Posts tagged as "ambient"

Moby Interview – ‘Reprise’ & Permission To Be Quiet

May 25, 2021

On his new album Reprise, electronic music pioneer Moby – together with the Budapest Art Orchestra – has reimagined his most recognizable rave classics in new arrangements for orchestra and acoustic instruments. Moby is joined on Reprise by a stellar line-up of guest artists, including vocalists Alice Skye, Amythyst Kiah, Apollo Jane, Darlingside, Gregory Porter, […]

Best Ambient Music for Sleep – 5 Essential Albums

March 23, 2021

From fireside lullabies to ambient new age synthesisers – we’ve always used music to help us get to sleep. One of the essential qualities of music is that it appeals to our body’s rhythms. And music can help bring down our own tempo, especially with so many technological distractions trying to keep us awake. Here are five […]

'Intermittent Reinforcement' – Luke Howard and Tilman Robinson

August 28, 2020

Hot on the heels of his stunning All That Is Not Solid album of improvised piano pieces, and acclaimed The Sand That Ate The Sea soundtrack, Mercury KX will release a new 3-track EP from composer Luke Howard. The ambient, melancholy Dark Angels EP and first single ‘Intermittent Reinforcement’ are a collaboration between Luke and […]

Roger Eno & Brian Eno Interview with Víkingur Ólafsson

March 30, 2020

Brothers Roger Eno & Brian Eno have been making music together since 1983. The brothers first joined forces, in collaboration with Daniel Lanois, to write and record For All Mankind, the soundtrack to Al Reinert’s epic documentary about the Apollo moon missions. Music from this soundtrack was released as the critically acclaimed and hugely popular […]

How Max Richter’s ‘Sleep’ Taught The World To Relax

March 13, 2020

Article courtesy of uDiscover Music Award-winning composer and pianist Max Richter’s landmark eight-hour minimalist lullaby Sleep (2015) feels as though it were composed with World Sleep Day in mind. After all, Richter has staged a string of night-time performances (complete with beds for the audiences), during which he has performed the work for piano, string quintet, […]