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Dirk Serries and Asmus Tietchens - Die Regeninsel cover artwork. The cover of Die Regeninsel features an upward-looking photograph of a corrugated metal structure shot from a corner angle. The artists' names appear in the upper left corner, while the album title sits opposite in the upper right.

Dirk Serries and Asmus Tietchens Reunite for Drone-Ambient Album ‘Die Regeninsel’

Dirk Serries and Asmus Tietchens have rolled out Die Regeninsel, a new collaborative album. The release brings together two influential figures in experimental music. Serries,…

Volker Lankow — Drone With Me cover artwork. A blue cover with blurry white and purtple dots.

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Volker Lankow Invites Listener to Drone With Him

Stefan Bruno May 31, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music Volker Lankow

Volker Lankow — Drone With Me (self-release, 2026) German ambient electronic music artist Volker Lankow’s latest release is Drone With Me, an hour-long deeply mesmerizing…

Events

Electronica Gathering Soundquest Festival Reveals Sets Three-Day Tucson Lineup

Prog News May 25, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music Soundquest Festival

Soundquest Festival will take place August 28-30 at La Rosa Arts Center in Tucson, Arizona, with performances by electronic music artists Steve Roach, Blood Incantation,…

A black background with a colorful abstract watercolor painting at the center. The artwork features sections of blue, green, and red-orange, connected by branching lines and dotted with small yellow leaf-like shapes.

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Emily Bezar’s ‘Vista,’ Fragments Of A Fruitful Imagination

Angel Romero May 3, 2026 No Comments ambient contemporary jazz electronic music Emily Bezar jazz-rock Progressive rock

Emily Bezar — Vista (2025) Vista (2025) finds American musician, producer, and composer Emily Bezar at a crucial vantage point. Through this exceptional, masterfully crafted…

Juan Dahmen - Ecos Paralelos cover artwork. An abstract painting with hair-like angular patterns facing upwards.

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Juan Dahmen Tunes Into Reflection on Ecos Paralelos

Stefan Bruno April 13, 2026 No Comments Albacete ambient drone music electronic music Juan Dahmen minimalism

Juan Dahmen — Ecos Paralelos (self-released, 2026) Spanish electronic music sound designer Juan Dahmen has released his latest album, Ecos Paralelos, an engaging ambient project…

A close-up of thick blue rope intertwined with thinner white cord, showing frayed fibers. The background blends greens and oranges, while a soft circular overlay frames the center. The title TaboTago appears in a rounded font, with the subtitle The Neukölln Concert beneath it.

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TaboTago Finds Its Way Through Neukölln

Stefan Bruno April 8, 2026 No Comments ambient Andreas von Garnier Bernhard Wöstheinrich electronic music Leander Reininghaus Synthesizer TaboTago

TaboTago — The Neukölln Concert (2026) TaboTago has released The Neukölln Concert, a magnificent live recording from KulturCafé Neukölln in Berlin that captures the duo’s…

Steve Roach & Serena Gabriel — Entering Elysium cover artwork. Blue misty mountains.

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Entering Elysium, Step Into Stillness and Let Beauty Restore You

Lyra Solstice March 30, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music new age Serena Gabriel Steve Roach

Steve Roach & Serena Gabriel — Entering Elysium (Projekt, 2026) On Entering Elysium, Steve Roach and Serena Gabriel create a deeply intimate refuge, one grounded…

Volker Lankow - Slow Music 2.0 cover artwork. A brown cover with a diaganonal canal.

New CDs and Digital releases

Volker Lankow Unveils Slow Music 2.0

Prog News March 18, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music Volker Lankow

German electronic music artists Volker Lankow has released a new ambient soundscape album titled Slow Music 2.0. The recording is envisioned as a space for…

A cover in pale blue and white shows a small figure in a red dress floating high above dense clouds, lifted by a dark umbrella over a faint city skyline.

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Padilla And Allen Aim For The Stars On ‘Unfolding Skies’

Stefan Bruno March 14, 2026 No Comments ambient Craig Padilla electronic music Marvin Allen

Craig Padilla and Marvin Allen — Unfolding Skies (2026) Craig Padilla and Marvin Allen have released their fourth album, Unfolding Skies. The project builds on…

A black cover with a grayscale abstract image that looks like translucent ribbons or smoke drifting across a dark field. Tiny dotted letters spell “FAMILIARITY UNFOLDED” across the top, “III” in the center, and “AUTISTICI” at the bottom.

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Familiarity Unfolded Wraps Autistici’s Collab Trilogy

Stefan Bruno March 12, 2026 No Comments ambient Autistici electronic music experimental

Autistici & Collaborators — Familiarity Unfolded (Audiobulb, 2026) Autistici & Collaborators has released Familiarity Unfolded. This electronic music recording completes a three-part project focused on…