by eyes cast down | Feb 14, 2012 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
There are many possible situations for playing ambient-atmospheric music live, so I thought it might be of interest to describe a different one now and then. This time, it was background music for a small art show. The venue was Healing Foundations, a Chicago...
by eyes cast down | Oct 24, 2011 | Album Reviews
Bob Ohrum’s albums combine urban field recordings with drones, bass and keyboards in a highly personal, alchemical fusion. (I’ve reviewed Bob’s albums Elevated and Subliminal Listening.) Bob’s latest release (Relaxed Machinery 0020) is All...
by eyes cast down | Sep 23, 2011 | Album Reviews
Richard Roberts (Zero Ohms) has just released Worlds, Afterworlds, his debut on the Relaxed Machinery label (rM_0019). Richard is a veteran performer on flutes, wind-synth and other woodwinds. In addition to solo releases, he has collaborated with artists such as...
by eyes cast down | Sep 2, 2011 | Album Reviews
Steve Brand has just released his first “lost pieces” collection, on his own Pioneer Light label. Upwelling (PL 0002) is a gathering of nine remixed and reimagined tracks, some created during work on other albums, others resulting from momentary...
by eyes cast down | Aug 8, 2011 | Releases
Brad MacLeod-Ross is such an ardent fan of ambient/electronic music that he had to start his own netlabel to share it with as many others as possible. Brad has just kick-started his Free Floating label by releasing Conception, a mammoth 3-hour compilation of 22...