Beautiful intimacy has always been something of Sontag Shogun's music, and this new record, thanks to the collaboration with Lau Nau has taken this further. It is possible that the use of lyric and vocals becoming more prominent has encouraged this sense of closeness, but simultaneously the lushous textural layering has continued to remain at the core. As such the record strikes a perfect balance of staying true to Sontag Shogun's previous form whilst also charting new territory. nujumi
Multi-instrumentalist/composer/sound designer Conrad Praetzel delivers an album full of dense and richly textured ambient music. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 26, 2022
The ambient duo consisting of TALsound’s Natalie Chami and Matchess’ Whitney Johnson blurs the lines between analog and electronic. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jul 22, 2021
Inspired by the idea of surveillance and how we've gotten used to it; harmonic ideas set against a pensive backdrop. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 23, 2016
4 peaceful jazz vignettes. Belt of Venus is aquamarine, with a slow, tidal energy as dignified as the sea. The aptly named plantwood is budding, emergent as flowers on dewy moss in the forest.
Stained Glass Sauna has a smoky, mountain resonance, while the Sunken Cabin emerges slowly from dust-mote stillness to tortured but deliberating peaks. The whole thing is bursting with character. Tom Colquhoun