February 9th, 2026
It’s been a while since I published my OUT TODAY column… Here is a list of releases from late last year that you will surely enjoy!
Searching for Home Normal
Home Normal
Location: London, Tokyo, Warsaw
Founded: 2009
Organic-minimal-electronic-folk record label curated by Ian Hawgood, co-run with Ben Jones, with design assistance from Jeremy Bible and Christian Roth. Originated from Tokyo, but relocated later to Warsaw, Poland.
Music For Capricious Souls Adrift In Noir-fi
For the last eighteen years, this music haunted my breath, then cautiously moved through the ether … Continued
James Murray
Clearings (Unmasked Mix)
“… about discovering deep listening and reconnecting with the music and the artist…”
Monoparts, Will Samson, ATŌMI and Demetrio Cecchitelli
“… a musical exploration of personal revelations and environmental echoes…”
Hildur Guðnadóttir, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Ian Hawgood
“… dark, brooding…”
ASC, Slow Reels, Sylvain Chauveau and Abul Mogard
… melancholic yet hopeful ambience for fans of ethereal soundscapes …
Celer
Engaged Touches (Expanded and Remastered)
“… a sonic postcard from a time and place unlike any other…”
Andrew Tasselmyer
Flowers in a Storm
“… beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap…”
Observatories, Ocoeur, Memorybell
… delicate, tape-treated textures for a stress-melting ambience …