The latest release from French-Tunisian multidisciplinary artist Haïfa Melliti, "Mélodie de la Déesse Vol. II", pulses with a deeply unexpected rhythm of the sacred. Melliti, known for her visual art and creation of spiritual spaces, builds this meditative instrumental EP entirely on intuitive piano improvisations. The project extends an open invitation to an immersive, inward journey aimed at re-establishing a connection with the quiet...

Angelo Ceriani's new album, "Lofi Weather," arrives not with a bang, but like a slow-moving front rolling in off Lake Maggiore, where I imagine his Somma Lombardo studio might catch the changing light. These ten instrumental pieces, curated from two decades of Ceriani simply making music (1995-2015, no less!), feel less like a planned collection and more like leafing through someone’s sonic sketchbook, found...