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Ambient Drone Review

NEVER TEMPLE ~ ‘Throwing Around An Invisible Ball’

Golden Ratio Frequencies – 5/11/21

Soaring, psychotropic drones, which manage to tastefully meld spoken word, cello and synthesised tones into a deep meditative experience.

An entirely mesmerising release which ticks all the boxes (for me) when it comes to drones. Evolving textures and shifting synth tones combine with beautifully ghostly vocal elements, the resultant effect is somewhat intoxicating. Would love to hear this live.

Order the cassette or digital via their Bandcamp

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Ambient Premiere Synth

PREMIERE: Polypores – Sprites

Waxing Crescent Records

Very excited to announce an exclusive premiere of Polypores – Sprites, from his upcoming cassette on Waxing Crescent. A cute and bubbling piece, with sliding envelopes and LFOs gliding over quantised scales and tempo, giving the track a distinctly ‘modular synth’ feel, with a clean and modern tone. Check it out now on our soundcloud:

Flatland Frequencies · PREMIERE: Polypores – Sprites (Waxing Crescent)

In its overall mood, ‘Crystal Shop’ feels much lighter and more playful than his more intense long-form Gargantuan outing, released earlier this year via Frequency Domain.

Track names like Soft Energies and Dolphin Emoji, suggest a tongue-in-cheek response to the ‘new-age’ music tag, all too often misapplied by lazy journalists to new synthesised music that they can’t quite fit into the usual electronic genres.

To sum up, this is one of my favourite Polypores outings to date (and there has been many!), encompassing an adventurous approach to synthesis and freeform on-the-fly composition.

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Ambient Dub Minimal Review

International Sangman – Death Roads & Spirit Ways

Deep and heady dubbed out ambience from the Ish Records camp. Echoes of early Basic Channel swirl around more contemporary production techniques, with an emphasis on surface noise and dynamics.

A record that would serve equally well on a big soundsystem to warm up the dance, or to listen at home.

Head to Ish to cop the vinyl.

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Ambient Art Avant Garde Culture

William Basinski – Disintegration Loop 1.1

Shot during the last hour of daylight on the evening of 9/11 from Basinski’s rooftop, this single-shot film coupled captures the decaying melancholic tragedy of events that would shape the passing decades.

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Ambient Avant Garde Drone Experimental Radio

Luke Sanger – Mutant Radio – August Show

Mutant Radio · Luke Sanger [Flatland Frequencies]

Tracklist:

AntiflowerLewis Hunter
Part 2 (extract)Polypores
Late Night Black NewsProgetto No Name + DuoSerpe
BenelevatoirLewis Hunter
Only Casino For MilesLuke Sanger
Zaruchejnaya feat. Lunar Abyss Deus OrganumSubterranean Source
Part I BDechmont Woods
Epsilove and Ployer Fower- Auguries of InnocenceEpsilove and Ployer Fower
Between This World And The NextGhostwriter
Part I GDechmont Woods
Phrygian PanLuke Sanger

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Ambient Dub House Radio

Flatland Frequencies on Mutant Radio – June Show

Last month we welcomed our new resident selector extraordinaire, Toby Tobias. Bringing a dope selection of undocumented digi dub and om shanti house trax, alongside resident Luke Sanger.

Mutant Radio · Flatland Frequencies w. Toby Tobias [26.06.2021]
Mutant Radio · Flatland Frequencies w. Luke Sanger [26.06.2021]
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Ambient Feature Premiere Synth

PREMIERE: Paul Oednom – Flux

Flatland Frequencies · PREMIERE: Paul Oednom – Flux (SEREIN)

Vital Contrast is a gorgeous release coming 25th June from Paul Oednom on the ever-reliable Serein label, operating out of Wales, UK. Check the player for an exclusive preview of ‘Flux’, the opening track from the EP. Guitar and synths ebb and flow as one, into a psychedelic tapestry of tones.

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Ambient Beats House

Local T – Suffolk Palms

The second album by Local T is here and picks up exactly where his 2019 debut left off. Suffolk Palms is another portrait of life by the sea on the east coast of england, packing enough beach snacks and summer optimism for everyone. It’s all about having fun, no thoughts, nothing else! 

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💬 Artist notes: 

Music made between March and May 2021 in Felixstowe, Suffolk. 

Recorded live with: 

– Sega Megadrive + genMDM w/ GENajam 
– Dx27 
– Kawai K1r 
– Korg Er1 
– Volca Kick 
– Various shitty guitar pedals 

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Ambient Drone Experimental Minimal Musique Concrète Synth

Luke Sanger prepares new LP ‘Languid Gongue’ on Balmat

Balmat – Release: August 13th 2021

Balmat’s first release comes from Luke Sanger, a Norwich, UK-based artist whose two decades of electronic music-making have encompassed a range of tools and techniques, from MaxMSP to modular synthesis. Along the way he has built an extensive catalog encompassing ambient atmospheres, abstract soundscaping, and more. With Languid Gongue, he puts multiple approaches into play. Experiments in microtonal composition balance out pieces in standard tunings, while esoteric electronic machines merge with familiar acoustic treatments and microphone techniques. 

The result is a constellation of his signature sounds: freeform new-age fantasia; spring-loaded toytronic arpeggios; quartz-driven braindance clockworks. Drifting between consonant, almost lyrical compositions and shape-shifting textural sketches, the album drifts with the nonchalance of a sky-high cirrus cloud, and it glows as if illuminated from within. When we heard the material, we knew that it was the perfect choice to launch the label. To us, it sounds like a roadmap for points unknown.

Pre-order now via Balmat

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Ambient Experimental Musique Concrète Radio

LUKE SANGER – MUTANT RADIO 19/5/21

Mutant Radio · Luke Sanger [Flatland Frequencies] [19.05.2021]

Playlist:

Vanessa Valencia RamosPlantas Medicinales Contra el Patriarcado
白水 BaishuiStranded
Ishmael CormackCritter
José Alfredo Rodríguezvistiendo a un hombre muerto
Ishmael CormackDandelion
Fiorella16Laura En Su Laberinto
XylitolPopcone
#DMTh5XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
Luke SangerYour Session Has Ended
XylitolBusiness Direct
孫瑋 Sun WeiElectromagnetic wave and vibration in Wetland Park
李帶菓 Li DaiguoChengdu Tuberculosis Hospital
Ali WadeDemons
Vavabond胎藏
Malanai Ascending (Seahawks Remix)Private Agenda