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News: Dryft returns with fifth full-length album, placing greater emphasis on melody over abstraction Mike Cadoo has over more than three decades proven to be a musical chameleon, with the impending release of Particle marking his latest experimental effort as Dryft. Having spent the past several year...

News: Dryft returns with fifth full-length album, placing greater emphasis on melody over abstraction

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Is it Bandcamp Friday yet? You can grab yourself one of these:

Genealogia di un’estetica, disciplina del limite, fedeltà all’emozione in conversazione con Mike Cadooa cura di Mirco Salvadori Nelle mie stanze, il profumo del caffè al primo mattino, fino al rintocco che chiama la mezzanotte, si intreccia a un suono che arriva da lo…

Interview with n5MD owner operator @mikecadoo.bsky.social sowhatmusica.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/g...

Stray Theories - Falter - BetreutesProggen.de Cinematic Postrock • Ambient • Modern Classical • Shoegaze RB: 13/15, "Für Freunde von Hammock und Co. wird dieses Release mit viel Hoffnung und Melancholie die perfekte Ausfahrt sein."

Thanks to Rajko of @betreutesproggen.bsky.social for the great review of @straytheories.bsky.social's Falter. www.betreutesproggen.de/2026/02/stra...

[Album Streaming]: Stray Theories - "Falter" - SonOfMarketing New Zealand artist shares a new album

Son of Marketing reviews @straytheories.bsky.social's Falter

www.sonofmarketing.com/2026/02/14/a...

#nowplaying Dryft
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There were some points last fall where our monthly import shipment did NOT have a tariff, but they later collected on it. I think in most cases, this Oprah-style handing out of tariffs was confusing for shipping companies and customs. *Might* be legit.

yup. happening more frequently. I just started ignoring FedEx's emails about tariffs and "transfer" fees.

My new album Falter is out today through @n5md.com on limited-edition transparent red vinyl and CD + streaming on all major platforms.
n5md.bandcamp.com/album/falter

LP/CD
UK: n5.md/336uk
EU: n5.md/336eucd
AU: n5.md/336cdau
JP: n5.md/336cdjp

Streaming
Apple Music: n5.md/336a
Spotify: n5.md/336s

We've also opened up preorders for the forthcoming Dryft album Particle [March 20] n5md.bandcamp.com/album/particle

Out today! Falter by @straytheories.bsky.social
Links to buy/stream @ n5.md/336

13thfloor reviews @straytheories.bsky.social's Falter. 13thfloor.co.nz/stray-theori...

Stray Theories - The Faded | Headphone Commute “… there is optimism, but there is also some heartbreak; there is confidence, but there is also mistrust…”

Headphone Commute premieres "The Faded" from Stray Theories' Falter, out this Friday. headphonecommute.com/2026/02/03/s...

join us now for a listening party for @straytheories.bsky.social's Falter n5md.bandcamp.com/live/falter-...

BACK IN STOCK: 'From Stasis' by Dryft

CD edition of Mike Cadoo's 2021 release of IDM meets ambient on @n5md.com.

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Falter Listening Party from n5MD Listening Party from n5MD.

This Saturday, Jan 31st, we'll be hosting a listening party for @straytheories.bsky.social . Join Micah in chat and listen to his forthcoming album Falter. n5md.bandcamp.com/merch/falter...

Chronique disque - Shedir : We Are All Strangers En faisant le choix d'ouvrir son nouvel album par un morceau de six minutes et trente secondes, Shedir établit, d'emblée, le propos de ce We Are (…)

Two years after Before The Last Light Is Blown, Shedir returns with her powerful, dense, and crackling ambient—still overlooked by @n5md.com
#ambientmusic #n5md
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Stray Theories Ambient, Post-Rock Single “Catalyst” is Like the Closing Music For a Science Fiction-Themed Cosmic Horror Film Stray Theories, photo courtesy the artist The atmospheric drift and flow of “Catalyst” by Stray Theories is anchored by a minimalist piano line and processional drums with a hovering guitar drone t…

Queen City Sounds & Art gives their thoughts on @straytheories.bsky.social's Catalyst queencitysounds.org/2025/12/29/s...

Chronique disque - Shedir : We Are All Strangers En faisant le choix d'ouvrir son nouvel album par un morceau de six minutes et trente secondes, Shedir établit, d'emblée, le propos de ce We Are (…)

EtherREAL Webzine reviews Shedir's We are All Strangers www.etherreal.com/spip.php?art...

Jason van Wyk :: Horizon EP (n5MD) Jason van Wyk’s Horizon, released on n5MD, is a quietly radiant ambient EP that revisits material from Inherent not as nostalgia, but as a slow, contemplative reimagining that deepens his reputation a...

Igloo Magazine reviews @jasonvanwyk.bsky.social's Horizon EP. igloomag.com/reviews/jaso...

My AweSOMe Guest List – 2025’s Best Albums: Shedir - SonOfMarketing With Loscil, Joy Mouganni, and...

Martina Betti / Shedir compiles her best of 2025 list for Son of Marketing www.sonofmarketing.com/2025/12/29/m...

Music For The Film Behind Closed Eyelids | Headphone Commute In the first instalment of Headphone Commute’s Best of 2025, I gather my favourite selections of the year consisting of music that simply makes you feel. The albums in this list should just be…

Headphone Commute includes @jasonvanwyk.bsky.social's Inherent as part of its Music For The Film Behind Closed Eyelids best of 2025.

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Shedir > We are all Strangers Before the Last Light Is Blown è stato il nostro primo incontro con Martina Betti. Era il 2023, e l’album celebrava il suo debutto su n5MD dopo i primi due album andati in scena grazie alla Cyclic Law...

Shedir's We Are All Strangers @ Grind on the Road

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ITALODISCHI #8 2025 – Collezione autunno-inverno 1 | Il Giornale della Musica

il giornale della musica review in brief of Shedir's We Are All Strangers www.giornaledellamusica.it/articoli/ita...

We've posted a grip of n5MD and Viasonde test presses on n5Mailorder n5.md/tests

Thanks to Karen of End Sessions for the kind words on @straytheories.bsky.social's Catalyst.

"¡Cierra los ojos y disfruta de esta canción!" or "Close your eyes and enjoy this song!"
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endsessions.com.mx/2025/12/19/s...

Sometimes people in unlikely places catch wind of one of our artists. Thanks to the French Afro/Caribbean culture site Djolo for their kind words and for sharing @straytheories.bsky.social 's Catalyst. djolo.net/et-pendant-c...

Stray Theories Builds Slow Momentum and Atmosphere on Catalyst - Frequency State Stray Theories returns with Catalyst, a cinematic ambient and post rock track built on evolving harmony, piano chords and steady forward motion.

Frequency State shares their thoughts on @straytheories.bsky.social's Catalyst

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Stray Theories: Catalyst Underground music and pop culture through the pains of existence Shoegaze, post punk, noise rock, post rock, post metal, gothic, darkwave, alternative

Destroy//Exist shares their thoughts on @straytheories.bsky.social's new single Catalyst.

www.destroyexist.com/2025/12/stra...

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