by Joslyn Layne
Darla Records' Bliss Out series aims to bring listeners ambient sounds to help you feel good and mellow. The second installment, Antarctica, by space music couple Windy & Carl, does just that. It's a warm, atmospheric wash of guitar layers that drift in and fade out, created by droning hums, faint but enveloping pulses, suspended notes that give a soaring sensation, and hypnotically repetitive, quiet, and friendly single notes. Altogether, the album is the essence of calm, and is endlessly soothing to hear.