Ambient
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Dain Saint – “Flight of Angels – Splice OST” Review
“Flight of Angels – Splice OST” is a very regal and relaxing soundtrack to the not very relaxing puzzle game Splice. However part of what…
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Dva – “Botanicula OST” Review
Oh Dva. Three little letters, and just like the little game of Botanicula there is so much hidden inside this 23 track soundtrack. Each song…
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Video Vault – Dynasty Electric
Another new duo I’ve discovered this weekend is the lovely electronica trip rock efforts of Dynastic Electric. Not only that but their music videos are…
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Introducing… Dan Reardon
This track is absolutely sumptuous from the production to the vocals to the hook. HPM wants to know all about a certain Dan Reardon –…
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Samsara – A Musical Journey
With Samsara hitting the UK on 30/08/12, I am in fever pitch about it. Now armed with my tickets and a Q&A session after the…
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Video Vault – Sigur Ros
So strangely alluring and dreamlike.
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Iamamiwhoami – “In Concert” Review
Part YouTube sensation, part weird audio/visual hybrid – iamamiwhoami released a weird one off concert that appears to take place real time but does actually…
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Pierre Esteve – “Obscura” Review
One of France’s best game music composers Pierre Esteve has veered off at times to produce some quite unique solo albums. One of these the…
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Film Review: Timescapes
Timescapes is a fantastic audio-visual movie from Tow Lowe. It’s also the first movie to be sold as a 4K download file. Following very much…
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Whispers of the Plains: Lauren Edman
Lauren Edman’s debut solo CD “It’s Always the Quiet One” is quite fantastic – as we’ve said below. We got the chance to chat to…
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Jesper Kyd Darksiders II Music Samples Online
Jesper’s always busy – this time with the highly anticipated Darksiders II game. I loved the soundtrack to the first game and will be hotly…
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Marcus Singletary – “Holy Guitar” Review
One of my most pleasant surprises of 2011 was reviewing Marcus Singletary’s album Smokin’ which came at me entirely unannounced and with aplomb. Back this year with…
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Video Vault – Made of Wood
Try not tripping out on this beautiful piece of art from Made of Wood.
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Martyrs of Sound – “Radhe’s Dream” Review
Martyrs of Sound specialise in meditative music. Clean, simple, warm and full of the essence of music, Radhe’s Dream is simply a heavenly joy to…
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Whispers of the Plains – Interview with Jeff Broadbent
With new downloadable title I Am Alive about to burst onto our consoles, composer of the game Jeff Broadbent took a few minutes to…
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Module – Imagineering Album Sampler
Module (Shatter OST) is returning with a new album away from games. Entitled Imagineering, it’s due out in March. Here’s a sample below.
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Zola Jesus – Conatus Review
Sneaking in as #10 in my top albums for 2010 – Zola Jesus was an entirely new singer/songwriter to me late on last year. Conatus…
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“Nier Tribute Album -echo-” Review
Nier, the PS3 RPG has one of the best soundtracks I’ve heard all generation. Now there’s been a tribute album released so I can’t be…
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“Deepak Chopra’s Leela” Soundtrack Review
I’ve put his picture here, and it is a game that carries his name but Deepak Chopra’s Leela carries a soundtrack without his music on.…
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Atra Aeterna – “November” Review
Sometimes ad’s on facebook do work! I came across Atra Aeterna by clicking on something that told me it was right up my musical alley…
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Video Vault – Imogen Heap
Second part of today’s double bill is the video to the fantastic “Neglected Space” which is the best spoken monologue committed to music.
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Whispers of the Plains ~ Interview with Eufloria Composer Brian Grainger
Higher Plain Music has been lucky enough to snag a few minutes with the insightful Brian Grainger, composer for Eufloria the new indie PSN game…
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Bjork – “Biophilia” Review
We do love Bjork here at HPM and her latest album “Biophilia” is another stunning, almost career spanning album taking bits and pieces from other…
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Introducing… Jane Lui
Wow. I came across Jane Lui’s music via a completely different persons PR company and I am in awe. In a similar vein to Imogen…
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Matt Seldon – “DreamWeb Soundtrack” Review
DreamWeb soundtrack is a little known soundtrack that I came across on the internet. Composed by Matt Seldon, the ten tracks try to come across…
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Live Vault – Lisa Gerrard & Klaus Schulze
This is taken from the Live DVD I believe, completely freeform – Godspeed I
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Yoshiki Aoi – “Drag-on Dragoon 2 OST” Review
Drag-on Dragoon 2 is the completely orchestrated soundtrack from Yoshiki Aoi. The 22 tracks are a complete attack on the sense’s as an entire orchestra…
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Amon Tobin: “Splinter Cell Chaos Theory” Soundtrack Review
Amon Tobin, a well-known and respected man in his musical field of mad electronica spearheads a 10 song sensory overload that has become the Splinter…
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Video Vault – Imogen Heap
Heapsong2 is released and entitled “Propeller Seeds”. More experimental than Lifeline but equally as beautiful and featuring a great bubble music video, there’s only one…
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Lamb – “5” Review
We thought it may never come but Lamb have returned with the stupendous “5”. The duo whom ventured off to explore their own creative paths …
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Gregory Douglass – “Lucid” Review
Gregory Douglass returns with his brand new album “Lucid” and this time we’ve gone concept – and electro. The most apparent shift in sound for…
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Audio Visual Film: “Zen” by Fabian Enzinger
A lovely new audio-visual film entitled “Zen” by Fabian Enzinger is now available to watch in full on YouTube. The movie itself was shot in…
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Whispers of the Plains: Esselfortium
Higher Plain Music is delighted to publish our little interview with the fantastic Esselfortium regarding his new album “Seventeen More Times”. Read on for an…
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Esselfortium – “Seventeen More Times” Review
Esselfortium exploded onto my radar last week and now having obtained a copy of his second album “Seventeen More Times” I intend to be keeping…
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Naoshi Mizuta – “Final Fantasy XI Vision of Jilart” Review
Final Fantasy XI’s music is very acoustic based and extremely relaxing. After the beautiful songs from the original OST, “Final Fantasy XI – Vision Of…
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Juana Molina – “Un Dia” Review
I have spent a long time thinking about how on Earth to write a review about Juana Molina’s absolutely ear bendingly original sound and I…
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Orpheus – “Crystal Dreamscapes” Review
“Crystal Dreamscapes” is a project undertaken mainly by an artist named “Orpheus” who takes us on a completely no holds barred New Age trip. The…
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Amiina – “Puzzle” Review
Amiina return with their second album “Puzzle” and evolve their sound into a more electrical ambience than their debut. Opening with “Asinn” static percussive beats…
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Wendy Rule & Craig Patterson – “Beneath the Below Is A River” Review
Wendy Rule is usually a beautifully dark folk lady but in teamming up with Craig Patterson, the duo have created a swirling ambience of etheral…