‘Set the Weather Fair: Seasons’ is an album of reinterpretations of Digitonal’s 2020 studio album by a diverse range of electronica artists. It runs a gamut of styles from Proswell’s stark ambient take on the title track, to Aeon Cub’s angular IDM version of ‘The End is Just the Beginning’.
Ambient music is a mixture of process and environment, making it rich territory for remixing. “I often think of the ambient music I write as a distillation of a particular moment, place and emotion and so it’s super interesting to hear the result when other artists re-contextualise these things.”
Having some space between an album’s original release and the reinterpretations further enhances this gap, placing it entirely in another timeframe, when the urgency of the original has passed more into the general fabric of the audience’s attention. The job of revitalising this can only happen with bold reconstructions and the variety of styles demonstrated in Seasons.
Watch Bramley (Bunkr Remix):
“It’s the idea of switching the engines off and freeing yourself from the noise of everyday life.”
Essential Ambient, as curated by Heaven 17 & Honeyroot frontman Glenn Gregory
Their twelfth studio album, The Fear of Never Landing, is set for release 6th June. The news is paired with the release of first single Eight Miles High Alone, and accompanied by the official music video.
“”If everything isn’t black & white, I say, “why the hell not”… – John Wayne
“Smell the sea, and feel the sky, Let your soul and spirit fly.”
“Every day I wake up and smile,
Twenty four hours lie ahead of me.
I vow to live each moment fully
And look at all beings with compassionate eyes.”
“I see ambient music as a positive force in our world. It can’t change it but it might be strong enough to inspire people, to help them heal and to spread optimism.”