Hiss & Float 9: Andreas Tilliander, Scanner, & More New Electronic Sounds
New Bandcamp releases of mostly quieter ambient and electronic music.
Hiss & Float is a weekly listing of Bandcamp releases of ambient, avant-garde, experimental, and similar styles that lean more toward the quiet side. It’s a human-curated look at new sounds that might otherwise slip through the cracks. We navigate this corner of the vast Bandcamp landscape so you don’t have to. Note that while we like Bandcamp, we are not affiliated with them.
This time around we wrap up our list of June releases and move into July.
FEATURED ALBUM
Lava - Andreas Tilliander
from the liner notes:
Extremely pleased to say that next in the quiet details series, with an interpretation of immense breadth, is the eminent Swedish producer, Andreas Tilliander, with Lava.
Andreas has been established in the highest echelons of electronica since the late nineties - amassing a vast discography across many leading labels and multiple aliases. Wide-ranging productions under his own name, Morika, TM404, Rechord and many more - on the likes of Kontra Musik, Mille Plateaux, Raster-Noton, Acid Test and his own Repeatle - has proven him time and again to be one of the most important and influential artists of recent years. Essential live performances have served to enforce this legacy.
Lava is Andreas Tilliander at his finest - endlessly experimental and wildly creative expressions, shaped into a sonic excursion of mind-expanding distinction.
As he says, this is “An exploration of southern Sweden - light, memory, and open landscapes.” And we can feel this from the very first second.
Deeply atmospheric from the start, submerged locational recordings intertwine with gradually evolving synths - creating an introduction that lays out the beginning of the path into this beautifully constructed album.
Trademark acidic pulses emerge through the clouds as the music continues on unabated, and from there we’re led by the hand through the emotions Andreas elicits from his surroundings.
His mastery of his machines is total - analogue richness, digital grunge - recordings from many sources manipulated into fascinating collages - all meld into a cohesive whole by the immense creative vision he possesses.
At times vivid and luminescent, and others dark and meditative - always profoundly reflective - this is an album of vast contemplation, perfectly executed by a master of his form.
The Prophet - Scanner
What began as a little studio playtime with a new software synth from GForce developed into this neat little EP.
I made a little demo online for social media and had a number of requests to make this track available, so you not only get that track, but also three additional tracks, all of which I made on the same day.
A little context - Few instruments have left such an indelible mark on modern music as the Sequential Prophet-5. You’ve heard it on countless recordings, from Michael Jackson’s Thriller album to Phil Collins, from Radiohead to Vangelis, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, oh the list goes on and on.
It was first introduced in 1978, and its seductively rich analogue warmth and unmistakable character helped define generations of sound. And now, decades later, it remains a benchmark of electronic instrument design, but the price unfortunately inhibits many of us having an opportunity to play with one.
Where the Echoes Bloom - ALIA
Los Angeles theremin player and composer ALIA announces her debut album Where Echoes Bloom, following 2025’s Harold Budd cover in collaboration with Nailah Hunter. It is an exploration of atmosphere through cultural influences paired with a performance prowess over audio technology and novel instrumentation.
“I wanted to showcase the hauntingly beautiful voice of the theremin as well as the intimate, melancholic sound of the kacapi, a Javanese zither,” writes Alia. “I set them to a backdrop of lush pads I created on my Arturia Microfreak and Korg Minilogue along with lots of shimmering reverb to create ethereal, otherworldly soundscapes that are, at times, hypnotic.”
Field Notes - Noodle Therapy
Noodle Therapy is the ambient-focused alias of Brighton-based producer Dan Porter, a musician active since the late 1990s whose previous work has appeared on labels including 4bit and Thirteen[rec]. While his history and aliases (Gods of Ruin, Cosmic Acid) span a variety of electronic styles, Field Notes marks a deliberate shift toward slower, more reflective forms, drawing inspiration from the coastal, rural, and woodland environments surrounding England’s south coast.
Built from a combination of field recordings, modular synthesis, and hardware-based experimentation, Field Notes explores the relationship between memory and place. Fragments of found sound drift through evolving compositions, where analog circuitry, digital instruments, and Eurorack systems are used less as tools of precision and more as instruments of discovery.
Instant Light - Federica Deiana
We’re delighted to announce the debut full-length album from Federica Deiana, out this June. Her fifth release overall on Home Normal, Instant Light is a radiant and deeply affecting work, balancing evocative piano compositions with immersive ambient swells and cathartic synth textures.
A graduate of the University of Cagliari and mentored by acclaimed Sardinian composer Stefano Guzzetti, Deiana delivers a work that feels like a defining moment within the ambient neo-classical landscape. As her debut physical release, Instant Light is remarkably complete in both vision and execution — organic, immersive, and quietly breathtaking. Aurora Zandara’s blurred, dreamlike imagery further enriches the release, evoking memory and atmosphere in a way that beautifully reflects the music’s tenderness and purity.
The Hermit - Netherworld
Glacial Movements, an ambient and electronic music label founded in Rome in 2006 by Alessandro Tedeschi (Netherworld), celebrates its 20th anniversary with the release of “The Hermit,” a collection of restored archival recordings from the early 2000s. These recordings, originally stored on deteriorated CD-r and Minidisc formats, were recovered and restored to reveal early experimental sounds full of mystery and emotional depth. These earliest sound experiments emerged while the Netherworld project was still evolving, years before Glacial Movements came into existence.
Petals and Marbles - Miko
I was curious about what kind of music would emerge from who I had become—just an ordinary person living in the countryside. After self-releasing my work “Across the Water Mirror,” which was inspired by the nature I love—mountains, lakes, flowers, and the changing seasons—I felt my creativity—instinctive and eccentric—begin to move again. And so, this work “Petals and Marbles” came together naturally.
At the sketch stage of songwriting, the keywords that came to mind were electric, sync, dance music, sampling, lightness. I felt that I might be able to create something again with the same kind of energy I had when making my first album. By chance, my former bandmate provided me with some vintage drum machines, sequencers, and sample materials. These elements played a major role in shaping the lo-fi and somehow futuristic beats I had envisioned. I also used many of my favorite synthesizers from long ago, and I think the result is a sound that feels very much like me.
thanks for including qd51 Andreas Tilliander 🙏🧡