Tag: ambient
Matthew Halsall: An Ever Changing View / Bright Sparkling Light
Proudly rooted in Northern England and the Manchester jazz scene, influenced by global and electronic music and constantly returning to the ecstatic masterpieces of the early 1970s Afro-American spiritual jazz for inspiration, Matthew Halsall continues to enchant with an impeccable series of releases on his…
Laurel Halo: Atlas
Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan and now based in Los Angeles, Laurel Halo is a DJ, pianist, composer and a regular host on NTS radio. Since her 2012 début “Quarantine”, the electronic artist has been releasing albums that resist classification and which are deliberately not…
Shida Shahabi: Living Circle
The release of her début LP Homes in 2018 established Stockholm-based Swedish Iranian musician Shida Shahabi as a modern classical pianist. Recorded with an “old school craftsmanship” approach in mind, the stripped-down opus was an exercise in acoustic experimentation and microphone placement around the warm…
Sofie Birch: Holotropica
Based in Copenhagen, Sofie Birch is a Danish sound artist and electronic ambient musician whose work embraces sound installations, soundtracks for animated shorts as well as improvised DJ sets. A regular contributor to NTS online radio station, Sofie Birch’s sets can also be heard at…
Snowdrops: Volutes
Formed in 2015 and based in Strasbourg, Snowdrops is a French chamber duo comprised of Christine Ott on piano and Ondes Martenot and Mathieu Gabry on piano and keyboards. Originally established to support various film and theatre soundtrack projects such as Thai filmmaker Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s…
Christine Ott: Chimères (pour Ondes Martenot)
Christine Ott is a classically trained pianist, teacher and composer based in Strasbourg. Since the beginning of her career, she has also been instrumental in preserving and promoting the sound of the Ondes Martenot, the early electronic instrument introduced in 1928 by Maurice Martenot. A…
Benedicte Maurseth: Hárr
A folk singer, musician, author and composer from the Hardanger district in south-western Norway, Benedicte Maurseth is a leading exponent of the Hardanger solo fiddle tradition. Having studied the instrument with master musician Knut Hamre for the past thirty years – a continuing process –…
Ichiko Aoba: Windswept Adan
Relatively unknown in the West hitherto, Ichiko Aoba is a folk singer-songwriter from Japan who has been active on the music scene for the last ten years. Blending a personal dreamscape with minimalist classical guitar accompaniment, the singer has released six solo albums to date.…