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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

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

The album cover shows a neon roadside sign glowing in the desert night. It reads "Hoopy Frood" at the top and "Mostly Harmless" in a retro cursive font below, with a lit arrow pointing left. There is a starry sky and faint shooting star in the background.

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Hoopy Frood – “Mostly Harmless”

Professor Mark August 28, 2025 No Comments Adam Hampton ambient Andy Aust Chris JD Read Douglas Adams' “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy featured Hoopy Frood – Mostly Harmless jazz-rock Myshell Higgins Ott and Shpongle Ozric Tentacles Progressive rock Rich Walgate Ruari Hignell Steve Varman uk progressive rock

Hoopy Frood, a UK band, has returned with a new album, Mostly Harmless, which was released on August 8th, of this year. The band has…

The album cover shows an observatory dome under a star-filled night sky, with the Milky Way stretching above. A single figure stands silhouetted at the glowing entrance, facing a long pathway that leads outward. At the bottom, the title "Ambient Den" appears in bold, glowing letters.

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Ambient Den – Self-Titled Debut

Professor Mark August 27, 2025 No Comments ambient Ambient Den Ambient rock Ben Cravens Dean Povey Desert Comb Music Progressive rock Tim Bennetts

Ambient Den, is a progressive rock band from Australia. They released their self-titled debut album on July 28, of this year; on the Desert Comb…

Interviews

Mission Jupiter “Aftermath,” Interview

Professor Mark August 24, 2025 No Comments “Aftermath ” Interview ambient Belarus Eugene Zuyeu Mission Jupiter Progressive rock progressivemetal Vladimir Shvakel

I had a great time talking today, with Mission Jupiter in The Noble Shire for Progressive Discussion at Progressive Rock Central! Vladimir Shvakel, lead guitarist,…

The EP cover features a soft green-tinted view of tree branches and leaves against a pale sky. Minimal text in delicate lowercase reads “harp, beats & dreams reworks” at the center.

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Harp, Beats & Dreams Reworks Reimagines Harp in an Enthralling Mélange of Styles

Angel Romero August 19, 2025 No Comments ambient chill out contemporary jazz jazz Marysia Osu

Marysia Osu – Harp, Beats & Dreams Reworks (Brownswood Recordings, 2025) Groundbreaking Polish harp player and producer Marysia Osu has developed a remarkable, innovative music…

The album cover for Imperfect Silence by Enigmatic Sound Machines features a large circular form resembling a moon or sphere, with a soundwave running across its center and reflecting below like water. A small bell hangs suspended beneath it. Muted gray-blue tones.

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Enigmatic Sound Machines – “Imperfect Silence”

Professor Mark August 15, 2025 No Comments "Imperfect Silence"Alain Bellaiche Alain Roig ambient Canada Enigmatic Sound Machines – "Imperfect Silence"Hansford Rowe Jeremie Arrobas keyboards Montreal Progressive rock Rob Harrison Thomas Szirmay

Enigmatic Sound Machines released their latest album, Imperfect Silence, at the beginning of August of this year, on Prog Rock Essentials. The Montreal, Canadian band…

Forrest Fang Warszawa cover artwork. An illustration of a human face.

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Forrest Fang Reworks David Bowie’s “Warszawa”

Prog News August 12, 2025 No Comments ambient David Bowie Forrest Fang

Ambient music artist Forrest Fang presents an acoustic reinterpretation of David Bowie’s “Warszawa,” originally from Low, the first album in Bowie’s late-1970s Berlin Trilogy with…

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Drifting in Silence – “Beautiful Chaos of Truth”

Professor Mark August 12, 2025 No Comments "Beautiful Chaos of Truth"ambient Derrick Stembridge Drifting in Silence – "Beautiful Chaos of Truth"electronic music keyboards Progressive rock synthesizers

Derrick Stembridge is one of my favorite keyboard artists. He is always composing and releases an album, it seems at least once a year. Sometimes…

Bernhard Wöstheinrich - Materiaal 079 cover artwork. A plate of gnocchi.

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Bernhard Wöstheinrich Releases ‘Materiaal 079’

Prog News August 9, 2025 No Comments ambient Bernhard Wöstheinrich electronic music

German electronic music artist Bernhard Wöstheinrich has released Materiaal 079 – Studio Session 20250729 (2025). Recorded live in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany, on July 29, 2025, the…

Volker Lankow - Into the Loop 2 cover artwork. A painting with blue, pink and white patterns.

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Loop Dreams: Volker Lankow Returns With Recurring Electronics

Prog News July 30, 2025 No Comments ambient electronic music Volker Lankow

After abandoning live looping in 2018 due to unsatisfying early experiments, electronic music artist Volker Lankow returned to the practice with renewed purpose in 2023.…