Following an exclusive video premiere of Sylvain Texier‘s project as Ô Lake back in 2018, I have praised his debut release, titled Refuge, highlighting it in my Best of the Year lists a year later. This summer, Texier is back with a new release, Gerry, subtitled Music inspired by the motion picture from the eponymous film of director Gus Van Sant, following a story of two men (both named Gerry) who are tested in the California desert on their friendship and a will to survive. Originally commissioned by Travelling film festival, this work was designed to be performed as a cine-concert. “Singular, poetic and contemplative, the film offers immense musical possibilities, due to the length of its shots and its near absence of dialogues,” says Texier of the project. Although not an official soundtrack, the music follows the film and its aesthetics closely every step of the way. Just as the director experiments with the artistic approach on the duration of each visual shot, Texier focuses on the space between the notes, the atmosphere and silence. On the surface, “Death Valley” is a simple, lovely piece, but listen deeper, with the aid of closely placed microphones, follow the melody walk upwards into the light, bathe in the soft resonance produced by the natural reverberation of the piano board, and you will surely unveil all its beauty. I love everything about this project, especially the idea of writing music for an inspiring visual piece. Perhaps I shall try my hand at it also…

"From the very beginning of the creative process, I wanted my music and the film to be one and the same, for this new soundtrack to be as close as possible to the director's intentions and to be considered the real soundtrack."

Gerry

Death Valley

TRACK PREMIERE : Ô Lake - Death Valley

CHROMA

The first offering of the 'vocal ambient' album series by Ambient Echoes - a collaboration between labels Ambientologist and Echoes Blue.

Download here: https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/album/anxiety-hope

Seven collaborations touching on Volume 1's emotional spectrum theme - anxiety / hope - and a testament to music's capacity for complex emotive expression.

Ambient Echoes, Vol. 1 - Anxiety / Hope

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Microsleep

Microsleep (Nightfall Version)

The album begins with a reminiscence of the sea, reverberating waves and suspended echoes of distant, almost forgotten territories. Curved vibrations, nocturnal environments mixed with contemporary research attitudes within the world of liminal/drone music. Oblique surfaces bending in the transposition of azimuth, memory and flow becoming the result of a hypothetical jump. A plastic and interpretative configuration of a body movement, the desire to grow consciously via unresolved mimesis, compendiums of intuitive constellations, deep white light meditation.

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A gentle lofi escape that blends the soft strum of guitar with mellow piano chords, glowing like streetlights on a quiet night. The track carries a warm, urban soul—steady beats echoing the rhythm of footsteps on empty sidewalks, while the melodies wrap around you like a comforting breeze after a long day. Perfect for late-night walks through the city, it drifts between nostalgia and calm, turning exhaustion into a moment of peace and reflection.

This is music for embracing the evening dusk, for driving through the city lights at night, for feeling warmth in your chest with just a touch of melancholy. A soundtrack for unwinding, watching the world blur by, and finding beauty in the quiet moments of the urban night.

Lofi Memories: Whispers of Twilight

Just recorded live on my son's keyboard, my daughter listening to... Blessings to our three marvellous kids. Blessings to you, dear listener. Your support means the world. Love

Lullaby 8

'Lunae Semita' is the first release from Araceae, which is the ambient techno side project of Uun. The album was built upon field recordings gathered in Upper Michigan, Detroit, Berlin, and Amsterdam.

Album Link - faintmusic.bandcamp.com/album/lunae-semita

Written and Produced by Ryan Malony.
Mastered by Emanuele Pertoldi.
Photography by Go.70North
Faint007 // FaintCD007
@faint-faint-music / 2018

Lunae Semita

Araceae - Nocturnal Beyond

Today I’m premiering a title track from a self-released single by Todd Chappell, recording under his project name, The Ideal Setback. Chappel and I first connected back in 2008, when I came upon his debut, Dream Dialogue. He has later self-released a follow-up, Window Seat, and I have since had my eye [and ear] on the development of his sound. Back then, his beautiful crossover between ambient and shoegaze comfortably settled into the plush cushion of guitar-driven swells and loop-based organic textures that comforted the mind. Nearly a decade later The Ideal Setback surprised me with Farnweh (2017), on which he combined his ambient, pastoral, and guitar-driven soundscapes with string fragments, piano chords, and even a few vocals. On “Anchor,” Chappell dives even further into cinematic orchestration with a beautifully arranged modern-classical composition, showcasing fragile violins, expanding pads, and swelling bass offering up a cozy space for the piano to tell its story. This is a natural progression for his sound, and I am eager to check out a full-length when one day it hopefully appears.

Anchor

TRACK PREMIERE : The Ideal Setback - Anchor

Track taken from the upcoming album 'Unstill' forthcoming on Fluid Audio...

Music: Andy Cartwright
Mastering: Ian Hawgood
Design: Daniel Crossley
Label: Fluid Audio

Microsleep (Nightfall Version)

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