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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

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

The illustration shows two hands cupping a circular disc with radiating lines, flanked by flame-like shapes.

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Memoria, a Tribute to Vesa Pasanen of Finnish Psych-Prog Masters Hadal Sherpa

Angel Romero March 28, 2026 No Comments electronic music Hadal Sherpa Progressive rock psychedelic progressive rock psychedelic rock symphonic rock

Hadal Sherpa — Memoria (self-release, 2025) Memoria is the third album by Hadal Sherpa, a Finnish instrumental psychedelic progressive rock band from Vantaa, Finland. Hadal…

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…

The cover of Bright Spirit by Gong presents a symmetrical, geometric design set against a deep blue background. At the center, a tall prism splits into bright rainbow beams that extend vertically through the composition. Overlapping translucent circles form a mandala-like pattern around the prism, creating an eye motif with the word “GONG” placed across its center. The album title appears below in spaced white letters.

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Gong Closes A Trilogy With Brilliance On Bright Spirit

Angel Romero March 4, 2026 1 Comment electronic music Gong Progressive rock psychedelic rock

Gong – Bright Spirit (Kscope, 2026) The current incarnation of Gong has released a fantastic new album, one of the band’s best and a strong…

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…

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Eric Hilton (Thievery Corporation) Unveils Elegant Trip-Hop Album ‘A Sky So Close’

Stefan Bruno February 22, 2026 No Comments electronic music Eric Hilton trip hop

Eric Hilton – A Sky So Close (Montserrat House Music, 2026) Eric Hilton, co-founder of downtempo duo Thievery Corporation, will release his new album A…

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…