Listen! Loscil – Ahull
Some interesting instrumental stuff from Kranky label signee, Loscil. They are about to drop an album called Sea Island, and they show things at sea are going swimmingly, as they drop the song Ahull. The track is a mix of...
Category: Instrumental
Listen! Anjou – Fieldwork
We continue our streak of instrumental and experimental sounds on PHM. After the latest from MONO and CFCF, we bring you more new stuff from Kranky signing Anjou. If you recall, which I don’t even though I wrote the last...
Listen! CFCF – Prisma
We have a gentle, ambient song to help ease you into your week. The track is by Montreal producer CFCF, who has featured on PHM several times. CFCF has a new instrumental song that was contributed to the Driftless Recordings...
Listen! MONO – Where We Begin
Japanese post-rock band, MONO, have returned with a double whammy of new albums for us fans. It looks like they’ve copied the Guns ‘N Roses template for releasing two albums, as they’ll drop both The Last Dawn and Rays Of...
Listen! Ekó – Haust
We once again feature Ekó (aka Lárus S. Jóhannesson, who induces accent-envy for me). We featured his ambient instrumental A Long Melodic Line EP and now have another song in similar vein. The song is called Haust, and has no...
Listen! Anjou – Sighting
In my quest to discover any and all kinds of post-rock, ambient, and experimental instrumental bands in the early 2000s, I found Labradford, who I quite enjoyed. Two guys from that band, Robert Donne and Mark Nelson, have formed Anjou,...
Listen! A Winged Victory For The Sullen – Atomos VI
Six minutes of beautiful instrumental music to brighten up your week. The band are a duo known as A Winged Victory For The Sullen. At least this ensures they are easy to Google and won’t be confused with other bands....
Listen! Tim Hecker – Amps, Drugs, Mellotron
PHV favourite Tim Hecker has some new music*. The * is needed, as the track is a re-working of his track, Amps, Drugs, Harmonium. The original track is off of Virgins, one of the Top Albums of 2013 according to...
Listen! Ekó – A Long Melodic Line (entire EP)
5 months ago, we posted some ambient instrumental music from Norway via Iceland. Now the artist known as Ekó (aka Lárus S. Jóhannesson) has an entire EP for us to stream. The 5 tracks will fill your ears with a...
Listen! Inventions – Inventions (entire album)
More goodness in the form of ambient and electronic instrumental music for you. We’ve featured the Eluvium-Explosions in the Sky group Inventions before, with their tracks Peaceable Child and Entity. We (or rather, record label Temporary Residence) has launched the...
Listen! Hiss Tracts – …shortwave nights
More lovely ambient instrumental stuff from Hiss Tracts. Following up halo getters and for the transient projectionist comes …shortwave nights. Featuring a slow, repetitive lead line, we hear droning sounds of strings and other sounds fighting to compliment this moody...
Listen! Watter – Small Business
A couple of weeks ago, we hit you with the hazy sounds of Watter, a band that combines Britt Walford of Slint and Zak Riles of Grails. The band now have a 13 and a half minute instrumental follow up...
Listen! Hiss Tracts – for the transient projectionist
More stuff from experimental instrumentalists Hiss Tracts. David Bryant and Kevin Doria make up Hiss Tracts, and they previously gave us a video for halo getters. They return with a song called for the transient projectionist. The five minute track...
Listen! The Field – No.No… (Tim Hecker Mix)
Cast your memory back to our year-end list for 2013 (or check it out now for the first time). On this list is both The Field and Tim Hecker (who landed the #2 spot). In 2011, both acts also made...
Listen! Watter – Rustic Fog
I must admit, I’ve been loving a lot of stuff lately being put out by indie label Temporary Residence. The label are home to PeteHatesMusic interviewees Explosions in the Sky, Eluvium, an off-shoot of those first 2 – Inventions, new...
