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i've been buying too many CDs lately, just insane..
well;

thomas koner - aubrite
thomas koner - teimo/ permafrost
(perfect deep quiet ambience of the highest order for the snowfall here at the moment..)

seattle phonographers union - s/t
(fantastic fieldrecordings rarely heard like this, all so fresh and crispy..)

jana winderen - heated
(a bit like Koner, exploring deap icy seas, nice one)

aglaia - reverberant skies
(still need to give this a full listen BUT so far this sounds terrific, each disc (3) presents an own feeling; White Maps sounds like Aglaia meets the droney Oophoi, Naked Movement sounds almost like Stephan Mathieu's sensibilities, and Reverberant Skies like a Vidna Obmana's continuation of the Memories Compiled CDs..)

thanks for the review Drone On.
actually i wasn't sure after hearing various excerpts of this new OYC..
but i'll wait for next year purchasing it, i reached my limit this month already  

p.s. just found MP3s to stream the 'whole' tracks, doesn't sound bad though.. but keep on pushing the play-button :-)
http://peoplesmusicstore.com/catalogue_items/548086

you may try the Nextera discs from Databloem in Holland, as an USA/overseas costumer you don't need to pay the dutch tax of 19%, that will save you some bucks!
secondly Aglaia comes with 3 discs instead (Hic Sunt Leones), and the Stefano Scala is a 2001 release though the MP3s on his webpage do sound very good..

lately various things;

andrew chalk - the cable house
(this comes very close to his wonderful Time Of Hayfield CD, i do hope this will be released on CD-format some time soon..)

celer - in escaping lakes
(signature-Celer stillness, storytelling soundscapes.. still digging this..)

steve roach - slow heat
steve roach - dream circle
(imo his best long-form pieces.. works very well at night or in the early morning)

le lendemain - fires
(excellent fragile piano/string pieces circa miniatures, some pieces are really heartrending..)

hall of mirrors (amon+nimh) - forgotten realm
(continuation of their ethnic-flavoured, industrial doomy soundscapes..)

peter broderick & machinefabriek - blank grey canvas sky
(initially not overwhelming by its whole but now i really like this thing!)


looking forward to;

aidan baker - blue figures
seattle phonographers union - s/t
celer - pockets of wheat
zelienople - give it up
 

plenty of free time lately so..

steve roach - atmospheric conditions
(i personally regard this as one of my favorite Roach CDs.. i love the 2nd track 'in the heart of distant horizons')

thomas koner - permafrost / teimo
(slowly on i'm collecting his OOP stuff, a truly gifted musician, i need MORE)

oophoi & tau ceti - celestial geometries
(i would say a classic, deep space drones and atmospherics)

aidan baker - dry
(mmm, lots of guitar noodling/jamming/drumming etc. need to give this more time..)

ethernet - 144 pulsations of light
(initially left me flat but now i really start to like this thing!)

celer - poulaine
(similar to Brittle but maybe less engaging though..)

asher - miniatures
(again; dusty chamber piano pieces, simply beautifull!)


looking forward to;

celer - pockets of wheat
celer - in escaping lakes
thomas koner - neues land
mathias grassow & tomas weiss - farewell
alio die - live in prague
steven r smith - antimony / kohl (reissue)
peter wright - an angel fell where the kestrels hover

solo andata - solo andata
(yep, a goodie from 12K, in spots similar to Alio Die indeed..)

tamaru - figure
(a very stripped down sound -bass guitar- minimal and intriguing somehow..)

marble sky - the sad return
(took many months before its arrival, romantic-kinded, nostalgic drone ambiance)

nestor figueras, david toop & paul burwell - cholagogues
(musique concrete from another ethnic age.. fascinating stuff)

kevin drumm - imperial horizon
(a most delicate soft longform-piece, a highlight of the year for me)

steve roach - afterlight
(interesting to read others' perception on the boxset, but this one works best for me!)

bvdub - we were the sun
(sweet indeed, but a nice one)

thomas koner - aubrite
(sublime! i'm praying, praying for a re-issued boxset of his older works..)

you can listen to 3 tracks from VIRGA on his myspace site. here's a bit noisy where i stay at the moment so i cannot make up my mind at this moment.. i hope it's all not too smooth this time..

still, i like his hypnos re-release LOST TERRAIN most of all.

got a batch of CDs and dowloads after my holidays;

kevin drumm - imperial horizon
(a B_E_A_U_T_I_F_U_L_L  one-hour long featherlight radiant, blissfull drone, similar to Celer's recent Brittle CD.. listen to the whole thing here;
http://www.weirdorecords.com/cpCommerce/product.php?id_product=8562)

thomas koner - la barca
(indeed a fabulous disc, i love these obscure fieldrecordings melting together with his still-drones.. i think a favorite of the year)

p. jorgensen - to
(if you ask me bit short for an album but i completely love these tones, fantastic)

solo andata - solo andata
(definately -for me- one the best things on 12K in recent time)

evan caminiti - digging the void
(spaghetti guitar drones from one 1/2 of Barn Owl - waiting for the 2 full albums on Digitalis to arrive..)

jefre sei getsu ledesma - namu kie butsu
(he can't do wrong, raw untamed drones of the highest order without question)

aidan baker - dry
(still digging this, delicate improvational guitar picking.. straight away)

lots of stuff that makes me dizzy all the way around..  

kangding ray - automne fold
clouwbeck - wolfrahm
jeff greinke - in another place
celer - brittle
message to bears - departures
danny norbury - light in august
oophoi - signals from the great beyond
loren dent - empires & milk
tu m' - monochromes vol. 1
vidnaObmana - river of appearance [re-creation by Dreams in Exile]

looking forward to;

steve roach boxset
p. jorgensen - to
natural snow buildings - shadow kingdom
mathias grassow & tomass weiss - farewell
solo andata - let's solo andata
aidan baker - dry

i ordered my Celer already :-)
though i'm also interested in the upcoming P.Jorgensen CD, this one comes together with Brittle CD?