I’ve been listening to a lot of ambient music in the morning this week thanks to a) a new iPad and b) Shuffler.FM’s ambient category. One of the nicest things that came up was Villages‘ ‘Before Failures’ courtesy of The Needledrop, just the kind of considered noise; swirling synth notes, gentle bass and a repeating guitar lilt, made for a morning’s dazed daydream.
Villages is Ross Gentry, a North Carolina composer who is releasing Theories Of Aging on Bathetic Records (home to Angel Olsen) next week. Here’s an interview and mix with him.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
