Music Lost Coast’s new self-titled album is a sprawling post-rock landscape by Josh Davies Canberra based post-rock quintet Lost Coast have slowly been making waves in the live music scene. Now, after three years of performing, Lost Coast have released their first full-length album;…
Features Why It Mattered: Sigur Rós – ‘Ágætis byrjun’ by Luke Saunders Few albums have so profoundly terraformed the landscape in which they were born and placated contemporary listeners like Ágætis byrjun. The sophomore album from celestial Icelandic outfit Sigur Rós translates…
Music PREMIERE: These two new B-sides from Mid Ayr are deeply heartfelt pieces of magic by Luke Haggart Mid Ayr has done us all a kindness by releasing these two new B-sides, I’ve Got Your Back and Don’t Drop out. On I’ve Got Your Back and Don’t Drop Out, Mid Ayr…
Lists Breathe in, breathe out: here is the best meditation music in the world by Luke Saunders In essence meditation is the simplest of tasks. Be still and be quiet. Silencing the mind however is no small feat and finding inner peace can sometimes appear near impossible….
Lists Kick back to the most relaxing music that has ever been made by Luke Saunders Neuroscience recently revealed that listening to relaxing music can relieve anxiety by up to 65 percent. From the mellow-suave of jazz to the vast toll of ambient drums music has…
News Pro Audio An intimate Tangerine Dream exhibition is coming to London in 2020 by Claudia Schmidt Tangerine Dream: Zeitraffer, an exhibition dedicated to the legacy of Grammy-nominated electronic band, Tangerine Dream, is coming to London next year. Organised by London’s Barbican Library, the exhibition will feature…
Music Tawali concocts an entrancing potion of sound in latest single Somebody by Happy Tawali struggles with identity and the notion of self in his latest single, Somebody. The collection of ambient synths, bass, and dreamy vocals create the sense that you’re staring into…
Music LISTEN: Mount Eerie – (fireworks & wind) by Amy Kennett A new ambient recording from Phil Elverum, under the moniker Mount Eerie, has been taken from a location outside of town featuring the 4th of July fireworks and natural noises…
News Download hundreds of royalty-free ambient underwater sounds by Sarah Gillard Die-hard nature sounds lover Marcel Gnauk has returned with his second royalty-free collection of underwater sound recordings, collected from all over the world. Once again, he’s giving them away for…
News Meditative ambient composer Dominique Lawalrée has died aged 65 by Luke Saunders Ambient composer Dominique Lawalrée has sadly died at age 65. The Belgian keyboardist’s work is a student’s best friend and was a part of the New Simplicity movement. The meditative…
News As heart-warming as it is heart-wrenching, Optimistic is the new single from Lontalius by Lara Smetannikov “I’m ambitious and I’m optimistic, but I’m not pretty and I’m not realistic.” Optimistic, the new single from Lontalius, is as heart-warming as it is heart-wrenching. It explores youth, the fear…
News PREMIERE: Lose yourself in the lush sounds of Heroarky’s new EP HIKARI by Happy When he dropped his debut EP VO/CE last July, we were immediately introduced to the stunning sounds of Sydney producer Heroarky. His music wraps itself around you and leaves you…
Music Get lost in the boundless soundscapes of Pacific Heights’ The Greystone by Happy Floating through the hallucinatory sounds of Pacific Heights will leave you without concept of space or time. It’s a wonderfully mesmerising and disorientating experience that you’ll quickly become addicted to….