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The Slow Music Movement
@theslowmusicmovement.org
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Disorderly digging in an algorithmic world. Lesser known independent artists & alternative music. Generally lazy & hazy vibes. Check the newsletter, blog & socials for our daily music tips, podcast & playlists.
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"it's jazz for dark rooms and late nights, jazz for the disenfranchised and discriminated against."
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Find Matérn in the Slow Jazz Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-ja...

#jazz #trumpet #alternative #music #independent #artist #newyork
January 28, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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"making for quite an opiated ambient folk ode to responsible substance use"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/willebr...

Find Willebrant in the Slow Ambient Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-am...

#ambient #fieldrecordings #alternative #music #independent #artist #melbourne
January 27, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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"the perfect time to slip on your headphones and better explore the sonic details of this gently restless soundscape"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/jeremie...

Find Fauquet in the Slowtronic Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slowtro...

#ambient #electronic #music #independent #artist #france
The cover for Jérémie Fauquet's ambient track, "Factory 7", showing a cracked grey concrete surface with scattered dark spots, revealing brown, textured earth beneath. No visible text, abstract and weathered. Modern classical and ambient musician and producer Jérémie Fauquet in a black sweater sits in front of a keyboard and dual monitors in a home studio. Bright window light and a plant are visible.
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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"a back to the future trip down cut & paste dance music memory lane, that puts fun & smiles back onto the dance floor."
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/bitplan...

For more dancefloor madness:
www.submithub.com/link/end-of-...

#d&b #experimental #alternative #music #independent #artist #japan
Bitplane - Peacock Fetus / クジャクの胎児 (Self Release) [Experimental]
"a back to the future trip down cut and paste dance music memory lane, that puts the fun and the smiles back onto the dance floor."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/bitplane-peacock-fetus-クジャクの胎児-experimental
January 25, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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"the rhythm section get a real sweat on - tightly locked and intent on reaching escape velocity"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/yamirah...

Find the trio in the Slow Jazz Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-ja...

#jazz #nujazz #alternative #music #independent #artist #berlin
The cover for German jazz trio, Yamirah's Solar Explorers, "Ode To Jürgen" single, showing a reflection in an astronaut helmet showing three astronauts on the moon near a lander. Starry background in black and white creates a serene mood.
January 22, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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“the recording’s intimacy draws you into the space until you’re sitting cross legged on the factory floor. It’s a delicate and charming neoclassical listen."
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/jelena-...

Companion Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-ne...

#neoclassical #liverecording #music
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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‘Europeans have to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan on Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’ and the end of the western alliance
The geopolitics expert, who warned of the president’s authoritarianism a decade ago, tells Carole Cadwalladr how deep the roots of American white nationalism are – and that Europe needs to wake up, fast
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January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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When you hear a single and immediately put the album release date in your diary.

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January 20, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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“This is electronic music for the head as well as the hips"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/mattr-e...

Find Mattr in the Ambient House Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/ambient...

#idm #futurebreaks #music #independent #artist #london
January 20, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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"paving the way for some suitably languid drums and the arrival of Hasselgren's fragile, low gravity, achingly beautiful vocals"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/boy-ome...

Find them in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-po...

#altpop #alternative #music #independent #sweden
The cover of Boy Omega and Jörgen Gustafsson's, "Steam Train" single, showing a steam locomotive enveloped in thick steam, set against a sepia-toned background, creating a nostalgic and mysterious atmosphere. Boy Omega Jörgen Gustafsson's studio - full of synths.
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 AM
theslowmusicmovement.org
“gentle, peaceful and borderline blissful electroacoustic soundscapes"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/kita-ko...

Find Kouhei in the Slow Ambient Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-am...

#ambient #electroacoustic #music #independent #artist #japan
January 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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"a mighty fine, mildly theatrical, shadowy slice of lysergic alt-pop rock with genuine craft"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/phantom...

Find Phantom Pink in the Slow Psyche Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-ps...

#altpop #artrock #psychedelic #music #independent #artist #losangeles
The cover for Brayton Walls aka Phantom Pink's, "Czech New Wave" single, showing a highly abstract figure in a mustard dress and veil carrying a flaming head in a dark, shadowy setting. Mood is eerie and mysterious. Brayton Walls aka Phantom Pink in a white tank top sings and plays electric guitar on stage, with colorful lights and a blurred backdrop, conveying a lively atmosphere.
January 18, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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“he's just released Altavistic - his debut LP, & it's as idiosyncratic and wonderful an electronic music excursion as I'd hoped for"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/other-a...

Slow House Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-ho...

#electronic #house #music #independent #artist #sanfrancisco
January 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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The latest newsletter just got sent to 4000+ subscribers, just click the profile link to check out six great albums from the alternative and independent music underground.
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Digging and Sowing
Eclectic ambience abounds.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:09 AM
theslowmusicmovement.org
It was nice to read that @bandcamp.com are making a stand against AI music. Their press release says all the right things, but I can't help feeling that relying on the sites users to police its AI music content doesn’t show any meaningful resolve on the issue.

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January 15, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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“Tiwayo has upped the funk and headed straight to the dance floor with "Up For Soul""
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/tiwayo-...

Find Tiwayo in the Slow Grooves Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-gr...

#soul #funk #music #independent #artist #paris
The cover for Tiwayo's, "Up For Soul" single showing Tiwayo and the band smiling and leaning against a white brick wall. Text above reads "Tiwayo Up For Soul" in red and green. Relaxed, vintage vibe.
January 15, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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“the mood is one of detachment, introspection & more than a hint of that rarely discussed feeling of loneliness and melancholy that can creep up on urbanites when left on their own"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/molto-o...

Find Ohm in the Ambient Pop Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/ambient...
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
theslowmusicmovement.org
“The vibe from the off is distinctly sixties, which lets face it in jazz is no bad thing"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/ensembl...

Find the Ensemble in the Slow Jazz Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-ja...

#jazz #alternative #music #independent #artist #hamburg
January 13, 2026 at 7:30 AM
theslowmusicmovement.org
“an acoustic guitar lays down the track's folk credentials and paves the way for the fragile, warm yet wistful vocals"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/the-ent...

Find them in the Slow Folk Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-fo...

#folk #altfolk #alternative #music #independent #artist #sydney
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 AM
theslowmusicmovement.org
“Sunrise” gives spiritual jazz a rustic Japanese folkloric infusion whilst whispering a call for peace and love. Yes please."
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/takuro-...

Find Okada in the Slow Jazz Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-ja...

#jazz #spiritualjazz #independent #artist #japan
January 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
theslowmusicmovement.org
"charting and building tellurian bridges between the ambient, new age and neoclassical multiverses"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/saltbre...

Find Saltbreaker in The New Age of New Age Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/the-new...

#newage #ambient #alternative #music #independent #artist #detroit
The cover for Detroit music producer John Hanson, aka Saltbreaker's, "Music for Flute and Robins" single, showing bare tree with intricate branches silhouetted against a bright sky, surrounded by blurred grasses, conveying a serene, winter mood. John Hanson, aka Saltbreaker's face, overlaid with delicate white baby's breath flowers. The background is dark, creating a serene and contemplative mood.
January 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
theslowmusicmovement.org
"Trip Hop didn't die it just moved with the times and Darkstate is currently leading the way."
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/darksta...

Find Darkstates in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist.
www.submithub.com/link/slow-po...

#triphop #altpop #alternative #music #independent #artist #london
The cover for Darkstates, "Motionless" single, showing a close-up of textured blue and green pattern resembling scales. Overlaid white text reads "DARKSTATES MOTIONLESS." Silhouette of singer and music producer Darkstate's profile with abstract, blurred repetition effect in black and white, creating a surreal and introspective mood.
January 9, 2026 at 7:46 AM
theslowmusicmovement.org
"the Fourth World’s disenfranchised now have another soundtrack"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/niikkol...

Find NIIKKOLAHS in the Slow Oddities Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-od...

#fourthworld #alternative #music #independent #artist #japan
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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One year on from the Los Angeles wildfires. A stunning before and after photo feature, and thousands of sad stories. www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
January 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
theslowmusicmovement.org
"This could be ambient jazz's year, and if I finally do that jazzbient mix this tune will be on it."
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/tapani-... 

Find this great tune in the Slow Ambient Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slow-am...

#ambient #jazz #alternative #music #independent #artist #finland
January 8, 2026 at 2:11 PM