Wayne Robert Thomas - Canticles of Bliss and Canticles of B​-​Sides (2021)

Wayne Robert Thomas of Indianapolis is another fantastically sensible ambient artist whose albums are released via the Past Inside the Present label. Canticle of Bliss is one that shows huge amounts of the most delicate feeling of nostalgia written as a soundscape ambient music.

Thomas recorded the album between 2019 and 2020, but, as he admits, "quite a lot of the tracks [he] made ended up not making the cut and a considerable amount of time was then spent listening to a small selection of songs" - so he settled on the only reasonable way out: releasing a companion B-side album that is at least as good as the main one. And although the overall inspirations taken from the works of Hildegard of Bingen are pretty straightforward, the artist points to the fact that the religious content of the originals is not necessarily present on his album (although some droney moments like  Legend of Whispering Hills definitely have those cathedral-like sacral vibes) and the vocals are transmuted into guitar loops that express his own feelings. This results in long, long minutes of beautiful and calm compositions.

Canticles of Bliss costs 7 USD, Canticles of B​-​Sides costs 5 USD.

Check: Legend of Whispering Hills

Country: Indiana, US

Genre: ambient soundscape

Label: Past Inside the Present

 

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