Episode 45 of The Ambient Vault podcast features my special guest Ambalek. Ambalek is a London based musician searching for ways to add life and a human touch to electronic sounds.On this week’s episode, Ambalek has shared with us “Frostwork”, a collection of three tracks made exclusively for The Ambient Vault. Many thanks to Ambalek for the extreme generosity in sharing these beautiful tracks! See below for more info about “Frostwork” and links to all things Ambalek, and as...

Episode 44 of The Ambient Vault podcast features my special guest The Lifted Index. The Lifted Index is an ambient electronic endeavor from Atlanta-based musician Daniel DeWitt. With an emphasis on texture and emotion, Daniel creates sonic worlds using guitars, synthesizers, and voice. His most recent album, ’Sanctuary’, was released earlier this year on Seil Records. For this episode of the podcast Daniel has kindly shared with us ‘Generational Drift’. ‘Generational Drift’ is an E...

Episode 43 of The Ambient Vault Podcast features special guest Luca Longobardi. Italian composer and pianist Luca Longobardi represents the generation of classically trained musicians who incorporate the language of contemporary electronic music into their pieces, which are furthermore strongly connected to the multimedia arts.Born in 1976, Longobardi studied classical music in Italy and New York and went on to earn his doctorate in digital audio restoration in Rome in 2011. His works r...

Episode 42 of The Ambient Vault podcast features special guest Samuel Edmund. Samuel Edmund is the moniker of Jae Ryan when he makes broken, worn and nostalgic ambient music.Jae has been generous to share tracks from his debut album “Due To”. “Due To” was released on Folded Note Records a few months ago and the tapes sold out within 24 hours!“Due To” is an album full of live improvisations where Jae used a Minimoog, Buchla Music Easel, Digital Mellotron & Ciat-Lonbarde instruments.&...

Episode 41 of The Ambient Vault podcast features special guest Jan Esbra. Jan is a New York City-based Colombian guitarist and composer known for his “mesmerizing soundscapes and innovative ideas”. Combining elements from minimalism, ambient and improvised music he created evolving, textural soundscapes. Jan’s debut solo album entitled “Temporary Objects'' was released on August 27, 2021 and is a collection of improvisations using guitars, samplers and various effects pedal...

Episode 40 of The Ambient Vault features special guest IDRA. IDRA is the alias of Francesca Pavesi, a musician, producer and sound designer from Milan, Italy. Her project explores soundscapes, atmospheric and ambient music to transport the listener through spaces where they can feel free to discover worlds yet unknown. Francesca has been very generous to share some tracks on this week’s podcast, the first three of which can be found on her collaborative ep with fellow musician and...

Episode 39 of The Ambient Vault features special guest Isolated Infants. Isolated Infants is the musical project of Bafta nominated composer Sanj Sen. Born from his nerd-level love for music technology and as an antithesis to briefs and deadlines, Isolated Infants allows exploration, procrastination, and experimentation, restoring creative energy and feeding back into commissioned work. Sanj has been kind enough to share some tracks from Isolated Infants for this episode of ...

Episode 38 of The Ambient Vault features special guest Matt Lowery. Matt is a textual explorer, modular synthesist, and curious chaser of sounds. His new album “boku” is featured for this episode, it’s a fun, thought provoking dive into Matt’s unique world of sound, craft, and musicianship. Many thanks to Matt for being on the podcast! You can follow all things Matt Lowery by clicking the link below and thanks as always for listening!Matt Lowery - Sound artist. Guitar/Modular/Synt...

Episode 37 of The Ambient Vault features Forms. Using a combination of synthesis and sampling, Forms aims to construct heartfelt ambient soundscapes inspired by the subtle and unpredictable beauty of the world around us. In this episode, Forms has been generous to share his track “Birch”, which is made up of 3 independent yet related patches which utilize a modular synthesizer and sampled VST instruments. Patch 1 forms the bed over which patches 2 and 3 were recorded to create the...

Episode 36 of The Ambient Vault features my special guest Clariloops. Clariloops is the project of Australian neo-classical/electronic artist Ruby Lulham.Combining the sound of her clarinet with effects pedals and synthesised sound, Ruby experiments with electronics to create music that is unique yet familiar, existing between genres. The project started as a way of bringing stillness and creativity into Ruby’s classical music practice. The resulting sounds are rhythmic and calming, pro...