Category: Quiet Space

We focus on a brilliant collection new compilation from Stadiums & Shrines and Cascine – Dreams – a double album of new ambient and experimental compositions by contemporary artists like Bing & Ruth, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Gem Club and more. this collection is a journey, comprised of music, images, and text, inviting listeners to explore, interpret and contemplate.

Ben Rath is an ambient multi-instrumentalist based in Manchester who has just released a wonderful new release, Anything Is Possible, on the Sound In Silence label. Ben weaves a lush sound palette with layers of grainy, drenched in reverb, synths, whistling drones, distorted warm guitars and loops of hypnotic samples.

S.Oliwa is an Argentinian composer who has been described as the master of the slow, super organic, build. I first discovered his music a few years ago with a release on the sadly defunct Twice Removed imprint from Perth. His latest release on Geology Records is excellent and is our feature work on this edition of the Quiet Space.

Hibernate is a small label from the UK, their motto is “We Love Ambient”. Not only do they love it, they have curated since 2009 some incredible releases, establishing some of what are now popular names in this musical field. The Quiet Space has long championed Hibernate, who have returned to releasing music after a four year absence, To celebrate their return, and our 50th edition of the Quiet Space, this edition is dedicated to the two new postcard releases from Anthene and Mind Over MIDI as well as looking at some of the wonderful postcard releases since their inception.

‘Black Box Animals’ is the debut release from the Italian duo, Luton, formed in 2017 by Roberto P. Siguera and Attilio Novellino. Their music is described as “crawling abstract electronic structures thatmeld seamlessly into a wide array of electro-acoustics, built upon a fine edge that is focused on mood as much as melody”. It’s another great release from the Lost Tribe Sound label, the duo work closely with the Luton Sinfonietta who add strings, woodwind, percussion and brass.

Featuring an excerpt of one of my favourite releases of 2018 from Kyle Bobby Dunn.

Featuring the excellent release Yield from Adrian Lim-Klumpes. Adrian’s unique sound, derived from a mixture of lyrical piano, jazz harmony and electro acoustic textures, shows the influence of John Cage, Bill Evans, Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Chris Abrahams. His music speaks to genres of minimalism, electronic music, post-rock and related sub-genres, jazz and modal improvisation, free improvisation, musique concrete, noise and drone, impressionism, serialism and the tradition of piano composition.

Aaron Martin and Dag Rosenqvist are back with a new EP as Mouth of The Sun. With ‘Sleep Stations’ the duo assures us that their exquisite palette of classical leaning, electro-acoustics reaped from their previous albums still leaves much to be explored. Simply gorgeous. As well Fabio Orsi, Seaworthy and Xiphiidae.

Ann Annie is an artist from Portland, Oregon and her creations are described (by herself) as textured landscapes, ambient atmospheres and noise to pass the time. I like that last part! Hence the title of this episode. There are also some links to some gorgeous clips of her using her modular synthesizer in an outdoor setting.

Keith Berry is a UK Composer who works in the field of generative music, generative in the sense that he is interested in creating systems that he can put in place and let run to produce music will be the focus of his new label, VSM Theory.
The first issue for this label, Viable Systems, is a beautiful collection of ambient music.

Ghostly pastorals, refractions from forgotten landscapes…..Our focus this episode is on Berber Ox, aka David Rutledge, a radio documentary producer who creates fantastic work for ABC RN. Since 2010 he’s been creating deep listening experiences with releases on Install, Stunned, Assembly Field, Twice Removed, and Cave Recordings.