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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

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

The album cover for Essences Referable to Nothingness features a dreamlike landscape. Silhouetted trees stand against a hazy, multi-colored sky that shifts from deep green to burnt orange. The foreground is shadowy and desaturated.

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Mandala in the Machine — Aglaia’s Ambient Craft Returns

Prog News May 13, 2025 No Comments Aglaia ambient electronic music

Projekt Records has released Essences Referable to Nothingness, the latest ambient electronic work by Aglaia, the long-running project of Italian electroacoustic composer Gino Fioravanti. This…

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Astral Magic Pledges Allegiance to the Void

Prog News May 11, 2025 No Comments Astral Magic electronic music Progressive rock psychedelic rock

Finnish project Astral Magic returns with In Space We Trust, a new album that continues its prolific exploration of psychedelic and progressive rock. The release…

Volker Lankow - Landscapes cover artwork. A minimalist blue design.

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Volker Lankow’s “Landscapes” Paints Nature in Ambient Tones

Prog News May 11, 2025 No Comments ambient electronic music Volker Lankow

Released on May 11, 2025, Landscapes is the latest ambient album by electronic music artist Volker Lankow. Rooted in the tradition of atmospheric composition, the…

The Kontraster album cover by Jordsjø & Breidablik features a black-and-white photograph of a still water surface reflecting a forest of tall trees, scattered with floating lily pads. Framing the photo is a pale mint-green border, with the band names in ornate, medieval-style black lettering at the top and the title Kontraster in matching type at the bottom.

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Split Decisions: Jordsjø & Breidablik Find Harmony in “Kontraster”

Angel Romero May 2, 2025 No Comments Breidablik electronic music Hakon Oftung Jordsjø Kristian Frøland Morten Birkeland Nielsen Progressive rock psychedelic rock symphonic rock Trond Gjellum

Jordsjø & Breidablik – Kontraster (Apollon Records Prog, 2025) To celebrate a decade of outstanding musical exploration, two of Norway’s most noteworthy progressive acts, Jordsjø…

The album cover for New Moon by Billy Yfantis features a sci-fi landscape enclosed in a glassy sphere. A glowing blue planet dominates the sky, surrounded by smaller celestial bodies, while jagged mountains and winding rivers stretch across an alien terrain. The artist's name appears in bold, stylized yellow text in the top right corner, with the album title in clean, white font at the bottom.

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Lunar Tunes: Billy Yfantis Phases Into a New Musical Orbit

Angel Romero May 1, 2025 No Comments Berlin School Billy Yfantis electronic music

Billy Yfantis – New Moon (self-release, 2025) Greek electronic music artist Billy Yfantis returns with New Moon, a masterful electronic music concept album inspired by…

Theo Croker - Photo credit Bruno Baretto. Theo wearing glasses, holding a trumpet.

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Trumpet Meets Electronica: Theo Croker Presents “High Vibrations (feat. Malaya)” Single

Prog News April 24, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz electronic music fusion Theo Croker trumpet

(headline image: Theo Croker – Photo by Bruno Baretto) American trumpeter, composer, producer, and vocalist Theo Croker has announced his upcoming album Dream Manifest, set…

The album cover for All Living Things by Park Jiha features a collage of monochromatic, nature-inspired photographs. Textures of stone, water, leaves, and shadows.

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Park Jiha’s Mesmerizing Circle of Life

Kevin Baker April 21, 2025 No Comments electronic music Korean music minimalism world music

Park Jiha – All Living Things (tak:til, 2025) Gifted Korean composer and multi-instrumentalist Park Jiha returns with All Living Things (tak:til, 2025), a meditative, conceptually…

The album cover for Lateral by Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe features at its center a bright blue circle surrounded by a soft, glowing yellow-green halo, all set against a deep green background. The artists' names appear in uppercase at the top, while the album title "Lateral" is spaced evenly along the bottom.

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Space Oddities: Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe Explore Sound in “Big Empty Country”

Prog News April 18, 2025 No Comments ambient Beatie Wolfe Brian Eno electronic music

Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe have released “Big Empty Country (Edit),” a preview from their upcoming joint project Lateral, due June 6, 2025, alongside its…

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 bass electronic music Future Loop Foundation trip 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…