Meg Bowles:
Fresh from the release of her space/horn hybrid from the dark earth, Meg gives us the scoop.
Deborah Martin:
The main force behind Deep Roots, Hidden Water, Deborah tells us about her music and more.
Amir Baghiri/Mathias Grassow: True North (8.5)
(Arya - 1998) - Cool off this summer with a murky tribal expedition into chilling aural climes.
Meg Bowles: from the dark earth (9.0)
(Kumatone - 1999) - An unusual pairing of Meg Bowles' dark, spacey electronics with David Bilger's golden trumpet flows.
deutsch nepal: erosion (8.4)
(Staalplaat - 1999) - Strangely listenable sonic alterations by way of loops and distortions.
dystopia: the second dawn (8.4)
(Origo Sound - 1998) - A dark ambient/electronic nuclear protest rally... quite nicely rendered.
FingerPaint: In the Loop (8.3)
(FNGP - 1999) - Quite a variety of sounds and styles are tossed into this interestingly whorling vortex.
Deborah Martin: Deep Roots, Hidden Water (8.3)
(Spotted Peccary - 1999) - With a little help from her friends, Deborah Martin has woven a silky ambient tapestry flowing with almost-orchestral elegance.
Nick Parkin: Island of Dust (9.2)
(Soleilmoon - 1999) - Ethnic instrumentation is transmuted into truly unbelievable soundforms. Impressive in execution and scope!
Robert Rich: Inner Landscape (9.0)
(Hypnos - 1999) - Travel back a few years to recapture the timeless sounds from one of Rich's improvised concerts.
stilluppsteypa: reduce by reducing (8.2)
(Staalplaat - 1998) - Minimal electronics from an Icelandic trio cast a grey, though charged, illumination.
Various Artists: North Africa (8.5)
(World Class - 1999) - Genuine "world music" explores Arabic influences on African sounds. Stylistically varied and upbeat with very little new-aginess.
June Overviews include: Biosphere, "Substrata"; download, "the eyes of stanley pain"; his name is alive, "always stay sweet"; Keith Knudsen, "Firedance"; Ma Ja Le/Vir Unis, "Imaginarium"; Deborah Martin, "Under the Moon"; Scientist Sam, "Scientist Sam"; Skylab, "Skylab #1"; Various Artists, "Berlin 1992; Tresor Kompilation"
New Links to: with my sorrows (black tape fanzine), Jack the Tab's recently compiled Recommended Ambient List,
This Month: "If it weren't music..."... 13 artists consider the potential "Plan B".
Software Review: Dazzling candy for the ear and eye, Morpha lets you more-or-less create your own electronica.
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