Can't wait!
I wouldn't hold my breath, they've been teasing new SotL for like almost 10 years now. But, I do know that the day they finally announce something new, that will be one of the happiest days of my life.Can't wait!![]()
Love this! Have been listening to this all week. So soothing.Posted this in the Tunes from Asia thread earlier. It isn't quite ambient throughout, but she reminds me of Ana Roxanne in places. A couple of chamber folk songs sprinkled in. Loving it.
Also, RIP Harold Budd.
What were the most interesting bits?Anybody listen to the William Basinski interview on Aquarium Drunkard’s podcast?
What were the most interesting bits?
I have mixed feelings about Basinski's music but his creative process is fascinating.
For such a very long career, too much of returning over and over to the same ideas (analog loops, decay, loss, etc.). I rarely call ambient music boring but I carve out an exception for Basinski. If you isolate any of his albums they’re quite interesting — Loops is obviously the one that gets the most attention— but I wish he explored new ideas.There was some interesting stuff about process, you be super ex what I’m he uses for source recording. There is a story about the person who inspired a song and another about finding an assistant. Also some stuff about Henry Grimes I found interesting.
Why the cold feet about his music?
i got loops when it came out on a whim and an emusic subscription, but really fell in love with Selva Oscura
I agree. I love The Disintegration Loops and his 92982 album. That one is loops but it's a little more interesting. It seems like he has two albums out a year nowadays. I always give them the benefit of a doubt but it's more/less the same thing each time. I can easily do without them.For such a very long career, too much of returning over and over to the same ideas (analog loops, decay, loss, etc.). I rarely call ambient music boring but I carve out an exception for Basinski. If you isolate any of his albums they’re quite interesting — Loops is obviously the one that gets the most attention— but I wish he explored new ideas.
There was some interesting stuff about process, you be super ex what I’m he uses for source recording. There is a story about the person who inspired a song and another about finding an assistant. Also some stuff about Henry Grimes I found interesting.
Why the cold feet about his music?
i got loops when it came out on a whim and an emusic subscription, but really fell in love with Selva Oscura
For such a very long career, too much of returning over and over to the same ideas (analog loops, decay, loss, etc.). I rarely call ambient music boring but I carve out an exception for Basinski. If you isolate any of his albums they’re quite interesting — Loops is obviously the one that gets the most attention— but I wish he explored new ideas.
hmmm I've never listened to that one. It could also be because it's a collab with Lawrence English so his style has to change a little to collab.@dropsonde @wokeupnew
I get it, listing to a loop playing over and over again can be a little mind numbing, but the Selva album is where he really gets me. The sound on that album is so massive. for some reason i find that it is like some all encompassing presence that slowly and gradually unfolds. Like being stuck insides a star or watching humanity from a distance. I think I really get image because I was listening to it in the early morning darkness in a part of my commute where I look down on a freeway.
@Rip_City better ear? What do you think has changed about your enjoyment of ambient music?
hmmm I've never listened to that one. It could also be because it's a collab with Lawrence English so his style has to change a little to collab.
Variations within the same track. The ability to feel emotion with the slightest of chord changes with that can vary from being elevated and uplifting, to crushing and debilitated.@Rip_City better ear? What do you think has changed about your enjoyment of ambient music?
To clarify, I can find a lot of joy in repetitive loops. It would be a challenge to enjoy ambient music otherwise. I enjoy pulling a random Basinski album out every once in a while when the mood is right. But I can't get excited about 20 years of 30 albums of revisiting the same sounds and themes. (Although I won't say that about AC/DC.@dropsonde @wokeupnew
I get it, listing to a loop playing over and over again can be a little mind numbing, but the Selva album is where he really gets me. The sound on that album is so massive. for some reason i find that it is like some all encompassing presence that slowly and gradually unfolds. Like being stuck insides a star or watching humanity from a distance. I think I really get image because I was listening to it in the early morning darkness in a part of my commute where I look down on a freeway.
@Rip_City better ear? What do you think has changed about your enjoyment of ambient music?
Past Inside the Present's second release in their Anon series is up for orders. Two label artists on a split album, only to be revealed after the vinyl sells out. (The first one sold out pretty quick. The pairing was 36 & Isaac Helsen.)
Also at Juno for those yonder UKward.
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PAST INSIDE THE PRESENT Anon 2 Vinyl at Juno Records.
Buy Anon 2 at Juno Records. In stock now for same day shipping. Anon 2www.juno.co.uk