![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | ryonkt - the world that was surrounded by a deep forest and warm light - ryonkt ryonkt is Ryo Nakata, well-known for his great releases on Dog Eared Netlabel, Noise Joy and Mandorla. Equipped with guitar and notebook, Ryo creates dreamy and relaxed music between minimal folk and ambient. "the world that was surrounded by a deep forest and warm light" is a peaceful and easeful place. It is a kind of arcane space in everday life, but easy to find with a bit of relaxing. Listen to the repetitive guitar chords, slightly moving in each passage... Keywords: ryonkt; ambient; minimal folk Downloads: 8,981 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tiago Sousa - The Western Lands - Tiago Sousa The Western Lands, the western bank of the Nile: The frontier to a vast and inhospitable desert, today as in ancient times but also, in Egyptian mythology, the Land of the Dead: A space open to be filled, just as William Burroughs work published in 1987, with meaning, an open book' in many ways, readable from all possible angles, strung together by an ambience which transcends the limitations of chronological 'storytelling': Juggling with atmospheres, real and unreal memories, and steeped in occ... Keywords: Tiago Sousa; acoustic; minimal; folk; ambient Downloads: 5,312 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Cherry Blues Project - El Viaje Revisited Vol. 1 - The Cherry Blues Project The sources of this album are from the album "El Viaje Mistico" (The Mystical Journey), originally released in 2001. The sounds of "El Viaje" are, essentially, fields recordings from a journey by train in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For "El Viaje Revisited" we selected fragments and sections from those recordings and we remixed them to obtain new tracks. We think that "El Viaje Revisited" is a soundscape... Keywords: The Cherry Blues Project; field recordings; ambient; noise; experimental Downloads: 5,195 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Cherry Blues Project - El Viaje Remixed - The Cherry Blues Project The Cherry Blues Project released their album "El Viaje" back in 2001, in 2007 they rework the material into two new ablums "El Viaje Revisited Vol.1 & Vol.2". But that was not the end of the travel. TCBP send the tracks to 4 artists around the world. And they did really great remixes. The results are very, very different. Mensa's reworks are very dense and warm. The Jc-remixes are more rhythmic and percussive... Keywords: The Cherry Blues Project; field recordings; ambient; noise; experimental Downloads: 4,775 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Etienne Michelet - Calendaires - Etienne Michelet Etienne Michelet is a young composer and musician from France. After his self-released works "Bleu Vespéral" and "Le Piano à Coudre (The Sewing-Piano)", this is the first release of his ongoing "Calendaires"-project, which moves in the fields of minimal, ambient, experimental music and classical music. This "Calendaires"-release contains two parts, both together over 50 minutes long. Part one begins in a very dark context... Keywords: Etienne Michelet; ambient; minimal; experimental; classical Downloads: 3,605 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Cherry Blues Project - El Viaje Revisited Vol. 2 - The Cherry Blues Project The sources of this album are from the album "El Viaje Mistico" (The Mystical Journey), originally released in 2001. The sounds of "El Viaje" are, essentially, field recordings from a journey by train in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For "El Viaje Revisited" we selected fragments and sections from those recordings and we remixed them to obtain new tracks and mixes. We think that "El Viaje Revisited" is a soundscape... Keywords: The Cherry Blues Project; field recordings; ambient; noise; experimental Downloads: 3,436 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ghosts and Strings - Canciones del Futuro - David Molina Ghosts and Strings is the current project by composer/sound artist/multi-instrumentalist David Molina, also known as "Los Veneremos". Molina studied and performed classical guitar for almost 12 years until he discovered the art of recording and scoring music for theatre, dance, film. 12 more years went by and the rest was history. Unlike the output of his experimental, noise, ambient group Transient, "Canciones del Futuro" is an epic, harmonic, cinematic, guitar driven, 3 track EP... Keywords: Ghosts and Strings; Folk; Ambient; Electronica; Shoegaze Downloads: 3,432 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Off Land - Encounter Point - Off Land Off Land is an ambient project by Tim Dwyer. With ambient textures, little field recording snippets, spoken word phrases and classical instruments, Off Land takes place in the space between minimal, ambient and contemporary classical music. With 8 pieces and 75 minutes duration, "Encounter Point" is a monumental ambient work. All pieces are arranged very carefully and with a great sense for intensity and tension... Keywords: Off Land; Encounter Point; Ambient; Minimal; Experimental Downloads: 3,347 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Moabi - Hanami - Moabi Moabi from Toulouse, France, collected three own pieces and two remixes for this fantastic release called "Hanami" (japanese for "enjoying the beauty of flowers"). Set up between Electronica, IDM, Experimental music and Ambient, all five pieces have a very unique, deep feeling. An impressive mix of beautiful melodies, intense atmosphere and twinkle-toed beats. Starting with the more beat-orientated "Hey You" the EP gets calmer with every following track, finding it's end in the quiet and subtle ... Keywords: Moabi; Hanami; Electronica; Experimental; Ambient Downloads: 3,317 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Regosphere - The Coast By Train - Regosphere Regosphere is Andrew Quitter, a really productive man from Portland, Oregon. He does harsh noise music with "Suburbia Melting" since 1998, is running the DumpsterScore Home Recordings label, and between all this, he finds time for his new project Regosphere with synth miniatures, dark ambient elements, field recordings and lo-fi noises. The three pieces on "The Coast By Train" have a duration from 8 to 15 minutes... Keywords: Regosphere; Ambient; Experimental Downloads: 3,257 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | entia non - sub routine - James McDougall "entia non" is the project moniker of Australian artist James McDougall. After great releases at u-cover (zero comma zero, inter alia) and test tube (distal) he comes up with his first release "sub routine" on Resting Bell. The four tracks, deeply affected by the Australian landscape (South East Queensland), are very subtle, just like putting your ears on the ground of an animated, busy grassland. Little glitches grawling around like insects, soft wind flurries playing in the long green grass... Keywords: entia non; ambient; experimental; field recordings Downloads: 3,172 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | jeremy bible & jason henry - glare - jeremy bible & jason henry Jeremy Bible and Jason Henry are two productive artists based in Canton, Ohio, an area of the United States referred to as 'the rust belt' due to its rapid industrial decline. Similar to their surroundings which contrast rural farmland against decaying industrial landscapes, the duo contrast various sounds and styles in ways that can be compared to the elegant and subtle color contrasts created by painters of fine abstract-expressionist art... Keywords: Jeremy Bible; Jason Henry; Ambient; Experimental; Soundscape Downloads: 3,096 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ian D Hawgood - Spiral Into Somewhere - Ian D Hawgood "I close my eyes, earmuffs blocking out the city noise. I have known sadness and I have known hate. I have stared at the darkness and it has just stared right back, knowing a compatriot. I close my eyes a little tighter and start feeling my way blindly back." Ian D Hawgood Compared with it's predecessor "The Fire Will Die At Night" Ian's new EP comes with a lighter, less dense atmosphere. Soft piano-spots, little melodies from far away and sometimes slightly moving beats find their way to your e... Keywords: Ian D Hawgood; Ambient; Electronica Downloads: 2,972 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Astrowind - Somewhere The Music Had Been Played - Tulo / Bukimi To speak with Spiritualized: "Ladies and Gentlemen, we are floating in space" After two amazing releases ("The Night The Stars Flew"/Electrosound and "Into Vernadsky"/12rec), Astrowind come up with another great 7-track-EP. Deeply influenced by german krautrock, "Somewhere The Music Had Been Played" puts you in a warm blanket and let you float in time and space. This deep harmonic athmosphere guides you through the complete release... Keywords: Astrowind; Paleopsychedelic Ambient; Ambient; Electronic Downloads: 2,879 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | offthesky - rare decay - Jason Corder What an enormous output this year by Jason Corder aka offthesky. He has given us two great releases on term and autoplate. Now he returns with a 4-track-EP on Resting Bell. Musically related to the "Du Soleil ep" on atmoworks, "rare decay" presents four careful though stunning pieces. The entire release from beginning to end is a perfect compliment to lying down and watching the clouds lilt by. Or like listlessly gazing on a silent snow fall... Keywords: offthesky; off the sky; ambient Downloads: 2,836 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Summons of Shining Ruins - BIRD REQUIEM - Shinobu Nemoto Analog Vibrations. That points into the right direction. Summons of Shining Ruins is a project of Shinobu Nemoto, who works with electric guitar, tape delay, old rhythm machines, stompboxes and 4-track-recorders. No computer or software is used to record this work. And you can hear that in every tone. "BIRD REQUIEM" sounds at the first listen extremly raw. You can not define what you hear in the first moment... Keywords: Summons of Shining Ruins; Shinobu Nemoto; drone; ambient Downloads: 2,836 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | IJO - The White Out EP - IJO IJO is audrius vaitiekunas from klaipeda, lithuania. IJO is most well known for his energetic, drill and bass music that fuses together pop aesthetics, avant-garde noise with jazz-inspired, lyrical synth melodies. But that is only one side of the story. IJO also produces beautiful and inspiring ambient music. On his EP "The White Out" you will find 5 tracks, all rather short, between three and five minutes... Keywords: IJO; ambient; electronica Downloads: 2,794 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | A Western Addition - Lullabyes for the Sleepless - A Western Addition I'm writing these words from Qingdao, China where this collection of songs sound like they're from outer space compared to the syrupy love songs that blast out of the speakers here. These pieces take me back to my years in my studio apartment off McAllister Street in San Francisco. Often, as I'd watch the evening fog roll by pass Twin Peaks out of my kitchen window, I'd play my guitar; and sometimes on those special nights angels would visit, allowing my fingers to miraculously play themselves... Keywords: A Western Addition; guitar; ambient Downloads: 2,790 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | brunk - winter ep - brunk brunk is the solo-project of Bert Vanden Berghe, homerecording musician, born in 1977 and now living in Ghent, Belgium. Bert started with brunk in 1998; he just wanted to record and experiment with music in a free way, without stylistic restrictions or a predefined direction. Other brunk-releases are available from WM Recordings and Dog Eared Records. The "winter ep" contains 4 tracks with a complete duration of 21 minutes, recorded in February 2008... Keywords: brunk; instrumental; ambient; guitar Downloads: 2,775 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Saito Koji - Time / Line - Saito Koji Saito Koji is a musician from Japan, who creates wonderful minimal drone-music with guitar, keyboards, field recordings and some effects. He is known for his releases on Magic Book Records, Kesh Recordings and Gears of Sand Recordings. "Time / Line" contains the two pieces "Time" and "Line", with a duration of 33 minutes each. "Time" is drone in the best way. You feel like standing in a field of clouds or wrappped in a warm blanket while listening to this... Keywords: Saito Koji; Time; Line; Drone; Minimal; Ambient Downloads: 2,743 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Etienne Michelet - The Brittle Ballet - Etienne Michelet "The Brittle Ballet" is the new work from Etienne Michelet, a french composer and musician in the fields of minimal, classical and experimental music, wellknown for his "Calendaires"-series (released on Four Directional Doubt, frozen elephants and Resting Bell), the "Tombs for Anatole" (released via la nouvelle degelee) and various other releases. "The Brittle Ballet" contains eleven miniature pieces with a compete duration of 14 minutes... Keywords: Etienne Michelet; ambient; minimal; experimental; classical Downloads: 2,740 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | slow - room phive - Sergey Suokas After the powerful and emotive "Love"-EP on Autoplate, "room phive" is the third release by Russian composer Sergey Suokas. Sergey makes music since '99. And besides of his techno-project "Suokas", Sergey releases soulful and hypnotic ambient-music under the moniker "slow". "room phive" is a 4-track-EP filled with friendly and deep collage-electronica composed with samples taken from nature and sounds recorded at the studio... Keywords: slow; Sergey Suokas; Ambient; Electronica Downloads: 2,513 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Phillip Wilkerson - Midland - Phillip Wilkerson Phillip Wilkerson began creating ambient music in 2005. His work ranges from warm, peaceful ambience to the more abstract and experimental forms of electronic music, combining guitar, field recordings, synthesizers and generative software. You may know him from various releases on bypass, timetheory, Earth Mantra or Clinical Archives. "Midland" is a 5-track-EP with a complete duration of about 27 minutes... Keywords: Phillip Wilkerson; Midland; ambient; drone; electronic Downloads: 2,483 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | sylvie walder & entia non - bewilderment - sylvie walder & entia non Sylvie Walder and entia non (James McDougall) are well-known names in the netlabel-world and beyond. Sylvie Walder released collaboration-albums with Phillip Wilkerson, Siegmar Fricke, and "_" (as Kakitsubata). entia non has released solo-works on test tube, IOD, u-cover, Resting Bell and contributions on compilations for duckbay and Slow Flow Recs. On "bewilderment" Sylvie and James create a rich and deep organic sound-cosmos... Keywords: sylvie walder; entia non; piano; ambient; experimental Downloads: 2,403 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Love Songs - Live in Dresden - The Love Songs The Love Songs is the amazing one man arkestra Sven Swift. Swift lives in the North of Germany, runs the CDR- and Netlabel 12rec.net and writes reviews about free music at Phlow Magazine and his own blog RUBored.org. In June 2007, Sven performed a 25-minutes live-set at the DIY 2.0 festival in Dresden. The whole set consists of one well-structured, tension-filled piece of drone music, created with analogue synthesizers and effect-feedback only (an exception is the little nightingale-chant framin... Keywords: The Love Songs; Live; Dresden; Drone; Ambient; Experimental Downloads: 2,400 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ian D Hawgood - The Fire Will Die At Night - Ian D Hawgood "Fire rushes across the mountain. Its beautiful, and its all around me now. But the fire will die at night and I will realise that I am alone, remembering the way things used to be. This night has come too soon." Ian D Hawgood 03/11/07 00:45 4 tracks of enormous beauty are presented by Ian D Hawgood on "The Fire Will Die At Night". With great soundscapes and multiple layers of different soundsources, this EP catches you and leaves you with a soft shiver over your back... Keywords: Ian D Hawgood; Ambient; Electronica Downloads: 2,348 Average rating: (7 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | slow - dual box - Sergey Suokas You might remember slow by his "room phive"-release on Resting Bell last December, or for the "Love"-EP on Autoplate. If not, slow is the moniker of Sergey Suokas, a russian composer in the fields of techno (as Suokas) and soulful and hypnotic ambient-music (as slow). His new release "dual box" can be seen as a meditation on the "Flower of Life". This geometrical figure is a composition of multiple evenly-spaced, overlapping circles, that are arranged so that they form a flower-like pattern with... Keywords: slow; Sergey Suokas; Ambient; Electronica Downloads: 1,999 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Mensa - Nordic Recordings - Edu Comelles Mensa is a project by Edu Comelles from Barcelona, Spain. Mensa creates soundscapes in a dialogue between sound experimentation with high-tech possibilities and the natural enviroment, the landscape and the countryside. All the sounds are produced to be listened outside, in public spaces or natural enviroments. So, Nordic Recordings is a beautiful 4-track EP with softly moving soundstructures. It is a very calm and gentle production. Keywords: Mensa; Nordic Recordings; Experimental; Ambient; Soundscapes Downloads: 1,987 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | ~~~ - Grass Note - Benn Curry ~~~ (triple sones) is one moniker of Benn Curry, a 21-year old graphic designer and photographer, living in the north east of England. Recording all the sounds at home with minimal after production, ~~~ utilises various instrumentations, ranging from guitars, bass, mobile phones, voices, casiotones and banjos. Through Grass Note, ~~~ expresses a great understanding of how to create sounds and textures with a deep feeling and atmosphere and takes you on an intense journey with every piece of musi... Keywords: ~~~; triple sones; experimental; minimalist Downloads: 1,926 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Glenn Ryszko - 4.0 subtle distorted guitar drones - Glenn Ryszko Glenn Ryszko is a student at the academy of visual arts Maastricht. After having played several instruments in various musical groups, he decided to start a more experimental project on his own. Glenn creates sound by manipulating instrumentation and environmental recordings, using electric guitar, fieldrecordings and custom software. On "4.0 subtle distorted guitar drones" Glenn presents 4 superb minimal tracks based on distorted guitar tones... Keywords: Glenn Ryszko; guitar; drone; ambient; experimental Downloads: 1,913 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Bas van Huizen - Wegwerpwee - Bas van Huizen Bas van Huizen is a sound and visual artist (video/animation) from Nijmegen the Netherlands. You may know him from his "Ontgalman"-release on test tube or from his physical releases on Etherkreet records. A label focusing on electroacoustic and improvised music, which he runs together with Ezra Jacobs. "Wegwerpwee" contains 8 tracks. According to Bas most of the material is older than "Ontgalman", but he mixed and remastered everything for this release... Keywords: Bas van Huizen; ambient; experimental; electroacoustic Downloads: 1,859 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | jmdkm - Start Here - jmdkm Since 1994 jmdkm has been active in the arts, particularly in painting, photography and sound. He has been in a self-centered experimenting mode which has possibly gone into a naive approach. "Start Here" contains 9 tracks on a scale from playful to noisy and it is all about trying to find out where it aches or not, trying to feel where it hurts so good. Taking an electro-acoustic path, with nothing but a dorky drum kit, 2 cheesy toy keyboards and some stomp boxes... Keywords: jmdkm; Start Here; Ambient; Electronica Downloads: 1,708 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Lost Lanterns - Polar Living - Hawgood / Jones Lost Lanterns is the project of Ian Hawgood and Ben Jones. Both met at university and worked together in different bands, now teamed up to work alone on their music using live instrumentation, field recordings and computers. The first result of their work is "Polar Living", a 60-minute long, very atmospheric release with six tracks. It's a gentle combination of deep melodic keyboard elements with field recordings (made entirely in the UK countryside during autumn/winter time)... Keywords: Lost Lanterns; Ambient; Electronica; Experimental Downloads: 1,583 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Off Land - Commute - Off Land Let's go back to 2006. I used to hate my job, the dead-end brainless work. Even more, I used to hate my commute. An hour by subway what would take 20 minutes by car if I had owned one. Everyday I walked to the subway, switching lines in town and took a 2nd line to the end. I dreamed that one day the subway would take me past the last stop, just keep going. Or maybe I would end up somewhere else, somewhere new... Keywords: Off Land; Commute; Ambient; Minimal; Experimental Downloads: 1,566 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ennio Mazzon - The Possibility Of Joy - Ennio Mazzon Ennio Mazzon is an Italian sound artist. I first heard of him as a remixer of Off Land's "Input Shape". But he did netaudio-releases on Audiotalaia and Timetheory and a CDr-release on his own imprint "Ripples Recordings", as well as various sampler-contributions. "The Possibility Of Joy" contains 4 tracks with a complete duration of about 22 minutes. Most of the material seems to be generated with synthesizers and electronical equipment with a little addition of field recordings in some parts... Keywords: Ennio Mazzon; ambient; experimental Downloads: 1,498 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Cherry Blues Project - The Psychiatric Years EP Vol. 1 - The Cherry Blues Project The Cherry Blus Project, a two-people-project from argentina, was one of the first artists on Resting Bell. They are mainly known for more experimental music, field recordings, noise and improvisation. For their "new" release on Resting Bell they did something you wouldn't expect. They recorded a folk record. "The Psychiatric Years EP" is rescued material from TCBP, about 4-5 years old, compiled into two EPs... Keywords: The Cherry Blues Project; experimental; folk Downloads: 1,495 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Astrowind - Kurland - Tulo / Bukimi It seems like Astrowind are having the most constant release-frequency on Resting Bell. One release a year, always around September and October. It is the third release on Resting Bell, after "Somewhere The Music Had Been Played" in September 2007 and "Der Leuchtturm" in October 2008. They also released on 12rec and Electrosound/Musica Excentrica. "Kurland" contains 15 pieces and has a total duration of over 60 minutes, a real longplayer... Keywords: Astrowind; Paleopsychedelic Ambient; Ambient; Electronic Downloads: 1,429 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | gillicuddy - the repeating thoughts of old zinng-zanng - gillicuddy "grumpy folk with a grin", that's how gillicuddy, in real life Andi Rohden, titles his musical output. Mainly based on folk-orientated acoustic guitar-lines with slightly broken vocals and additional background-structure from a keyboard, melodica, accordion or a second guitar-line, his work reminds me mostly of Tom Waits, acoustic dEUS, non-electrical Notwist or Modest Mouse. "the repeating thoughts of old zinng-zanng" is the follow-up to his "Shmalhans is Kuechenmeister"-release on Merzbau-Labe... Keywords: gillicuddy; acoustic; folk; guitar Downloads: 1,371 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Glenn Ryszko - Machine - Glenn Ryszko Last year Glenn Ryszko released his work "4.0 subtle distorted guitar drones" on Resting Bell as well as compilation-tracks for "SOUNDOFSLOWFLOW Vol.1" from Slow Flow Records and "listen" from duckbay. Now he comes up with his second Resting Bell-release called "Machine". "Machine" is a sublime minimal drone work, inspired by abandoned industrial places. Glenn was born in a coal mining area, which was closed down even before he was born... Keywords: Glenn Ryszko; drone; ambient; experimental Downloads: 1,364 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Gardens From Light - Birds Of Joy And Sorrow Vol. 2 - Sparke / Illidge Gardens from Light are an ambient drone duo from the North of England. They formed during 2006 and consist of individuals I. Sparke and S. Illidge. Their release "Birds Of Joy And Sorrow" is a massive work in two pieces. Both together two hours long. They create 12 conceptual pieces around figures from the russian and east european mythology, 12 deep and dark sonic landscapes of drones, walls of strings and field recordings... Keywords: Gardens From Light; Ambient; Drone Downloads: 1,355 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Gardens From Light - Sun Chariot - Sparke / Illidge You might remember Gardens From Light from their massive Resting Bell-double-feature "Birds Of Joy And Sorrow", released in October 2007. This time Steven and Ian offer a single 16-minute track entitled "Sun Chariot". It's a very dense and deep track, and compared to "Birds Of Joy And Sorrow" it's more athmospheric and more complex. There is a continous drone throught this piece, layered with percussive elements, sublime field-recordings, haunted vocals, little keyboard sketches and higher oscil... Keywords: Gardens From Light; Ambient; Drone Downloads: 1,337 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ian D Hawgood - A Life In Abstract Colours - Ian D Hawgood After a bunch of great releases under several monikers on a wide range of labels like luvsound, headphonica, u-cover, experimedia, best kept secret, lunar flower and many more, Ian Hawgood is back home with a stunning release on Resting Bell. "A Life In Abstract Colours" contains 5 pieces with a duration of nearly 60 minutes. It is a monolithic work. Walls of guitar- and piano-drones are shifting slightly from one ear to the other... Keywords: Ian D Hawgood; Ambient; Drone Downloads: 1,331 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Gardens From Light - Birds Of Joy And Sorrow Vol. 1 - Sparke / Illidge Gardens from Light are an ambient drone duo from the North of England. They formed during 2006 and consist of individuals I. Sparke and S. Illidge. Their release "Birds Of Joy And Sorrow" is a massive work in two pieces. Both together two hours long. They create 12 conceptual pieces around figures from the russian and east european mythology, 12 deep and dark sonic landscapes of drones, walls of strings and field recordings... Keywords: Gardens From Light; Ambient; Drone Downloads: 1,327 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Saito Koji - Candle - Saito Koji After his fantastic "Beautiful"-CDr on SEM Saito Koji releases another great track on Resting Bell. Besides his work on SEM you may know Saito from his releases on Magic Book Records, Kesh Recordings and Gears of Sand Recordings. "Candle" is a single 30 minute-ambient-drone-track, and the title fits perfectly to the presented music. Various themes are shifting softly from front to back and back to front... Keywords: Saito Koji; Candle; Drone; Minimal; Ambient Downloads: 1,321 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | K.M.Krebs - Symmetries - K.M.Krebs K.M.Krebs has been around in the internet-based-music-scene for a long time. His work consists of excellent releases on Treetrunk, Thinner, Nishi, Con-v and many more. On "Symmetries" K.M.Krebs presents three minimal ambient pieces with a duration of about 25 minutes. In every composition you can hear subtle repetitive fragments, little glitches and extensive, wide open soundscapes. It is a dense and complex work on multiple layers, taking you deeper and deeper into the own world of each piece, ... Keywords: K.M.Krebs; Symmetries; Ambient; Minimal; Experimental Downloads: 1,282 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | herzog - first summer and the running dream - Bill Bawden Resting Bell is really happy to welcome herzog, a.k.a. Bill Bawden and his latest EP “first summer and the running dream”. Bill’s previous releases on Serein were the first netaudio-works I got in touch with. And you also might know him from his fantastic release on 12rec. So what an honour to do a herzog-release here on Resting Bell. “first summer and the running dream” contains 5 tracks with a complete duration of 30 minutes... Keywords: herzog; ambient; electronic; electroacoustic Downloads: 1,275 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Astrowind - Der Leuchtturm - Tulo / Bukimi Welcome to the new Astrowind-release. Kriipis Tulo and Mahi Bukimi put together nearly 78 minutes of warm and floating Astrowind-sounds. They released albums on such great netlabels like 12rec, Electrosound and Musica Excentrica, and now they are back on Resting Bell, where they released "Somewhere The Music Had Been Played" one year ago. "Der Leuchtturm" is the german phrase for "lighthouse", and the album is dedicated to the old city Libava, now Liepaja, the baltic seaside and the lighthouses ... Keywords: Astrowind; Paleopsychedelic Ambient; Ambient; Electronic Downloads: 1,268 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | segue - a glass darkly - Jordan Sauer Segue is Jordan Sauer from Vancouver, Canada. His sound is a patchwork of textures and tones with a focus on the interplay of timbre. These sounds are created through the blending of various instruments (12-string guitar, piano, violin, melodica, glockenspiel, various percussive instruments) and incidental found sounds. His recent release "a glass darkly" is an absolutly beautiful, meditative and touching piece of music... Keywords: Segue; Jordan Sauer; Ambient; Experimental Downloads: 1,234 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | strom noir - kueyen - strom noir strom noir is a project of Emil Matko, born in 1979 and now living in Bratislava, Slovakia. He is wellknown from his releases on u-cover (ylomejja, kruhyNAvode), ambsine (luvyoo) and format noise (lorawa). "kueyen" brings you six athmospheric ambient-experimental tracks, built mainly with electric and acoustic guitar loops, synth-layers and some well-arranged field-recording elements. Deep, sometimes really dark droning elements, repetitive melodic structures and more abstract electronic sounds ... Keywords: strom noir; ambient; experimental Downloads: 1,211 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | ryonkt - gray sky - ryonkt After the release of "the world that was surrounded..."and works for Dog Eared Netlabel, Noise Joy, Mandorla and audiotalaia , Ryonkt comes up with the majestic 17-minute track "gray sky". Compared to the melody-driven, minimal-folk orientated "the world that was surrounded..."-release, "gray sky" is a dense and very continuous ambient-drone work. A warm and thick sound-planket, consisting of minimal tone-variations and shiftings, surrounds you and flows around between your ears... Keywords: ryonkt; ambient; drone Downloads: 1,210 Average rating: (0 review) |
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