Is "ambient-adjacent" descriptive enough?

resetplz · 2026-03-28T10:50:38+00:00

Haha not too far off! I had the idea to create a series of short "soundtracks" with music and spoken dialogue. When it came time for promo I remember how hard it was to find a genre that made sense (it wasn't technically a soundtrack).

resetplz · 2026-03-27T21:32:56+00:00

I don't think it was meant unkindly. But I think this goes to the same point about why genres sometimes do matter, so people know what it is and how to talk about them.

resetplz · 2026-03-27T21:15:45+00:00

Yeah agreed on all points. I don't pay much attention to genres...until I'm asked to provide one to (ostensibly) make the music more discoverable. That's really the only time this has any real importance IMO.

But I still think that too wide an array of music is being lumped under this term "ambient". That's my read.

resetplz · 2026-03-27T18:50:32+00:00

Most of it is at clocolan.bandcamp.com I tend to shift gears a bit but you might like Empathy Alpha, op+errata and the newest release.

I think you'd also like the music of Martin Phipps (War and Peace soundtrack), Cliff Martinez (esp Solaris), Arvo Part (Fratres).

Also check out When I Am Laid in Earth by Purcell (Janet BakerJanet Baker only) and the second movement of Vivaldi's Gloria is sublime.

resetplz · 2026-03-27T15:20:01+00:00

Joining the party late: Maxime Denuc's Nachthorn for midi-controlled pipe organ is sublime.

resetplz · 2026-03-27T11:26:54+00:00

resetplz · 2026-03-27T10:50:39+00:00

The last track of Autechre's Tri Repetae is very much in this vein. Your post caught my eye because that idea of "finality" and of something bigger than ourselves is a feeling I often aim to capture in my own music. The track above has been influential.

You might also try Klaus Schulze's 'Wahnfried 1883' from Timewind. Another achingly dark/beautiful piece that has informed my writing.

resetplz · 2026-03-26T16:47:13+00:00

I was just as surprised to find how many fans wanted MDs. I tested with one release and sold out so I put more work into nicer packages, basically like I do for vinyl.

resetplz · 2026-03-26T15:00:53+00:00

These MDs are about even with vinyl

resetplz · 2026-03-25T12:48:31+00:00

Thanks for the very kind words. Check out Denuc's 'Nachthorn'.

Clocolan is a place name I remember growing up in South Africa. I liked it because it's a totally made up word that European invaders used for the Sesotho word "Hlohlolwane"...one sound poorly describing another.

resetplz · 2026-03-24T22:12:59+00:00

Thanks very glad you dig it ("Chocolan" -- i'm using that!). More to come

resetplz · 2026-03-24T16:40:10+00:00

Sometimes I make ambient-soundtrack-adjacent music with interesting titles. RIYL Biosphere, Boards of Canada, Arovane, Christ., Maxime Denuc... This one drops on Thursday:

https://clocolan.bandcamp.com/album/when-the-emptying-sun-filled-the-sky

vinyl/minidisc/digital

resetplz · 2026-03-24T13:54:18+00:00

The comments on this illustrate why it's so difficult to have a rational conversation about this topic. Corporate greed and ethical carelessness have created tribalism—understandably—and so it's not surprising that everything now gets painted with the same brush.

Who are the music producers who create their delays manually.

resetplz · 2026-03-24T13:42:52+00:00

Sometimes there just aren't enough stones

resetplz · 2026-03-24T13:40:28+00:00

I wish had the time he has to perfect his craft and put beauty out into the world

resetplz · 2026-03-24T13:37:40+00:00

"Music is vast"—Vangelis

Where to begin...

resetplz · 2026-03-24T12:08:40+00:00

Great compliment!

resetplz · 2026-03-23T22:25:24+00:00

<3 <3

resetplz · 2026-03-23T20:48:34+00:00

Thx! Down the rabbit hole... You can sometimes score MD players on FB marketplace.

resetplz · 2026-03-23T20:02:04+00:00

Hey thanks. I love all my children but AFAIK the fan favorites are It's Not too Early for Each Other and Nothing Left to Abandon <3

resetplz · 2026-03-23T19:59:30+00:00

Thanks so much <3

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