"The album starts tentatively at first with some nature sounds and pastoral picking on the album opener ‘Athletic, Eup’, before they start prodding the boundaries of cosmic country"

"house music for the hips and the head that will surely meet with approval from the contemporary dance scene and open-minded clubbers."

"the synths are set to sci-fi as Hockitay muses on AI and our digital selves, but optimistically points out that love conquers all - don't forget that kids, it's even better than your phone."

"A gentle, somewhat wistful acoustic guitar refrain opens the bedroom door, and turns on a bedside lamp to reveal Lucille head down in reflective mood."

"My experience learning and making music was always very personal - just me and the instruments. It’s what I use to express myself, so using AI feels unnatural and unlike myself."

"A hyped-up ticking clock then ushers in a mid-track crescendo – guitars, harmonica, field recordings and accordion rushing to join the sound sculpture"

"The album openers, ‘radius-drifting’ and ‘when flowers awake’, beam through the speakers like a Hari Krishna smile thanks to Cottone, before Martin gets to work with splattering the tracks with sonic minutiae"

"The recording is the gentlest of ambient breezes, the synth pads not even close to fluttering the bunting, let alone the town hall flag."

"It's a fine slice of quiet moment, neoclassical music for those solitary, late-night existential reflections."

" another consummate exercise in synergising recorded snippets of life’s sonic minutia with more traditional ambient electronic sounds."

"They then take a catchier, new-millennial pop path to “America”, adding some heavily baked psyche guitar in an attempt to soundtrack the country’s current madness. "

" the quieter opening hinting that there are clouds beyond its horizon. The musicians sense it too, embracing the chillier electronics and deciding to go with the gloomier, but not desolate flow"

"he’s pulled out a varied selection of his favourite ambient, and ambient-adjacent tracks from the imprint’s first decade, and stitched them together into a genuinely wonderful trip "

"the initially ambient arrangement oozing existential dread, before spiralling into electronic doom"

It appears that cosmic jazz funk is alive and well on the West Coast. Now, for that album.

"a beautiful blend of spiritual folk, barely bothered jazz, fresh from the floatation tank easy listening, meditation muzak and sandy-toed sunset gazing singer-songwriting"

"It's a nice slice of spiritually charged, well-meaning ambient pop that aims to make a difference, and another win for the new-age underground."

It's the sort of man-machine music that you want to see live, and will probably end up coming home from with a couple of unexpected bruises and smelling of sweat and beer; surely a sign of a good night out?

After receiving a new single from Cisser Mæhl recently, I was reminded me how good her previous albums were. So as The Slow Music Movement interviews are about to expand, I thought it was high time for a chat.

"The beats set a low tempo, abstract, looped sound design adds the mystery, and then that voice. Namtchylak is in restrained, reflective mood the voice lighting the way through the gloom"

"it appears that ECM-inspired jazz just got an experimental new age of new age infusion and an avant-garde-futuristic electroacoustic makeover, and I'm here for it."

"It’s a genuinely lovely EP, and what I said in the blog is worth repeating, 'This is seriously calming, beautifully crafted, reflection-encouraging music for a world gone crazy.'"

"Sensibly, both singles sing from the same ambient piano song sheet, and are affable companions, and from the press release, the albums sound like they will be similarly complimentary too."

"a sweet slice of late-night or Sunday morning suitable folktronica, whose 'tronica' elements are not initially apparent, but creep up on you like that questionable third beer."