The Slow Music Movement
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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- "Planete" opens a sonic parachute to gently guide the listener back through the earth's atmosphere and into more tellurian, modern classical realms.. www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/nicolas... Companion Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ne... #piano #electronic #alternative #music #canada
- "the pedal steel and harmonica wonder what happened to the American(a) dream and the more jazz inclined musicians search for spiritual guidance in the darkness" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/sam-wen... Playlist Companion: www.submithub.com/link/slow-od... #jazz #improvisation #experimental
- "a singular EP of ambient leaning alt-folk" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/kit-gor... Find Gordon in the Slow Folk Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-fo... #altfolk #ambient #psychedelic #alternative #music #independent #artist #london
- "It doesn't happen enough, there really should be more jazz & dub infused hip hop beats coming through the speakers" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/yoni-ma... Find them in the Slow Hop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ho... #jazz #dub #beats #alternative #music #independent #artist #london
- "The first step into modern countercultural thinking, then, is that eye-opening moment when you see clearly that the online world is total bollocks." open.substack.com/pub/johnhigg...
- "The vibes are Alice Coltrane at her most zen; the beats left on dusty hard drives, leaving a glowing ambient jazz bed for Grant’s deeply soulful jazz musings." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/feather... Playlist Companion www.submithub.com/link/slow-so... #soul #jazz #cosmic #music #Oakland
- "A classic folk song about love's first days is nothing new, but when it sounds as good as this, always welcome." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/lucy-ki... Find Kitchen in the Slow Folk Playlist. www.submithub.com/link/slow-fo... #folk #singersongwriter #alternative #independent #england
- "it's jazz for dark rooms and late nights, jazz for the disenfranchised and discriminated against." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/alfred-... Find Matérn in the Slow Jazz Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-ja... #jazz #trumpet #alternative #music #independent #artist #newyork
- "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
- "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
- "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
- "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 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
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- When you hear a single and immediately put the album release date in your diary. youtu.be/7EFWlAoEkCA
- “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
- "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
- “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
- "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
- “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
- 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. substack.com/home/post/p-...
- 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. blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/k...
- “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 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...
- “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
- “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
- “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
- "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
- "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 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
- 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...
- "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
- "It's a fine, open minded take on the Americana condition" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/levi-j-... Find the boys in the Slow Folk Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-fo... #americana #altcountry #music #independent #artist #australia @levijburr.bsky.social
- "Starting off in an ambient pop vein, her vocal floats enticingly over bowed strings and machine sounds" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/pete-st... Find this track in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-po... #altpop #alternative #music #independent #artist #canada
- "infusing Pandey's finger picked minimalism with some sparse, borderless bass work" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/gidi-fa... Find Farhi & Pandey in the Slow Oddities Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-od... #jazz #minimal #alternative #music #independent #artist #berlin
- "just perfect fusion of Kora and Americana" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/piers-f... Find them in the Slow World Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-wo... #americana #kora #alternative #music #independent #artist #worldmusic
- "he's really on a mission to explore the possibilities that have opened up since his slide into electronic music realms." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/james-b... Find Bright in the Slowtronic Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slowtro... #electronic #ambient #music #independent #artist #uk
- "from its frosty ambient origins to warming downtempo ends" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/s-veste... Find Vestergaard in the Slow Balearic Playlist. www.submithub.com/link/slow-ba... #downtempo #electroacoustic #alternative #music #independent #artist #denmark
- "who’s been releasing some great, forward looking, sofa suitable jazz for the last five years" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/jahn-ne... Find New in the Slow Jazz Playlist. www.submithub.com/link/slow-ja... #jazz #nujazz #ambient #independent #artist #prague
- The first newsletter of 2026 just went out to 4000+ subscribers, and some of the tips are hangover friendly, so no excuses, get involved #alternative #music #independent #artists
- "the sort of sound design that makes you wish that you'd gone for the next headphone model up" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/recur-a... Find Recur in the Slow Neoclassical Playlist. www.submithub.com/link/slow-ne... #neoclassical #electronic #ambient #independent #artist #london
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- "quizzical ambient atmospherics of the album title track and the twinkling post rocktronics of "Torna Timur?"" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/orange-... Find them in the Slowtronic Playlist. www.submithub.com/link/slowtro... #electronicmusic #music #independent #artist #italy #polysonica
- "a fine album that sits happily between folk, electronic, dream pop and 60s sun kissed surfing psychedelic music" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/vireo-t... Find Vireo in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-po... #folktronica #dreampop #music #independent #artist #Pittsburgh
- "Jean's finger picking sets a warm tone for this suitably stripped back ode to simplicity and slow days in love, and doesn't that sound just the ticket." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/ema-jea... Find her in the Slow Indie-folk Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-in... #folk #canada
- "a lovely laid back, pleasantly baked, easy skanking dub listen" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/scienti... Find a cut in the Slow Dub Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slow-du... #dub #reggae #music #independent #artist
- "parting the dystopian mists to reveal a brighter ambient electronic day" www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/matthew... Find Luczy in the Slowtronic Playlist: www.submithub.com/link/slowtro... #electronic #music #independent #artist #losangeles
- "As this year has been defined by the rise of hopelessly generic, low quality AI music I give thanks to the music gods for artists like Trio Ramberget and their singular artistic vision, especially when they sound as good as this." www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/trio-ra... #ambient #acoustic
