Carlos Ferreira - Dust Inside the Light (2024)

There's a few ambient artist who I find consistently inspiring and the Brazilian Carlos Ferreira is one of them as his new album (19th I think in the last five years) is at least just as good as the ones I know. The dreamy, lively but melancholic vibes are what draw me to his music.

This liveliness of the little sounds dancing around you, but never stay long enough to be encapsulated and studied, tons of things going around you so fast that feel weightless, this is the kind of experience I seek in Ferreira's music and I'm never disappointed. The December album  brings it all once again so I can enjoy the ethereal ambient vibes as long as I want. Especially that the release features his compatriot Rita Zart and two additional remixes, making it a beautiful journey into the dreamy soundscapes.

Dust Inside the Light costs 5.20 EUR.

Check: Dissolving the Self

Country: Brazil

Genre: lively ambient

Label: Archives 

Carlos Ferreira & Ki Oni - A Hundred Ways of Escaping (2022)

Carlos Ferreira & Almanacs - La Deriva (2021)

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Zguba - Znój (2022)

After releasing his second album Potwarz two years ago (and winning my personal title of the best ambient release of the year), the artist known as Zguba ("Loss") comes back with another dark masterpiece. And Znój ("Drudgery") should be praised even more as it is supposed to be the final good bye with the moniker of Zguba.

It should be obvious by now that this project means darkness, depression and utter melancholy - emotions that are only empowered by the extremely gloomy track titles (here we can find "The Abyss", "The Swelling" and "The Ordeal" among others). But Zguba's characteristic trait is that he is able to convey it while creating very airy and ethereal music. Be it the use of backing choir vocals (as in Łaska ("Grace")) or synthesizers, this is fantastic means that adds tons of the sacral vibes and makes the listener relish the gloomy and the dark ambiance. I am very sorry that the project is not going further from here but I'll look out for anything that comes from the artist's side anyway.

Znój costs 6.5 EUR (30 PLN).

Zguba - Potwarz (2019)

Check: Łaska 

Country: Poland

Genre: dark dream ambient

Label: LOŻA Oficyna

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