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Second Nature is the 2012 album from Seb Taylor’s electronic downtempo project Hibernation. With a distinct sonic palette that includes…

A circadian rhythm is a day in the life of all earthlings, the predictable fluctuations of our physical, behavioral and/or…

New Quarantine Album from Simon Posford of Shpongle & Hallucinogen

We dug this review of EDMidentity.com by Jared Skolnick on Simon Posford of both Shpongle and Hallucinogen (psytrance) fame, released a reflective and downtempo, ambient soundtrack in isolation during this time of quarantine. After the final Shpongle Live Band at Red Rocks May 4-5th, 2019, Simon has played shows in select hot spots around the country pre-quarantine, and we assume there is more music in the future for Shpongle… but this release is something remotely different.

His 10 new tracks don’t belong under either the Shpongle or psytrance project Hallucinogen monikers, so he released them under his very own name. With song titles like “Lockdown,” “The Hobbyist,” and “Wish You Weren’t Here,” we think we understand the type of environment Simon endured during this album’s production. Sure can feel these sounds. Listen to Flux & Contemplation: Portrait of an Artist in Contemplation below.

A dive into various genres bounding around the world. Presenting to you the first of the DEFIANCE REMIX E.P.s (there…

We love the UK’s Globular, who appeared in the US a couple of times, for Infrasound Music Festival and Astral…

The latest Street Ritual comp, ‘For The Hennys,” gives us 24 low-end tracks meant for — you guessed it —…