Liebeskid - Silvery Clear and Snow (2021)

 

GENRE : singer-songwriter, dark pop, downtempo, dark ambient, trip-hop, Germany

RECORD LABEL : self-released

Liebeskid is a solo music project of Anja Nischwitz - a Russian songwriter living in Germany. I randomly came across this song while I was trawling through Bandcamp. It's a slow dark haunting ballad that makes me feel like I'm dissolving. The song is driven by dramatic tremolo'd keyboards, and backed perfectly with bursts of pulsing dark trip-hop electronics, and Nischwitz's beautiful accented vocals centered down the middle of the mix. A lovely winter song. She has a bunch of other songs/releases on Bandcamp too. Go check them out.

Stream/Download the song here :

https://liebeskid.bandcamp.com/track/silvery-clear-and-slow

Amiga Herz - Adapting To Blurriness (2021)

 

GENRE : indie folk, bedroom pop, emo, alternative folk, acoustic, Germany

RECORD LABEL : Z Tapes

I was having a sad Sunday morning, casually browsing through the Z Tapes Bandcamp page, not knowing who or what I was going to click on. For some reason the artwork and the title of this particular release drew me in...

It's the second album by German singer-songwriter, Amiga Herz. Listening to it from start to finish, I was taken on a quiet introspective journey through a blurry landscape. Entering it alone, and emerging from it alone. It was a sad but gorgeous listening experience. Acoustic emo at its finest.

If you like this album, you should definitely look into the Z Tapes Bandcamp page. You won't regret it.

Stream/Download the album here :

https://amigaherz.bandcamp.com/album/adapting-to-blurriness

Z Tapes :

https://ztapes.bandcamp.com/

Hainbach - Home Stories (2021)

 

GENRE : ambient, cosmic disco, experimental, electronic, techno

RECORD LABEL : Seil Records

I randomly chose this album/artist to listen to while I was investigating the Seil Records Bandcamp page. It was the artwork that did it for me. I was drawn to the satellites. I have a thing about satellites...

Anyway, Heinbach is a music composer/performer based in Berlin, Germany that uses piano, synthesizers, nuclear test equipment (!), magnetic tape and idiophones to create wonderful electro-acoustic ambient music. 'Home Stories' is the only album of his I've listened to so far, and it's a beauty. Clicking play, I was instantly sucked into a sublime sonic soundscape of beautiful swirling ambience, tinkly piano notes and deep bass electronic pulses that constantly shift and change throughout the tracks. It's introspective ambient music that never becomes dull or overly predictable. I'm looking forward to checking out his other works, and more of the Seil Records catalog.

Stream/Download the album here :

https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/home-stories