A couple of ambient issues:
Kosmogon: Mässan
Featuring Nicklas Barker of Swedish band Anekdoten on orgel, mellotron, arp odyssey, & ljudband and Sophie Linder on mellotron, logan string melody, & elektronik.
With no beat and no readily discernable melody, the music still gives a feeling of going somewhere and has a depth that fulfills Brian Eno's description as "music that is as ignorable as it is listenable." RIYL: Tangerine Dream, Robert Fripp soundscapes or ambient music in general.
Jon Durant & Stephan Thelen: Crossings
Two experimental guitarists, one Swiss and the other from Portland, Oregon, exchanged files during lockdown and came up with this little gem. RIYL Durant's other outlet, Burnt Belief• Emergent, an outfit featuring Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree and drummer Vinnie Sabitini. Nicklas can be found on psych-jamming outfit My Brother the Wind and classic horror movie soundtrack referencing Symphonic Holocaust by Morte Macabre. Thelen is guitarist and sound designer in Sonar and a Guitar Craft student.
Swedish lesson for the day, orgel translates as organ and ljudband translates as magnetic tape or samples in this case.
As far the blues go , liked the usual suspects, SRV, BB King, Rory Gallagher, Joe Bonamassa (had the pleasure of seeing Joe, six rows back right in front of him, tearing it up all night long on the electric on his birthday. Most awesome blues show I ever witnessed).
