A Winged Victory For The Sullen



This could well be the late-night album you’ve always dreamed of. It’s a collaboration between the composer Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie (from Sparklehorse). It’s entirely instrumental, consisting primarily of drone like strings, and it slips between neo-classical, ambient and post-rock spaces like honey. It’s like a balm for everything that hurts.

If ever music demanded that time-worn cliché of turning the lights down low and lighting the candles – then this is it. It’s beautiful, haunting and incredibly evocative. But you need to turn those lights down…

Music Monday V

 

This week’s music monday is an hour long mix by the co-founder of one of my favourite labels, Type A.  It’s an unashamedly ambient compilation and one that’s definitely appreciated more by listening straight through rather than dipping into at various “points” along the way.  It may be an hour long but it’s worth 60 minutes of anyone’s time – so dim the lights, puff up your pillow, go grab your duvet and make a little camp on the sofa, press play and be transported somewhere warm and fuzzy…