<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Slow Music Movement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blog, newsletter and playlists. Disorderly music discovery in an algorithmic world. Independent artists, alternative music & generally chilled vibes.]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:03:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Andert Tysma - Savoy, for Rajshri (Apollo Records) [Ambient]]]></title><description><![CDATA["Tysma's light touch on the piano's skin and a faint, cautiously optimistic, ambient awakening, echoing real-life affairs of the heart"]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/andert-tysma-savoy-for-rajshri-ambient</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa6ca88571318e8c9e9dc9e</guid><category><![CDATA[Ambient]]></category><category><![CDATA[Piano]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:13:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_53cfc92b76744788a35b5d846d86e74d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hana Stretton - tiarn (brierfield flood press / Lima Limo) [Ambient]]]></title><description><![CDATA["field recordings that might have sounded tired and detached in more traditional ambient work, but which here are a living, breathing part of the compositions"]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/hana-stretton-tiarn-ambient-folk</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa648345462f0629ba09771</guid><category><![CDATA[Ambient]]></category><category><![CDATA[Field Recordings]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alt-Folk]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:40:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_5b60690ddb7a423dbec2e73ec6d8a00e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charlotte Greve - Lighter Blue (New Amsterdam) [Alt-Pop] ]]></title><description><![CDATA[the mellow yet mantric drums, guitar and bass paint a suitably light cerulean backdrop for Greve's soft, serene yet purposeful vocals]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/charlotte-greve-lighter-blue-alt-pop</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa2c4c66b6b040961d6409d</guid><category><![CDATA[Singer Songwriter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alt-Folk]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:52:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_2212a45082154df288b476f0b3fc138f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaf &#38; The Love Supreme Arkestra - Retiro Espiritual (Keroxen) [Jazz]]]></title><description><![CDATA["free-flowing jazz-led genre fluidity meets spiritual psychedelic wonder guided by grooving, ritualist, hypnotic rhythms. "]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/gaf-the-love-supreme-arkestra-retiro-espiritual-jazz</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa2c24116968d3479d5532b</guid><category><![CDATA[Jazz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Psychedelic]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:33:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_e10a53ab69fa4bb38e0daa4bd9c6b67e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adam Hill and Luisa Guiza - El Sueno (Self Release) [Jazz]]]></title><description><![CDATA["It's rare that a singer sounds this distinctive, and good; her voice simultaneously fragile, forceful, aching and artful."]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/adam-hill-luisa-guiza-el-sueno-jazz</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9e54db08d59f138f9e40b8</guid><category><![CDATA[Jazz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Singer Songwriter]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:44:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_32fe1e3818564801bf1cf6e35488fb65~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DJ Plead - Please (Smalltown Supersound) [Beats] ]]></title><description><![CDATA["subwoofer-testing bass, lazy, stripped-back but swinging beats and a taste of Lebanon permeate all the cuts"]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/dj-plead-please-beats</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9ed3f3f461d5f63d59cced</guid><category><![CDATA[Beats]]></category><category><![CDATA[World Music]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:10:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_e8b53e7918694cc9ba5e25207c2de46c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[VPC Ensemble - Life Is A Strange Loop (Self Release) [Ambient] ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The album captures the infinite echoes of decades-old music, and weaves the still-resonating creativity into a wondrous, gaseous ambient odyssey.]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/vpc-ensemble-life-is-a-strange-loop</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9afa80950c73fdcf7a8673</guid><category><![CDATA[Ambient]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cosmic]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:31:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_d4e04282d9db4f62aed76a97802bac1c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contrasting Sounds - Hayloft (Self Release) [Ambient / Electronic Music] ]]></title><description><![CDATA["An opiated synth siren then provides a hypnotic rhythmic pulse for the atmospheric layering to cling onto, the succinct sound palette creating a mesmerising, quietly suspenseful slice of ambient electronica that locks you in and won't let go."]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/contrasting-sounds-hayloft-ambient-electronic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9a821ee12fa7bad8b5c654</guid><category><![CDATA[Ambient]]></category><category><![CDATA[Electronic Music]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:36:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_d7631b903318420d8ba012298dd6350c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Odd Okoddo &#38; Ogoya Nengo - Palagoma (From Cool Waters) [Afrofuturism]]]></title><description><![CDATA["star-bound ballads, weekend dance tracks and Afro-cosmic visions"]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/odd-okoddo-palagoma-afrofuturism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9a4adce12fa7bad8b5479d</guid><category><![CDATA[Afrofuturism]]></category><category><![CDATA[African Music]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:29:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_4c04d886ba494b819775bc6328e03924~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Echoes of Zoo - Higher Levels (Rebel Up / Zephyrus) [World Music]]]></title><description><![CDATA["Immediately kicking off with a pan-African fusion of highlife and desert blues, the lads get a nice, start-of night groove on, with Vervaeck providing some simultaneously lysergic and evocative guitar"]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/echoes-of-zoo-higher-levels-world-music</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a98743f106fc826b44fcf71</guid><category><![CDATA[World Music]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:19:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_29c5969ba12e4d93adfff8c78ac8573f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sova - Hymn for Slowing (Hout) [Chill-Out]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sova in reflective, end of day mood; her politely insistent, felted piano refrain suggests the sofa is in order;  Sam Torres seconds the suggestion by dimming the lights with a temple massaging sax line]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/sova-hymn-for-slowing-chill-out</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a97b1df0db425d3bc9de893</guid><category><![CDATA[Chill Out]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:37:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_4fede63d11f7417e8ae114eef99a97f0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dawuna - African Laptop Musick (True Panther) [Nu-Soul] ]]></title><description><![CDATA["It’s a great intro to this singular soul artist, and a better-lit gateway to the murkier, deep soul depths of his back catalogue."]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/dawuna-african-laptop-musick-nu-soul</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a96fc1231b0ca86f93b3147</guid><category><![CDATA[Nu-Soul]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:47:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_acb13e5f0e574edba98d6fbfa37dcb64~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[L CON - Come On (Self Release) [Nu-Jazz]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Electroacoustic adventures over, Nic Hyatt then sees this enlightened nu-vocal-jazz delight out with a poignant piano moment]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/l-con-come-on-nu-jazz</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693682f304019cd6c2d117af</guid><category><![CDATA[Nu-Jazz]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:00:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_230d5bebcee143adae38a5b1177bb1c6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christer Bothen / Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin - Serpentine (Black Truffle) [Jazz]]]></title><description><![CDATA["Berthling and Werliin perpetrating this year’s most lethargic yet hypnotic groove, whilst Bothén’s clarinet and Ambarchi’s Hammond-sounding guitar gently spar"]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/christer-bothen-oren-ambarchi-johan-berthling-andreas-werliin-serpentine-jazz</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9278f694a35c6c99d51754</guid><category><![CDATA[Jazz]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:15:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_8a6c82dc1de44747a5b7dabade6d1e01~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yuma Koda - Kopfkino (Newhere) [Jazz]]]></title><description><![CDATA["The musicians eschew ego to become one, the pedal steel, sax, contrabass, piano and light-touch drums uniting in somewhat sentimental, smooth yet spiritual, mid-twentieth-century orchestral jazz fashion"]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/yuma-koda-kopfkino-jazz</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8bf99e91ea1d0846e1192e</guid><category><![CDATA[Jazz]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 05:13:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_d0e909028c024d51bb5a31b0ee1d43ef~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatback Band - Spanish Hustle (Joaquin Joe Claussell Remixes) [House]]]></title><description><![CDATA[the cover art for Fatback Band's Spanish Hustle (Joaquin Joe Claussell Remixes) EP, showing a retro poster for Fatback Band, Spring Revisited: Spanish Hustle, with sepia band photo and a large close-up face.]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/fatback-band-spanish-hustle-joaquin-joe-claussell-remixes-house</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a82dfc540f3daf10ba761e4</guid><category><![CDATA[House]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:10:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_03774af2e39243db82759c7d1812ae70~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helen Franzmann and Nick Huggins - public holiday at you yangs regional park (Brierfield Flood Press) [Ambient]]]></title><description><![CDATA["the distressed electroacoustic ambient atmospherics provide a threadbare, but cozy rug for Franzmann’s painfully shy vocals"]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/helen-franzmann-nick-huggins-public-holiday-at-you-yangs-regional-park-ambient</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8a8ae916311e2343174020</guid><category><![CDATA[Ambient]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:35:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_d7ed24e2ed714de4ab507eb68fea6959~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love Is Yes - Ghosts and More Ghosts (Kit) [Experimental]]]></title><description><![CDATA["all the tracks huddle together for the greater good, and provide a really lovely start to finish listen"]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/love-is-yes-ghosts-and-more-ghosts-experimental</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a85c50edc2d5ce90c98a7fa</guid><category><![CDATA[Experimental]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alt-Pop]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:30:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_4b4a110c7be5485a9689a3c05db36c8f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mali Obomsawin - Automatic (Out of Your Head) [Jazz]]]></title><description><![CDATA["the musicians decide undulating free jazz and an ambient noise outro is their answer to an "institutional music world", and I couldn't agree more."]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/mali-obomsawin-automatic-jazz</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a83fbbed5e7613c8ba104fc</guid><category><![CDATA[Jazz]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:33:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_b33c475db5fb46109ab26329a1480b0a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[plainhead - Before Game Changer (New Basement) [Alt-Pop]]]></title><description><![CDATA["a somewhat resigned vocal refrain and acoustic guitar drag the song out of bed, before ordering a double espresso of low-key rolling beats and electric guitar"]]></description><link>https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/plainhead-before-game-changer-alt-pop</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a82dfcd63ca46933ad06ed1</guid><category><![CDATA[Alt-Pop]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:18:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/461004_6f8ed9ca70c44c1da5cc385f43f82f45~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Slow Music Movement</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>