GENRE : ambient, electronica, drone, ethereal, meditative
RECORD LABEL : Past Inside The Present
This is a beautiful benefit compilation album for mental health recovery from the wonderful record label Past Inside The Present, featuring 23 talented women ambient-electronic artists from all around the globe.
Cynthia Bernard (Marine Eyes) curated, sequenced and provided the artwork for this album, with all proceeds go towards benefitting Sounds of Saving - a non-profit organization which uses music to raise awareness of mental health wellbeing.
So many of us have been facing immense mental challenges and emotional difficulties over these past couple of years. In times like these we need to reach out and help each other, as well as taking some much needed time and space to breathe deeply and heal.
I loved the idea of this compilation album before I even heard a single note of it, and now that I've finally heard it - it does not disappoint in any way. It's a beautiful and soothing journey that takes the listener to a safe gentle place of healing and self-discovery.
Read the PITP mission statement and all the individual song descriptions from the artists at the Bandcamp link below. A huge congratulations to all those involved with this compilation. You did a phenomenal job.
Stream/Download the compilation here...
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Here are some of own personal thoughts on these individual songs as I was listening to the album...
Sofie Birch -Willness
Bright gentle ethereal wooziness amidst a wilderness of soft electronica.
Hollie Kenniff - Embers
Beautiful expansive vocal ambience that swells and soars over glistening synthesizers.
Clariloops - Today
Playful, pensive and cinematic. Gorgeous clarinet melodies drifting over softly dancing synth notes.
Drum & Lace - Felt
Sweet soothing chords performed on a felted upright piano over luscious birdsong and swirling voices.
Sachi Kobayashi - Scent of Roses
This is what you want to be listening to as you lay down on a bed of soft grass in a field of beautiful flowers. You close your eyes and let the morning sunshine gently warm your skin and the music warm your soul...
Belly Full of Stars - Charlie Day
A heartfelt piece in memory of a good friend... the gentle pulsing of keys and a blanket of soothing voices to a backdrop of quiet distant conversation... a sad yet comforting tribute.
More Eaze - Better
A beautiful sea of euphoric electronica, beautifully digitized voice and electroacoustic guitar chords. Deconstructed and glitchy, yet airy and serene. Wonderful stuff.
Marine Eyes - Doorways
A stunning piece of sparse yet expansive ambience with gentle waves softly lapping in the background, reminding us that it's okay to stop what we're doing and breathe deeply now and again. Sit back, close your eyes and allow these melodies to soothe your soul before they leave and rise up to the heavens.
IKSRE - You Will Find
Gorgeous healing dreamscapes layered over soft binaural beats, creating a deeply meditative environment in which to relax and surrender yourself completely.
Inquiri - Ruminating
A gentle slow-motion whirlpool of ethereal beauty to counteract the stresses and anxieties of everyday existence. Sweeping and captivating. Incredible.
Clarice Jenson - Getting Lost Is Okay
Soft dreamy arpeggios soaring and shimmering over heavenly electronic soundscapes...
Christina Giannone - Decor
Pulsing sweeping droning bliss. Shadowy and haunting and glorious.
Patricia Wolf - Cognitive Disorder
Melancholic glacial-paced ephemera. Introspective and enveloping. Let the waves come and wash right over you...
Penelope Trappes - Possession
Dark lonely vocals drifting endlessly through haunted dreamscapes. A yearning for salvation and inner peace.
Claire Deak - Dampen The Waves
A deeply reflective journey through the annals of long forgotten histories of the many gifted women composers of time - expressed through softly-plucked harp, melancholic accordian and electronic ambience that gently ebbs and flows...
Ami-Dang - Cerulean
Wonderful psychedelic New Age ambience - fragmented and glitchy, layered over with emotive sitar melodies.
Pechblende - Glacial Lake Lullaby
Icy tinkles and cold expansive swells create this gorgeous and majestic Nordic ambient soundscape.
Karen Vogt - I Know It Is Hard
Blankets of beautiful soaring vocal ambience and the hypnotic tinkling of house keys... a soft balm for the aching spirit.
Zoe Polanski - Liu
Equally sad and sweet - this is a stunning Japanese-flavoured ambient dreampop feast for the ears. A peaceful sanctuary.
Nailah Hunter - Yaellan's Grove
The feeling of finding yourself alone in a luscious meadow of strange flowers and beautiful fragrances in some fantasy land, and never wanting to leave...
Caminauta - Endless Tide
Minimalistic and sparse, yet mesmerizing and utterly captivating. A beautiful blanket for the soul.
Ai Yamamoto - Yamaha to Yamamoto san
A breathtaking cinematic dreamscape that lifts you up and transports you to a wonderful place of healing and inner peace.
Cat Tyson Hughes - Almonta
A slow and pensive ending to a long journey of self-discovery. Quietly wandering through your favourite chosen place, reflecting on the immense beauty and power of the natural world, and its ability to heal.
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