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Top Ambient Albums of 2025 – Winter Edition

James Krustofski James Krustofski March 19, 2025

As I said in my Top Ambient Albums of 2024 rundown, music lists with “Top” in their title are a little bit sus. Read More

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Dramatically Yours – The Dramatics (1973) – Album Review

James Krustofski James Krustofski March 15, 2025

Album: Dramatically Yours Artist: The Dramatics Label: Volt Records | Stax Records Release Date: 1973 People like to toss around the term microgenre as Read More

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What is Darkwave?

James Krustofski James Krustofski March 13, 2025

Darkwave: A Genre Built on Dread and Drum Machines Darkwave sits in the middle of a crumbling post-punk basement and a smog-filled Read More

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What Elvis Took from Black Musicians

James Krustofski James Krustofski March 12, 2025

How a segregated music industry profited off Black creativity and left the originators behind. Elvis Presley is often crowned the “King of Read More

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What is Acid Jazz?

James Krustofski James Krustofski March 6, 2025

Acid jazz formed in the cracks between crate digging and club culture. It came from DJs flipping rare groove records, jazz-funk LPs, Read More

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Thief OST – Tangerine Dream (1981) – Film Soundtrack Review

James Krustofski James Krustofski March 5, 2025

Michael Mann gave Tangerine Dream the keys to Thief, and they didn’t play it safe. They built an electronic score that Read More

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What is Slushwave?

James Krustofski James Krustofski February 21, 2025

Slushwave is vaporwave at a crawl. It stretches sound into something unrecognizable, pulling the listener into an endless loop of nostalgia that Read More

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What Is Ambient Post-Rock?

James Krustofski James Krustofski February 17, 2025

Ambient post-rock fuses slow-moving guitar textures, long-form compositions, and the repetition of ambient music with the compositional structure of post-rock. It builds Read More

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What is Bedroom R&B?

James Krustofski James Krustofski February 15, 2025

Bedroom R&B wasn’t born in neon-lit clubs or behind platinum consoles. It grew from bedrooms with cracked mics, thrift Read More

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Adventures in Paradise by Minnie Riperton (1975) – Album Review

James Krustofski James Krustofski February 13, 2025

Album: Adventures in Paradise Artist: Minnie Riperton Label: Epic Records Release Date: 1975 You can hear the distance between this album and Perfect Read More