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On the right: A photo of NEXCYIA standing in front of a black fence, behind which there is a bush of tall reeds. He has a black hoodie on with the hood up and a baseball cap. On the left: 10 album packshots chosen for his Selections

In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, NEXCYIA spotlights adventurous ambient music filled with “exceptional sound design and captivating textures”

Chaos is inevitable, and it is everywhere. How do we find our place within it? It’s a question posed in the debut album from the...

Left: Selection of album and EP artwork chosen by Purelink for this feature. Right: Press of Purelink standing side by side outside at night

In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Purelink spotlight low-key experimental pop, smoky dub-folk, peak-time minimal techno and more

Purelink are among a flourishing new wave of artists exploring the bioluminescent depths of downtempo, ambient and dub techno. The Chicago trio of Ben Paulson...

Purelink release new album, ‘Signs’, via Peak Oil: Listen

It sees the US trio further explore the smudged electronics and ambient music of past releases

Purelink have released a new album through US label Peak Oil. Titled 'Signs', the six-track record sees the Chicago trio further explore the hazy electronic...

A selfie style press shot of Barbara Braccini aka Malibu

As Malibu, the French DJ and producer Barbara Braccini writes diaristic ambient music with a distinct sense of melancholy. As dj lostboi, she’s more playful, repurposing pop anthems into ethereal epics. Alongside a blissful Recognise mix evoking the vibe of “long summer nights”, she chats to Heléna Stanton about these projects, field recordings, the influence of vaporwave, film scores and trance on her sound, and her monthly NTS show, United In Flames

Barbara Braccini explores the space between ethereal ambient music and deconstructed pop. As Malibu, the French DJ and producer crafts diaristic songs with a distinct...

A an image showing four people in the '90s set on a background with typography reading "chillout rooms"

Back in the day, every self-respecting club had a chillout room for those in need of some down time — an ambient space to lie down, kick back, roll one. But by the end of the ’90s, they had all-but disappeared. Here, Manu Ekanayake asks: where did they go? And what's the modern equivalent?

The ’90s were a boom time in dance music. Clubland’s main rooms were full of DJs going full-pelt towards rave Armageddon — something nascent superclub...

KMRU launches label, OFNOT, with new album, ‘Dissolution Grip’

The Berlin-based Kenyan artist evolves his signature use of field recordings and turns them into a structural tool — listen to bonus track 'Along A Wall' now

KMRU is back with a new album, titled 'Dissolution Grip', to kick off his new label OFNOT. Listen to 'Along A Wall' below. The Berlin-based...

ANNA East Forest Max Cooper remix

"Just to have him as part of my 'Intentions' album was such a gift."

ANNA and East Forest's 'Let You In' has been remixed by Max Cooper. Check out the new version below. The original track first appeared on...

ANNA shares new seven-track ambient LP 'Intentions'

The seven-track ambient album follows previous remixes by Max Cooper and Jon Hopkins

Lisbon-based, Brazil-born electronic artist and DJ ANNA, aka Anna Miranda, has released a new album, ‘Intentions’, via her new label Mercury KX. Listen to it...

Poster from Dr Michelle’s upcoming workshop ‘Ambient Listening’

The one-off session will be hosted by published music psychologist and DJ Dr Michelle 

At the start of June, London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) will host an ambient listening workshop with Dr Michelle – a music psychologist, DJ...

Blue illustration of a pair of headphones with swirling blue soundwaves coming out of either side

More and more artists and listeners are discovering the benefits of ambient music to our mental health. Here, Manu Ekanayake speaks to artists Meemo Comma, Auntie Flo, CLAIR and KMRU about its therapeutic qualities, and learns how one NHS neuroscientist, James Kilner, is using it to help people with anxiety and depression

Fans of ambient music will know that the genre takes its name from Brian Eno’s seminal 1978 album, ‘Ambient 1: Music For Airports’. Meanwhile, the...

ANNA poses with a blue skyline behind her

Her latest single from her debut album ‘Intentions’ is described as “a manifestation of joy”

ANNA has released ‘Let You In’, the latest cut from her forthcoming debut album ‘Intentions’. Listen below. The Brazil-born, Lisbon-based DJ and producer has teamed...

Batu A Long Strange Dream For Spirits

A platform for "spontaneous musical explorations"

Batu is launching a new label, A Long Strange Dream, with the first EP on the imprint, 'For Spirits', landing on 26th May. The release...

ANNA

The song was "inspired by a powerful moment of remembrance and connection"

ANNA has shared a new single, titled ‘I See Miracles Everywhere’, the latest cut from her forthcoming debut ambient electronic album ‘Intentions’. You can listen...

Courtesy Violence of the Moodboard EP

The release is partly inspired by an essay on fashion and copyright infringement 

Courtesy has announced a EP, 'Violence of the Moodboard', which will be released on 21st April via own imprint, Kulør. You can listen to the...

Selections: KMRU

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, KMRU spotlights blissful synths, tactile guitars, streetscape sound design, indie rock and more

For Berlin-based Kenyan artist KMRU, the art of listening is a crucial facet of music-making. “I feel like the things around us have something to...

Get To Know: Salamanda

Get acquainted with Salamanda, the Seoul duo whose new album for Human Pitch is a dreamworld built from ambient soundscapes and minimal beats

It’s fitting that the title of Salamanda’s new album, ‘ashbalkum’, derives from a Korean phrase for the realisation that ‘reality’ is in fact a dream...

A&B_new

"It's born from all those moments in between the dancefloors - the mornings after, the nights apart, the journeys shared along the way," they said

Above & Beyond have launched a new ambient and downtempo record label. Marking the third imprint under their Anjuna umbrella – the company founded by...

Premiere: Maribel Tafur ‘Valle Sagrado feat. Ankalli’

Maribel Tafur stitches field recordings from across the Peruvian landscape through layers of ambient electronic music on a new album with the Mater Iniciativa research centre

A new collaborative project by Lima-based electronic music producer Maribel Tafur, the Mater Iniciativa research centre and renowned chef Virgilio Martínez explores the ecosystems, altitudes...

Selections: Carmen Villain 2

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections. This week, Carmen Villain spotlights lush dub experiments, expressive club beats, intimate ambient music and more

There’s a tiptoe dynamism to Mexican-Norwegian artist Carmen Villain’s fourth album, ‘Only Love From Now On’ on Smalltown Supersound. An alchemical fusion of dub sonics...

Loraine James releases new single as Whatever The Weather, ‘36°C’: Listen

Taken from her new album landing on Ghostly next month 

Loraine James has released a new single under her Whatever The Weather alias, '36°C'. Check it out below. The track closes the forthcoming album, also...