Edit: now on Sunday due to weather
An autumnal ambient afternoon awaits you this coming Saturday 10/25 from noon to 3pm. Joining us for this special pop-up event is our favorite local ambient live artist @tareksabbar and one of Madison's most cherished local underground heroes @wangzoom .
We'll be on the near east side of Madison, exact location will be announced Friday afternoon via our Instagram stories. We encourage you to bring blankets and comfy things to relax on.
ambient:hours is a great place to co-create with us. Draw, paint, write, etc... or just enjoy the warm lush tones while staring deeply into the clouds passing by in the sky above you.
"nature is not a place to visit, it is home" Gary Snyder
Design also by @wangzoom
Edit: Rescheduling for Monday night (9/1) from 5-8pm due to rain
We've got something incredibly special for y'all this Friday! Our first ambient:hours pop-up event and it's with the always wondrous @les_antenes
Unified moments of presence await you as we bask within her deep tranquil sounds while taking in the fading multi-hued glow of the sun setting on another day.
5-8pm on the near east side of Madison. Exact location will be announced Friday afternoon via our Instagram stories. We encourage you to bring blankets and comfy things to relax on.
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. - John Burroughs
Design by @wangzoom
Across four decades and over 50 albums, Robert Rich has helped define the genres of ambient music, dark-ambient, tribal and trance, yet his music remains hard to categorize. Part of his unique sound comes from using home-made acoustic and electronic instruments, microtonal harmonies, computer-based signal processing, chaotic systems and feedback networks. Rich began building his own analog synthesizers in 1976, when he was 13 years old, and later studied for a year at Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
Rich released his first album Sunyata in 1982. Most of his subsequent recordings came out in Europe until 1989, when Rich began a string of critically acclaimed releases for Fathom/Hearts of Space, including Rainforest (1989), Gaudí (1991), Propagation (1994) and Seven Veils (1998). His two collaborations with Steve Roach, Strata (1990) and Soma (1992), both charted for several months in Billboard. Other respected collaborations include Stalker (1995 with B. Lustmord), Fissures (1997 with Alio Die) and Outpost (2002 with Ian Boddy.) His group, Amoeba, explored atmospheric songcraft on their CDs Watchful (1997) and Pivot (2000). Live albums such as Calling Down the Sky (2004) and 3-CD Humidity (2000) document the unique improvised flow of his performances.
Rich has performed in caves, cathedrals, planetaria, art galleries and concert halls throughout Europe and North America. His all-night Sleep Concerts, first performed in 1982, became legendary in the San Francisco area. In 1996 he revived his all-night concert format, playing Sleep Concerts for live and radio audiences across the U.S. during a three month tour. In 2001 Rich released the 7 hour DVD Somnium, a studio distillation of the Sleep Concert experience, followed in 2014 by his 15 hour Blu-ray release Perpetual. Rich returned to playing Sleep Concerts once again after 2013 for special performances in Krakow, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Gdansk, USA’s Noise Pop and Moogfest, and elsewhere. His more active music takes him to international festivals such as Boom, Klusa Daba, Rainbow Serpent and Earth Frequency, Monsoon, Electric Forest, & Earth Dance.
This Musique Électronique we're incredibly excited to unveil a new project entitled ambient:hours on Sunday afternoon. A break from the normal dancefloor you’ve come to expect at our stage, and a chance to immerse yourself into sounds that bring a different dimension of connection. Blankets or comfy chairs welcome during these hours. Also follow our new page @ambient.hours for pop up events around Madison later this summer.
Across four decades and over 50 albums, Robert Rich has helped define ambient music. Part of his unique sound comes from using home-made acoustic and electronic instruments, microtonal harmonies, computer-based signal processing, chaotic systems and feedback networks. Rich began building his own analog synthesizers in 1976, when he was 13 years old, and later studied for a year at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. Rich has performed in caves, cathedrals, planetaria, art galleries and concert halls throughout Europe and North America. His all-night Sleep Concerts, first performed in 1982, became legendary in the San Francisco area.
Kiisu is the experimental sound project of Minneapolis-based artist Niki Kitz. Blending long-form field recordings, modular synthesis, and electroacoustic elements, she ventures into unseen, mystical realms. With lush drones and delicate micro-soundscapes, Kiisu weaves her signature "Dream Swamp" sound-a sonic space where the veil between worlds dissolves.
Design by @wangzoom
