Various Artists - Sleeplaboratory6.0 (Whitelabrecs) [Ambient]
- The Slow Music Movement
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*** This blog post first appeared in TSMM's February 9th Newsletter, where you can get all the tips (and more) first ***
Another year another Sleeplaboratory compilation from Whitelabrecs, one of the world’s finest ambient labels, whose head honcho has recently started a label Substack if you want to take a deeper dive into the genre psyche and keep track of the label’s regular release schedule.
As usual the compilation takes an open minded look at the ambient condition, albeit with getting a good night’s kip in mind, and to that end a restrained nocturnal palette was encouraged. I was surprised to hear that the music came from the, new to me, Inner Echo circle, a sort of ambient version of the Masons made up of like minded ambient labels, whose members allegedgly make themselves known to each other by imitating bird sounds. Speculation aside, the music arose organically from community/brotherhood discussions, and it appears they’re a benign force for musical good.
As usual there are a mixture of familiar and new names, who I immediately followed via Bandcamp and also Tidal, my favoured streaming service. The music flows seamlessly through rain soaked drones, minimal piano led lullabies, shimmering soundscapes, sonic shards lovingly stitched together to form soothing wholes, fuzzy audio textures that glow in the dark and all sorts of weightless frequencies that drift into your listening space and hang listlessly yet reassuringly in the air.
Sleep well dear readers.