Blog: The Needle Drop

By nature, ambient music's not that intrusive, and it shouldn't be. Soft background atmospherics are where the music has been relegated, but this shouldn't stop it from being experimental, interesting, or complex. Enter Ethan Rose: An ambient music artist out of Portland. Ethan's been at this "furniture music" thing for about five releases now, and his latest LP is Oaks . The album is named after a local skating rink Ethan's been visiting over the past year, but he hasn't been spending his time there on wheels. Instead, he's on the rink's vintage Wurlitzer organ. Playing it [...]

• Ethan Rose - On Wheels Rotating