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Koop - Modal Mile (Two Banks Of Four Remix)

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/pop_ambient_2023

A contemporary product of relentless capitalism has been a trend called slowness for several years now. In order to counteract the perceived fast pace of the times in which we live with a little deceleration, sustainability and relaxation, phenomena such as Slow Food, Slow Travel, Slow Fashion or even Slow Cruising, the tourist sailing of the world's oceans with somewhat smaller cruise ships "away from the mainstream", have been introduced into the world. 

That slowness is more than the opposite of speed, that elements, things, sounds that move as if in slow motion unfold a special power, precision, aesthetics and beauty, doesn’t need to be explained twice to ambient musicians. The 23rd edition of the Pop Ambient compilation, compiled as always by Wolfgang Voigt, is no exception, but instead provides the proof. Already with the first tracks of Leandro Fresco/Thore Pfeiffer, Gen Pop (Burger, Pfeiffer, Würden), Morgen Wurde feat. Tetsuroh Konishi and Max Würden up to Triola's gloomy and melancholic "Kupferblüte", the feeling of a slowness and calmness not experienced before, of an exceedingly lively standstill, creeps over us. A mental state that resembles dreams, in which we follow strange events as if paralyzed, yet awake and sensory. 

The Cologne-based Sono Kollektiv, an association of experimental artists Annie Bloch, Stefanie Grawe, Joel Jaffe, Alex Linster, Luis Weiß, Moritz Riesenbeck, Lukas Schäfer, Emily Wittbrodt and Max Würden, is represented for the first time with two contributions on Pop Ambient. The two works, the fragile "Bolzano Sessions IV" and the rather light-flooded "Bolzano Sessions V" (only available on CD and in the digital version) nestle perfectly into the musical whole of this year's compilation, not only in terms of their majestic leisureliness. 

In Jens-Uwe Beyer's "Nero", melancholic guitar chords reduced to the bare minimum are carried away by the wind like leaves, the reverberation holding the last note so long that it almost comes to a stop in the ear. If you like it synesthetic, look at the once again ravishing cover artwork by Veronika Unland right at this moment. Colors and shapes in which there is both everything and nothing to discover. Both feel equally right. 

The final third of Pop Ambient 2023 begins with Reich & Würden's herbaceous "Receiver," a track so dignified and carried by pads reminiscent of the sound of bagpipes that it would have perfectly punctuated her majesty the Queen's 8-hour funeral ceremony - a wonderful example, by the way, of the spiritual confluence of deceleration and precision that eventually turns into trance. 

The slowness is joined by togetherness at the end: Pop Ambient veteran Joachim Spieth cooperates with American sound artist zakè on his literally weightless "Air", Thore Pfeiffer co-produced the wonderful "Instinct" with Scottish brother duo Andy and Mike Truscott aka Kinbrae. California duo Patrick Hills and Morgan Fox aka Blank Gloss close out the vinyl version with the yearning "Down At The Heel," while that honor falls to debutant Ümit Han on the Pop Ambient CD. "Sieg über das Ungute" (victory over the unpleasant) in all its beauty brings us painfully back to reality.

Pop Ambient 2023

Leandro Fresco / Thore Pfeiffer - Sonne

Here is our recreation of the Organ synthesizer sound from the song Channel Deq by Sasha. Made with Primer. Remake it yourself all by ear using our Syntorial challenge. Or follow directly our synth programming tutorial and make it on your favorite Synthesizer like Xfer Serum, Vital, Pigments, Prophet, Moog etc. Find the full recipe and download the presets here: https://www.syntorial.com/preset-recipe/sasha-channel-deq-organ/

Sasha - Channel Deq Organ Synthesizer Remake (Free Download)

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https://soundcloud.com/throwingsnow remix for https://soundcloud.com/olafstuut & Marlon Penn

Out September 2: https://AtomnationRec.lnk.to/RunRemixed

Olaf Stuut & Marlon Penn - Run (Throwing Snow Remix)

Out now on all formats.

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Field Tower

just a rework of Bronchus 2 by Autechre off their debut record, Incunabula

listen to the original record here
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1yYEMwtFZHO9KBdtwnE7yNkwmEOz6_FQ

Autechre - Bronchus 2 (Rework)

permvac163-1 Carl Gari "Shipster" EP out now @carl-gari

Carl Gari - Treasure Island Sunset

Farah - Law of Life at 100 BPM

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Sprouts Of The Big Forest

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Long Arm - Sprouts Of The Big Forest on BBC 6 Music (Silent Opera - Project: Mooncircle, 2020)

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