First off, I would like to apologise for the tardiness of my second column, I’ve been a bit busy sorting out a schlepp 350 miles southwards with all my possessions. But ne’er a worry, I still managed to hunt down some sick sounds for you lot to check out. Before I start though, I want to point out that not everything in these columns is going to be completely current. As is the way of hunting down the types of music I’m writing about, it was probably released on ‘One Man and His Dog Records’ by one ...

First off, I would like to apologise for the tardiness of my second column, I’ve been a bit busy sorting out a schlepp 350 miles southwards with all my possessions. But ne’er a worry, I still managed to hunt down some sick sounds for you lot to check out. Before I start though, I want to point out that not everything in these columns is going to be completely current. As is the way of hunting down the types of music I’m writing about, it was probably released on ‘One Man and His Dog Records’ by one ...

Simple and elegant, mesmerizing and haunting.  For the lovers of Richter">Max Richter, Eluvium, Rafael Anton Irisarri, and Zbigniew Preisner.

Requested by Dan • Compiled by thepopstalinist 01. Aphex Twin - “Domino” (Selected Ambient Works Vol. II) 02. Barn Owl - “Void and Devotion” (Shadowland) 03. Kyle Bobby Dunn - “Last Minute Jest” (A Young Person’s Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn) 04. Master Musicians of Bukkake - “Bardo Sidpa” (Totem Three) 05. Bvdub - “The Past Disappears” (Tribes at the Temple of Silence) 06. Northworks - “Out” (Northworks) 07. Eluvium - “Indoor Swimming At the Space Station” (Copia) 08. Deaf Center - “The Day I Never Would Have” (Owl Splinters) 09. Keith Fullerton Whitman - “Side B” (Variations For Oud & Synthesizer) 10. Ashra - “Ocean of Tenderness” (New Age of ...

Year: 2011 Genre: Ambient, Drone RIYL: Eluvium, Nadja ... Country: USA Link: Facebook (Label) Bitrate: 320kbps Tracklist: The Sunya Is Rising: 01. The Sunya Is Rising 02. Sunshine Feels Alien 03. The Sunya Is Rising (Planning For Burial Remix) 04. The Sunya Is Rising (Greys Remix) 05. The Sunya Is Rising (Njiijn Remix) 06. The Sunya Is Rising (Sequences Remix) Limbs In Gloom: 01. No More Sunny Days 02. Deathlife 03. Asleeping 04. Tight And Black 05. SP 06. Lates 07. A Nice View 08. All Black Rainbow Download Buy Requested By The Label (Music Ruins Lives)

Year: 2011 Genre: Drone RIYL: Eluvium, Mountains, Tim Hecker ... Country: USA Link: Facebook (Label) Bitrate: 320kbps Tracklist: 01. Ghost Doze 02. Overlookers 03. Mothhunting 04. Crowhurst 05. Attic Summers Download Buy Requested By The Label (Music Ruins Lives)

Year: 2011 Genre: Ambient, Electronic, Post-Rock RIYL: Eluvium, God Is An Astronaut, Library Tapes Country: UK Link: Official Site / Facebook Bitrate: 320kbps Tracklist: 01. The Letter Zero 02. Branches And Constellations 03. The Last Warmth 04. FL350 Download Buy

Year: 2011 Genre: Ambient, Drone RIYL: A Lily, Eluvium, Stars Of The Lid Country: UK Link: Facebook Bitrate: 320kbps Tracklist: 01. Solid Surroundings Feel Empty 02. 27610 03. Clouds Forming In The Lay By 04. The Beginning Of The Rest Of Our Lives (Revisited) 05. Twisted Knuckles 06. Echoes 07. The Beginning Of The Rest Of Our Lives (Reprise with Inachus) 08. Light Shines Through The Cracked Window 09. The Sun Sets Over Us, And We Are Happy 10. The Method Was Slow And Probably Dangerous Download Buy Requested By The Artist.

Year: 2011 Genre: Ambient, Drone, Experimental RIYL: Eluvium, Tim Hecker ... Country: USA Link: Facebook Bitrate: v0 (vbr) Tracklist: 01. Her History Of Water 02. Voyage Of The Pequod 03. The Encantadas 04. The Silent World 05. Of Sargasso Sea 06. An Ocean Like The Others 07. Je Suis Partout 08. The Dream Room 09. The Isle Of Lost Ships 10. Paper Moons 11. A Black Obelisk In A Narrow Sea 12. Kyoko's House Download No Buy Option, Sorry. Requested By The Artist.

Destello from Ivan Villafuerte on Vimeo . A certain juxtaposition of image and sound that gets into just the right zone of resonance and removal: videos by Ivan Villafuerte , stumbled on while researching d_rradio . The above features "The Atomium - Part Two" by Stars of the Lid and "Early Evening Reverie" by Auburn Lull. More of the vision thing: "Still In A Storm" and "Death Of The Fair Green Veil" by d_rradio Opsin from Ivan Villafuerte on Vimeo . "Void" : Chihei Hatakeyama, "The Daughters of Quiet Minds" : Stars of the Lid Sprawl from Ivan Villafuerte on Vimeo . "Early 80's Snowfall" : Epic45, "Ruins ...

Picture me bursting through your door (it's okay, we hypothetically know each other in this scenario), pausing to catch my breath, and then blurting out the following news: drone master Tim Hecker will be releasing a new LP in October! You are obviously thrilled but also slightly envious that I received the sudden news first, as it is always a pissing contest between the two of us about this kind of shit, hypothetically. Then as the excitement settles, I admit that it's not entirely new material. You scowl at me, privately pleased that the news isn't so ...

photos by Autumn Andel Neurosis / The Antlers Typhoon played a great set with thirteen people on stage, a friend notes that every time she sees the band there's someone else in it. After their set, lead singer Kyle Morton...

Brett Dean and Elena Kats-Chernin on how real world events influence their compositional processes. Brett Dean's String Quartet Eclipse was written in response to the Tampa crisis. Elena Kats-Chernin's new Symphonia Eluvium premieres at the Brisbane Festival Sunday 11 September. and was inspired by stories she heard about the Queensland floods in February this year.

Brett Dean and Elena Kats-Chernin on how real world events influence their compositional processes. Brett Dean's String Quartet Eclipse was written in response to the Tampa crisis. Elena Kats-Chernin's new Symphonia Eluvium premieres at the Brisbane Festival Sunday 11 September. and was inspired by stories she heard about the Queensland floods in February this year.

Year: 2011 Genre: Ambient RIYL: David Chesworth, Eluvium ... Country: USA Link: Myspace Bitrate: 320kbps Tracklist: 01. All White With The Peaks Of Mountains 02. Weird Fiction 03. Ramparts 04. Chasm 05. With Domes And Pinnacles The Dreams Arose 06. Stone Cities Ancient And Wind-Weathered Download Buy Requested By The Artist.