my top ten quiet, ambient, sometimes disorienting, often dynamic releases of 2025 - and two special reissues of 2025. did any of these show up on your lists?

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Enjoyed ENE at Sunday Soundtracks immensely. Scott was one of the first ambient-electronic-collage artists I saw live. He's still bringing it - and with minimal gear too. Amazing. #electronic #ENE #SundaySoundtracks #RVA

Learning #AbletonLive (last three recordings were all done in Logic). I really love the piano roll in particular and the simple flexibility. Only observation is my mixes are much quieter. Is it normal to export tracks back to Logic and apply some #chromaglow (love it!), compression and gain to it?

Image by JRS Music World, willowlaun live at Gallery 5, Richmond VA #ambient #drone

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Live video drop - thanks to Silver Persinger for filming! #ambient #gallery5 youtu.be/jYdMU4cUlqc

Come to gallery5 today to see a show with some interesting artists… #ambient #electronic #modular

Gig alert #ambient #electronic #willowlaun

🚨 Calling all sonic conjurers: Murmurs in the Mist is coming. Haunting. Atmospheric. Fog-bound. Send your track to [email protected] by Nov 6. Include artist name, track title & link to other work. Let’s stir the mist. #NewMusic

from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’

Up III #ambient

Here are albums that ponder climate change, a shuttering listening bar, Gravity’s Rainbow, and more.

Little vignette I kinda dig #ambient #farfisa #moog

limited edition cassettes available of willowlaun III $9 on bandcamp. for fans of drones, sustaining notes, ambient maximal-minimal #ambient #cassette #drone #sustain #rhodespiano #solina #farfisa #fieldrecordings #fuzz #birdsounds #catsplaying #emoambient #moog willowlaun.bandcamp.com

willowlaun III - free download for fans of #ambient, glacially paced drones, minimalism/maximalism, field recordings, organs and birds. willowlaun.bandcamp.com/yum #freedownloadcodes 5zqm-6kgb gy87-69fx 2uzx-y9vq dmyp-7zzt p8k8-5zk7 kk5e-j6m5 uy6g-yy9r vtyn-bu6l fzkv-hq9j l3y6-v8gk

Out today on some streaming platforms… III

Intersectional

Upstate NY

Interesting stats, I guess? #frenchambient #drone #applemusic #ambient

Minimal ambient, 3 notes slammed against a 4 note sustained guitar riff, slowed and looped with angels #8647 #deadfascists #ambient #dark willowlaun.bandcamp.com/album/iii?t=8

My latest release is up on bandcamp for pre-order. III #ambient #willowlaun

it was a nice run, folks. #ambient

willow-drones #ambient #willowlaun #noisegazing

willowlaun's cassette / digital release of “III” out on sept 4 on all digital platforms (except spotify). lots of farfisa, field recordings, moogs and emotion. ⚡️also, lovely collaborations with gregory darden & bardøhz ⚡️ the barn photo was taken by frank pichel 😻 #ambient #drone #shoegaze #glacial

CLEAN HOUSE VOL. 1, a compilation for @wrir973fm.bsky.social - with all proceeds going to raising funds for their new studio in downtown Richmond, VA: www.wrircampaign.org includes the piece Fix Yr Hearts, from yours truly. #wrir #ambient #electronic #pretty #RVA Bandcamp: shorturl.at/M8tcR

Dead Fascists

Alright which one of you cowards made this meme about me behind my back.

Mid-atlantic melodic #drone #ambient - these three new pieces are up on Bandcamp and other streaming places but #nospotify willowlaun.bandcamp.com/album/pre-ii... download codes: willowlaun.bandcamp.com/yum n8su-35ms wzhd-huyd cyec-jpnh su6c-yr5v sly4-bl78 pskq-wjpn 675j-c6hc uw76-wyqw xpm2-c3ks

Ideating

Comparing mixes of III #willowlaun #ambient

Atmos Perspex

Part of a new piece… stacked Farfisa, Rhodes, slide guitar tones and a sample of my sister asking my Mom an important question…. #ambient #nostalgia #ebow #farfisa #solina #willowlaun

Mixing new tunes while the neighbor is using the gas powered leaf blower… 🌬️🍃🤷🏽‍♂️ This piece is going to be called “sliding into pants” #ambient #shoegaze #drone

LeBon, my tape operator, after his dust bath #tape #ambient #ambientcat #dirty

Deleting everything off of Soundcloud today. The internet is just completely enshitified at this point, destroyed by the fever dreams of greedy, soulless venture capitalists trying to crush artists once and for all.

Sifting through the dozens of Peel Sessions recordings available on Bandcamp isn't exactly an easy task—so we did the work for you. Here are 10 releases that encapsulate the late DJ's lasting legacy.

A# & F drone with tone rolled back guitar 🎸 #willowlaun #dronemusic #ambient

Today 4/27/2025 at kindred spirits satellite in richmond, va. An ambient, idm experimental & industrial showcase #ambient #sundaysoundtracks #shoegaze #industrial #fieldrecordings #electronic #syncretist #permanent #willowlaun

Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland Canada #Photography #Newfoundland #Canada #sunrise

Free download codes of willowlaun II: willowlaun.bandcamp.com/yum mtwx-j6wd bzjj-kylc w39r-guvw catw-bq6s sfze-xz8l sw29-et7j uv94-3gq5 x9th-c7kr jtnj-w5zl fu58-c3yj for fans of ambient, soundtrack, drone and other glacial musics #ambient #downloadcodes #bandcamp #drone #shoegaze #emoambient