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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

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…

Volker Lankow Deep Field. A yellow circle in the lower right surrounded by an orange background.

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Volker Lankow Reveals Uninterrupted 30:49 Ambient Track

Prog News January 21, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music Volker Lankow

“Deep Field” is a single, uninterrupted ambient work by German electronic music artist Volker Lankow. It was developed from deep, slowly evolving electronic sound designs.…

Volker Lankow - November Drones cover artwork. an orange circle within a gray background.

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Volker Lankow Unveils Drone Album November Drones

Prog News January 16, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music Volker Lankow

Prolific German electronic music artist Volker Lankow has released a new two-track ambient album, November Drones. The artist describes the release as “a journey through…

Volker Lankow - Quiet Conditions cover artwork. An abstract white and gray design.

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Electronic Music Artist Volker Lankow Reveals ‘Quiet Conditions’

Prog News January 13, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music Volker Lankow

German ambient electronic music artist Volker Lankow has released a new album titled Quiet Conditions. Lankow shared: “This album explores stillness as a space rather…

A single pastel-purple rock sits on a flat pink background, casting a long shadow to the left. White lettering at the top reads “minerals form the crust,” while the bottom credits “Strangebird Sounds.”

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Strangebird~Sounds Digs Into Minerals Form The Crust

Stefan Bruno January 12, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music microsound modern classical psycho-acoustic Strangebird~Sounds

Strangebird~Sounds – Minerals Form The Crust (2026) Strangebird~Sounds, the recording project of electronic producer Gregory Geerts, has a 2026 release titled Minerals Form The Crust.…

Raphael Groten - Inner Sanctum cover artwork. An illustration of a brown bear.

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Inner Sanctum: 22 Chilly Guitar Spells From Vermont

Stefan Bruno January 8, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music Raphael Groten

Raphael Groten – Inner Sanctum (self-released, 2025) Vermont musician and composer Raphael Groten has released Inner Sanctum, a bewitching 22-track album built around electric guitar…

A black-and-white image with a weathered stone arch suspended between two old structures, viewed from below against a pale sky. Soft vignetting darkens the edges, while a few sparse plants emerge from the masonry.

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Dirk Serries Goes Long on Infinite And Unbound

Stefan Bruno January 7, 2026 No Comments ambient Dirk Serries electronic music

Dirk Serries – Infinite And Unbound (Projekt., 2025) Belgian composer and guitarist Dirk Serries (also known for work under the alias vidnaObmana) has released Infinite…

A cartoon scene shows a grinning turquoise zombie floating across a star-dotted, lime-green space while clutching a limp superhero figure in red and blue. Colorful keyboards drift around them beneath a title banner reading Adam Holzman Zombie Apocalypse.

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Keyboard Wizardry With an Ambient and Jazz Edge

Angel Romero December 8, 2025 No Comments Adam Holzman ambient Arjun Bruggeman contemporary jazz Evan Eskenazi fusion Jane Getter jazz-rock Ofer Assaf Progressive rock Randy McStine Russell Holzman

Adam Holzman – Zombie Apocalypse (Big Fun, 2025) Adam Holzman’s Zombie Apocalypse transforms the sounds of the era of the “keyboard wizard” with a modern…

The Laconic Carbon artwork. A glowing diagram shaped like a tree rises from a dark background, its branches formed by circuit-like lines and its roots drawn as luminous organic filaments.

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Inside The Laconic’s New Album Carbon

Prog News December 4, 2025 No Comments ambient electronic music The Laconic

Electronic music producer The Laconic has released a new album, Carbon, created in collaboration with Kid Arrow. The record is described by its creator as…