Wriddyl – Take a Little Bit (Spotify)
Take a Little bit is one of the anchor tracks off Intrusive Thoughts that launched 1-24-20. Cincinnati-based Wriddyl paints picture-perfect scenes with his music, and his esoteric, downtempo beats are prone to pulling on heartstrings. With sombre tones and soulful licks that echo the complexities of human vulnerability, Wriddyl’s music is as deep and emotive as it gets
Methyl Lily – Maidenhair (Spotify)
Methyl Lily is the ambient-electronic music project of producer Tyler Wells Lynch. Like “cellar door,” the name is phonaesthetic—it signifies nothing more than the sound of its utterance. As an instrumental project, Methyl Lily strives to cultivate a similar purpose: a study in contrast and change, major and minor, wordless dynamics through light and dark. Nothing more than the joy of sound.
Afenginn, Danish String Quartet, Teitur – Skapanin (Spotify)
Composer and musician Kim Rafael Nyberg aka Afenginn’s 7th album “Klingra” - a post-classical piece with roots in the Faroe Islands. With a sound palette of two pianos (played by Faroese Teitur and Dánjal), a string quartet (The Danish String Quartet), pedal steel guitar, synth bass and two drummers the track starts in an ambient atmosphere with small sparkling particles of dust and hope floating in the air. These are mixed with a distant Morricone-like whistling from Teitur, which gradually brings out a simple melody in the piano. The musical layers are solidified by the determined drumming and through a grounding maelstrom builds up to a climactic release.
Ab The Audicrat – Studio Rapper – Instrumental (Spotify)
Albany, New York native Brendan Paulsen has made it his mission to simply create the type of music that he wants to listen to: a soundtrack that is indubitably solid, polished and delectable. Producing under the moniker Ab The Audicrat (previously Abs01ute), Paulsen has spent the last 15 years honing his craft and studying all elements of hip-hop. His body of work includes production for artists such as C-Rayz Walz, Bender, Giant Gorilla Dog Thing, Astronautalis, Xkwisit, Jimmy The Loch, Caucasian, Benn Grim, Timmy Wiggins, Grimace, Climax and Intikana, among others, with his catalog as a solo artist including Absolute Hip-Hop (2005 and 2011) and The Game of Rap: Altered Beats (2011). In 2014, he produced the vast majority of Giant Gorilla Dog Thing's double LP HORSE, which was released via Pig Food Records and heavily represented the innovative rap coming out of the criminally slept-on upstate New York area. In 2017, he and Shyste released their collaborative Lord of the Flys LP. Ab The Audicrat is happily entering the next chapter of his career, set to kick off with Abstrumentals Vol.1 & 2, a 2 part instrumental series releasing in early 2020
Anemoia – The Leak (Spotify)
Born from Improvisations of a trio in Dadeland area of Miami, FL. All vibe, groove, melody, and atmosphere.
Sine – Exit (Spotify)
Great, relaxed Chillout / Downbeat track with a punchy beat. Perfect to close your eyes and drift away.
Hania Obeah – Goldfish Ballet (Spotify)
Hania Obeah is a multi-instrumentalist from Paris, France. After a few years touring the country in different bands, the solo project emerged as a path to retrieve oneself through a more personal genre.
Project Divinity – Yoga (Spotify)
One man ambient / chill out project of Matti Paalanen, finnish producer from Helsinki. He is also responsible for Celestial Aeon Project (fantasy soundtrack) and Frozen Silence (contemporary piano). All his music can be found on Spotify and he has his official youtube channel.
Johnatron, At Dawn – Recursion (Spotify)
At Dawn is a Sacramento, CA based electronic artist and founder of the House label Routine Espresso Recordings. He has produced tracks with Qrion (Anjunadeep), DJ Whipr Snipr (Nerang Recordings), and as a label owner, has helped the best in underground house to reach many new ears.
He is also singer-songwriter Sure Matt Sure and includes guitar in many of his house tracks. He splits time working as a hydrologist saving our world's most precious resources and is an avid outdoorsman
Ken Smith – Cloud Drifting (Spotify)
Cloud Dreaming is a soft piano solo, simply about the feeling of drifting with the clouds. It is music to relax, meditate, and chill out with.