The American found-sound artist’s new album captures all the delight and drama of European bellringing, as he manipulates field recordings into drifting 20-minute worksFrom Berlin via Los AngelesRecommended if you like Philip Jeck, Félicia Atkinson, Sarah DavachiUp next New album Campana Sonans has just been releasedSome of the loveliest ambient music – in that term’s truest sense – available to us is the sound of church bells. The cascading notes heralding a wedding are the aural equivalent of the scent of freshly cut grass, in how they evoke British summer time. But played on a large, sombre bell, the monophonic tolling that announces the time seems almost nihilist: a reminder of the ticking clock of our own lives. Continue reading...