Harvesting Fine Tones
Tone Harvest is a one man operation working semi off-grid in the forest of Maine. Solar power and satellite internet keep me somewhat connected. But due to the extremely short season of warmth (4 months) most of my free time is being spent working outdoors, foraging, splitting firewood, cultivating and trying to build a mostly […]
Birdbrains is the debut EP from Maryland post hardcore duo dreamer//drowner. Written and recorded in 24 hours with minimal edits the album features five explosive tracks of pure emotion and angst in its most frenetic and rawest form. Produced, cowritten and performed by an extremely talented old friend of mine whose music projects have been […]
Root Cellar Inventories is a new series from Tone Harvest that will slowly compile and rotate cathartic favorites from the harvest into musical cornucopias with multi genre ingredients. Tone Harvest · Root Cellar Inventories – Mix I 1. From Within I – Raphael Weinroth-Browne 2. From Within II – Raphael Weinroth-Browne 3. Weave – Jesse […]
Australian Bushfire Compilation from Touched Music – Roel Funcken An important and poignant compilation of amazing ambient/electronic artists curated by Roel Funcken (Funckarma) (with assistance from Julien Mier) for the Australians for Animals for Koala Habitat Fund NSW (Land Habitat Acquisition Project). Sleeplaboratory2.0 from Whitelabrecs Restful and immersive ambient compilation from Whitelabrecs featuring an array […]
Against Civilization by dark ambient artist Apocryphos is a desolate and melancholic soundtrack to the fall of our civilized world and the deterioration of humanity. Glaring guitar melodies seep through the dark smog to scold the evils of mankind while falling deep into the depths of a dreamy and sobering atmosphere. Stark soundscapes set the […]
Shadows of Forgotten Legends is a triple collaborative effort from Cryo Chamber alumni Alphaxone, ProtoU and new blood Onasander. The music slowly sinks into the dark depths of the sea where sleeping giants rest undisturbed but for the creaking hulls of wooden ships above. Deep ominous bass lay beneath textured ambient currents like the monsters […]
Per Aspera by post metal duo Gemini One is an immensely heavy and slow moving dedication to all who have sacrificed to transport humanity further into the cosmos and the outer realms of scientific discovery. The drums explode like the ignition of heavy rockets, launching the listener up into the exosphere where the guitars seem […]
Clear Skies / Nimbus by ASC is a soaring drum and bass flight through wide open ambient atmospheres and weightless harmonic clouds. The music will lift the listener off their feet, propelled into the endless skies above the nimbostratus. Frenetic drum patterns summersault through the azure like the acrobatics of sonorous lightning, setting the pace […]
Our Last Dream by bassist and ambient artist Crows Labyrinth is musical elegance in long-form. Patient melodic evolutions interweave throughout a dense soundscape riding slow waves of harmony and deep bass that moves the earth below. The improvised composition is like a dream to end all dreams, a vivid expanse of lush sonic texture that […]
Terra Sola, by post metal astronauts Rosetta, is a subdued cessation from the bands predominantly aggressive sound and severe energy. The album is steeped in existential contemplation and serene moments as it’s gravity slowly pulls the ego down into the finite soils of the neglected earth. The music assails the listener with undeniable sonic empathy […]
The forthcoming album Latitudes from Danish artist Lauge is a free flowing ambient expedition. A musical trek through expansive atmospherics and dense electronic drones whose peaks are caressed by gentle billowing stratus clouds. Poignant improvisations cascade over the sides of mental cliffs like waterfalls carrying the listener into the warm plunge pools below. Emotions amass […]
Carolina by zakè from Polar Seas Records is a gentle tonal respite to the lush and warm woodlands of the south. The music evokes a sense of natural reverence and hushed joy beneath a canopy of vibrant processed field recordings. The soft ambient loops are like captured moments of elation, faded reruns ready to be […]
The Mind Wanders by Two Hands | One Engine is a seamless drift through the deepest inner valleys where thought flows freely between the hazy mountains of existence. Tense melodic passages slowly erode creating cavernous and soulful soundscapes that sit on the periphery of despair. The music captures perfectly our mind and spirits propensity for […]
Dri:m Wan; Därk Blü by Iranian post rockers Crows in the Rain is a gripping soundtrack to a surreal dark blue dream world filled with apocalyptic visions, vivid lonely atmospheres and a search for lost love. A somber doom-folk sojourn haunted by fragile orchestral arrangements and beautiful melancholic apparitions that dance along the guitar strings. […]
Create Light / Form Darkness from Our Transient Lives is a pair of opposing ambient post-rock songs representing a metaphysical skirmish between darkness and light. Bright sonic radiance fills the darkest corners of the mind with warm guitar drones and sparkling soundscapes like a comforting lantern at twilight. The brilliance then fades into the night […]
Astrophile by Morego is a deep and rhythmic spacefaring journey to an unknown and vibrant planet far from the ills and evils of mankind. Alien soundscapes fill the atmosphere above exotic and precarious landscapes disturbed only by the cadence of research probes and scientific devices. Melodic structures form within glowing harmonic clouds like inconceivable new […]
Path to the Stars by ambient cosmonaut JAJA is a slow and untethered drift into the dark and endless void of deep space. Ominous long-form drones, illuminated by the warmth of distant starlight, fade into dark matter like the dust particles of a comets tail. The listener will feel like a floating stellar object, an […]
Selective Harvest is the first annual year end list/recap of artists and labels featured on the Tone Harvest blog and it’s playlists. This list is in no particular order, is not exhaustive and is not focused strictly on new music or the most popular acts. Anything included on TH is truly loved and receives heavy […]
Worlds Within by cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne is a valiant swan dive into an inter-dimensional ocean of lush ambient currents and explosively energetic string arrangements. The album is a gripping and cathartic triumph of modern classical music. Its rhythmically pointed and emotive elegance is inescapable and utterly enrapturing. Flowing seamlessly, the entire work moves with powerful […]
Oblivion by Liquid Memoirs pulls the listener high up into a warm and hazy atmosphere far above the noisy cities and busy highways. Slowly evolving melodies lay in abeyance within lush and gentle soundscapes provoking deep introspection within the clouds. This album opens a pathway in the mind to reconnect with the inner self, a […]
Dystopian Gate by Alphaxone is a glimpse into a dark and polluted future filled with the sounds of slow moving craft, advanced technologies and the warm hum of machines that pervade the empty city streets. Baleful analog pads and ominous bass tones lurk beneath the foul air as sparse melodic structures form in the distance […]
Everything Exists Somewhere by Reverberant Evenings takes the listener far off into a golden melancholic horizon. The last rays of daylight glare at the onset of the evening darkness illuminating atmospheric fields with a radiating glow of optimism. Ominous tensions move the minimal drones slowly forward through calm and hazy evolutions, underscoring haunted and harmonious […]
Infinite Distances by Olga Wojciechowska from A Strangely Isolated Place lives in complete harmony within its genres, expertly weaving them together, calm and unnoticed. The albums rich layers of texture and delicate atmospheres spread out into the infinite distance on soft currents of emotive instrumentation and sparse rhythmic patterns. The music is a potent concentrate […]
A00/No Mind is the inaugural debut album from ambient duo Superposition. The music immerses the listener into meditative and uplifting soundscapes allowing for a deep dive into the inner self as a countermeasure to the deluge of technological stimuli and distraction. Warm and emergent atmospheric swells steadily build and flow throughout the album in synergy […]
Sorrow for an Unfinished Dream by Crows in the Rain is a heartbreaking and woeful post-rock experience. Elements of modern classical music and folky/heavy doom intertwine with dark and brooding post-metal and ambient atmospheres. The music brings the listener deep into the forests of the mind, where carrion spoils the pleasantry of petrichor, and smokey […]
Outside the Dream World by Viul, from Past Inside the Present, slowly unfurls an expanse of rich ambience and aural textures. The album is a tapestry of energetic catharsis, blending uplifted and ethereal soundscapes with natural field recordings and warm processed noise. Lush melancholia permeates and evolves throughout, guided by outstretched reverberations and drones that […]
Reverie by whatsoul? is a thick canvas painted with musical art that blends the colors of several genres. It’s foundation sits deep within bass heavy IDM and Low-Fi/Glitch-hop, caressed with ambient atmospheres and slowly breathing Neo-soul/R&B vocals from singer Melanie Guerrero. Downtempo beats and inflections of dub take the listener on a quiet self guided […]
Själ is a sweeping Cello based modern classical immersion by Henrik Meierkord from Ambientologist. The arrangements are overflowing with emotion acting as counterpoint to the heartstrings of the listener. Undeniably soul stirring and powerfully evocative, the music sets the stage for warm nights in front of the crackling fire, an answer to lonely and melancholic […]
Wildlife from the Archives label founder and ambient artist Warmth, is a deep journey into the center of the forest and the inner self. Airy atmospheres gently move the leaves in the canopy above warm beds of moss-like drones that seem to sprawl endlessly across the forest floor. The weight of the music itself sinks […]
Natural Storm by Gamardah Fungus is a massive and ethereal album that balances on the edges of ambient power drone and doom metal. The slow and sludgy distorted guitars rise and fall like the giant swells of the ocean, lifting the vessel up into its textured and hazy seaspray. Modular synthesis combines with the trailing […]
Not Here by Marek Kamiński is an ambient neo-classical gem filled with textured field recordings and quietly processed static noise that borders on ASMR. Bittersweet melancholy permeates the album with minimal piano structures and subdued drawn out string and cello arrangements. The music sits inside rich soundscapes buoyed by the warmth of slowly evolving harmonic […]
The Dream Council by Slow Dancing Society, is a soft assembly of ambient grooves that float between the realms of deep house and psychill. The music rides along the periphery of luminous dreamstates with hypnotic and rhythmic melodies interspersed within it’s shadowy atmospheres. Deep electronic bass and undulating drum patterns keep the listener firmly rooted […]
The Walk of Thunder is a dark and contemplative post-rock/metal single, available to stream on Spotify, from Those Who Ride With Giants, coming three years after the release of the album “Numinous”. Abundant ambient atmospheres expand and contract beneath the thoughtful melodic guitars, synchronized with heavy drum patterns and a smooth driving baseline. The music […]
Tower of Silence, by Xerxes The Dark takes the listener on a dark ambient tour through a Zoroastrian Dakhma (Tower of Silence) where the deceased are left exposed to the mercy of the harsh elements and carrion birds. The album acts as an auditory psychological excarnation and a metaphor regarding the current state of mankind […]
Equivalents by Loscil, available from Kranky, is a weighty ambient pilgrimage into dark and hazy harmonious quietude. The music flows front to back throughout the entire album without disturbance, allowing for a transcendental listening experience. Warm drone beds lay beneath a cold mist that rises and slowly moves in persistent suspension along the surface. Minimal […]
Long Read Memories by Whettman Chelmets takes a deep dive into a vast ocean of sonic recollection. Directly from the artists personal life, the album will bring an empathetic listener as close as possible to a calamitous experience without actually having lived it. Textured field recordings mix with anxious digital noise, minimal drone and sparse […]
The Aether by All India Radio is a surrealistic and mind bending ambient trip into a modern world of synth psychedelia with a firm nod to the past. The music spends a bit less time on dronescapes, with a focus on sweeping ethereal swells, melodic instrumentation and elements of post rock that intertwine with slight […]
Plum God by Austin Rockman is a subdued, minimal dark ambient album that finds the airy space between noise and quiet stillness. Beautifully mangled sound rests on the periphery of conscious awareness, pulling the mind back from untethered states with anxious and processed machinelike errors and blurred distortions of texture. The music evokes a feeling […]