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Markus Mehr - form (Hidden Shoal)
"unidentified samples and odd machine noises pepper the recording, making the mildly dissonant piano sound positively melodic."
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 312 min read


Charbel Haber, Nicolás Jaar and Sary Moussa - Crashing waves dance to the rhythm set by the broadcast journalist revealing the tragedies of the day (Ruptured)
"This is a heavy album, but what would you expect from a recording utilising Tunefork Studios in Beirut as a conduit to remotely unite these artists during the Israeli aggression/response (delete as applicable)"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 302 min read


What Is New Age Music?
"New Age music was spawned, alongside so many other things, in the fertile, primordial creative soup of the 60s."
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 308 min read


Anna Tivel - White Goose (Fluff and Gravy)
"The song has an easy going charm, as it suggests that time in nature, good friends and community might just be the part of life's puzzle missing for so many in these days of digital isolation and urban jungles."
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 302 min read


Ben Varian & Sarah Safaie - Ark's Joy (Self Release)
"Far-out funkiness and some cosmic bump is the order of the day with "scampi strut" with Varian setting the keyboard controls for the heart of the sun"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 292 min read


Joseph Decosimo - Billy Button (Dear Life)
"It's a peculiar tale where perfectly delivered tongue twisting moments melt into pleasant, childlike simplicity, and country life blurs into toad licked surrealism"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 292 min read


Eeyun & The Co-Operators - Dub Over Yonder (Waggle)
“Last Night’s Dub” sees another heavy riddim test your speakers, and trust me this album won’t be kind to lower quality hi-fi gear
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 282 min read


Nate Smith, Lionel Loueke, Michael League - Magic Dance (NAÏVE)
"It's a warm slice of cosmic Afrobeat which should be all over global and open minded dance floors this summer and well beyond."
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 252 min read


Waz-u - Vermillion: G major feat G9 LUV and Lilyg (Biodiversity Studios)
"Lilyg's vocal which immediately weaves its way through the soundscape, gently swirling the ambient electronica in its tailwinds"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 241 min read


ghost and tape - Pardinyas (Dauw)
"despite my natural inclination towards the nonabrasive, palliative end of the ambient spectrum this is something of a Thai massage, a mildly unsettling but ultimately relaxing affair, and I like it a lot."
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 231 min read


KapTep, Sebby Kowal - Switch (Ambient Cat)
"They kick things off with the shimmering, lower frequency quivering, field recording hinting, gently cascading tones of the well named, "404 Error Page Not Found" - something I'm sure we can all relate to"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 222 min read


Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Different Rooms (International Anthem)
"The new album sees these studio neighbours embarking on another ethereal voyage of discovery to the land where ambient, new age, minimalism and classical meet"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 202 min read


Hamid Reza Behzadian - Blues for Leila (Self Release)
"artfully fusing the sounds of his harmonica, both Indian and Western slide guitars and Iranian folk music."
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 182 min read


Shrunken Elvis - An Old Outlet (Western Vinyl)
"Languid percussion provides an unhurried tempo for this ambient voyage of exploration as toad licked guitar refrains guide these cosmic musketeers to higher plains"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 182 min read


Anthony Mills - 1st punch (Icons Creating Evil Art)
"The vocal sits in some stylistic confluence of soul rooted spoken word, pre-blues field song and threat - quite the achievement"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 171 min read


Natural Information Society - Meditation (New Soil)
"the former spending half that time in an ambient trance before communing with the ancestors via an easy Afrocentric groove"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 162 min read


luvly - Shelele (Self Release)
"It's a broken beat, punky, Afrofuturistic banger that's going to smash the live shows, with a touch of the Bob Vylan or Sleaford Mods righteous anger"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 161 min read


Herbert & Momoko - Clay (Strut)
"Herbert for his part dusts off his warmer, less provoctive box of studio tricks to accentuate his studio partners soulful tones and loose rhythmic work"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 152 min read


néomí - Trigger (Nettwerk)
"wisely ditching the sonic make up which, with a voice so pretty, she certainly doesn't need."
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 151 min read


Alucuo - Alucuo (This Too Shall Pass)
"Forget the ceremonial intent, this is Balearic music if ever I heard it, warm, uplifting, Mediterranean primed and feel good. Add it to your summer '25 playlist without haste."
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 141 min read


R&D - I'll Send You A Sign (Ruination)
!This album is perfect start of the day music, just as well really as I’m writing about it at 5.45am."
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 142 min read


Smokey Cake - Casa Nueva (Self Release)
"If you want a good natured fusion of throwback chill-out, with a cosmic vibe and a psychedelic twist that will sound great over the summer then look no further."
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 112 min read


lynyn - 4m Hiero (Sooper)
"ambient layers sweeping you along until the track encounters choppy, deep space funking synths and stuttering IDM for a moment of mind opening intensity."
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 102 min read


Pedro Mizutani & Skinshape - Mostrando os Dentes (Nice Guys)
" five easy rhythms which will blow a pleasant breeze onto any summer (in)activities, whilst Mizutani noodles along without a care in the world on guitar whilst singing songs of who knows what"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 91 min read
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