Em what an album, The Stranger has become a favorite of mine. there is prolly many albums with sound similar to this but this album sticks out to me a ton. it's a beautiful and haunting record that inspires me a lot. Favorite track: Providence or Fate.

Nocturnal Egg (Jordan) Et pour compléter le tour d'horizons, après ce portrait des landes de Manchester qu'était Bleaklow, Leyland Kirby nous emmène avec Watching Dead Empires in Decay dans un cadre urbain. De fait, le dark ambiant prend une dimension plus industrielle et percussive et j'irai même jusqu'à dire parfois rythmée ("Spiral Of Decline", "Where Are Our Monsters Now, Where Are Our Friends ?"). Mais le poids du souvenir est une constante, le son étant corrompu par des parasites ou du brouillard. Hypnotique... Favorite track: So Pale It Shone In The Night.

McJefferson! Amazing ambient album. Fantastic for a contemplative mood. Favorite track: Providence or Fate.

Nocturnal Egg (Jordan) Si Leyland Kirby s'est fait une place sur la scène contemporaine principalement grâce à The Caretaker, il est aussi à l'origine de projets moins connus comme The Stranger. Bleaklow, son premier album sous ce patronyme, révèle une toute autre facette bien plus oppressante. Évoquant les landes du nord de l'Angleterre, son dark ambiant est majestueux mais surtout bruitiste, lugubre et industriel. Bleaklow remet en question notre rapport à ces lieux habités par les fantômes que l'on croit connaître. Favorite track: Kirkbymoorside.

Andrew Neilson An adventure with a deep and powerful soundtrack that will stay with you. Favorite track: Kirkbymoorside.

Nathan Duin Beautiful in a terrifying sort of way. Favorite track: Exposure.

Patrick Reagan Perfect record front to back. Favorite track: My Ouija Board Spelt S-C-A-M.

.Willyim.G Stunning is word comes to mind when thinking about this album. Pseudo-psychic-folk-ritual- trance masterpiece to dance around the fire to. Seething whispers turned to hymns turned to hypnagogic dream state. Think deserts at nighttime. Think music born from caves. Etc. Favorite track: Soil Death Tape Decay II.

TheSlowMusicMovement Known under many whispered names in many disparate places, Ak'chamel are back from their desert retreat with another psychedelic, ritualistic, global roots fusion for Akuphone which is destined to soundtrack the near future's great march - when the climate displaced take to the roads & boats out of desperate need, to confront the perpetrators & their hastily erected walls, seeking retribution & refuge in the last habitable lands.

Saffron Robe Ak’chamel’s best work to date in my humble opinion. Sumptuously exotic and exquisitely authentic. An aural delight from beginning to end!