Last updated on October 12, 2022
1. “Fantasie for Agathe Backer Grøndahl” – Anja Lauvdal. An exploratory set of warped sounds that seem heavily influenced by modular synth approaches. (This may even be a modular synth piece itself.) In this piece, Lauvdal thoughtfully, carefully dances on and around the line between the limits of melodiousness and the beginning of atmospheric qualities.
2. “Late Night Walk” – Mary Yalex. This layered ambient-adjacent piece is much more chipper and warm that the title might imply. One might even call final product of the layers of arpeggiator, reverb, and delay to be bouncy.
3. “C U R R E N T” – Photay, Mikaela Davis. Glittering waves of sound from saxophones, melodic percussion, harp, and voice create a meditative yet active space.”Ever Presence” – Cabin Fever Orchestra.
4. “Surfboard” – Moon Mullins. An electronic composition that falls somewhere between video game revivalism and the impeccable, precise sonic landscape work of Gabriel Birnbaum.
5. “Lahan Al-Mansour” – Yazz Ahmed. Fuses an atmospheric introduction, a Middle Eastern-evoking main theme, and exploratory jazz sections for a vastly interesting piece.
6. “The Chant” – Greg Spero. Funky, soulful, jazzy, and groove-heavy, this piece gives flowers to genre conventions from all over to create a distinctive, unique work.
7. “The Seas That Made Us” – Sophia Subbayya Vastek. Ghostly, delicate, elegant piano composition with occasional staccato runs up the keyboard to keep you focused.
8. “Dead Party Line” – cmfrtr. Ambient that balances nervousness and comfort perfectly. The piece moves meaningfully without becoming too jittery to read as ambient.