Soundscapist Compositions | Clinical Archives is the biggest “Dark Ambient” Netlabel - and honestly, I never got into their catalog by heart. But their 150. release finally got me. Preslav Literary School and is the alter ego of Adam Thomas, UK-born Berlin resident, head honcho of Glosses Fur Die Masses records and serious researcher of experimental Ambient. Listen & Read more »

 

 Preslav Literary School - "1-1": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Preslav Literary School - "1-4": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A Candle For IOD Netlabel! | To celebrate its first birthday, Paris top-notch Ambient Netlabel IOD releases an exclusive compilation. “Miniature Forest Remix” is a chosen collection of seven, well, remixes from the corresponding The Green Kingdom song released by IOD mother ship SEM. Everybody with just the slightest interest in experimental Ambient: go download! Listen & Read more »

 

 Darren McClure "Miniature Forest Remix" [5:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 offthesky "Miniature Forest Remix" [5:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Desert Music For Airports | OK, strange heading I admit… but a precise one. Tiago Sousa of Portuguese Merzbau Netlabel releases his fourth album “The Western Lands” at Resting Bell and manages to establish himself as the Brian Eno of desert Rock. Textures that flicker like hot air, wishful guitar melodies and desolate folk pickings make up for a unique piece of campfire Ambient. Listen & Read more »

 

 Tiago Sousa "The Road To Western Lands" [4:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Tiago Sousa "The Valley" [2:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A Quilt Of Experimental Hip Hop | If Max Ernst would have been a b-boy, his beats would have sounded like this. Right from their junk flats in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg, glue-sniffers DJ Internet and Kid Kool combine a myriad of jumble sale samples to atmospheric collages of experimental Hip Hop, digital Turntableism and, every now and then, the old floozie Pop. Ingenious on second try. Listen & Read more »

 

 DJ Internet & Kid Kool "God Likes The Picture Of You": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 DJ Internet & Kid Kool "Never Come Back": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 DJ Internet & Kid Kool "For My People": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Experimental Lo-Fi Folk | Brometer is Mark Sargison from Nottingham, UK. His wonderful five-track EP “Three Feet Of” was secretly released at IOD, the French Netlabel build from the leftovers of EKO and SKM. Airy-fairy lo-fi Folk, psychedelic chamber music and ad hoc recordings into the microphone of Sargison’s laptop. Ingenious. Listen & Read more »

 

 Brometer - "From One Two" [3:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Brometer - "Rotation" [3:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download