Category: Ambient

  • Explosions in the Sky: Ten Billion People

    Explosions in the Sky: Ten Billion People

    [ad_1] Listen Culture Explosions in the Sky: Ten Billion People David Graver 19 July 2023 Accompanying the announcement of a forthcoming seventh Explosions in the Sky studio album, End, the legendary post-rock quartet has shared the sprawling lead single, “Ten Billion People,” and a mesmerizing official music video that matches the track’s ascending soundscape. “Every […]

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  • Stwo: Prove – COOL HUNTING®

    Stwo: Prove – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] French DJ and producer Stwo (aka Steven Vidal) shares “Prove” from his upcoming EP of the same name. With the instrumental track, the artist (who has worked with Sevdaliza, Frank Ocean, The-Dream and others) has created a lush, mellow and mesmerizing soundscape. [ad_2] Source link https://coolhunting.com/culture/stwo-prove/

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  • Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] Vic Mensa feat. Thundercat: Strawberry Louis Vuitton Chicago-based rapper Vic Mensa teams up with singer and musician Thundercat and R&B vocalist Maeta for the glorious “Strawberry Louis Vuitton.” Produced by Mensa, Thundercat, El Michels Affair and Johan Lenox, the soulful love song was partly inspired by Virgil Abloh. “I made ‘Strawberry Louis Vuitton’ while […]

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  • Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] Kelela: Happy Ending Produced by LSDXOXO with additional production by Bambii, “Happy Ending” is Kelela’s newest release and it celebrates Black rave culture. Unlike the ambient-leaning track “Washed Away“—which came out last month; her first new music since 2017—”Happy Ending” is a club-ready banger, yet it still incorporates the Washington, DC-born artist’s sublime silkiness. […]

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  • Röyksopp On Their Most Ambitious Project Yet, “Profound Mysteries II” – COOL HUNTING®

    Röyksopp On Their Most Ambitious Project Yet, “Profound Mysteries II” – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] Wherever Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp goes, curiosity often follows. Since releasing their debut breakout album Melody A.M. in 2001 (which received critical acclaim for its unique amalgam of downtempo, ambient and synth-pop sounds), the duo consisting of Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland has continued to evolve and iterate throughout the four studio albums […]

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  • Slow Drift – COOL HUNTING®

    Slow Drift – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] A meditative music collaboration between composers Richard Reed Parry (of Arcade Fire) and Susie Ibarra, “Field II: Slow Drift” is a gently enveloping, avant-garde sound exploration. Parry and Ibarra collaborated remotely on the composition, which will appear on their forthcoming album Heart and Breath: Rhythm and Tone Fields (out 15 July). Remarkably, they used […]

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  • Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] Mavis Staples and Levon Helm: You Got To Move In 2011, musician Levon Helm (perhaps best known as a vocalist and drummer for The Band) invited legendary recording artist Mavis Staples to his Woodstock studio to record a series of sessions. They would become some one of Helm’s last, as he passed away due […]

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  • With Love III – COOL HUNTING®

    With Love III – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] From LA-based musician Tim Mislock’s new seven-track ambient EP, With Love, comes the track “With Love III,” an emotionally engrossing collaboration with vocalist and composer Heather Woods Broderick. The comforting, ethereal sonic composition blankets listeners for nearly eight minutes. “All these songs were born as audio postcards sent to members of my musical family in the […]

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  • Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] Tegan and Sara: I Don’t Owe You Anything (Tim Mislock Remix) LA-based ambient artist Tim Mislock’s diaphanous take on Tegan and Sara’s “I Don’t Owe You Anything,” from the recently released Hey, We’re Just Like You (The Remixes) EP, lifts listeners from earth into a breeze of sonic beauty. The official music video, created by […]

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  • I Don’t Owe You Anything (Tim Mislock Remix) – COOL HUNTING®

    I Don’t Owe You Anything (Tim Mislock Remix) – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] LA-based ambient artist Tim Mislock’s diaphanous take on Tegan and Sara’s “I Don’t Owe You Anything,” from the recently released Hey, We’re Just Like You (The Remixes) EP, lifts listeners from earth into a breeze of sonic beauty. The official music video, created by Stevan Cablayan, is equally elemental as a sun-soaked figure moves about […]

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  • Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] Róisín Murphy: Something More Replete with soaring synths and effortless vocals, Róisín Murphy’s “Something More” (written by Amy Douglas) maintains a slinky, mellow feel throughout, even when the keys appear half-way through—bringing with them all the nostalgia and energy of piano house. The release coincides with an announcement about Murphy’s upcoming fifth solo album, Róisín […]

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  • i am thoughts – COOL HUNTING®

    i am thoughts – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] In advance of their debut self-titled album (out 21 August), the electronic supergroup Ghost Liotta follows up lead single “object one” with the mesmerizing, moody new release “i am thoughts.” The instrumental track incorporates various vintage and modular synths, coupled with guitar and drums. The band first came together in 2017, after its members—Christopher […]

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  • Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] RZA: Guided Explorations Rapper/producer RZA’s Guided Explorations consists of five episodes of meditations for creatives (along with an introduction). While the release of a guided meditation album may surprise some, the Wu-Tang founding member is dedicated to his Shaolin practice and meditation, and has explored spirituality through religion and philosophy (be it Taoism, Christianity, […]

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  • Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] Monophonics: Last One Standing California-based band Monophonics makes music that sounds plucked from another era, with tinges of Curtis Mayfield and Al Green. There’s a timelessness to their releases and their newest single, “Last One Standing,” is no exception. The seven-minute song ebbs and flows: there are groovy, cinematic cuts carried by drums, a […]

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  • Listen Up – COOL HUNTING

    Listen Up – COOL HUNTING

    [ad_1] Noga Erez feat. Reo Cragun + ROUSSO: Views Tel Aviv-based musician Noga Erez may be speaking about her own industry when she drops the lines “People buy views / I know it’s old news / but I got bad news / for everybody” in her latest single, “VIEWS,” but the sentiment applies to self-promotion […]

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