• Benjamin Finger – Pleasurably Lost/Motion Reverse

    July 1, 2015 - By 

    Norwegian producer Benjamin Finger is having quite a prolific year. An insatiable creator, he moves between genres and modes of production without any pressure to stick in one particular lane. Having released the melancholic Pleasurably Lost on niche French label Eilean Rec some months back, he’s just put out Motion Reverse on Dutch-based Shimmering Moods. The two albums are blissful and haunting in equal measure, yet express their respective ideas in hugely opposing fashions. Recorded in Oslo over a period of three years, Pleasurably Lost was inspired by Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz. This writer’s work was concerned with paradox and…

  • Premiere: A Bad Cavalier – ‘I’m a Wreck’

    July 1, 2015 - By 

    Ex-Panama Kings and current ASIWYFA man Niall Kennedy has been keeping himself occupied with his solo project, ambient outfit A Bad Cavalier. Debut E.P. ‘Ex Libris’, released in 2014, was self-penned, and self-performed, before Kennedy assembled a fearsome line-up, comprised of an all-star cast, including members of Ed Zealous, Hornets, Rams Pocket Radio, and Wonder Villains. With some heavyweight supports under their belt during initial live excursions lending them some hefty momentum, the lads unveil follow-up single ‘I’m a Wreck’, available for streaming below, and premiering exclusively with The Thin Air. “A supergroup of sorts, the five piece’s mix of ambient-post rock…