Archive - zensounds

Best New Ambient (September 2025)

These records will take you places

Aug 27 •

Ravedeath, 1972

Revisting Tim Hecker's uncanny ambient masterpiece

Aug 20 •

Mark Ernestus Loves Amapiano

His new RA mix shows a deep appreciation for the vital African electronic music movement

Aug 17 •

MF DOOM: Living Off Borrowed Time

My obituary from 1 January 2021

Aug 9 •

Loula Yorke: From London Squats to Rural Suffolk

An in-depth conversation with the UK composer and synthesist

Aug 6 •

July 2025

The 100 Best Indie Rap Albums (1995–2025)

My favorite underground hip-hop records from the last 30 years

Jul 31 •

Best New Ambient (August 2025)

These records will take you places

Jul 28 •

Style Wars over Stockhausen

The experimental hip-hop pioneer and enigmatic rap mystic Sensational

Jul 24 •

2 Great New Experimental Hip-Hop Albums

Jazzy indie rap, fierce noise and walls of sub-bass, plus: The Kunze Kode

Jul 19 •

rRoxymore: Juggling Dualities

A period of struggle and disconnect made the French DJ and producer create her most powerful work

Jul 17 •

Sunrise Over Brooklyn

Revisiting an avant-garde jazz masterpiece by El-P and the Blue Series Continuum from 2003

Jul 14 •

The 20 Best Albums of the First Half of 2025

Here are my favorites released between the beginning of January and the end of June

Jul 10 •

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