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...

Fish And Scale, a musical jewel from Nuremberg, Germany, is reverberating worldwide thanks to the release of his new EP, "Wonderful." This maestro, whose real name is Roland Walzlein, skillfully blends the harmony of nature with tantalising melodies in his compositions. His work transports listeners to an otherworldly realm where music tells stories and breaks through walls. Fish And Scale has cemented his name in the...