Remastered edition of The Orb’s ‘U.F.Orb’ released
A remastered, ‘director’s cut’ of The Orb‘s classic 1992 album U.F.Orb has been released, with Kris Weston and Greg Hunter,…
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Moby kicks off the new year with new ambient album, ‘Ambient 23’
Moby has kicked off the new year with the release of a new 16-track ambient album, Ambient 23, part of…
Trading the ‘mental’ for the ‘transcendental’ – welcome to the ambient age… [January 1990]
With the world going to hell in a handbasket, maybe it’s time that we trade the ‘mental’ for the ‘transcendental’?…
A new book on drone music goes in search of sonic oblivion
From the earliest ancient traditions to the sonic soundscapes of Brian Eno and Sunn O))), humanity is drawn time and…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Vol. II [March 1994]
In some ways, Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works Vol. II, which turns 25 years old today (7 March 1994), is…
The origins of Aphex Twin’s Didgeridoo (and its curious link to Leeds United)…
The enthusiastic response to Aphex Twin’s newest track, T69 Collapse, indicates just how much the electronic music industry has missed…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Orb – Towers Of Dub (1992)
Given that ambient electronica collective The Orb celebrates its 30th anniversary this month, this week’s Throwback Thursday revisits one of…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Beloved – The Sun Rising [October 1989]
Whisper it quietly, but the evenings are starting to get longer. Ok, as I write this, the temperature hasn’t been…
How classical music invaded the chill-out zone… [July 1994]
What goes up, must come down, as the old expression goes. Long before The Orb, Mixmaster Morris or Thievery Corporation were…