Purkins and The Co-Operators more than do their part, laying down deep warm roots riddim after riddim with all the right amounts of Pablo blessed melodica, countryman flute, righteous horns and choice effects.

introducing his new found guitar chops with some thoughtful picking that sets a warm tone before introducing some cosmically inclined ambient synths and sax to make smooth jazz cool again

he’s just released this eye opening snapshot of the British folk underground, and when I say underground I mean it.

Just as you think he might be laying his hat in more folky terrain he's off on an electroacoustic, voyage full of precision placed and played micro-sounds that gives folktronica a cosmic Americana injection

her music is restless and hard to pin down, veering from minimal piano to club ready beats and all sorts of ambient experiments.

This new LP sees him descend from the new age stratosphere for a somewhat more grounded release, his usual wispy, well meaning electronica part exchanged for the more gravity beholden autoharp, upright piano and vintage Yamaha keyboard

twists up a serious dub meets dancehall cone, before Tiiu Helinä drops a heavyweight ethereal floater to remind reggae’s digi-misfits that they’ll always have a home in Lepzig.

Dadaman, with his innate Afro-funkiness and vision, squeezes every ounce out of his gear to turn up the bounce, swing and party potential to eleven

Whether it’s her original compositions or tributes to less heralded greats, Glass just digs that bit deeper and twists those familiar sounds that bit more

Mycelial bioluminescence takes just what’s needed from real world instruments and distributes the micro-samples where required, and so it continues, track after blissful track

if you liked any of her previous LPs then you’ll immediately feel right at home, those translucent vocals and softly plucked guitar still melt into what sounds like the ambient soundscapes to your most pleasant dreams.

Hooky refrains and nu-disco basslines eschewed for precision sound design, higher sonic purpose and an altogether more astral approach

it’s a beautifully crafted, gently flowing foray into blissful ambient realms

It’s a delicate and delightful EP, and one for the readers that appreciated the recent Maxine Funke tip.

If free flowing, funktified and lysergic beat tapes are you thing then you’ll have a new favourite

All is not lost but time is fast running out. The revolution will not be televised but there is strength in numbers and the music is better in the resistance.

If acoustic guitar and the folk sound of America are your thing then look no further.

adding an air of universal mystery and cosmic shimmer to the virtuoso guitar interplay

The real stand out tune though is, "Freeform" which enlists the seductive spoken words of Sydney Lowell

symbiotic field recordings bring some fresh air & fauna into your listening space & act as the perfect bed for his guitar meditations

The local fauna, who fortunately don't know what Fox News is, chime in with perfectly weighted sounds of encouragement

if you need an extended sound bath then I urge you to get yourself comfortable, close your eyes and sink into the warm waters

he decamped to London to get a different perspective on the recordings and the result is this transcendent, cosmic electroacoustic fusion.

a start to finish listen both vocally & musically, with the vibes & vision tuned in that much tighter to Holley’s singular, on point lyrics