After a long absence, Mat Hook has returned with a new song that proves he is better and more powerful than before. Mat's new single, "Runaway Road," marks a significant turning point in his resurrection as a musician and a musical force. After a time of disruption that saw him leave the once-promising Sheffield band Kartica in 2014, among other things, he has returned with a...

I spent a solid hour this morning watching dust motes suspended in a single shaft of sunlight, my entire nervous system held absolutely captive by Magdi Aboul-Kheir and his devastatingly immersive new album, "Slow Heat". The Germany-based journalist and classically trained pianist usually writes across a massive spectrum of genres, pivoting wildly from trance to late romanticism. Today, he has dropped an ambient, contemporary...