Higher Plain Music

Electronic experiments, this time turning the Mediterranean Sea into an ambient world.

After creating some hypnotic alt-electronic bangers on their previous albums, SHHE was commissioned to record the Mediterranean Sea using hydrophones. This original plan didn’t come together as Alexandria’s heavily ...

Vibralizer is the latest app to launch into early access on Steam, which leans into the world of music visualisation. I have extremely fond memories of playing music with Winamp and Windows Media Player visualisations on, whilst singing loudly as a teenager. Honestly, I’m still doing it at 42 years old, but the visualisation element of player apps has dropped away over the ye...

Ólafur Arnalds launched his OPIA Community to provide a community element for musicians and artists to collaborate and create. OPIA has released an extended interview with Ólafur Arnalds, where he explains his approach to creating music, dealing with time pressures and project management, and staying true to your values and vision. It is a fascinating insight, as Ólafur follo...

Whilst each member of Son Lux has been busy with solo projects or film scores, the trio have announced their new album ‘Out Into’. Due for release on 18th September, it’ll feature songs built from spontaneous improvisation and sparks of new songs that were captured on tape and then iterated upon.

For Son Lux’s nonth album (although the trio formed at album four), th...

I’ve absolutely had enough of enshittification and generative AI being shovelled into my eyes and ears. I don’t want it. I don’t need it. I am in complete rebellion against generative AI and will never use it in my lifetime. It seems that folk artist Luke Nickle is feeling similarly. I stumbled across his banjo-toting track ‘Fuck Your AI’ this week, and it perfectly articulat...