Laura Wolf - Alluvial Fan

alternative 

Making music that is both intelligent and fun is a perennial challenge, yet for cellist, singer, and producer Laura Wolf, this balance seems to come naturally. Her recent single, "Alluvial Fan," is taken from the album "Shelf Life," self-produced between her Providence, RI apartment and the attic of her New Haven, CT familial home. Wolf pulls off cool 8-bit drops with style and collages her whispery melodies with precise texturizations and what sounds like accidentalisms. Although the lyrics touch on themes of expiration, the vibe is refreshingly fresh, and Wolf crams her already bountiful arrangements with odd clatters and sound effects. These additions are always tasteful and keep the ear excited, if not on their toes.

Dessauer - Illusion of Separateness

ambient 

Hyperactive sequences of arpeggiated notes turn to lush tones and heavenly synths before fading out into disharmony on "Illusion of Separateness," the most recent single from US artist Dessauer. Now based in Germany, Dessauer (a stage name taken from his grandmother's lineage) spreads his sonic environments wide, twisting and turning their intentions with measured calmness and a proclivity for the epic that results in a mood that is both comprehensive and compact. "Illusions of Separateness" is taken from Dessauer's upcoming EP "Limbic Resonance."

Catch Prichard - Beauty Drone 

alternative

At 19, musician and artist Sawyer Gebauer embarked on a creative journey that took him from his small Midwestern hometown to Europe, where he founded the art-folk project Brittsommar, and later to Oakland, California, where he began his new project, Catch Prichard. Constantly seeking unconventional spaces to inspire his work, Gebauer's recent single "Beauty Drone" merges decidedly soft textures with ambiguous songwriting for a hypnotizing whack of somewhat eldritch, fully gorgeous music.

Aaronson - Where Do You Go When You Disappear?

ambient post-rock