Ambient

Taken from upcoming album "Only Love From Now On", out Feb 25th on Smalltown Supersound. 
Pre-order here: 
https://carmenvillain.bandcamp.com/album/only-love-from-now-on

Produced by Carmen Villain.
Mastered by Rashad Becker.

Gestures w/ Arve Henriksen

Soundwaves can act as a portal, enabling you to resonate with the conscious experience of others. The DJ then bridges the gaps, connecting these pathways to help us realize our inherent interconnectedness. Our next guest, Lychee, is very mindful of this sonic potential as they build experiences through sound. Hailing from the east coast of the US, they have established themselves locally and internationally through their excellently crafted sets and tastefully curated project Spontaneous Affinity, a monthly mix and interview series, annual zine, and occasional event platform. Lychee's sound is ever-evolving, exploratory, and effervescent. Their Unrush contribution takes us through a myriad of moods and styles while still keeping a singular unified voice throughout. A perfect accompaniment to the first signs of fall as we reflect on the past few months of pause with a warm nostalgia.

Thanks a lot https://soundcloud.com/lycheefrut & https://soundcloud.com/spontaneousaffinity

Website: https://www.lychee.club/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lycheefrut/
Spontaneous affinity: https://spontaneous.zone/

Cover artwork by Irakli Kiziria
Words by Nathan Levenson

Unrush 058

058 - Unrushed by Lychee

Taken from forthcoming album 'Only Love From Now On' - out 25th Feb via Smalltown Supersound. 
Pre-order here: 
https://carmenvillain.bandcamp.com/album/only-love-from-now-on

Written and produced by Carmen Villain.
Mastered by Beau Thomas.

Subtle Bodies

Maara - The Ancient Truth (STEP07)
@maara

Vinyl Preorder: https://tinyurl.com/mx3bj39v
Digi Preorder: https://tinyurl.com/4syr625y

A1. Sip From My Chalice	6.12
A2. Nothing Sacred	4.12
A3. Yearning		6.32


B1. Erotics Of Betrayal	5.34
B2. Rough N’ Ready	5.04
B3. The Ancient Truth	3.49


C1. Just Give Me Time	4.46
C2. Insidious Force	5.03
C3. Oh I Remember…	6.26


D1. Awaken, Plum Plum	6.04
D2. Sapphic Rehabilitation Center	6.40
D3. Surrender		4.43


Mastering by Marco Pellegrino 
Cut by Marco Pellegrino at Analog Cut
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Artwork by Michael Mitsas & Vivien Hoffman

Montreal’s sapphic mixxtress, the elusive mogul Maara, unveils her debut full length LP via Step Ball Chain. A pairing written in the stars, with twelve dynamically diverse and emotive soundscapes of downtempo bliss, spine-chilling drum and bass and elevated electronica - timeless anthems for sonic indulgence and reflection. Take a deep dive into the sensually charged inner workings of the already prolific producer’s mind. 

An effervescent atmosphere envelopes it’s way through the records entirety, whether it be gloriously lush pads, melancholic words and whispers from her own lips or subterrantian bass. Maara’s world of sound showcases the wild spectrum of emotion, the empathetic passion of joy in Awaken, Plum Plum and Sapphic Rehabilitation Centre alongside the darkness of Insidious Force or Rough ‘N’ Ready. But like most things, the purest beauty can be found within the grey areas, where majority of this records lies. A powerful ebb and flow between cloudy twilight and it’s recurring silver lining, Nothing Sacred wraps you around it’s finger whilst Erotics Of Betrayal pulls you in unexpected directions sure to conjure feelings you didn’t know existed.  

A masterfully united album from start to finish, each listen unveils endless intricacy, delicately and deliciously revealing the potent DNA of Maara.

Maara - The Ancient Truth (STEP07)

@secondcousins
@mood-hut

BC: https://secondcousin.bandcamp.com/album/homesoon

On New Year's morning, Cousin took a weary-eyed walk... ‘HomeSoon’ he thought, whilst cutting to the path by the Angophora Forest. As he made it down to the overgrown sidewalk, he caught a sudden sense of warmth from the surrounding flora. On closer focus, it was as if the plants and flowers had come alive...pulsing forward down the path as they bounced, smiled, and sneered all around him. Against logic, he was struck by an almost Garsonian desire to communicate with them.

This feeling lingered, persisting through several studio sessions. The music written over this period makes up this EP. How directly this experience informed the music is hard to say. What effect it had on the surrounding plant life is even harder to tell… we do hope, however, through listening to it, you’re a little more tuned in to them.
credits

HomeSoon

pi pi pi premiere: Cousin - Citta (Mood Hut)

Recorded by @spacedrummeditation for The Memoir, 2024.
All tracks were written, produced, and mixed by @spacedrummeditation.
Artwork by Gabriella Holmström.
Curated by Hypnus Records.

00:00 Space Drum Meditation - Unreleased
01:40 Space Drum Meditation - Unreleased
05:02 Space Drum Meditation - Unreleased
08:22 Space Drum Meditation - Unreleased
11:11 Space Drum Meditation - Unreleased
15:02 Space Drum Meditation - Unreleased
18:26 Space Drum Meditation - Unreleased
19:00 Space Drum Meditation - Nagamani (SDM005)
24:20 Space Drum Meditation - Fangs Of Gold (SDM004)
27:45 Space Drum Meditation - Unreleased
30:40 Space Drum Meditation - Uragshaa (Maloca Records)
34:00 Space Drum Meditation - Land Of Druk (Mana Abundance)
38:16 Space Drum Meditation - Unreleased
44:20 Space Drum Meditation - Nite Trips (SDM003)
47:44 Space Drum Meditation - Dance of Tandava (SDM005)
53:56 Space Drum Meditation - Unreleased
53:56 Space Drum Meditation - Unreleased
57:56 Space Drum Meditation - Unreleased

Love and light

Bandcamp

Page 123: Space Drum Meditation

Field Records takes a look into the vast catalogue of Celer, the prolific ambient project from Tokyo-based American artist Will Long. Perfectly Beneath Us was originally released in 2012 as a CD-R on Still*Sleep, and now it’s being presented as a vinyl release, remastered by Stephan Mathieu.

Celer began in California in 2005 as a collaborative project between Will Long and Danielle Baquet, resulting in reams of self-released work up until Baquet passed away in 2009. Long opted to keep their project going, and Celer has continued to grow as an expansive exploration of purest ambient. Meanwhile Long’s solo work as Celer and under his own name has been equally accomplished, with scores of releases on labels such as DJ Sprinkles’ Comatonse Recordings, and respected Norwegian leftfield label Smalltown Supersound.

With such a sizeable library of sounds to explore, the reissue of Perfectly Beneath Us serves as an ideal entry point into the middle period of Celer's catalogue, presenting four pieces of sustaining, lethargic movements, wreaked in profound subtlety. Long exercises the utmost resignation from the brief ‘Distressing Sensations’ and ‘Ultra-terrestrial Yearning’ through to the 10-minutes-plus spells of ‘Slightly Apart, Almost Touching’ and ‘Absolute Receptivity Of All The Senses’.

It’s truly hypnotic, captivating music that rewards the attentive listener as much as it soothes the casual drifter. Originally limited to just 100 copies in 2012, it’s now beautifully framed on a carefully considered reissue which adds to Field’s own repertoire of evocative, subliminal electronics.

Celer - Slightly Apart, Almost Touching

Erika - Eerawai Ambient Series #28 @Zhaodai 2024/04/24

F-on, the alias of Alfonso Pomeda, is known for his profound progressive sessions with long mixes, creating voyages through experimental music, ambient, and dubby techno. His productions are 4x4 experiments at a low tempo, incorporating field recordings, timbres, textures, and cinematic structures. He is a resident at Alpenglühen and Taiga sessions and co-owner of the label Antimatter. Additionally, he runs the Alpenglühen label, which focuses on deep and ambient techno, exploring the line between light and darkness.

Mareena, the founder of Unrush, met Alfonso at the Mostra Festival in Barcelona un 2023. Their connection through music was immediate, making it natural to invite him to Unrush… 

Thanks a lot https://soundcloud.com/f-ondj

F-ON on the web:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apomeda/
RA: https://de.ra.co/dj/f-on
Booking: https://www.heed-agency.net/roster/f-on

UNRUSH on the web:
Bandcamp: www.unrush.bandcamp.com/
Hardwax: www.hardwax.com/label/unrush/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/_unrush_/?hl=de
Facebook: www.facebook.com/unrushme/

Cover artwork by Irakli Kiziria

085 - Unrushed by F-on

Bandcamp: https://trau-ma.bandcamp.com/album/exp
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/exp/4602449

Graham Lynn - Hollow Shell (Original Mix) [TRM305]

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/pop_ambient_2025_lp_dl

Hello Everybody,

In recent years, the introductory texts for the Pop Ambient compilation series, which is released every year on Kompakt as the last release before the Christmas break, often began with the sentence "Every year again...".

“Every year again”, a quiet, almost unnoticed maxim of self-evidentness. Because this is already the 25th issue to be published this year.

25 years in increasingly fast-moving times in the even faster-moving music business is an eternity that doesn't just feel like it. It is all the more remarkable how I, as someone who is always restless and often driven by this fast pace himself, pleasantly almost haven’t realised how - in pop-ambient contexts - time does not pass (or passes differently) in the best sense.

When compiling the 25th edition I was asked, among other things, what it was like that I was still doing this and whether I had a favorite track. In the spirit of bringing all the tracks together I don't have a favorite track, or all of them. But I have a favorite part (moment) that I played. In this case it was a broad chord in a change of key at minute 2:55 in the piece Circles by Max Würden. A moment of majesty and familiarity that, at that moment, contains the entire Pop Ambient cosmos, that just works and doesn't explain anything - and I said: “...that's the reason why I'm still doing this.. .”

Pop Ambient is a statement without demands. Is promise without expectation. Is a path without a destination.         Every year again.

Wolfgang Voigt, October 2024

As always, the indispensable final mastering by Jörg Burger ensures that everything is brought together and the sound is fine-tuned.

And like every year, the 25th edition is of course wrapped in an abstract, floral magic creation by Veronika Unland. Over the years, the grace of her imagery has increasingly merged with the musical aura to form an unmistakable magical symbiosis.  In addition to the official vinyl and CD edition, there will be a limited edition of 100 pieces in transparent vinyl - including a hand-signed fine art print by Veronika Unland, available exclusively at Kompakt Mailorder.

Pop Ambient 2025

Goldwasserfluss

Leandro Fresco / Thore Pfeiffer - Goldwasserfluss

All Stars Have Names

Wake

Final collection of tunes in the demo series.

Been holding on to these for some time now. Track 1 will always have a special place in my heart, undoubtedly the most special piece of music I've put together so far.

With love and gratitude

Xav

KEEPER (INTERLUDE)

bitters

Soul_Field

Label, booking agency & online record shop

Demo submission: 
We receive a lot of demos every day. Please understand that we are unable to listen to everything. Send your private soundcloud link to: label@kompakt.fm.

Leandro Fresco / Thore Pfeiffer - Goldwasserfluss

Kompakt

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