Usually releasing a blend of glitch, IDM and various urban styles under her own name, Whatever the Weather is an outlet for Loraine James’ more ambient leaning work.
Whatever the Weather – Whatever the Weather II (2025) – Album Review
Tag: Ambient Music
Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Vol 2
Supposedly inspired by sounds Richard James heard while lucid dreaming, Selected Ambient Works 2 is both dreamlike and nightmarish, at times serene, lush and pleasant to listen to, at others, creepy, menacing and unsettling.
Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85 – 92
Richard D James' full-length debut - a classic of electronic music, whose influence is still felt to this day.
21/01/2022 This week I have been mostly listening to…
This week I have been listening to Entangled Routes by Pye Corner Audio, Quivering in Time by Eris Drew, Methodrone by The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Make Me Know You Sweet by Pendant.
DARKSIDE – Spiral (2021) – Album Review
Nicolas Jaar's work as Darkside pulls off the feat of being deeply moody yet catchy, combining extended psychedelic grooves, richly detailed atmospherics and unexpected earworms.
Daniel Avery – Together in Static (2021) – Album Review
Together in Static is Avery’s document from a strange time and feels like a neat encapsulation of the feelings – hope, uncertainty, anticipation - shared by everyone looking forward to experiencing their next live music experience.
John Beltran – The Season Series (2020)
Using deceptively simple elements - piano, guitar, synths and the occasional angelic vocal sample, John Beltran has done a majestic job on The Season Series of channeling the beauty and fragility of nature, as well as capturing its state of constant flux.
Andy Stott – Never the Right Time (2021)
Andy Stott's music is defined by the ever-present feeling of friction, the rub of needles bouncing into the red zone on a bank of dials. But this is tempered by a languid sensuality.
New Year’s Resolutions
Every January for the last couple of years, I’ve compiled a listening-list of releases for the year ahead. For one thing, this helps avoid feeling helpless in the face of the limitless choice offered by the internet, the various streaming services and the huge (and ever expanding) amount of music available, whether free, subscribed to … Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions
This year I will be mostly listening to…
These are some of the releases I'll be making time for in 2021, for one reason or another. The list is a constant work in progress, so if you have a recommendation for something that should be on there, I'd love to hear it. AceMo – All My Life Picked this up from a Fact … Continue reading This year I will be mostly listening to…
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