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Pathways to Snow Capped Spires (split w/ Snowspire)

Enchantments Of Old Lore

Alchemy

The Castle on the Mountain

Snowswept Solitude

Stillness

In the Kingdom of Fog

Vedurnan

The Lunar Lexicon

Gramessteig

Til Det Bergens Skyggene

Snowbound

Enchantment of the Ring

Winternight

A subgenre of dungeon synth, winter synth "tends to have a more open expansive feel, with the hypnotic quality of an open landscape. By its nature it is slightly more minimalistic than dungeon synth, and as such there is theoretically a greater overlap into the realms of dark ambient and drone. The most common themes are snow, ice, forests and mountains." -&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://wintersynth.blogspot.com/">https://wintersynth.blogspot.com</a>These are my favorites but you can't go wrong with any of the releases by these artists. I was introduced by first hearing the compilation In The Kingdom Of Fog and it might still be my all-time favorite. Although during the shortest days and longest nights, an&nbsp;Aindulmedir cassette is never far away.So let the wind howl, and the snowdrifts rise,In this sonic haven, winter never dies.For within the rhythm, the heart finds its ease,Lost in the blizzard, to synth-driven pleas.

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Fog Melts The Snow

Trembling Under The Spectral Bodies

The Stone Tape - Analysing A Ghost By Electronic Means

SUN ELECTRIC Live at Votivkirche Wien

Olivine Window

Recreational Kraut

Arranges & Processes The /\\Aught Tapes

Live in Brooklyn 2011

On The Turning Ground

Universal Flames

Yarns From The Chocolate Triangle

How Deep Is Your Devotion

Hard Light

AI-35: Ghost Lights

Side A

Lamina

cycli infini

Approach to Anima

This Stupid World

Monochromes Vol.2

Sleep Tones (VDSQ Edition)

Pearlies

The Notional Pastures Of Imaginary Softwoods

Gyre

A Tension of Opposites Vols 3 & 4

Littlefolk

The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored

everything is alive

Muito Sol

Good Night

Under Grön Himmel

Radar Road

Bathhouse Blues

Travel

Murmuration

Here we find ourselves saying goodbye to another year. So long, 2023. Keeping with tradition, here are my favorite releases of the year. Another elite year for new music. Have a safe and happy holiday season.

My Favorite Releases of 2023

Monthly Subscription Series Collection 01

Luster

Let’s Emerge!

Annular Silhouettes

Living Torch

Sounds Like Freedom

Mirage Colony

EP I

Smoke Point

The Patience Fader

Outskirts, Dreamlit

Thought, Action, Reaction, Interaction

Space & Awareness

Colder Streams

A Queer Anthology of Drums 异鼓选

Possessions

Bajascillators

Aeonium

In/Out/In

In & Out

Live 2021

Fortune Goodies

S/T 2013

AI-30: Cardamom & Laudanum

Southeast of Saturn, Vol. 2

Spectral Organ / Feedback Gong

Cyber Panoramical Music

Spirit Mask

Deus Arrakis

6°30’33.372”N 3°22’0.66”E

The Graphic Cabinet

Voices of Bishara

Fleeting Adventure

New Breakfast Habit

Live at No Way Back [IT LIVE 5]

Only Love From Now On

Silueta

120121

Another year comes to a close and it's another year for stellar releases. Here are the ones I listened to the most and will continue to as we head into the new year. Happy Holidays everyone.

My Favorite Releases of 2022

Lucid Express

Hotel 65

Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, 1993-1997 (digital version)

Helen

Resurrection EP

Rings

Two Rings

Bliss / Swivel

Head On A Swivel

desert dub 2015-2021

Applied Rhythmic Technology: Composer Series No.2 - "Alchemeia"

Hold Still

Logue

Jinja Encounters

echelons beyond reality

Music For Parents

Apiary [Digital Bonus]

Spectrum Garden

The Cinder Grove

TRANS006

Eventually Rising

Murmur

Torque Force

Confess

Anciente

Beyond The Yellow Haze

Sutro

Animalism

Shadow of Funk

Origin Myths

Four Skies Above

Hvit (Live)

Vessel

Death Roads & Spirit Ways

These albums helped me through the year and were generally on constant rotation. Thank you to all of the artists and individuals who made these releases happe﻿n﻿. Happy Holidays!

My Favorite Releases of 2021

Shotgun Wedding

This lush garden within

Fires That Cleanse

Cry Havoc/Heathen Birth

Tales of the Mad Moon

Crawling Through / Evaporation

Bites

Who Can I Turn To Stereo

First Fire • At Dawn

Berberian Sound Studio

Le Frisson Des Vampires

Undone

Manifestation

Probes: Hallowe'en

Godzilla Of Snow / Witch & A Cauldron

Auferstehung

Cavity Slabs

A Color

Kwaidan / 怪談

Bloodmoon Rising Complete 5 hour set

Cut With the Cake Knife

SKRS Reconsiders the Vampire's Curse

Peel Sessions

Gathering In Frozen Beauty

Twelve Inch Singles - Expanded Edition

Kainskult

Furnace Re:Dux

Death on the Hour: Aural Apparitions from the Geographic North

Cold

Industriale Illuminato

City Slab Horror

V/Vm - The Death Of Rave (A partial flashback)

Black Mill Tapes (10th Anniversary Box)

Musick to Play in the Dark

Red Birds Will Fly Out of the East and Destroy Paris in a Night

The Infidel (Special Edition)

Nektyr

Halloween is my favorite time of year. Here are 40 Bandcamp albums to set the mood as the days grow shorter and the shadows grow longer.﻿

Shorter Days, Longer Shadows

Precession

Adnos

Journey to the Sun

Gymnosphere: Song of the Rose

The Healing Music of Rana Cassette Box Set

Nighthawks (featuring Ruben Garcia), Translucence & Drift Music

Early Man

The First Five Years

Tracing Back The Radiance

This list could easily be 100x longer, but these are the albums I've been returning to most often these days. Generally warm, quiet sounds. Maybe you'll find an old favorite here or something new ﻿to enjoy.

Albums on constant rotation while I work, Autumn 2021

Work Sounds

Imagined Distances

Ficciones Del Trópico

Jaguar Capybaras

Shadow of Fear

Renovatio

Live II

Coatcheck

Peel

Klang

Ezra Feinberg & John Kolodij

Regis - Tongue Box

You Must Remember This

Tumbling Towards a Wall

leaves and wish

Pleasures That Kill

Gayscene (Split With Regis): Via Hate

Persian Pillars Of The Gasoline Era

spirit obscured

Industrialized Criminals History

Spacetones

In no particular order other than when they were released(ish). Some of these are reissues. To see my favorites from previous years, visit&nbsp;https://nervousmusic.wordpress.com.

My Favorite Releases of 2020