Posts tagged ambient
Modern Noir Cloaked in a Blanket of Neon Twilight by Beyond the Ghost

Musically, this is a relaxed, neo-jazz ambient excursion into atmospheric palates - never once does this album try to take center stage in the mind of the listener, but rather, it is meant to be played in the periphery of the imagination, allowing the mind to wander to the neon-ridden gloom of this darkly-envisioned Las Vegas.

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Contemplate the Dreams of the Dead with God Body Disconnect

These songs exactly personify the feelings of purposeless wandering. Soaked in reverb, these benign chordings offer serenity, and at no point is there a feeling of any impetus in the progression of the tracks. This is the perfect soundtrack for one who has shirked their mortal bond, and now finds themselves standing in a ghostly, empty shell of this corporeal reality.

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Kristof Bathory Tells a Tale of Humanoid Dystopia

The use of modular synthesis gives the music a warm and organic feel, while also adding complexity and unpredictability, an underlying circuitry to the pads and evolving textures that seamlessly weave throughout the music. The scope and breadth of the shifting tracks create a film in the mind’s eye, which is precisely what albums of this type are meant to do, and the film created by this album is rife with sci fi elegance and dark grandeur.

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Listen to the Lost Loops - A Collection of Unreleased Mount Shrine Brilliance

…a culmination of four hours of Cesare Alexandre’s subtle mastery with his gossamer ambience. Gentle rains and field recordings wrapped in subtle blankets of warm synth pads and soothing atonal raiment abound in this release, reminding us once more of the gentle brilliance of the composer. 

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