Ambient music is a genre that's hard to define. It can be demanding or light, earth-shattering drones or the fleeting tenderness of piano chords. It's music where everything or nothing is happening.

interviewsTheresa BaeumelJune 28, 2023Markus guentner, kompakt, affin, ambient

Favorite Releases from May 2023

While Spring flourishes in the Northern Hemisphere, we've enjoyed longer, sunny days with beautiful albums, exciting releases, and mesmerizing remixes from Leif, Gacha Bakradze, Oma Totem, BLNDR, Rai Scott, Eversines, Beta Librae, Billius, Wata Igarashi and Isolée

Delayed with...Soela

Soela, a multi-talented artist based in Berlin, has been on radar ever since she released a critically acclaimed LP “Genuine Silk” on our beloved Dial Records earlier this year

delayed withGilles WassermanSeptember 30, 2020soela, dial records, kompakt, house, deep house, ambient, techno, delayed with

ARTIST OF THE MOMENT: Nicky Elisabeth

The necessity of “ good vibes”. A kaleidoscope of collective failures that are globally responded to and with frustration, calling out culture and angry helplessness

interviewsTheresa BaeumelSeptember 11, 2020Nicky elisabeth, kompakt, interview, amsterdam, melodic techno, delayed, artist of the moment

Essential Fall Albums You Need To Hear

Fall is one of our favorite times of the year here at Fiction Lab. It’s the most colorful season with many sonic facets that come upon us gradually, descending in delicate shades of shimming gold.

50 tracks that defined 2017

As the door close on yet another year, it’s time to look back on the incredibly impressive catalogue of stunning releases that took over dancefloors around the world.

releasesIrina KotikJanuary 8, 2018cleveland, city slang, talaboman, R&S records, Melatonin Man, Nous'klaer Audio, The drifter, Permanent Vacation, New Jackson, Cin Cin, Peter Pardeike, Love Over Entropy, Connaisseur Recordings, Tom Trago, Dekmantel, Space Disco Controller, Kornel Kovacs, R&S Records, Zopelar, Ripperton, Endless, Nuno Dos Santos, Far Out Radio Sysytems, sohaso, Samo Dj, Hivern Discs, Warp Factor 9, Tornado Wallace, ESP Institute, Bicep, Ninja tune, Dixon, Lossless, &me, Keinemusik, Superpitcher, Joakim, Crowdspacer, Kettenkarussel, Giegling, Cologne Tape, Four Tet, Text Records, Cosime, Maarten Mittendorff, nous'klaer audio, Laurent Garnier, kompakt, Private Eyes, Safe Trip, Michael Mayer, DJ Koze, Davis, Engrave LTD, Rampa, Rebirth, map.ache, Altin Village & Mine, Octo Octa, Dorisburg, honey soundsystem records, Marc Pinol, Margot, SBTH, Hammer, Phil Kieran, Roman Flugel, Hot Creations, Loft, Frankey & Sandrino, Innervisions, QNA, roman flugel, Perel, DFA, mike simonetti, mr.intl, maria rita stumpf, Optimo Music, marc romboy, These eyes, birds ov paradise, Karvt, Cubicolor, Patrice Baumel, Anjunadeep, Dominik Marz, Aera, And, DJ Hell, Falke, kann, LOR, VAils, l'enfant terrible records, Pyramid Lake, Tamed Musiq, Red Axes, konstantin sibold, permanent vacation, DJ Tennis, Disco Halal, Isolee, Meave, Trikk