I know what you mean about Kaiser. His name commands respect but over the past few years when I’m looking for stuff to listen to I have a tendency to skip him over. I think Ivar Grydeland was just what the doctor ordered. I’m looking forward to checking out Stop Freeze Wait Eat on Hubro probably later today.

I’m going to rate Into the Arctic Dreamtime 4/5 Stars. It could have been a fiver but I feel like the guitar hijinx on the final track, which is probably Kaiser, is unnecessary. Maybe I’m being a sourpuss but I don’t feel like the record needs any sort of climax. But on different day in a different mood I might be like ****in-a he’s killing it.

Great recommendation. Thanks

:beer:

Stop Freeze Wait Eat is good as I hoped.

Infected Mushroom put out a new album and I'm in love with it.

FUJI​|​|​|​|​|​|​|​|​|​|​TA - iki by FUJI||||||||||TA

https://hallowground.bandcamp.com/album/fuji-ta-iki

Neo-classical ambient

https://i.postimg.cc/cJHSvqhm/25-B29...-EDA72-AA7.jpg

FUJITA Yosuke plays the instrument pictured above and creates something sad, beautiful, and ethereal.

5/5

https://target.scene7.com/is/image/T...=488&fmt=pjpeg

Horse Lords
The Common Task

Yeah boi. That first track is FIRE.

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2146644452_16.jpg
Agusti Fernandez / Liudas Mockunas - Improdimensions

Just a horn player and a pianist with an album full of thoughtful and exciting improvisations. Link in photo, as usual.

Jamie Saft /Joe Morris Lundy Rd

https://glacialerratic.bandcamp.com/...orris-lundy-rd

New one. Should have very strong appeal to fans of free improvisation.

4/5

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1546716080_16.jpg
Beatriz Ferreyra - Echos +

Beautifully dark musique concrete with a capella and percussion tracks.

wallsofflesh.bandcamp.com

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1942924675_10.jpg
Noisecore, Power Noise

Doing a split with these guys soon.

http://seikomart.bandcamp.com/album/night-out

Night Out by F7ORANGE

Vaporwave. Follows the format but does it quite well. Should appeal to fans of the genre. 4/5

uncomposed by evan schiller

https://evanschiller.bandcamp.com/album/uncomposed

Ambient with avant garde style accompaniment with acoustic instruments that avoid dark ambient cliches. Highest recommendations.

5/5

Dark Matter by Moses Boyd
Genre: Nu Jazz, UK Garage

This album is so sick it's the album John Legend predicted in La La Land techno jazz radness.

https://open.spotify.com/album/4XRA7...RDSTZEbdeC1IZQ

Wednesday - I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone

https://i.postimg.cc/0yfwkDwX/I-Was-...To-Someone.png

best music that can be made

https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5...320/python.jpg
Mas Amable by DJ Python - think if boards of canada went on a vacation to latin america, this thing just builds all the way from start to finish in an enjoyably hypnotic way

https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5...20Mulligan.jpg
You'll Be Fine by Hot Mulligan - in 2020 a new 'emo rock' record has to be really special for me to give it repeated spins and this one easily ticks all the boxes for me

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters? No discussion at all? What kind of music forum is this

It’s been mentioned. Is it like up there with NFR?

Way better imo

I have been so SO hyped over Ozzy's new album. He is my all-time favorite artist, and in my opinion he still sounds amazing. Plus, his collaboration with Elton on 'Ordinary Man' is an absolute dream come true for me.

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/0019778014_2.jpg
Bada - Bada

Top tier krauty drone from Anna von Hausswolff, Hannes Nilsson, David Sabel, Filip Leyman and Gianluca Grasselli.

Trees Speak - Ohms

Krauty, psychedelic goodness.

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-conte...ohms-vinyl.jpg

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1249404207_10.jpg

Eric Holm Surface Variations

Really happy to see another Eric Holm release.

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0500377818_16.jpg
CHANCE デラソウル - Nothing Different

Kinda like disco vaporwave? Super catchy sampling and great production, filed under groove o'clock.

Peter Evans, Joel Ross, Nick Jozwiak & Savannah Harris - Being & Becoming

Not as free as Evans usually is, but still quite experimental. Mindblowing compositions, obviously lots of room for improv as well.
This is why I love Jazz. So fresh, so fun.
Sorry, Hawk, only the first track is streamable.

https://seikomart.bandcamp.com/album/planet-loria

This is an amusing campy concept album designed to mimic electronic movie soundtracks from the 80’s.

3/5

Really getting into Fetch The Bolt Cutters, very chaotic, very interesting.

Released on BandCamp yesterday all cello performed in multiple tracks

Each song follows a pattern of starting with a repetitive theme and then layers with emotive solos, all of them quite good. The hooks are catchy but never distracting or annoying simply comfortably attention grabbing. Sentimental is usually used with negative connotations but she pulls it off in an intelligent not overdone successful way. All-in-all an excellent work of original neoclassical compositions.

I think I could see ant and nea going for this. Maybe lisna. Might be a bit too conservative for grindy frown and exo.

https://benlukasboysen.bandcamp.com/album/mirage-2

Also goes by Hecq. Long time consistent composer on the ambient drone and adjacent scenes comes up with another winner. Sometimes a little to beat centered for my taste but still good. Could see this appealing to fans of both Tangerine Dream and Jean-Michel Jarre. One thing that makes this a good listen is that each song is distinct and they’re solid compositions throughout. I think ant is probably the member most likely to dig this.

https://andrewtasselmyer.bandcamp.co...m/may-mornings

May Mornings by Andrew Tasselmyer

not pure glitch but glitchy sounding experimental ambient

good listen

https://healingsoundpropagandist.ban...und-underwater

Ambient/New Age

Very slow moving and peaceful. The tonal patterns of melody or whatever you call the movement of sound at this pace is beautiful and engaging.

https://catswithhats.bandcamp.com/album/300000

MB resident musical genius Key released another strong winner here. An 18 minute experimental drone piece with plenty going on to keep the listener engaged.

5/5 highest recommendation

Ayeeee thank you!

It’s definitely you that deserves the thanks.

You’re not even exactly in these genres but 99% of the music I call drone or ambient and especially dark ambient these days fit such an expected format. I like those formats tbh but what you do doesn’t fit easily in a category - I guess the difference is it feels personalized - like you’re not trying to work within a framework but you’re expressing something individualized instead of formatted. I suppose many people try to do that but it usually fails. In fact, it almost always fails not to lean in heavily to a genre but you succeed at it. Like it’s not just harsh or just drone or just ambient. To pull that off successfully is rare.

http://exospheremusic.bandcamp.com/a...yond-the-stars

Take this. It’s really damn good but it sounds exactly like you expect it to sound

There’s nothing at all wrong with that but it’s a tier below what you’re doing

that genuinely means a lot. you're right - i tend to just make music that i find interesting and if others find it interesting, that's a plus. honestly, my process is pretty simple. figure out what fits together and just mess with it in audacity until it fits the structure i want to go for. then the fun part of adding stuff to it begins and i can see how things sound together. it's not really all that strenuous or annoying. more so, it's a lot of fun to experiment with what sounds good together and what doesn't. i'm usually pretty satisfied with the result. but, i'd be lying if i said i didn't delete projects halfway through. sometimes that happens.

Future Nostalgia
 

I don't care what anyone says but the Future Nostalgia album by Dua Lipa is incredible. The only song that's kinda lame is "Boys Will Be Boys". It's not the lyrics I care about it but the production value. Like the work and creativity that it took to put together each individual track cannot be ignored

I need to listen to it in full again, but Physical is a perfect song.

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1508785456_16.jpg
VA "ECSTACY & TRANSMUTATIONS"

Vanity Productions, ANFS, and Morah on a single release?

YES

Super limited edition vinyl on new S&M-ish Columbian art and music label that does events?

YES YES YES

Klara Lewis "Ingrid"

It starts out with a single cello piece, and a part is ripped out a minute in and repeated and mangled till it hits the red, and fizzles out. The low end frequencies are very Stars of The Lid-esque, and some obvious comparisons to William Basinski with the repeated loop. It's a lot shorter than a Basinski track, so doesn't over stay it's welcome. Really good EP for people that love drone, and minimalist classical music.