Back catalogue: Ambient/Drone

Review: You don't often see a clavichord credited on the list instruments used on an album. The stringed, rectangular keyboard found favour in the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras, and while commonplace during the Middle Ages is, today, pretty obscure. That is, unless you're a musician with a penchant for recreating those historical periods in sound, or someone like Tori Amos or Bjork, both of who are among the

Review: Freedom To Spend finally make available again the great 1992 debut album by Chaleur Humaine. It has been remastered for the occasion and is the first time it's been available for many years. This limited edition bundles also comes with a bonus 45 featuring the singles 'Maelstrom' and 'Human' which are two more gems form the arsenal of the French duo of musicians and siblings, Danielle and Didier Jean. This album came after two records of pop songs that no one really cared for and so the pair head off to build their own studio un Orsay, Paris, to create this newly liberated sound which is a mix of new age electronics and dreamy vocals.

Review: Unchained is the longstanding solo project of Nathaniel Davis. Gabbeh is his latest offering to the world, a suite of blissfully introspective tracks that envelop the soul in a blanket of soft, delicate moods, their sole purpose to comfort aching heads. Remarkably, dedicated fans will know you can trace the artist's lineage to noise mix tapes on CD-R, although more recent excursions into Bossa nova influenced tones perhaps help bridge the gap between then and now. Recorded at home over a three year period, from 2020 to 2023, Grenoble, Switzerland, played a big part in end results here. "I think certain songs reflect, in ways, Grenoble's natural surroundings. 'Drac' is named after the river that flows from the mountains down to the city - 'Dru' is the name of a well-known peak near Chamonix," Davis has explained. That as may be, nevertheless there's something more transportive than that here - songs feel as though they would be at home anywhere green, slow and thoughtful.