Surreal and psychedelic ambient music for a deep listening experience. 

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Surreal Ambient

Noise Ambient

Sein is the debut collaborative effort between Italian composer and improviser, Demetrio Cecchitelli, and American sound artist, Nicholas Maloney aka Blanket Swimming. Sein (German for “To Be”) began as a series of contemplative, minimal tape sketches that were then transferred back and forth between the artists as new layers of instrumental improvisation, field recording, and spontaneous object recordings were added to create a textured, ever-changing space.

To live and exist is a continual, spontaneous act. Sein adds to this dialogue of what it means to compose in the moment, to listen, and to create fluid symbolism through sound. Though separated by the distance of an ocean, the two performers were able to communicate via this spontaneously arising symbolism to weave a narrative, imaginative and dreamlike, yet concrete and lucid. When this auditory/fleeting sensory space is experienced, the meaning of Sein begins to appear quite literally.

Blanket Swimming (USA) https://blanketswimming.bandcamp.com https://nicholasmaloney.com

Nicholas Maloney is a musician and sound artist currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Since 2015, he has recorded ambient music under the moniker Blanket Swimming and since 2019 has released sound art and environmental recording works under his given name. He has been released on labels such as Grisaille, Modern Concern, ROHS! Records, Giraffe Tapes and many others. He also curates the labels Warm Milk Recordings and Asonu.

Demetrio Cecchitelli (Italy) https://demetrio-cecchitelli.bandcamp.com

Demetrio Cecchitelli (1997) is a composer and musician mainly active in the field of electronic and electroacoustic music. Released on Healing Sound Propagandist, Whitelabrecs, Sounds Against Humanity, among others. He has collaborated with theatre company Motus and the director Cecilia Lentini.

Nicholas Maloney – synthesizers, electric guitar, tapes, field recordings, objects
Demetrio Cecchitelli – electric guitar, electronics, synthesizers, mallets, piano, field recordings
Mastering by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Photo, artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

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Sein

Light Passage

Piano - Andy
Strings (vst)- Helen

Helen thought the repeating piano phrase reminded her of an old fashioned treadle weaving loom. So the track is a sort of homage to those who laboured at these devices to create fabric and clothing for the masses. The painting is "Weaver" by Vincent Van Gogh.

The Weaver

Check us out on: https://linktr.ee/legacyofthought

The album: Spine of Destiny
"Spine of Destiny" follows the harrowing journey of Lucksy, Sariandi, and Alestein as they search for their lost friend, Thorgar. Their quest leads them to Bremen, where they are met with the devastating sight of an onslaught against innocent villagers, a massacre seemingly caused by Thorgar himself. Determined to uncover the truth, they encounter Fiztik, a gnome who guides them into the depths of the Underdark.

This electronic ambient and downtempo album captures the essence of their perilous journey. Immerse yourself in the atmospheric soundscapes as you accompany Lucksy, Sariandi, and Alestein through the labyrinthine passages of the Underdark, driven by friendship, mystery, and the spine-chilling quest for answers.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSU6ESWQFIw99hKPXIR8Dh33-fnBLKkoiTyaZmHPCrH_zc2UNz2_dc379JwbM35SC4xE43FRBlcBV9G/pub

Release date: 16-08-2024 on Legacy of Thought label:

The tracks:
01 Wane Of Summer - Obsidian
02 Wane Of Summer - Frozen Tears Of Maer Dualdon
03 Promethex - Cloudcatcher
04 Promethex - The Other Side Of The Canvas
05 Andawan - Alestein The Bard
06 Andawan - The Gnome’s Tale
07 Wane Of Summer - Under The Ice
08 Wane Of Summer - Northdark

Artwork & mastering: Chris Held

Andawan: https://soundcloud.com/andawan
Promethex: https://soundcloud.com/promethexmusic
Wane of Summer: https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer

Spine of Destiny

The Gnome's Tale

The Gnome’s Tale

First Light

The third album released on Chitra by the unique Tokyo artist Yosuke Goto. Like a picturesque photo, each track tells a small story of important and unimportant things.

Most of the field recordings were made by pointing a microphone outside the window of a room, so in that sense, 'pictures' also means "landscapes cut out in a frame".

Produced and mixed by Yosuke Goto (Soloi Sounds)
Mastered by Yosuke Goto
Cover picture by Yosuke Goto
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

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Pictures

Plane

Overture. Hope.

Holding Patterns. Sometimes I think I spend too much time in airports.

Low Motion. Originally titled “Slow motion” until I realized there are thousands of songs titled “Slow Motion”. I dropped the “S”. This is “Low Motion”.

Static Lullaby. Probably not really a Lullaby per se, and maybe not ambient. You can decide.

Losing Yourself in the Answer. Perfect.

Go Home. I really am enjoying myself. I’m having a good time, but truth be told I really just want to go home.

One Foot. In this life sometimes the best we can do is put one foot in front of the other.

The Day the Internet Went Away. Inspired by a power outage. What did we used to do before the internet?

Geraniums. I think they are one of my favorite flowers for some reason, I don’t know why.

Seventy Eights. As in 78 RPM records where it all started. There is something fascinating about taking little clips of sound and making them into something else.

Produced and mixed by Derek Carter (KapTep)
Spoken words on Overture (1) by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf), Yulia Rychkova, and Stephanie Carter
Guitar on The Day the Internet Went Away (8) by Christian Alsemgeest
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev
Cover picture by Derek Carter
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

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Exhale

Holding Patterns

In this album, Adrian continues his exploration of tape-saturated sounds combined with piano and vintage synthesizers. The micro-cassette Dictaphone is used to create sounds evoking nostalgia and melancholy. Although using similar starting points to his last album on Chitra Records this album is darker in mood reflecting certain situations in the world today.

Produced and mixed by Adrian Lane
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Adrian Lane
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

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Desire Paths

The Sun Erases Wet Footprints

Throughout history, alchemists have captivated our minds with their quests to turn base materials into gold and seek the philosopher's stone. Their work was shrouded in metaphor and mystery, embodying a desire to understand the universe's hidden truths. Similarly, this collection of sounds endeavors to evoke the essence of that magical process. Each composition is a carefully crafted distillation of emotions, imagery, and ideas, resonating with the transformative powers attributed to the alchemical arts.

In Alchemies, Paul Beaudoin blends orchestral textures with glitch and noise elements, creating a sonic alchemy that mirrors the ancient quest for transformation. These contrasting sound worlds—organic and synthetic, refined and raw—come together in a seamless dialogue, embodying the fusion of disparate materials that the alchemists sought.

The album weaves through an auditory landscape, transporting you to the Fire of Calcination, where raw elements are purified, or the ethereal Black Sun, where shadows and light intertwine. As you listen, imagine the delicate Golden Transmutation—the alchemical transformation of sound and silence into rich tapestries of experience. Each track is an invitation to engage with the mysteries at the intersection of sound and spirit, reminiscent of the alchemist’s laboratory, filled with curiosity and wonder.

Join Ambient Cat on this journey as we explore the tenets of alchemy through sound, delving into the Salt of the Earth and emerging into the Albedo Phase, where clarity and illumination reign. Each piece is a gateway into an imaginative realm where transformation and transcendence occur—much like the alchemists sought, through their craft, to unlock the hidden potential of the universe. 

Produced and mastered by Paul Beaudoin
Cover art by Paul Beaudoin
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Alchemies

The Albedo Phase

ShaktiMan is a man of power. He weaves together three worlds: past, present and future. Field recordings, ethnic instruments and synthesizer layers.

Produced and mixed by Alexander Bin (BinJa)
Mastered by Alexander Bin & Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Yyyantra www.instagram.com/yyyantra
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

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ShaktiMan

Shakti

Modem Punk is a science fiction genre that is dominated by old technologies from the late 20th century.

Produced and mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) & Derek Carter (KapTep)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) with AI
Artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Modem Punk

Morse Code

Filmstrips

Andrew Lozano's new release is a heartfelt invitation to pause, breathe, and embrace the beauty of the present moment. Embark on a cozy journey through the waves of tranquility.

Produced and mixed by Andrew Lozano
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Andrew Lozano with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Voyager

Forest Sunrise

Participation mystique refers to the innate human connection to symbolic and imaginative experiences. This symbolic realm exists before or alongside our ability to think analytically or rationally. The idea is strongly linked to projection, as these symbolic or mythic elements naturally extend themselves into the world around us—into people, places, and things, just like how we unconsciously assign color to what we see.

Participation mystique is not just a psychological concept, but an aesthetic principle – a lens through which we perceive art as more than just something we observe; it becomes something inhabited.

In artistic terms, participation mystique can be thought of as a dissolving boundary between the self and the image. In this perspective, any manifestation of art can be perceived not just as an external object, but as an extension of the viewer’s unconscious. Colors, shapes, and atmosphere resonate with inner archetypes – mythical, primordial, emotional – before the mind can name them. This is why abstract compositions can seem hauntingly familiar, or why certain symbols – like a spiral, a doorway, or a shady forest – draw out something ancient, deep, and unconscious from us.

Produced and mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev
Cover picture and design by Dionis Afonichev

Participation Mystique

Distant Shores

Moment of Clarity (KapTep Remix)

Natura Sanat

Awaiting Structure

Minimal, textural drones — emotionally resonant yet contemplative — capture the fragile beauty of morning light and the quiet promise of renewal.

Produced and mixed by Sebby Kowal
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture and design by Dionis Afonichev

A Brand New Day

Brand New Day

Gentle textural soundscapes trace the quiet shift in season, evoking warmth, stillness, and the beauty of impermanence. A sonic reflection on the passage of time, memory, and the subtle charm of change.

Christoph Vogel (Ghostloop) about his album: “It’s a collection of nine ambient pieces — soundscapes shaped by personal moments and quiet shifts I experienced over the past year, many of them spent in nature.

I worked with field recordings I captured during that time, letting them carry traces of place and memory. While writing, I also began building my Eurorack modular system, slowly integrating its sounds into the tracks as they took shape.

'Almost Autumn' reflects a quiet cycle of the year — the slow transitions, inner stillness, and changing atmosphere that come with time passing”.

Christoph Vogel, known as Ghostloop (Germany), weaves immersive soundscapes shaped by the serene rhythms of nature. Drawing from the ambient textures of field recordings and grounding them with deep, fluid basslines, his compositions echo the quiet moods of Northern Germany and the Baltic Sea coast. Rooted in a deep sense of place, Ghostloop’s music invites listeners to pause, drift, and sink into gentle, emotive layers of sound.

Produced and mixed by Christoph Vogel (Ghostloop)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture and design by Dionis Afonichev

Almost Autumn

Drift, aka Alessandro Ferrario, defines his style as “Slow-motion electroacoustic sound paintings”, this definition comes from the tempo he uses, 40 BPM with 4/4 time signature, the main instrument he uses, an upright piano, and the layers crafted using the instruments you can find in orchestra, cello, viola, violin and double bass most of the times. He then elaborates all the patterns, adding modern era VSTs to create layers, like a painter does with paint.

In “Fragments of a Distant Now”, the artist explored time and memories, unfolding slow rhythms and digital manipulation to create textured atmospheres, which, like memories, can convey either relaxation or tension. Using delays, echoes, reverbs, and distortions, he crafts a sense of glitch in sound that mirrors the imperfections of fading memories.

Produced, mixed and mastered by Alessandro Ferrario (Drift)
Cover artwork by Alessandro Ferrario
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Fragments of a Distant Now

Derek Carter (KapTep) about this release:

Ambient music seems to be fascinated by nature, oceans and the sky. For this KapTep release I wanted to explore the sky and more importantly all we can’t see, the millions of signals and mysteries that it hides.

I wanted to leave room for the songs to breathe and allow plenty of open spaces within them. At times these compositions may seem empty, that is by design. Although the current environment is to pick a track or two add them to your playlist.

I hope you will spend 49 minutes and listen to this as a body of work, as it was recorded to be listened to in one continuous sitting. In addition to the 6 original tracks there are two wonderful remixes added by Arrival In Eden, and Sacred Seeds.

Numbers Station – I’ve always been fascinated with them. The mystery and intrigue.

Naming the Sky – Melancholy drifting and not a care in the world.

LA Scanner – I simply love the voyeur nature of a cheap scanner.

Cold Luck Moon – Blurred images, sounds and emotions. Plus, three words that don’t mean anything together as a title.

I Need Light – In a world of conflict, doom scrolling and fear… I need light. In fact, I think we all do.

One Hundred Miles Until Sunrise – Have you ever driven somewhere and not remembered a second of it? Totally sober, auto-pilot. This is your soundtrack.

Produced and mixed by Derek Carter (KapTep)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Derek Carter
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Naming the Sky

Naming the Sky (Arrival In Eden Remix)

Experimental ambient music label.

Surreal music for a deep listening experience.