Quiet Sector & In The Branches featured in “Dark Ambient Northwest” Spotify Playlist
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In The Branches – Traveling Back Through Time (Official 4K Music Video)
Collected Pieces – Part 1 by In The Branches
“Stepping Into the Past” by In The Branches and Neglect
This track floods my whole being with a cosmic sense of flow, of subtle grace and love to the pulsation of life inside and outside, a sense of the uniqueness
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In The Branches – “Lost and Found” now on YouTube
“Lost and Found” was a return to the minimal side of In The Branches, using only live guitar (plus a loop pedal and hardware effects pedals) as the sole source of sound through the entire hour-long journey. … Continue readingIn The Branches – “Lost and Found” now on YouTube
None So Vinyl – An underground music rabbit-hole & record store project
None So Vinyl begins as a metal and ambient music blog, but I have much bigger plans for this project. Eventually, it should be a record store, magazine, metal show
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What’s The Best Way To Buy Music Online?
I want to not only promote Bandcamp, but promote the attitude they portray in supporting artists. They take a smaller portion from artists than any other top company in the music biz. In fact, companies like Spotify and iTunes steal a much larger portion than their fair share. … Continue readingWhat’s The Best Way To Buy Music Online?
Support In The Branches by Subscribing on YouTube
I bit the bullet and signed up for YouTube Premium recently. I’m always a little bit conflicted about supporting YouTube, knowing how little they pay content creators in proportion to
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In The Branches (sleep music, ambient guitar music) albums now on YouTube
I will continue uploading full albums on YouTube until I either 1) Run out of material (yeah right!) or 2) Lose trust in YouTube. For now, let’s see how it goes. Don’t forget to subscribe! … Continue readingIn The Branches (sleep music, ambient guitar music) albums now on YouTube
Recommended Music From and About Russia
I’ve been studying Ukrainian, Russian, and German, with the intention of visiting Europe with family as soon as it’s safe and possible to do so. When you’re learning Russian, it’s
Quiet Sector’s “Mining Moons To Build A Star” (ambient synth music) album released on Bandcamp
This is an album that took me about two years of weekend warrior-ing after I returned to my software engineering career in Portland. This project took over all of my
Quiet Sector – To Build A Star (Single) now on Soundcloud
As a preview for the 2020 Quiet Sector album, Mining Moons To Build A Star, I’ve released a new song on Bandcamp and Soundcloud. It’s the final track on the
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In The Branches – “Hidden Elements” Released Three Years Ago
“Hidden Elements” was inspired by winter in the Pacific Northwest, where things are unusually peaceful. This post is dedicated to that fall-themed album, originally released on Bandcamp on November 3,
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Recommended Post-Rock: God Is An Astronaut
All is Violent, All is Bright by GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT These Irish brethren of mine continue to surprise me on newer albums, but I know that a lot of
From Robert Rich to SCÁTH NA DÉITHE: My Conflicted and Magical Bandcamp Collection
It’s no secret to those who know me, that I love weird underground music (evil black metal, Swedish dark ambient, Canadian tech-death, classical, and even some new age and *gasp*
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Recommended Eastern European Metal Albums
It’s been a while since I did a music recommendation post, and my decision to learn Ukrainian, Russian, and German makes me more interested in everything European. After all, 2020
Featured Song: “The Forever Kind”
The Forever Kind by In The Branches Title track from In The Branches’ 2017 album of the same title, The Forever Kind. Hear the rest of this album/sound journey on
New Release: In The Branches “Planetary Confinement”
Planetary Confinement by In The Branches Planetary Confinement is a meditation on nature and a dedication to the wild birds of Oregon. A reminder of all our smaller cohabitants on
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Recommended #ambient: Vidna Obmana – Landscape In Obscurity
Currently free (Name Your Price) to download in recording-studio quality via Bandcamp. Landscape In Obscurity (20th anniversary edition) name-your-price by vidnaObmana I paid $5 for this one as soon as
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Recommended Music: The Mystery Of The Yeti
In 1996, two years before the first Shpongle (Simon Posford) album and quite a good year for music (I’m thinking of ambient and metal specifically)… Something important happened. I knew
Recommended Music: Earth House Hold – “Never Forget Us”
Brock Van Wey, a.k.a. Bvdub, made quite an impression on me around 2013. I remember finding his album “Then” and realizing that it was a great album to sleep to.
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