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Category Archives: sound collage
Shall Remain Nameless – Kensington, Philadelphia Soundtrack
Shall Remain Nameless creates a soundtrack to poverty, homelessness, addiction, urban decay, lawlessness and economic collapse. This is realism. This is intense, dark and sobering. It is a nightmare that many people brush off if they’ve not experienced it themselves. … Continue reading
Posted in 2020s ambient, 2024 ambient, ambient music, ambient on small labels and bandcamp, chill out, dark ambient, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, self released ambient music, sound collage, spoken word, thematic ambient
Tagged 2024 ambient, ambient, dark ambient, Dead Cities, FSOL, Kensington PA, Shall Remain Nameless, social change, thematic ambient
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A Brief Overview of Ambient Temple of Imagination
Ambient Temple of Imagination is comprised of Jeff Kihn (aka Seofon) and Richard Sun. The project is described as a loose collective of musicians that strives to “activate the world’s imagination through experimentation,” and I’d say they do a decent … Continue reading
Posted in 1990s ambient, 90s ambient music, ambient EPs, ambient music, ambient singles, ambient trance, chill out, dark ambient, downtempo, drone, Dub, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, live ambient music, long running ambient series, obscure ambient music, performance art, sound collage, space ambient
Tagged 1990s ambient, ambient, Ambient Temple of Imagination, ambient trance, bandcamp, f, psybient, sound collage, space ambient
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The Birth of UK Ambient House: the KLF, Space and the Orb
As the name suggests, ambient house combines elements of house (particularly the beats and symth bits) and ambient (lush atmospheres, textured instruments and samples). House was rather popular in the UK around the late 80s and so was its offshoot, … Continue reading
Posted in 90s ambient music, ambient house, Ambient in the UK, ambient music, ambient singles, chill out, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, plunderphonics, sound collage, space ambient, The Orb
Tagged acid house, ambient, ambient house, chill out, Dr Alex Peterson, history of ambient, history of ambient hoise, Jimmy Cauty, Space KLF, the KLF, The Orb
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An Overly Simple Beginner’s Guide to Ishq
It’s February, 2023, and as I write this, Ishq has released over 60 albums, numerous EPs and singles spanning back to 2001. The project is currently a duo composed of Jacqueline Kersley and Matt Hillier, who had worked together even … Continue reading
Posted in 2000s ambient, 2020 Ambient, ambient EPs, Ambient in the UK, ambient music, ambient singles, Avant Garde, chill out, dark ambient, downtempo, Dub, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, history of ambient in the UK, live ambient music, long running ambient series, obscure ambient music, self released ambient music, sound collage, space ambient, spoken word, The Future Sound of London, tribal ambient
Tagged 2000s ambient, ambient, bandcamp, downtempo, Indigo Egg, Ishq, massive ambient discography, space ambient, tribal ambient
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Overdriven Dreams – Symphony // of // Murmurings
Artist: Overdriven Dreams Title: symphony // of // murmurings Released: 2022 Label: Slow Tone Collages Genres: ambient, drone, sound collage Thus is actually a mix of two tracks. They’re put together so seamlessly that I didn’t realize that at first. … Continue reading
Posted in ambient EPs, ambient music, chill out, drone, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, obscure ambient music, sound collage, space ambient
Tagged 2022, 2022 ambient, 2022 drone music, ambient, dark ambient, dream music, drone, drone ambient, longform ambient, Overdriven Dreams, Slow Tone Collages, sound collage
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Foxy Digs- Some other Upcoming Series
There is a lot of music out there. As I restarted the blog, I wanted to focus just on stuff I wanted to listen to, particularly ambient stuff. But as I dug around looking for new-to-me material, I found some … Continue reading
Posted in 1940s music concrete, 1950s music concrete, 1960s music concrete, 1970 ambient, 1971 ambient, 1972 ambient, 1973 ambient, 1974 ambient, 1975 ambient, 1975 kosmische, 1976 ambient, 1976 kosmische, 1994 ambient, 70s ambient music, 90s ambient music, ambient EPs, ambient from Japan, Ambient in the UK, ambient music, ambient music from Thailand, ambient singles, ambient trance, Avant Garde, Berlin school, broken beat, chill out, Dub, dub step, early 70s German Rock, early ambient music, early electronic music, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, German prog rock, kosmusche, krautrock, long running ambient series, obscure ambient music, prigins of American ambient music, psychedelic rock, self released ambient music, sound collage, space ambient, spoken word, tape music, tribal ambient
Tagged 1940s music concrete, 1950s music concrete, 1960s music concrete, 1967, 1970, 1970 ambient, 1971, 1971 ambient, 1971 noise music, 1972, 1972 ambient, 1973 ambient, 1974 ambient, 1975 ambient, 1975 kosmische, 1976 ambient, 1976 kosmische, 70s German prog, Avant Garde, computer music, Dub, early 70s german electronic music, history of electronic music, kosmische, krautrock, Mort Garson, music concrete, musique Concrète, origins of ambient music in Japan, origins of American ambient music, Origins of Jamaica dub, origins of UK ambient music, prog, tape music
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Frank Lambert – The Experimental Talking Clock – Unusual Early Sounds
Frank LambertThe Experimental Talking ClockC.1878 Sound off here…. is this the first example of audio manipulation? Since I’ve been digging around for early forms of electronic music, music concrete and whatnot, this recording from 1878 sticks out to me. I … Continue reading
Posted in 1878 audio recordings, earliest sound recordings, Edison era records, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, music concrete, music cylinders, sound collage
Tagged 1878, 1878 audio recordings, earliest sound recordings, early sound collage, early voice recordings, Edison recordings, experimental, Frank Lambert 1878, music concrete, music cylinders, music on lead cylinders, sound college, spoken word, wax cylinders
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The Far Out Fox 