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.
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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.
