Also this is a great read about the emergence of ambient https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/29/aphex-twin-a-brixton-squat-and-a-load-of-wet-mattresses-revisiting-telepathic-fish-the-heart-of-the-90s-chillout-boom|https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/29/aphex-twin-a-brixton-squat-and-a-load-of[…]visiting-telepathic-fish-the-heart-of-the-90s-chillout-boom Before it became naff music for health spas, chillout was cool – and this London club night was key. As a new generation carry its spirit forward, the originators remember the beats and bedding
Via https://doublechorus.substack.com/p/075-bara-gisladottir-comes-to-london > The most important point is: ‘Hringla’ is an unmissable bravura piece of work. An astonishing conjuring of intense atmosphere, with long, drawn-out low lines. I reckon many of my non-orchestral friends, who are heavy musicians, or into very heavy music — sludge fans, noise fans, digging their deep, stretched out sonics — I suspect would hugely enjoy this piece of ‘classical’ work. https://open.spotify.com/track/15hv7lKf2A3eWwjkNmsc2g?si=32cd19ec0e394c3b Plus also festival goals: https://www.darkmusicdays.is/en/home-22/ Dark Music Days 2022 - An annual festival of contemporary and new music in Reykjavík, Iceland. Dark Music, Dark Music Festival, Contemporary Festival. New Music.