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November 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Hammock: Silencia

Hammock Silencia Hammock Music I like that the label is called Hammock Music – there could be nothing more representative. Hammock makes Hammock music. The post-rock duo has fully transitioned to a modern-classical, deep ambient fix and it’s happened, well, over every album actually – you go back through a catalogue 10 albums deep and […]
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May 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Hammock: Universalis 

Hammock Universalis Hammock Music Well into their second decade, ambient guitar duo Hammock (Andrew Thompson and Marc Byrd) can subtly surprise with a gorgeous string arrangement (Scattering Light) or play the Eno card so well (Mouth To Dust…Waiting) that it’s almost a given their albums will be great. Consistent, dependable. They make safe-places for ambient music fans […]
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February 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Hammock: Mysterium

Hammock Mysterium Hammock Music Instantly soothing, immediately calming, beautiful, almost overwhelming in its conveyance of a profoundly deep connection between the truly joyous and hugely sorrowful, yes it’s another album by Hammock. The ambient guitar duo from Nashville – Andrew Thompson and Marc Byrd – has done it again. And in my experience with their […]
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November 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

A Winged Victory For The Sullen: Atomos

A Winged Victory For The Sullen Atomos kranky/Erased Tapes Dance choreographer Wayne McGregor has unusually wonderful taste when it comes to picking music to work with and musicians to work for. Here he has commissioned A Winged Victory For The Sullen to score his latest dance project and the result is an album that stands […]
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June 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Lotus Plaza: Overnight Motorcycle Music

Lotus Plaza Overnight Motorcycle Music (ep) Geographic North Deerhunter’s Lockett Pundt already has a couple of releases out under his Lotus Plaza moniker – here’s the latest, a two-track EP released as a download/stream and on limited edition cassette tape. The two long improvisatory pieces that form Overnight Motorcycle Music take in all the minimalist […]
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December 9, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Hammock: Oblivion Hymns

Hammock Oblivion Hymns Hammock Music Arriving so soon after last year’s mammoth and wonderful double, Departure Songs comes Oblivion Hymns, the next phase, the continuation. Hammock’s ambient style of post-rock barely creeps above a crawl, it sprawls though, it unfolds, each piece connected to the one either side, the album a journey that neither starts […]
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