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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 20, 20252 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 14, 20252 min read


John Swanke - Horizon Lines (Bud Tapes)
insistent acoustic motifs twist in on themselves, hypnotising all those within earshot before fading out to let the drone have its moment in the sun and show off it's lysergic charm.
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 4, 20252 min read


Đurđija Vucinic - Under Deconstruction (Self Release)
the EP opening track's mimnimal piano is blended with a field recording of what sounds like an evangelical sermon and reversed sounds, so keep an open mind.
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 2, 20251 min read


soo:k - Grape Chariot (Swims)
The album flirts shamelessly with multiple ambient adjacent genres, exploring a shadow world where belief system energy ripples collide and swirl.
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 30, 20252 min read


Tomas Raae & Eline Hellerud Åsbakk - ...før de spredtes (Kontentum)
his selfless approach leaves the focus on Åsbakk, whose voice rings pure and true from the instrumental gloom, deftly traversing centuries and breathing new life into these songs
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 22, 20252 min read


Alina Bzhezhinska - Warm Days, Cold Nights (Tru Thoughts)
Scene set the kick drum arrives to get the crowd swaying and heads nodding, welcome Bzhezhinska's spiritual approach and cheer the less holy, dubbed out electronics.
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 16, 20251 min read


Joaquín Cornejo - Cabuya (Shika Shika)
he’s also got a fondness for fusing pan-Latin sounds with star gazing electronica, and for this new LP on the reliable Shika Shika label he’s marshalled quite the ensemble, made them some sandwiches and packed them off on a cosmic cruise.
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 7, 20252 min read


Cory Cullinan - 2025 Alive (Pictoria)
This is a hell of an audio visual production that only really makes sense when it's seen and heard. It looks like Adam Curtis might just have some competition from this family in Colorado.
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 7, 20253 min read


James Osland & Andrew Heath - Petrichor (Fluid Audio)
a stunningly constructed blend of field recordings, minimal piano and ambient textures that will keep the attentive headphone clad listener busy
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 1, 20251 min read


Joy Guidry - Five Prayers (Jaid)
The album is a start to finish meditative joy, a welcome return from Guidry and an auspicious start to her label.
The Slow Music Movement
May 28, 20252 min read


Various Artists - Shadow Garden (blush)
It’s a pleasingly off-kilter collection of darker ambient hues and quirky songs that inhabit a distinctly underground bunker, but which sit together very nicely as a cohesive listen.
The Slow Music Movement
May 26, 20253 min read


Aki Himanen - Where Skies End (Super Sound Design)
but man and machine soon start to swirl and synergise, weaving cosmic patterns that slowly unlock your doors of perception so you too can see the light
The Slow Music Movement
May 22, 20251 min read


there is only - there is only (Self Release)
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
The Slow Music Movement
May 15, 20252 min read


Fuubutsushi - "Loop Trail" (American Dreams)
Fuubutsushi were born in the lockdowns during the age of virus and were an instant TSMM fave, setting the bar for remote recording projects during the period.
The Slow Music Movement
May 13, 20252 min read


hara alonso - touch•me•not (Fuu)
her music is restless and hard to pin down, veering from minimal piano to club ready beats and all sorts of ambient experiments.
The Slow Music Movement
May 13, 20252 min read


Sun Rain & Gollden - Avowal (Self Release)
If that wasn't enough Gollden digs out her guitar and peppers the remaining elixir with the faintest of notes to help ease any remaining tension.
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 30, 20251 min read


Satomimagae - Taba (RVNG Intl.)
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.
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 29, 20252 min read


andarctica - measures of the old earth (Stereoscenic)
The album really is a fluid affair that snakes through the ambient spectrum from sun warmed islands of tranquility, over constantly morphing ethereal terrain with plenty of sonic snapshots for the active listener to absorb
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 22, 20251 min read


Larum - The Music of Hildegard von Bingen Part Two (Puremagnetic)
Medieval abbess, theologian, mystic, polymath and 12th century composer Hildegard von Bingen, and highlight how timeless and useful her ideas and techniques still are
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 22, 20252 min read


Thomas Trueman - Aeons Apart (Soundghost)
it’s a beautifully crafted, gently flowing foray into blissful ambient realms
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 20, 20251 min read


Calming River - Macdui (Self Release)
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.
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 14, 20252 min read


The Slow Music Movement Radio Show #83
The Slow Music Movement Radio Show is back after a seven month hiatus, and about time too....
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 11, 20252 min read


Pan American, Michael Grigoni - New World, Lonely Ride (Kranky)
adding an air of universal mystery and cosmic shimmer to the virtuoso guitar interplay
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 9, 20251 min read
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