’s fairly minimal nature, there’s something vast and alien about these songs.
Apr 7, 2001 Music Effigy by Thomas Ferrella, Kevin Schaefer (Review) The liner says that all of this music was improvisational, and that almost always sets off an alarm in my head.
Apr 7, 2001 Music Third Site by Paul Schütze (Review) Listening to Third Site has been an education on the meaning of “ambience.”
Apr 7, 2001 Music Visions by Steven Severin (Review) The music on this CD seems very fitting for a film about Divine messages.
Apr 7, 2001 Music Even in Silence by Jessica Bailiff (Review) Haunting female-fronted atmospheric music in the vein of Flying Saucer Attack and Low.
Apr 7, 2001 Music Propagation by Robert Rich (Review) Rich’s music is often dark and forboding, but it also sounds completely natural and familiar.