HAROLD BUDD (With Ruben Garcia and Daniel Lentz) "Music For Three Piano" (1993)

Harold Budd is my Ambient hero since the 80s.  His solo albums are amazing, he did great collaborations with Brian Eno and Robin Guthrie.  Now I have to agree that it's the first time ever that I am not excited by one of his project.  It's not bad, don't get me wrong....but I need his fluffy magical touch and it's not quite there.

DURUTTI COLUMN "Short Stories For Pauline" (1983 / 2012)

Well, it took 29 years for this mythical album to get released. The first half is made of ambient art-rock instrumentals tracks, which I really like. Second half mostly vocal. That is great news for the fans!

My favorite tracks in order:

• Duet
• Destroy, She Said
• Mirror B
• Cocktail

SIMON SCOTT "Below Sea Level" (2012)

Creating ambient music may seems easy, just some floating music with minimal synth background. But creating good ambient music that almost puts you in Trance, makes you close your eyes and makes your forget about everything...that gift is not given to everybody.  Simon Scott has that gift and is a talented ambient creator. He makes me think of my favorite Gods of ambient; Harold Budd and Robin Guthrie with the addition of Minimal and Glitch elements. Simon Scott is a multi-instrumentist from Cambridge who spent two years capturing natural environnement sounds which you will hear all through the album; natural, loop or sequenced. These 7 "Sealevel" parts are a great voyage to an unknown world. Masterpiece.

SOLAR FIELDS "Random Friday" (2012)

Listening to "Random Friday" is like hearing a story in 9 chapters. It begins with the hypnotic and ambient "Light Control" and progressively the deep bass will make one with the atmospheric trance sound. It ends beautifully with the ambient "Polarity".

CARINA ROUND "Tigermending" (2012)

I can't say I'm in love with the whole album but I am deeply in love with this ambient and dark song. You can almost feel yourself floating with the music. Beautiful.

I know the secret of drowning. It's to stay calm and not panic