On Isotropic Beacons, Amp stretches nine tracks into long, glowing planes of sound – minimal in movement but heavy with low‑end frequency. By bringing together the earlier drone singles and the Afterallisdust album, Richard Amp shapes them into one unified body, a slow‑burning drift through texture and tone. Longtime vocalist Karine Charff makes a brief appearance on the project, but her voice is used more as a textured layer than a traditional lead. Hit play and sink into the deeply immersive, abstract, and atmospheric soundscape that only Amp can deliver.

We’ve been fans of multi-instrumentalist, improviser and producer Cosmo Sheldrake for quite some time now, but this is the first time in a while we’ve shared his charming music on the site. Live in the Chapel sees Sheldrake swap the studio for an acoustic space, stripping away the digital polish. Instead, he replaces it with raw, communal magic. Recorded alongside Many Moons and London-based vocal ensemble HOWL (more on them later). Live in the Chapel lands as a breathtaking, 20‑minute deep‑dive into pure, organic soundcraft. Listen below and head to YouTube to catch the brilliant performance video of  I Stitched My Mind Back To My Body, our fave track.

Very excited to have some new faces on the site today! Acquaint yourself with London-based vocal ensemble HOWL. Thanks to their collaboration with Cosmo Sheldrake, we went digging for HOWL, and even though they haven’t released much yet, what is out there is seriously worth your time. They recently dropped a two-track project, Anemone and Weed Canticle, a setting of transcendent poetry by Erin Robinsong, composed by band members Héloïse Tunstall-Behrens and Lydia Samuels. It features the beautiful string work of Fran and Flora. The whole thing gets pushed even further in the video Eloise Fornieles put together; she took all these scraps of footage the band sent her and spun them into a hypnotic collage that somehow makes the poetry and the music feel even more alive.

Black Brunswicker is the moniker of Etta Helfrich, whose latest album, Dreams of a Sunflower River, delivers a powerful, atmospheric blend of guitar‑driven ambient folk. Highlights, and there are many: A Raga Called John, Drowned in Sunlight, and Valley of Gold stand out. The music’s soft yet charged atmosphere hits the same sweet spot as the new records from Pan‑American and Ben Seretan & John Thayer, a perfect soundtrack for sinking into the weekend.

Momentary Movements of Landscapes, the third solo album from Juha Mäki‑Patola and his debut on FatCat’s 130701 imprint, unfolds across twelve meticulously layered pieces that drift between introspection and calm. Each track sketches an imagined landscape, a quiet space where texture and stillness guide the ear. Rooted in Nordic nature, the album evokes forests, shorelines, and dreamlike states through its lush ambient‑classical palette. Mäki‑Patola’s blend of minimalism and modern classical nuance creates a sonic refuge, music that suspends time and invites deep, unhurried listening. This album takes me to a happy place.