"It's a wild, weirdy album of far-out, psychedelic funk infused, exotic, dance floor deviance; tune in and turn on." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/goldsta... Playlist Companion: www.submithub.com/link/slow-gr... #psychedelic #funk #exotic #music #alternative #independent #artist #berlin

"they’ve got a light touch and holistic approach; there are no invasive sounds here to upset the ambient equilibrium" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/f%C3%A9... Find the duo in the Ambient Playlist. www.submithub.com/link/slow-am... #ambient #electroacoustic #alternative #independent #artist

"the quartet somehow manage to nimbly slip into sedate jazz fusion territory, each player subtly stretching out within the song's astral soul shell, eschewing ego to maintain the song's velvety texture and tender tones" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/sophya-... #soul #jazz #independent #london

"I’ll be surprised if there’s a better psyche album this year, and I’m guessing the live show is a thing of wonder." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/setting... Find Setting in the Slow Psyche Playlist. www.submithub.com/link/slow-ps... #psychedelic #kosmische #alternative #northcarolina

"Word soon spreads and all sorts of other Casio tones, cosmic whirs, chirping synths and spiralling effects seep into this new age vision, intertwining to lift your spirits" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/saapato... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/new-age... #newage #newyork

"It's as holistic and soothing a slice of ambient piano as you'll find this year" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/evan-cr... Find S. Salter in the Slow Neoclassical Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ne... #ambient #piano #music #alternative #independent #artist

"Crommett's gently emotive vocals eager to join the simple but deadly guitar refrain and its subtle meandering that provides the song's smouldering coals. " www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/evan-cr... Find the duo in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-po... #altpop #newyork

"insistently layered, heavier drones, rumbling low-end frequencies and gloomier pads, that paint a more, if not ominous, then serious ambient picture" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/kodomo-... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slowtro... #ambient #independent #alternative #newyork

"It’s a great astral soul debut from an obvious talent" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/imani-r... Find Imani in the Ambient Pop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/ambient... #soul #ambient #independent #music #alternative #artist #Australia

"The recordings have a genuine mantric quality, rare patience and psychedelic music purity." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/herb-lo... Playlist Companion: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ps... #folk #psychedelic #independent #music #alternative #artist #brooklyn

"a faraway, gently freaky folk gem that nods to the sixties, but which has a timeless quality that will still sound good in '86." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/jenny-g... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-fo... #folk #psychedelic #independent #music #alternative #artist #berkeley

"If you have any interest in Brazilian music, especially the hazier, tropicalia and vintage end of the country’s rich musical spectrum" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/jo%C3%A... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-wo... #brazilianmusic #tropicalia #independent #alternative #canada

"It's a spirit-lifting slice of electronic music and bodes well for the album. Keep an eye on this guy." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/shelf-n... Find Nunny in the Slowtronic Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slowtro... #electronicmusic #chill #independent #music #alternative #artist #oregon

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"an awareness of the interconnectedness of all things - especially psychedelic musical genres" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/wooden-... Find Wooden Maria in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-po... #psychedelic #freakfolk #independent #music #alternative #artist #london

"his effect soaked, at times looped, baritone sax and bass clarinet carving their way through the electronic haze" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/elori-s... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-am... #jazz #ambient #independent #music #alternative #artist #losangeles

"it's not long before he picks up a sax & in a second the horn is spiralling into the air to pierce New York's rapidly developing haze" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/jerk-al... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ja... #jazz #hiphop #independent #alternative #newyork

"The piano is suitably minimal, reflecting the unpopulated surroundings, and unhurriedly threads its way through some low-lit, pleasantly ambiguous found sounds" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/darius-... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ne... #ambient #piano #cornwall

"a bassline with more bounce to the chill-out ounce lethargically bumps through the speakers, cementing its smoky jazz meets hip hop beats credentials." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/della-s... Find DSQ in the Slow Hop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ho... #jazz #hiphop #newzealand

"escape to low-tempo, dirge-folk meet post-rock pastures" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/hockita...  Find Hockitay in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-po... #altpop #postrock #independent #music #alternative #artist #canada

"the sweet, creatively Auto-Tuned vocals are wrapped up in all sorts of compositional kookiness, splattered with psychedelic snippets, coated with sonic swirls, and shaken by compositional tremors" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/more-ea... #altpop #experimental #independent #alternative #newyork

"It's a real end-of-night, smile-inducing, spirit-lifting joy" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/sons-of... Find SOS in the Slow Balearic Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ba... #soul #balearic #independent #music #alternative #artist

"an experiment to take her ambient-neoclassical nature soundtracking to its ultimate conclusion, by creating and recording the music in a wilderness surrounded cabin, & actually outside" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/isabel-... Companion: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ne... #ambient #classical

"the perfect soundtrack for our flickering, small-screen lit & shaped, tech overlorded, autocratic creep & doom-scrolling angst-ridden, twilight zone." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/matryos... Playlist Companion: www.submithub.com/link/slowtro... #ambient #electronica #independent #seattle

"a rhythmic, hypnotic guitar refrain that sucks you in from the off, regular, menacing psyche guitar riffs that punch through the gloom and ratchet up the tension" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/swarme-... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ps... #Americana #altfolk #austin

"It's a disarming & charming, lopsided folk listen from an amiable-sounding bunch, & if you're in need of some relatable, quietly kooky music company, then knock on their studio door." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/favouri... Slow Psyche Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ps... #freakfolk

Arabic vocals, coupled with the speaker-worrying bass, contemporary and futuristic riddims plus the take-no-prisoners vibe" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/simo-ce... Find the duo in the End of Week Freak Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-so... #globalbass #experimental #alternative #artist

"a real trip back in time, and as good a vintage soul homage as you'll hear this year." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/tiwayo-... Find Tiwayo in the Slow Soul Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-so... #soul #funk #blues #independent #music #alternative #artist @recordkicks.bsky.social

"feel-good, low-gravity, soulful dreaminess that wouldn't have sounded out of place in the late 90s and early 00s chill-out heyday" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/yazata-... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ba... #chillout #downtempo #independent #music #alternative #artist

"a playful, distinctly forward-looking duet between the not particularly obvious violin & the pleasing machine noises" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/aho-ssa... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slowtro... #electronicmusic #neoclassical #independent #alternative #artist #paris

"this stunning debut from Salway Jaradat, that oozes Arabic soul, craft, grace and emotional weight" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/salwa-j... Find Jaradat in the Slow World Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-wo... #arabicmusic #music #independent #alternative #artist #palestine

"Fragments is not a remix record, nor a revisionist exercise, but an intentional breaking - which sounds quite painful, and sort of is." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/elskavo... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/ambient... #ambient #electronic #alternative #artist #minneapolis

"whilst the hazy, pleasantly woozy acoustic setting suggests you too should choose an alternative path." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/matt-st... Find Storm in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-po... #soul #acoustic #music #independent #alternative #artist #canada

"It's a pleasing wall of folktronic sound that bodes well for an eclectic, back to the future take on the folk condition" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/lemonce... Find Lemoncello in the Slow Folk Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-fo... #folk #folktronic #music #alternative #artist #dublin

"he’s soared off to art rock meets far-out pop meets acid-folk via tripped-out electroacoustic jazz fusion territory" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/jan-esb... Find Esbra in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-od... #altpop #artrock #jazz #independent #alternative #newyork

"Experimental intentions laid bare, the track suddenly dissolves into a 90's trance breakdown that gradually gets devoured by the return of our future android overlord and her machine noise onslaught" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/late-bu... #experimental #neoclassical #alternative #brussels

"a swirling, psychedelic, peak-time, leftfield, nu-jazz dance music delight" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/lucy-li... Find Liyou in the End of Week Freak Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-po... #experimental #nujazz #music #independent #alternative #artist #sanfrancisco

"This is alternative pop, scowling alt-rock and band powered singer-songwriting with attitude" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/lucy-kr... Find Kruger in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-po... #altpop #altrock #music #independent #alternative #artist #berlin

"another genre-ambiguous gem that I'm filing under perky pan-African powered alt-pop" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/anya-an... Find @anyaanastasia.bsky.social in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-po... #altpop #desertblues #music #independent #alternative #artist #adelaide

"They're quite the folk quartet - look out for the live shows." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/liza-lo... Find Lo in the Slow Folk Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-od... #folk #acoustic #music #independent #alternative #artist #london

"He's obviously got a soft spot for leftfield, restless, ambient electronic music" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/jason-a... Find april. in the Slow Oddities Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-od... #electronicmusic #ambientpop #music #independent #alternative #artist

"Hypnotic, barely moving post-rock ambience is the order of the day" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/geomanc... Find Geomancer in the Slow Oddities Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-od... #postrock #ambient #music #independent #alternative #artist #adelaide

"warm, bucolic ambience and beautifully crafted music" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/yimes-m... Find Yimes in the Slow Balearic Playlist www.submithub.com/link/slow-ba... #chillout #newage #music #independent #alternative #artist

"a spiritual, ambient jazz masterclass" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/alina-b... Find the trio in the Slow Ambient Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-am... #spiritaljazz #ambient #music #independent #alternative #artist #london @truthoughts.bsky.social

"it's a fine blend of hazy, down-to-earth urban soul, every-girl trip hop and housing estate poetry," www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/norah-j... Find the pair in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-po... #urbansoul #altpop #music #independent #alternative #artist #amsterdam

"Desmet attempts to keep sane by calmly repeating the song title like a mantra, but is enveloped by the orchestra's existential angst." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/ruis-a-... #altpop #altfolk #music #independent #alternative #artist #belgium

"the best - definitely the longest, deep/ambient/house/techno (delete as applicable) track of 2026" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/%C3%B8j... For more low gravity house: www.submithub.com/link/ambient... #deephouse #ambienthouse #music #independent #alternative #artist #denmark

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"content to let the percussive loops and gentle ambient breeze elevate and usher the piano through the speakers" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/joris-v... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ba... #balearic #paino #electronicmusic #music #independent #alternative #artist #amsterdam

"the intro's ambient electronic vibes and a rousing counter-cultural spoken word sample swiftly given a kick up the arse by a slow but sure house beat" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/sameold... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ho... #house #electronicmusic #independent #glasgow