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Probably the Only Time A Video Game Score Has Been This Anticipated

You may have never heard of the upcoming Playstation video game Hohokum or even know what it looks or sounds like, but if you’re a fan of experimental ambient music, its the only game that will matter....

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Full Album Preview of Shortwave Nights by Hiss Tracts

If any drone/ambient recording is going to set a precedent for edgy this year, its going to have to topple the mystery that is HISS Tracts’ new album Shortwave Nights. Seemingly out of nowhere, this...

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The Greatest Classical Music Video No One Has Seen – World’s End Girlfriend’s...

One of Japan’s best-kept secret composers has been under the radar since his last album four years ago. World’s End Girlfriend, the musical project of Katsuhiko Maeda, whose work blends elements of...

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Tycho Wants You To “See” The Trippy Life

The hottest instrumental act of the year, Tycho (the moniker of Scott Hansen’s trio), released the first video off their new album Awake for the track “See.” Directed by Bradley “GMUNK” Munkowitz, the...

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Stray Ghost Gives Your Ears A Lot to Remember, Little to Forget

British composer Anthony Saggers, known by his moniker Stray Ghost may just be the minimalist hero of the year with his new album So Much To Remember, So Much To Forget. Recently released digital over...

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ESKMO, DERU, Rob Simonsen, Joseph Trapanese, Kira Kira, and More Team Up for...

Solstice, the summer’s most intriguing night of contemporary works is set to happen June 29 courtesy of THE ECHO SOCIETY. Featuring a bevy of popular LA-based composers, Solstice will feature works and...

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The Coolest “Video Album” Ever Created: Deru’s 1979

Taking the “audiovisual” experience to a whole new level, ambient/electronic artist Deru’s new Obverse Box edition of his upcoming album 1979 shatters the physical limitations of imaginative music....

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The Future Never Comes for Deru

Taking a page out of a David Lynch like short film, ambient artist Deru reveals a new music video for “The Future Never Comes” off his upcoming album 1979. Directed by Anthony Ciannamea, the new video...

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A Winged Victory for The Sullen’s Long Awaited Full Album Set To Drop October

After releasing one of the year’s best tracks in contemporary/post classical, A Winged Victory for The Sullen, announced the release of their new upcoming album ATOMOS due this October on Erased Tapes...

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New Video From Nils Frahm Is Enticingly Chaos Inducing

Ever wonder how much work goes into setting up neo-composer Nils Frahm’s elaborate stage load-in? His new video for “Hammers” off his incredible Spaces live-LP will show you just how insane it can get....

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Minimalism is Alive and Well with Lubomyr Melnyk’s Rivers and Streams

No piece of work…no piece will come close this year to what Ukranian composer and pianist Lubomyr Melnyk has done with his latest album Rivers and Streams. Flowing and fluid like its title suggest,...

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