Ambient Spotlight #8: Pete Namlook - Silence III

German composer Pete Namlook (real name: Peter Kuhlmann) released a lot of ambient and electronic music albums on his FAX label. Besides solo-albums, he collaborated with a lot of artists, like Biosphere (Geir Jenssen), Richie Hawtin, Dr Atmo and Bill Laswell.

Among the many albums, he created the ‘Silence’ series (5 albums). The first Silence album was released in 1992 and this was the first release on his FAX label.

I especially like Silence III, which creates a beautiful atmosphere. Top ambient:
http://itunes.apple.com/album/silence-iii/id43569476

Widesky - Floating in Being

“Widesky is the moniker of Seth Chrisman, experimental musician and multimedia artist from New Mexico.  Extended techniques, field recordings, found sound and radio static are employed as source material, woven together through improvisation with DSP chains and looping software to create subtly undulating and centrifugal compositions.”

More info and download (for free):
http://ruralcolours.co.uk/news/?page_id=136%22

Ambient Spotlight #7: Boards of Canada - Geogaddi

Boards of Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin. Their music has a warm, analog feel and often processed vocal samples are used in combination with beats.

Geogaddi is one of my favourite Boards of Canada albums. There are tracks with beautiful warm and light melodies and sometimes it’s seriously dark with driving beats.

http://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/geogaddi/id281208446

Re-introducing ‘Good to see you’ on iTunes

In 2010 my album ‘Good to see you’ got an update in iTunes with new album art and a remastered version of ‘The Forrest’. You can find it here:

http://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/good-to-see-you/id152337880

Enjoy!

Benjamin Dauer - Burning of Wine

“Burning of Wine’ is the debut album of Washington, D.C. based musician and composer Benjamin Dauer. The album is both spacious and subdued, and this is contrasted with moments of dense sonic intensity. 


Benjamin combines digital sounds with occasional processed field recordings and subtle swells from the bass guitar, his main instrument, creating a well balanced contrast between organic and inorganic textures. The deep sub bass pulses, digital drones and high frequency melodic turns already present throughout the album have all been given further emphasis by the mastering treatment carried out by James Plotkin, whose previous clients have included: Sunn 0))), Earth, Nadja and Fennesz. Headphone listening especially recommended.”

This great album can be downloaded for free here:
http://distancerecordings.com/dist018

Ambientblog Mix - Invisible Ink

A truly amazing ambient mix by Peter van Cooten from Ambientblog: Invisible ink

http://www.vancooten.com/blog/?e=321

Ambient Freebees

Some (very) good ambient music which can be downloaded for free:

“Hope’s not lost” by various artists:
http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/2010/07/22/hopes-not-lost-by-various-artists/

Some good ambient drone music:
http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/2010/07/22/music-for-bathyscaphes/

Nobuto Suda from Tokyo, Japan made a nice 20-minute ambient track. It can be downloaded for free here: http://ruralcolours.co.uk/news/?page_id=44%22

Hibernate Recordings released the Hibernate Sampler 2. You can download it for free after entering your e-mail address or you can donate something here:
http://hibernaterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hibernate-sampler-volume-2


Enjoy!