Walt McClements - Cloud Prints
FutureproofingFollow “As with last year’s list, this selection is more personal than definitive. There are tons of records I thought were…” on Dec 30th, 2025 →
Loula Yorke - Gleam
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Emil Friis - Sand In Your Eyes
The Mad MackerelFollow “So here we are, the penultimate day of our countdown of our favourite 200 songs marking ten years of MM.…” on May 22nd, 2018 →
Tiago Sousa - Antígona
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Wednesday Knudsen - Many A Happy Hour
raven sings the bluesFollow “There’s something delightfully tectonic about Wednesday Knudsen’s new solo LP. The album moves slowly, delicately; a graceful arc across the…” on Dec 2nd, 2025 →
Erik Hall - A Folk Study (Laurie Spiegel)
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Gaspar Claus - Moto joie
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Robert Haigh - Portrait with Shadow
Beta’s SubstackFollow “It’s that deep part of winter. That desolate, hostile, salt-blasted, barren, “the sun really is a cold, distant star” season…” last week →
Chapman Pond Music - Song So Sadly Rings
ACIDTEDFollow “A bonus post today. Some extra Ambient Sunday goodness from Chapman Pond Music and Hampi. Chapman Pond Music is from…” on Jul 20th, 2025 →
Charlie Chaplin - Jamaican Collie
27 LeggiesFollow “That is a cleverer title than I suspect you are going to give it credit for. And that's a badly…” on Oct 6th, 2025 →
Ensemble 0 - Les Grands Espaces
Stationary TravelsFollow “Edgelands is a term I first encountered in Robert Macfarlane’s Landmarks where he devoted a whole section of the book…” on Dec 28th, 2025 →
Qasim Naqvi - Onna at Pulse
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Wednesday Knudsen - Fair Aegis
No More WorkhorseFollow “Steve Gunn – A Year in Music – 2025 by Killian Laher You’ve had a great year, with two albums…” on Dec 30th, 2025 →
Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres - Wax Hymn
Stationary TravelsFollow “The music community at large has always been one to come together in times of hardship and need. Over the…” on Jan 26th, 2025 →
Kalia Vandever - Temper the Wound
Dada StrainFollow “Clockwise from upper left: Sweater on Polo at The Lot Radio, David Virelles, Peter Shapiro, Matana Roberts. As I write…” on Jul 10th, 2025 →
Asuka Kakitani - The Night of the First Snow
I CARE IF YOU LISTENFollow “Asuka Kakitani is a Minnesota-based composer whose music asks gently for our attention with its joyful minimalism and earnest rainbow…” on Sep 30th, 2025 →
Joe Westerlund - Felt Like Floating
KLOF MagazineFollow “It’s that time of year again: Our End-of-Year Album longlist is finally here. 100 meticulously selected top albums that shaped…” on Dec 12th, 2025 →
Stereolab - Mystical Plosives
No More WorkhorseFollow “Brian Brannigan (A Lazarus Soul) – A Year in Music – 2025 by Killian Laher How has your year been?…” on Dec 22nd, 2025 →
Susumu Yokota - Genshi
Ban Ban Ton TonFollow “Sakura was the album that introduced me to the undeniable musical genius of Japanese audio auteur Susumu Yokota. All the…” on Nov 2nd, 2025 →
Joel Tammik - Majatagune
ACIDTEDFollow “If yesterday’s tracks were about warmth amid the cold of winter, today’s album is about embracing the cold. We have…” on Dec 11th, 2025 →
Efdemin - Signal to Noise
Groove MagazineFollow “Was wurde im Herbst gespielt? Für unsere groÃe Charts-Auswertung haben wir über 80 DJs nach ihren Favoriten gefragt. Der Beitrag…” on Dec 11th, 2025 →
Guy J - Alive Again
Groove MagazineFollow “Was wurde 2025 so kompiliert? Wir haben eine Auswahl getroffen, die Ambient, House, Techno und alle Zwischenstufen berücksichtigt. Der Beitrag…” on Dec 26th, 2025 →
Ipek Gorgun - Morphine Angel
Groove MagazineFollow “Wo Chopin ohne Piano dasitzt und Weirdo-Pop aus Jazz und Zwölftonmusik besteht, duftet es nach Motherboard im Dezember. Der Beitrag…” on Dec 15th, 2025 →
Pass Into Silence - Pale Blue Dot
ArcanaFollow “by Ben Hogwood What’s the story? Ambient music is often about keeping a constant flow of continuity, so that any…” on Dec 15th, 2025 →
Luz González - Today Yesterday Tomorrow
African PaperFollow “Dieser Tage erscheint mit “Bi Gezur” das neue Album der spanisch-schweizerischen Komponistin und Soundkünstlerin Luz González bei Everest Records. Der…” on Dec 15th, 2025 →
Kara-Lis Coverdale - Curve Traces of Held Space
Futurism RestatedFollow “Kara-Lis Coverdale (photo: Norman Wong) A conversation with Kara-Lis Coverdale isn’t easily transcribed. There’s a musical quality to the way…” last week →
Floating Points - Birth4000
said the gramophoneFollow “For the twentieth time, I am here on a blog called Said the Gramophone to share my favourite songs of…” on Dec 7th, 2024 →
Men I Trust - I Come With Mud
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Marcus Fischer - 230324
Futurism RestatedFollow “This week’s issue is a day later than usual, but hopefully for a good reason: I’ve spent the better part…” on Sep 10th, 2025 →
John Tejada - Until the End of the World
Fat Roland On ElectronicaFollow “This is part of a series, posting between 30th December 2025 and 3rd January 2026 John Tejada: The Watchline (Palette…” on Jan 1st →
Quenum - Change Time
Digital in BerlinFollow “Between electronic shadows and cinematic textures, this new album from QUENUM draws its influences from the likes of Massive Attack,…” on Sep 23rd, 2025 →
Audion - Mouth to Mouth +1 remix
The QuietusFollow “...according to our team of experts, that is. Writers Richard Akingbehin, Jaša Bužinel, Chal Ravens and Philip Sherburne join tQ's…” on Nov 27th, 2025 →
Laurine Frost - Jinx In Silk
RecorderFollow “Én ilyeneknek nem fogadok szót. Aki velünk van, az kiabálhat. Hogy lehet két ember pont éppen elegen? Köszönöm jó Isten,…” on Jun 5th, 2025 →
Laurine Frost - Barefoot Spinning
RecorderFollow “A szembeszélben mindig igazabbak a válaszok. A nap végén csak a gól számít és nem a biciklicsel. Egyszer az életben…” on Dec 4th, 2025 →
Justina Jaruseviciute - Wolf Hour
a closer listenFollow “This year, we reviewed more modern composition albums than those in any other genre ~ not because more were submitted,…” on Dec 20th, 2021 →
Nat Bartsch - Evolution, Resolution
a closer listenFollow “This entrancing album is a moving tribute to all the wonderful complexity of being human. Back in 2018, Nat Bartsch…” on Jan 6th, 2025 →
Jerskin Fendrix - Beth's Farm
PitchforkFollow “On his second album, the British musician—who has scored several Yorgos Lanthimos films—delivers maximalist delirium and pastoral ballads, leveraging ridiculousness…” on Dec 4th, 2025 →
Almanacs - You, Me & The River
a closer listenFollow “We are constantly aware of ourselves existing in space. We prefer the country or the city. We like our walls…” on Oct 25th, 2020 →
Shugorei - Boat Song
electronicaFollow “Shugorei make fascinating music, combining “vibraphone, digital samples, analogue synthesizer, drums, jumbles and bricolage”, in both crafted compositions as well…” on Sep 27th, 2021 →
aylu - Lilla
The QuietusFollow “Jennifer Lucy Allan's Rum Music returns for another trip around the zone, with new sounds from everyone's favourite pianist nun,…” on Oct 18th, 2022 →
dogs versus shadows - Ghost Artery Part 1
Bandcamp DailyFollow “These were March's best experimental releases. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Mar 31st, 2025 →
HAINBACH - Song of the Sea
nitestylezFollow “News have it that Stefan Paul Goetsch a.k.a. Hainbach is about to unleash his new and beautifully covered album "The…” on Dec 4th, 2014 →
Hainbach - Two Steps Apart
I Heart NoiseFollow “Fixx hit the proverbial nail on the head when they said that one thing leads to another. In our case…” on May 20th, 2019 →
Aija Alsina - Fractured
Stationary TravelsFollow “Join me for a new modern classical listening journey on a beautiful Autumn Sunday surveying another globe-spanning selection of music.…” on Nov 2nd, 2025 →
Field Lines Cartographer - Uncollapsing
Moonbuilding WeeklyFollow “Friday does seem to come round almightily fast. Soon be Christmas eh? Pleased to say that I got the Moonbuilding…” on Nov 14th, 2025 →
Eliana Glass - Song for Emahoy
Dada StrainFollow “Clockwise from upper left: Tommaso Cappellato, Eliana Glass, Charlie Dark. Ellen Allien I’m a little emotionally and physically hungover writing…” on Nov 7th, 2025 →
Gareth Quinn Redmond - Tae na Maidne
Gold Flake PaintFollow “I've spent more time listening to instrumental this year than ever before. I'm not sure why; lots of upheaval (a…” on Nov 11th, 2025 →
okkyung lee - good morning, harrison, it’s time to go
Beta’s SubstackFollow ““It was a strange year that year and it is a strange year this year. The blue of the sky…” on Dec 15th, 2025 →