Following it’s surprise digital release, Sigur Rós’ first new studio album in ten years, ÁTTA, is their most intimate and emotionally direct record to date.

Smooth sizzling synthesizers, disparate delicate drums, bulbous boomy bass lines. On top: saxophone melodies like wafts of fog, fragile trumpet tones, fluffy shimmering flutes and crisp, rattling bass clarinets. Modular Music Machines manipulate melodies, vary timbres, generate rhythms and create sounds. Music for humans, machines and participants. Whether it's beaty experimental disco, meditative sound baths or spiritual jazz prayers: everything that's fun is allowed here.

On Gateway, Erik Wøllo presents the kind of travelog predicted by Joe Meek with I Hear a New World, a soundtrack of a visit to an alien world. The roots of the release are more readily placed in late-'70s space rock and '80s new age, though, and while Gateway is an enjoyable listen, it's not very inspiring in feeling like a new launching point for both sound and style.

Internationally acclaimed harpist Alina Bzhezhinska and Ibiza-based producer Tulshi announce their collaborative album ‘Whispers of Rain’.

Incredible album of bleeding-heart catharsis from cellist Oliver Coates, think Arthur Russell doing drone metal with Fennesz, and you’re not far off Coates’ capacity for tear-jerking genius here.

The fictitious tour of far-away lands continues, as anonymous artist Glåsbird follows the scratchy, folk-ambience of Norskfjǫrðr with a return to lonely arctic-island sounds. Novaya Zemlya is a Russian-owned island, stretching from just off the mainland between the Kara and Barents seas, with two islands split by the Matochkin Strait.

Different Rooms is a collection of songs and musical motifs we composed, edited, and collaged in the weeks between late 2024 and early 2025. Most of the recorded material was performed during that editing process, except for live performances taken from improvisations we recorded with Jeff Parker and Josh Johnson some time in 2023. In our typical process, much of our material is collaged and combines moments of live improvisation, field recordings, and in-studio experimentation. This record, however, marks an evolution in our approach to studio production.

The Way Of Time takes loose inspiration from Elizabeth Madox Roberts’ novel The Time Of Man, sampling Joan Lorring’s voice from the 1951 radio play adaptation of the novel. Biosphere’s signature ambient loops, soothing arctic synths and melodies combine with Lorring’s sweet, wistful and deep-south wonderings to create a record that is both deeply human and searching. The record will be released via AD 93 on the 20th June 2025.

The Flashbulb - Papillon releases in 24 hours on Bandcamp exclusively. It'll be available across streaming services next month.

Layers of Afternoon is meant to reflect a certain experience of time—something both tangible and vague, felt yet not easily described. These moments often emerge in patterns, sometimes brief, sometimes sustained, but always formative. We recognize their uniqueness, yet something subconscious in us yearns to identify and indulge in these patterns. Perhaps we avoid discussing them for fear of sounding mundane or inconsequential, yet they return to our memories often, offering collective comfort.

Some of the earliest work we've ever seen from Steven Halpern, and some of the best – a mid 70s set that predates some of his better-known new age records of later years – and which has a sound that's maybe a bit more compressed and focused overall! Steven's still playing plenty of Fender Rhodes throughout – using the keys in those enigmatic ways that always make his records so great – mixed with light touches on bass, trumpet, electric flute, and guitar – but only at a few points, so that most of the record is just Halpern opening up with these beautiful lines on the Rhodes! Side one features the long "Sound Spectrum Suite" – and side two features "Be Muse Ment", "Trans Pan Dance", and "Subtle Body Suite" – the last of which is actually a funky Rhodes tune! © 1996-2025, Dusty Groove, Inc.

Musician, composer and producer Sam Beste, aka The Vernon Spring, muddles cinematic spoken word segments with cosmic piano flourishes and jazzy, dusty rhythms on 'Under a Familiar Sun'. Beste has played piano on an impressive number of records, from Leon Vynehall's 'Nothing Is Still' to Kano's 'Hoodies All Summer'. As a solo artist, he prefers to work as The Vernon Spring, accenting his limber piano performance with kaleidoscopic electronic processes and collaborations. Acclaimed English writer Max Porter reads over Beste's muted Duval Timothy-style tones on 'The Breadline', and Hamburg's Iko Niche is barely audible on 'Mustafa', her digitally-altered voice woven into Beste's patchwork of electric piano vamps and field recordings. 'Under a Familiar Sun' is engagingly sincere, and Beste's a talented producer - the tracks featuring New York-based polymath aden on vocals, 'Esrever Ni Rehtaf' and 'Counted Strings' stand out particularly. Her soaring, breathy vocals are the perfect foil for Beste's cosmic tones.

Loscil (aka Scott Morgan) returns to kranky with Lake Fire, a nine-track offering of ash-laden sonics that mine the tension within the cycle of destruction and rejuvenation. Lake Fire is the result of a disjointed creative process. Originally conceived as a suite for electronics and ensemble, most of the original compositions were deserted, save for Ash Clouds, featuring James Meager on double bass. The remaining tracks were reshaped and remixed, built anew out of the remnants of the abandoned work. The result is a phoenix, an album burnt to the ground only to be reassembled out of its cinders. Fragments of the original lurk beneath a densely overpainted canvas of sound.

Step into the bright and magical world of Ambient Land 10, the newest addition to Lemongrass’s celebrated series by German producer Roland Voss. Since its inception in 2007, the Ambient Land collection has been a sanctuary for listeners seeking tranquil soundscapes and introspective moments. This 10th chapter is a masterful continuation of that journey. Featuring 8 captivating tracks, including the enchanting singles Love Galaxy, Night Stroll, Mystical Dream, and Mu, the album weaves together wide ambient atmospheres, soft piano harmonies, and delicate Lofi elements. Each composition is a canvas of sound, leaving ample room for the listener’s imagination to wander. Whether you’re indulging in daydreams, embracing sweet melancholy, or seeking calmness and clarity, Ambient Land 10 creates a gentle space for deeper states of consciousness. This album is an invitation to pause, breathe, and explore the infinite beauty of the inner and outer worlds. Let it become your haven of peace and inspiration.

In November 1981, Klaus Schulze was scheduled to go on a two-week tour through Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and France, which was to end in the Audimax Hamburg. Multi-instrumentalist Manuel Göttsching accompanied Klaus on tour as a special guest. This recording of the Hamburg Audimax concert was originally intended as a spontaneous, internal documentation; as a nice souvenir for everyone of a wonderful tour and now, after more than 40 years, allows all fans to share in the wonderful memories. With this in mind, we wish you - certainly also on behalf of Klaus and Manuel - a safe journey. Bon Voyage!