Review: Turkish female prodigy Ipek Gorgun has been aptly recruited by the mighty Touch imprint within minutes of her first material being released, and we couldn't think of a more suitable home for this young talent's sonic experiments. Enrolled as a music student in Ankara, Gorgun certainly has no time for traditional music laws if this album is anything to by. Improvisation and experimentation are the two keywords here, but we really mean it; we've heard very few releases that manage to harness so many different styles and influences under one roof, and the producer's talent lies in her ability to make seemingly impossible transitions seem utterly natural. From noise, then straight to gentle ambient, and then back to the most placid of drones, Ipek Gorgun is the new, undisputed Drone Queen.
Review: Ambient-drone legend Fennesz has been a pioneer in the science of sound for many years, and London's Touch has been responsible for releasing arguably his best and most important work to date. For its latest release, Touch has reissued the inimitable Venice as a 10th anniversary edition, and the album still sounds as fresh today as it did 10 years ago. It's ambient, for sure, but of a certain variety and quality. Filled with organic sounds and field recordings, tracks like "Rivers Of Sand" have become the blueprint for much of the work made in the same genre today, tailor-made for fans of Oneohtrix Point Never and a lot of the output on Bill Kouligas' PAN label. Unmissable.
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