"This is electronic music for the head as well as the hips"

"paving the way for some suitably languid drums and the arrival of Hasselgren's fragile, low gravity, achingly beautiful vocals"

"a mighty fine, mildly theatrical, shadowy slice of lysergic alt-pop rock with genuine craft"

"Tiwayo has upped the funk and headed straight to the dance floor with "Up For Soul""

" the mood is one of detachment, introspection and more than a hint of that rarely discussed feeling of loneliness and melancholy that can creep up on urbanites when left on their own"

"The vibe from the off is distinctly sixties, which lets face it in jazz is no bad thing"

"an acoustic guitar lays down the track's folk credentials and paves the way for the fragile, warm yet wistful vocals"

"charting and building tellurian bridges between the ambient, new age and neoclassical multiverses."

"Trip Hop didn't die it just moved with the times and Darkstate is currently leading the way."

"This could be ambient jazz's year, and if I finally do that jazzbient mix this tune will be on it."

"It's a fine, open minded take on the Americana condition"

"Starting off in an ambient pop vein, her vocal floats enticingly over bowed strings and machine sounds"

"Farhi wisely sits back, infusing Pandey's finger picked minimalism with some sparse, borderless bass work"

"he's really on a mission to explore the possibilities that have opened up since his slide into electronic music realms."

"to help the track complete the last leg of its journey from its frosty ambient origins to warming downtempo ends."

"Jean's finger picking sets a warm tone for this suitably stripped back folk ode to simplicity and slow days in love"

parting the dystopian mists to reveal a brighter ambient electronic day

"before descending back into the gloom to intertwine with the other instruments to more sedate, quietly experimental ambient ends, and refreshingly sound like nothing else around."

"It's a fine and fanciful slice of lysergic alt-pop"

"If you're in need of some classic sounding chillout to take things easy to then tune in and drop out."

"Wave after wave of succinct guitar and bowing refrains cascade through the speakers, improvisatory string work largely nudged to the side lest it muddy the hypnotic waters"

"bares Selkie's soul for all to see and the fact that is accompanied by production that would stand on its own two instrumental legs really marks her out as a talent"

"Perhaps it's an antidote to the long grey Berlin winter's but "Vulture" radiates warmth and sun kissed lands, real and imagined from the off."

Self taught, Or Kantor is a respected tatoo studio head, multidisciplinary artist and craftsman by day, with a nice line in evocative, ethno-ambiguous, " Surfterranean " music making by night. I do wonder how some people fit it all in. A visit to his tattoo studio by an Anova Records A&R person saw his 2024 debut album Sarda Sarda  signed to the label, and a year later his sophomore is on the shelves of your favourite music store. This time round he's dialled down the surf