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Author: Stefan Bruno

The album cover for Tomo Nakaguchi – Out Of The Blue features a colorful painting framed by a bright blue border. The artwork depicts an underwater-inspired scene with flowing, organic shapes in deep blues, oranges, yellows, and reds. The artist’s name appears in small light blue text on the upper left, while the album title, also in lowercase, sits on the upper right.
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Tomo-Nakaguchi Rises “Out of the Blue” With Expansive New Sound

Stefan Bruno October 8, 2025 No Comments ambientelectronic musicTomo-Nakaguchi

Tomo-Nakaguchi – Out Of The Blue (Audiobulb, 2025) Tomo-Nakaguchi’s third release on Audiobulb, Out Of The Blue, represents a marked expansion of his sound. He…

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The album cover for Volker Lankow’s 14 Years Through A Turmoiled World features a young girl in the foreground, while men and makeshift shelters with blue tarps occupy the background, set against snow-capped mountains.
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From Field Clinics To Faders: Volker Lankow’s “14 Years Through A Turmoiled World”

Stefan Bruno September 21, 2025 No Comments

Volker Lankow – 14 Years Through A Turmoiled World (self-release, 2018) German ambient electronic music artist Volker Lankow released the deeply mesmerizing 14 Years Through…

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Bernhard Wöstheinrich - Materiaal 080 – Studio Session 20250817 cover atwork. A black and white sketch featuring the grim reaper holding a scythe, sitting on a couch.
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Bernhard Wöstheinrich’s Materiaal 080 Channels the Reaper’s Unlikely Serenity

Stefan Bruno September 2, 2025 No Comments ambientBernhard Wöstheinrichelectronic music

Bernhard Wöstheinrich – Materiaal 080 – Studio Session 20250817 (self-release, 2025) German electronic music innovator Bernhard Wöstheinrich has released Materiaal 080 – Studio Session 20250817,…

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Loren Nerell - Aquaticus cover artwork. A photo of an anemone.
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Loren Nerell Resurfaces With Free Ambient Release

Stefan Bruno July 17, 2025 No Comments ambientelectronic musicLoren Nerell

Loren Nerell – Aquaticus (self-release, 2025) Ambient electronic music composer and synthesist Loren Nerell has released Aquaticus, a free long-form track now available on Bandcamp.…

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The album cover for Claire Rousay & Gretchen Korsmo – Quilted Lament features a softly abstract composition. A pale wash of cream and off-white forms the backdrop, overlaid with delicate smudges of pastel yellow, blue, and faint lavender. Ghostly silhouettes—possibly human figures—emerge in the haze, blurred to the point of near-erasure.
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Rousay and Korsmo Stitch Sound Into Sentiment

Stefan Bruno May 15, 2025 No Comments ambientClaire Rousayelectronic musicGretchen Korsmo

Claire Rousay & Gretchen Korsmo – Quilted Lament (Mappa, 2025) On Quilted Lament, sound designers Claire Rousay and Gretchen Korsmo present a seamless collaboration shaped…

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The album cover for Future Loop Foundation – The Planet Dog Years 1996–1998 features a photographic developing tray filled with a reddish liquid, inside which floats a stylized, cutout-like image of a person wearing glasses and a hood. The sink is splattered with colorful paint stains. The title appears in a bold sans-serif font at the top right, with "Future Loop Foundation" in white and "The Planet Dog Years 1996–1998" in maroon, separated for emphasis.
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Future Loop Foundation’s Planet Dog Years Revisited

Stefan Bruno April 4, 2025 No Comments drum and basselectronic musicFuture Loop Foundationtrip hop

Future Loop Foundation – The Planet Dog Years 1996–1998 (Cherry Red, 2025) Cherry Red presents a comprehensive 3CD reissue chronicling Future Loop Foundation’s key releases…

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Volker Lankow - Music To Linger Over cover artwork. A simple red and yellow design.
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Volker Lankow’s Absorbing Music To Linger Over

Stefan Bruno March 31, 2025 No Comments ambientelectronic musicVolker Lankow

Volker Lankow – Music To Linger Over (self-release, 2025) Prolific German ambient electronic music artist Volker Lankow has just released Music To Linger Over. As…

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The album cover for Victims of Convenience by Conveniens features a glitchy, distorted aesthetic with bold, overlapping cyan, magenta, and black silhouettes of band members. The typography is similarly fragmented, with a digital or photocopied effect.
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Synths, Jazz, Percussion, Chaos: Conveniens Plays by No One’s Rules

Stefan Bruno February 20, 2025 No Comments

Conveniens – Victims of Convenience (Smith&Maz Music, 2024, originally released by Convenience Records in 1986) Conveniens, an American underground band, emerged in the 1980s. They…

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Volker Lankow - Abandoned Land cover artwork. a blue colored photo of an Afghan landscape with rocky terrain and a large mountain range in the background.
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Electronics Beyond Borders: Volker Lankow’s Tribute to Afghanistan

Stefan Bruno February 6, 2025 No Comments ambientelectronic musicVolker Lankow

Volker Lankow – Abandoned Land (self-release, 2021) German ambient electronic music artist Volker Lankow released Abandoned Land in 2021, an album dedicated to Afghanistan and…

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This album cover for Beyond the Sleepy Hills by Rudy Adrian features a breathtaking landscape with a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere. A vivid red foreground contrasts with a misty expanse of rolling hills, where fog flows like cascading waves under a soft, glowing sunset or sunrise.
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Rudy Adrian Explores Serenity with “Beyond the Sleepy Hills”

Stefan Bruno January 13, 2025 No Comments ambientelectronic musicRudy Adrian

Rudy Adrian – Beyond the Sleepy Hills (Spotted Peccary, 2024) New Zealand-based electronic music artist Rudy Adrian has unveiled his latest album, Beyond the Sleepy…

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