This is the first time I’m hearing Boduf Songs (aka Mat Sweet). From what I can gather Selected Instrumental Works is a stylistic departure from his prior works, which lean more toward a sombre singer-songwriter feeling. His latest album retains a certain melancholy, but does so without vocals (OK… there’s a little singing on here, […]
Tag: Ambient
Brian Eno – “Eno (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (2024)
The name Brian Eno conjures up any number of ideas as to who, or what, Brian Eno is. The seminal Music For… series of ambient albums. Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy. Roxy Music. Collabing with David Byrne on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Nokia ringtones. Dude has been out front for so long it’s easy […]
R. M. Hendrix – “No Signal” Cassette (2024)
R. M. Hendrix is an American musician, designer, and artist who, per his Bandcamp page, is based in Iceland. His music wanders the land a bit, from dreampop to shoegaze to ambient electronica. No Signal was recorded during a live performance at Reykjavik’s Space Odyssey back in October 2024 and features Hendrix giving a primarily […]
Joshua Bonnetta – “The Pines” (2025)
I first learned about Joshua Bonnetta’s The Pines project via an article in The Guardian. Just the basic concept is utterly fascinating – attach a microphone to a tree and have it record constantly for an entire year. Every sound. Every season. Everything. The idea is both utterly simple and completely preposterous. And I, for […]
Mattesque – “Never Safe, Forever Gone” (2025)
I first met Mattesque at Bíó Paradís, a movie theater in Reykjavik, Iceland, which admittedly is an odd place for an American and a Canadian to connect. Odder still is that we (and our wives) had a weird relationship-not-a-relationship that stretched back a number of years thanks to Iceland Airwaves and the four of us […]