OPM: Ambient, Lo-Fi, Prog & More

Dual – Keimar Sty A deep and complex longform ambient and soundscape workout. There’s lots of slowly evolving tones and timbres, some dips […]

OPM: Something New, Something Old

The Human Veil – Breath of Morning Ambitious, sprawling and ever-evolving soundscape that blends elements of drone, dungeon synth, noise, musique concrete, lo-fi […]

OPM: Four Kinds of Song + More

Bleak Magician – How the Disappearance Appeared to Us Smart and imaginative post-punk noise rock with lo-fi sci-fi production and gothic sensibilities. Dramatic, […]

OPM: Experiments in Music

Tomoroh Hidari – Depth Sounding Pretty, spacey, meditative ambient that takes time to reveal itself. Incorporating gentle synth arpeggios, treated field recordings/soundscapes, bits […]

OPM: Dances to Dirges

TWSN – “Half of Your Heart” If you like your house music pulsating, funky and discoriffic, with a soulful-yet-robotic vocal, this one is […]

OPM: Flashback Edition

This week’s entry rescues some pre-blog writeups from social media. Enjoy the flashback! EncryptedWhispers – “Multipeanut”  This track opens on swirling, surging rhythms […]

OPM: Variety Is the Spice

Cyborg Philharmonic – Household Compliances I try really hard not to be biased toward musicians who do the same kind of stuff I […]