It’s a more agressive tone of EMB but not like TBM, more like going towards the industrial metal of Ministry or something electropunk.
Wulfband – Revolter
I wish there was a movie like Alien but with the pacing of 2001: A Space Odyssey and the soundtrack of Moon. Ambient sci-fi horror. Not scary horror, but the visual exploration of horror, which was the most awesome aspect of Midsommar. And not psychological thriller, but very phisical although not completely gore, like the sci-fi action movies.
I love how many sci-fi horror movies start: usually there’s a lengthy and slow sequence with some drone noise in the background, and the first look at the spacecraft floating in blackness. Maybe I should watch Event Horizon.
Johanna Knutsson – Tollarp Transmissions
Relaxing ambient. The album, honestly, is nothing special. But it’s a great asset on a day like this when I want to enclose myself in my shell and wish noone talked to me. Headphones on and listening to this feels protective.
Robot Koch - Sphere
Slow moving, bass heavy, moody, atmospheric, ambient electro. For me it’s not that kind of dark to be dark ambient, but it has a gloomy scifi vibe for sure. Could be an alternative soundtrack to Moon.
Oliver Koletzki – The Arc Of Tension
Deep-tech house with an ambient vibe. Soothing and conveying energy at the same time. Great for work.
Joe Rogan Experience #1342 – John Carmack
This was the first Joe Rogan Experience I watched just because catching John Carmack’s name, and this is a blast. I’ll probably check out some more of Joe’s stuff, but Carmack in particular is unreal. He’s insanely intelligent and super entertaining to listen to how he just knows about everything. He’s somewhat like Forrest Gump in a sense that as I listen to the stories it seems like he just happened to be there at every occasion something serious shit was going down in history and related to technology.
On another note, listening to him makes me think about how different he and John Romero are. On the surface it seems like Carmack is way more successful rolling with these billionare technologists, making fortunes, working on stuff shaping the future, while Romero has relocated to Ireland to a small-mid sized city running a similarly small-mid sized game development studio of his own. But I feel like truth is, Carmack is driven by this almost inhuman motivation all about technology and not really caring for much beyond that, which is completely fine, but not superior in any way over Romero who is more like a true artist, and I love him and his work so much for that. Both have my utmost respect and are heros forever, but two completely different kind of fish.
Monolink - Amniotic
I find this record enchanting. That nice kind of electronic music in the footsteps of all the wonderful creations by Moderat or Kiasmos. It has a lot of emotions but I don’t feel any cheesyness about it, it’s well crafted music, nicely put words, feels authentic to me. And especially the track Sirens, that’s a massive head and heart trip with goosebumps.
Sampa The Great – Birds And The BEE9
Neo-soul, hiphop, world music. Full of positive energies.
Lingua Ignota – Caligula
Similar effect like before. When the album is over it’s like realizing not having taken a deep breath since it has started. It’s like opressing bodily functions. Heavy. Drone metal opera.