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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

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.

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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…

Leila Abdul-Rauf - Andros Insidium cover artwork. The cover centers on a giant eye with a glowing, flame-like pupil that resembles a vertical figure or portal. Pale tears and bead-like droplets spill downward into a molten stream, while root- or antler-like forms spread across the lower half, framing a small cloaked figure beneath the eye.

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Dark Rituals Rise: Leila Abdul-Rauf Announces Andros Insidium

Prog News March 10, 2026 No Comments ambient dark folk Leila Abdul-Rauf

Leila Abdul-Rauf will release her sixth solo album, Andros Insidium, on April 17 through 20 Buck Spin. The record is her first solo release with…

Volker Lankow Ambient Journal 09 Looped Air cover artwork. An orange cover with a lighter orange circle in the middle.

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Volker Lankow Launches Ambient Journal 09 Looped Air

Prog News March 1, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music Volker Lankow

Berlin-based electronic music artist Volker Lankow has just rolled out Ambient Journal 09: Looped Air. Lankow shared: “Looped Air is built from repeating fragments shaped…

Johan Agebjorn - Southern-Forest cover artwork. A misty landscape fills the frame, tinted in deep teal and magenta hues. In the center, a tall glowing rectangular prism emits rainbow light, casting faint reflections onto the grassy ground. A dark hill rises in the background while a silhouette of trees stands at the right edge, partially swallowed by fog.

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Johan Agebjörn’s Enchanting Ambient Electronica Inspired by the Deep Woods of Sweden

Angel Romero February 18, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music Johan Agebjörn

Johan Agebjörn – Southern Forest (Constellation Tatsu PURR 0151, 2025) Swedish electronic music composer returns with Southern Forest, his first solo album of new material…

The cover centers on a vertical beam of bright light cutting through a smoky, amber-red atmosphere. On both sides of the glowing line, plant forms or seed heads appear illuminated in gold, as if lit from within. The artist name “Chris Russell” sits near the top in small red lettering, while the title Lumen appears at the bottom in spaced gold text.

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Chris Russell’s Lumen Lights Up Ambient Music Scene

Stefan Bruno February 12, 2026 No Comments ambient Chris Russell electronic music

Chris Russell — Lumen (Spotted Peccary, 2026) Ambient music composer Chris Russell has released Lumen, his fourth solo album on Spotted Peccary Music. The eight-track…