Really sad news. I love Stars of the Lid. They were one of my first entry points into ambient music and have been a part of my life for a long time. I remember when Brian McBride’s first solo album came out and how much I loved putting it on at night just to relax. I highly recommend giving it a listen in his memory.
I make these for practice as I’m dipping my toes into ambient music. There are two tracks as of posting this. They aren’t related, there isn’t any theme I’m aiming for, it’s just pure playing around in Ableton Live and seeing what works....
Spent about a year writing, recording and producing this. Alot of mistakes were left in since they were caused by the tape loops and Reel I used to capture the sounds....
Cryo Chamber legends combine their efforts on this epic ambient space album. Analog Synthesizers combine with Space Drones and Cosmic Textures as each artist brings their space faring arsenal of instruments....
Out today is The Orb / Chocolate Hills - Yarns From The Chocolate Triangle This is a collaboration between Alex Paterson (The Orb) and Paul Conboy (Bomb the Bass) under their joint project Chocolate Hills - It's a mixture of styles, but is recognisably 'Orbesque' in execution. Thumbs up from me. :)
Been working on more and more releases that should be out soon. All sounds and music created with guitars/pedals, tape loops, synths, field recordings, found sounds from old 1950s south American wax....
Mainly ambient. We use software one of our crew developed based in Pure Data. Always keen to find new people to jam with so let me know if interested in joining us....