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Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu - Destination (Wah Wah 45s) [African Music]
"an uptempo fusion of classic Afrobeat grooves & his highlife roots, delivered by a seriously tight ten piece London ensemble"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 6, 20244 min read


Various Artists - Elsewhere CC (Les Disques Bongo Joe) [Tropical Music]
"the grooves are eclectic, the tempos varied, the fusions fanciful"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 5, 20242 min read


Tomotsugu Nakamura - For A Fleeting Moment (IIKKI) [Ambient Music]
"another space appreciating soundscape, rich in consciousness altering tones, surgically separated acoustic microsounds & his usual sense of magical music realism"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 3, 20242 min read


Federico Durand - Té De Flores Silvestres (IIKKI) [Ambient]
"a masterclass on how to fuse field recordings & found sounds with precision electronics, pleasing noise & neglected radio frequencies"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 1, 20242 min read


SUSS - Birds & Beasts (Northern Spy) [Ambient Americana]
"Apart from last week's Tusk II LP the ambient Americana world's been sleeping a bit recently. Well SUSS are back to help remind everyone how great the sound is"
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 29, 20243 min read


Richard Norris - Oracle Sound Volume Three (Self Release) [Dub]
"classic, big system JA sounds, but keeping the dub continuum fresh by giving them a modern lick of downtempo paint"
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 27, 20241 min read


Nuno Beats - Sai do Coração (Príncipe) [Beats / World Music]
"to give the downtempo continuum a sultry Afrofuturistic nudge."
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 26, 20242 min read


Qoa - SAUCO (Leaving Records) [Electronic Music]
"blurring the boundaries between ambient animism, cosmic folk, experimental ritualism & altered state soundtracks"
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 6, 20242 min read


Women in Ambient Music and Thoughts on Gender Equality in Music Production
Just checked the Billboard Top 100, looks like there are 15 women in the top 100. I only counted Taylor Swift once, though she has about 7 tracks in the top 100!" So it's obviously not just the ambient music genre that has an issue.
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 20, 202016 min read


Test Card Interview
"Ha! Only being able to find one song online goes to prove that we were a pre-internet band!! I don't even think we had an email address."
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 18, 20189 min read


What is Chill Hop? A Short History & the Present.
"The clue with chill hop is right there in the name, it's no more than a fusion of chill out music and hip hop, not to be confused with lo-fi - its slightly grainier, vinyl hissing offshoot, which to be honest isn't much different."
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 9, 20188 min read


What is Slow Music?
"Slow Music has much in common with other slow movements and fully supports and advocates a cultural shift towards slowing down life's pace & connecting more meaningfully with others, our surroundings and ourselves. "
The Slow Music Movement
Jan 7, 20186 min read


RUSPO - DOURADOS (Self Release)
"Full of lo-fi, home produced breezy, Brazilian charm"
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 24, 20174 min read
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