Album Recommendation: Worlds: Collide by Antarctic Wastelands (2025)

For such a short album and with so many collaborators it’s remarkable how cohesive and full this project sounds. A testament to a unified vision, perhaps, or maybe just a willingness to amplify the best instincts of this particular kind of “active ambient” sound. If you’re new around these parts and don’t have time to pull up a chair and listen to the likes of Aleksi Perälä, M. Geddess Gengras, Craven Faults or 36, but still want a general vibe-check without even touching any of those artists? Then Worlds: Collide is for you. Blending tracks featuring new-age tinged piano alongside looping-synth interludes reminiscent of the best of Jean-Michel Jarre’s Oxygéne, it’s also such a brisk listen that it’s over before you know it, leaving your brain wanting just a bit more of that digital warmth.