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Artificial Waves release Heavy. Deep. Sad. Ironic. on Fluttery Records

Artificial Waves is Alexey Pereverzev, Artur Kudrov, Dmitry Kaleev and Ilya Kosharov. The band was formed in 2012 and is based in Zelenograd, Moscow, Russia. They are experimenting with contemporary instrumental music such as post-rock, post-metal, math-rock, ambient. All Artificial Waves members are full time engineers and researchers in computer science and engineering, but music […]

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Instrumental lyricism: “Music From Attic” from Fading Tapes

Fading Tapes was formed in 2014 by Krzysztof Siwkowski (guitars and synths) and Marcin Lasek (drums and other effects) in Szczytno, Poland, mainly playing space-rock/post- rock and ambient music. Their main inspirations are independent cinema and life itself. They had started their musical journey in 2006 long before they became Fading Tapes. In the beginning […]

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A significant stop during a long journey: “You Are Here Now” by Heron

Heron is a post-rock instrumental collective hailing from northwestern Pennsylvania. Their transcendent sound blends resonant, melodic elements with darker and more ambient tones. The group members are as follows: Ben Blick and Boyd Lewis (guitars), Eric Morelli (bass), and Nate Blick (drums and percussion). The band has its creative roots in Ben and Nate’s literal […]

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A post-rock work of art: Daughters by Arms Of Tripoli

Based out of Los Angeles, CA and formed in July of 2011, Arms of Tripoli continues to be an ever-evolving and uniquely independent instrumental band. After parting ways with longtime friends Robert Bauwens and Vic Lazar in late 2014, the remaining core, consisting of Mike Bouvet, Jaime Galvez, and George Tseng welcomed the arrival of […]

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Delicate and powerful post-rock: Deer Park Ranger

Deer Park Ranger is the solo project of Trevor Humphrey. He formed the project in Oakland California in mid 2016 and found his sound as he began pairing Rhodes Piano with delayed guitars, and electronics. Inspired by post-rock influences Explosions in the Sky and Mogwai, he layers simple and beautiful melodies that build into powerful […]

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Breathy and effortless: Sleeping Horses

Sleeping Horses is the newest monicker of ambient wizard James Randolph Fouty (Spirit of Spain,) Having played shows in Iceland and having a number of tracks featured in documentary films and TV Broadcast spots, James was never one to just sit and wait for something to happen. The passion started at a young age with […]

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Jackson Pollock of ambient post-rock: Dan Caine

Dan Caine is ambient/post rock musician from Merseyside, England. A pioneer in the movement, Caine uses powerful, layered guitar melodies to create an atmosphere of an intense range of thought and emotion as he explores the depths of the human psyche. His music is a free-flow of subconscious urge and instinct; a deep dive into […]

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Seasons with OP3 & Runes

‘AWSS’ (Autumn.Winter.Spring.Summer) is a collaboration between OP3 & Runes(Manchester, UK) that features vocals for the very first time. Minimalistic piano themes, a beautifully haunting string quartet and some well structured electronics became the perfect basis for some deep, heartfelt and ethereal at times vocals by the amazing Runes. AWSS by OP3 & RUNES With OP3 […]

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Close your eyes and dream away: Smile by We Deserve This

We Deserve This is a one man project formed in the year 2010 by Jan-Dirk Platek. The music can find itself a place in the post-rock, post-metal area in the genres palette. He was born in 1976 in Germany and he is a multi-instrumentalist who plays all the instruments on the record. Smile by We […]

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Subject of existence: Encounters by Katre

Katre is a Turkish band which explores the areas of post-rock / post-metal synthesized with classic eastern tunes and experiments on the sustain of the sound. However, the distinguishing aspect of their musical approach lies in the subtle integration of the eastern tunes in Post-Metal, without being overly an “oriental” band. Katre travels among the […]

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