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Artist

Song

Time

Album

Year

1 Adrian Von Ziegler

0:02:05

Adrian von Ziegler

Of the Old World

4:07

Of the Old World

2024

2 Vespero

0:06:39

Vespero

Dream (In memory of Edward Artemiev)

3:39

Lost Stories of Kilgore Trout

2025

3 Morrison Roberts Johnston

0:10:49

Màiri Morrison, Alasdair Roberts and Pete Johnston

Uilleam Glen

5:33

Remembered in Exile- Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia

2025

4 Roland Beuhlman

0:16:50

Roland Bühlmann

Genuine

4:52

GAPVIS

2025

5 Oak

0:22:01

Oak

Run Into the Sun

5:26

The Third Sleep

2025

6 Emilie Lorentzen

0:27:58

Emilie Lorentzen

Ælverhoi

5:27

Moersmål

2021

7 Ozbolt

0:33:44

Ozbolt

Mysteries Of The Fynbos

3:35

Chasyng Drakens

2025

8 Jano Brindisi

0:37:45

Jano Brindisi

Angelina

4:01

Pony Girl

2025

0:41:46

Jano Brindisi

Humbolt Park Incident

3:43

Pony Girl

2025

9 Raphael Weinroth-Browne

0:45:54

Raphael Weinroth-Browne

Speed of Light

5:03

Speed of Light

2025

10 The Gentle Good

0:51:23

The Gentle Good

Pan O’wn y Gwanwyn (Dychweliad Bychan)

6:45

Elan

2025

11 Paatos

0:58:35

Paatos

Beyond The Forest (w Mikael Åkerfeldt)

5:26

Ligament

2025

Of the Old World

by Adrian von Ziegler

favorite track

Of the Old World

Prolific Swiss composer and multi-instrumentalist Adrian Von Ziegler’s latest release is a compilation of previous works and is a great place to start exploring his catalogue. The pieces are primarily Nordic/Celtic in spirit, with mostly acoustic and orchestral instrumentation. These pieces would make excellent soundtracks for films or video games, and provide altogether transportive listening.

Lost Stories of Kilgore Trout

by Vespero

favorite track

Dream (In memory of Edward Artemiev)

Space-psych outfit from Russia deliver once again, serving up a delicious auditory mix. There are elements of prog, classical, and even gypsy jazz. Instrumentation is the usual: guitars, bass, drums, and also saz, mandoline, saxes, flute, synthesizers, recorder and violin.

Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia

by Màiri Morrison, Alasdair Roberts and Pete Johnston

favorite track

Màiri nighean Dòmhnaill

Lovely renderings of traditional Canadian tunes, connecting the dots between Scotland and Nova Scotia. Both Màiri and Alasdair provide vocals, Pete adds cello, and they are joined by guests on percussion, guitars, fiddle, banjo, and harmonium. Crisply recorded, yet retaining the rustic charm of the subject matter, this is thoroughly enjoyable.

GAPVIS

by Roland Bühlmann

favorite track

Genuine

This instrumental release from Swiss composer Roland Beuhlman is in the ambient, minimal vein. He draws on a host of influences to inform the music, from rivers and lakes to autism and literature. He plays all instruments, keyboards, synths, electric bass and guitar, expertly layering these elements into a satisfying listen. I really love the epic Secrets, but for brevity’s sake, going with Genuine.

The Third Sleep

by Oak

favorite track

Run Into the Sun

Norwegians Oak come back with their signature sound, most notably by their instantly recognizable vocalist. There are some edgy lyrics here, like late nights in deserted places, and the band aptly creates the atmosphere surrounding the murkiness of the settings.

Moersmål

by Emilie Lorentzen

favorite track

Ælverhoi

Danish artist, member of Heilung and Euzin, and linguistics expert to boot, Emilie Lorentzen sings, plays piano, harmonium and percussion. She brings in others on additional vocals, violin and viola, jaw harp and sea shells (!), Nordic bagpipe, accordion, more harmonium, and davul. This is an enchanting Nordic folk recording, and my only complaint is that it is far too short.

Chasyng Drakens

by Ozbolt

favorite track

Mysteries Of The Fynbos

Ozbolt returns with a lovely, mostly ambient release. As always, haunting and ethereal, there is a real sense of space in the music, even though it is actually densely layered. There’s a lot of treasure to be found when one is Chaysing Drakens, it would seem.

Pony Girl

by Jano Brindisi

favorite track

Angelina

This is a collection of mostly bare-boned demos by one of my favourite singer/songwriters I find her work incredibly powerful presented in this way, as the focus is on the stories she tells of real people and real occurrences. The stark delivery keeps the performances incredibly intimate, as songs of this sort should be. Each one is my favourite track while it’s playing, but going with Angelina, as it’s a fine topical folk song.

Speed of Light

by Raphael Weinroth-Browne

This time Raphael does a take on Johann Sebastian. Bach’s Prelude to the Cello Suite in G Major. Conceived as a backdrop for a contemporary dance piece, one can easily visualize how this would play out on a stage. Raphael weaves Middle Easternisms and modern syntax into the baroque masterpiece, and, as usual, it’s a captivating listen.

Elan

by The Gentle Good

favorite track

Pan O’wn y Gwanwyn (Dychweliad Bychan)

Inspired by the Welsh landscape while living off-grid, adept guitarist and reflective singer/songwriter Gareth Bonello brings on wistful, psychedelic, and bucolic imagery. Not to be fenced in by his surroundings, he includes a rousing piece of Indian-inflected music to conjure up a desert area of the mountains where he was ensconced

Ligament digital download

by Paatos Sweden

favorite track

Beyond The Forest

Quirky Crossover Prog from Paatos, it has been 13 years since their last release. Instrumentation is provided by the usual suspects (keyboards, electric guitars, bass, and drums), It runs the gamut from eclectic prog to jazz, to my favourite track, which offers a psychy/folky female and male duet with Opeth vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt.