Mingo

"Broken Skyscape EP" - April 2023

The five track Broken Skyscape dark ambient EP is now available on all streaming platforms.

"Mingo announces new ambient album, Day Stands Still" - March 2023

Mingo, the critically acclaimed ambient music artist, is set to release his new album, Day Stands Still.      Read More at Ambient Music Chart

"Shadow Ride" - New Tech House track - January 2023

"Particles In The Mist" - Review July 2022

The ambient electronic music of composer/conceptualist and rave music pioneer Mingo is easy to miss. It isn’t a genre of music ballyhooed in the press or by public relations gurus, it isn’t something they highlight on Spotify, and you won’t see lead reviews for it in Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, et al. Mingo and other artists like him are working along the margins of the modern music world, they always have, as their iconoclastic vision for music struggles to find purchase in the world of verse-chorus-verse-bridge and so forth. He’s not interested in being a part of that world...      Read More at The Hollywood Digest

"Datadream Ambient Session - released January 2022

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"We Saw The Future" Techno Album - released June 2021

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Strange Time - Latest ambient/drone album - released April 2021

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Ready Rhythm - 1990's inspired electronic/ambient/rave project

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Sky Dream - the one hour deep listening track is available

Download "Sky Dream"June 2, 2020

Mingo was a guest on the Steffan Tubbs radio show

The Steffan Tubbs Show March 31, 2020

Mingo’s “Morphogenetic Field” is a Sonic Approximation of a Journey Through a Space Fold

Article from Queen City Sounds And Art March 10, 2020

Hypnagogue Podcast - Featuring a half hour of Mingo

Hypnagogue Half-hour Spotlight featuring these tracks:
Dim Lit Daydream, Myristica
Surfaces Of Artificial Life, Above A Fractured Sky
Sapta, Kailasa
The Infinite Deep, The Once and Future World
Translation of Lost Consciousness, The Light That Bends
Omega Point, The Blue Star

Listen at: Hypnagogue Podcast Episode 293 February 27, 2020

Mingo Orchestrates the Musical Analogs of Deep Space Cosmic Forces on “Quasar”

A cosmic wind as white noise pitched to have an abstractly tonal quality ushers in the intertwining lines of distorted, textural synth and phasing melody of “Quasar” by Mingo. The oscillating undertones suggest a trip through the depths of space with bright objects giving off even repeating signals that intersect with other signals like an intergalactic symphony. Utilizing a similar structure and dynamic as mid-70s Tangerine Dream, Mingo uses loops and sequencing and adding effects in real time to take the raw material of electronic sounds and using the processing end as a compositional tool. Did he take a mathematical model of an actual quasar and use it to craft an element of the music like the rhythmic, gritty synth part? Maybe not, but it sounds as though Mingo modeled various phenomena in space and orchestrated their character together for this transporting and playful track. Listen to “Quasar” on Soundcloud and follow Mingo, a contributor to NPR music programs Hearts of Space and Star’s End

Article from Queen City Sounds And Art September 30, 2019

Echoes In A Shallow Sea by Mingo

Electronic music composer Mingo has been living in a dream of ambient soundscapes and other facets of experimental and drone music for over two decades. Mingo’s career has produced over ten albums along with radio appearances and live performances in and out of the Colorado area. Mingo’s latest release titled Echoes In A Shallow Sea is a brilliant display of the maestro’s genius and creative pulse. Echoes In A Shallow Sea is composed of eight ambient tracks. Mingo is able to transport listeners to distant lands and etheric worlds through a series of atmospheric collages that touch the human soul. Echoes In A Shallow Sea promotes a journey inward and through is sonic terrain we are able to travel to the stars.

Track Review of Echoes In A Shallow Sea Dustland – As the title suggests, Dustland is a bare mural of sound and affords the listener an opportunity to empty their cups. This massage of instrumentation provides a means of release. for today’s anxieties.

Lolite – A bit of a haunting track, Lolite is like the flicker of origin, the first light in the universe, unwinding and spiraling towards a new beginning in thought.

Pantheon – Emerging from the depths of our consciousness in the melody are the bright shapes of the divine family. Truly, this sea of synthesized chords creates a charming measure that proves to be an oasis.

Primordial – Visiting the dimension that exists beyond heaven is simply the indifference of how we perceive life versus the poetic patterns of reality.

Forestland – An amazing track that perfectly displays the cinematic heights of Echoes In A Shallow Sea. As one of few tracks on this album that carries a sequence of percussion, Forestland marks its path by setting a stage of musical inspiration.

Timelash – This is a very enthralling composition that is heightened by its seemingly whipping wind sounds and tribal drums.

Shallow Sea – As one of the brighter compositions on the Echoes In A Shallow Sea album, Shallow Sea fits into a charming personification of the project’s overall sound. Melodic poetry can be heard in the language of instruments set forth in this track.

Nebula – Nebula completes Mingo’s masterful work. The track’s return to a primordial state of consciousness that we encounter at the beginning of the album is perfectly in tune with the circle of life.

Echoes In A Shallow Sea has some very deep messages that are both entertaining and hopeful. Mingo is able to let his gift as an electronic composer speak for itself. This album is truly a passionate voyage from a heartfelt space that is bound to touch and shape our outlook on life and music.

Article from Warlock Asylum International News November 30, 2018

The Ancients by Mingo - Ambient Music Chart

On his last release, The Shaman, Mingo took his listeners into a vivid off the grid world barely touched since its ancient inhabitants occupied the territory. He carries that theme into his latest release with the equally gorgeous landscapes of The Ancients. This album conjures up vast open spaces and tribalism fused with an electro-ambient soundworld.

The album starts off with the aptly titled track Ascension – featuring lush white noise layers to create a backdrop, while a slow-moving, electronic arpeggio, morphs and rises as if to bring you to a higher level to prepare you for the hour long aural journey.

On the title track, The Ancients - soft strings and a warm analog “hum” guides you through most of this epic, nearly 13 minute long track, paying homage to the wisdom of the ancients. More electronic arpeggiation appears on this track, with an almost baroque feel to it at times.

A trance-inducing percussion plays out in the third track Ritual. Airy pads and the hiss of shakers are combined with shell chimes, giving this track an earthy, organic feel. The next two tracks, From The Dust and In Ether have now fully engulfed the listener in a dark dream-state induced by this album.

Dreamfield, is pure Berlin School pleasure, taking the listener to a slightly unexpected place as we reach the pinnacle of this journey. Next comes along the atmospheric track - Origin, and then we are carried into Relics, which introduces piano to the mix. Its lonely notes find their way through the foggy washes around it, a kind of dreamy meandering. We are then taken to the next epic and final track, The Hollowed. Airy whispering pads rise and fall, occasionally enhanced by electronic shimmers, eventually bringing us to the end of this sonic journey.

Headphone listening is imperative to take in all that this album has to offer. The listener will become truly ensconced in the electro-ambient dream world that is The Ancients. It will take you some time to emerge back into reality and fully come out of the trance induced state that this album will no doubt put you in. My advice – don't resist, put the headphones back on and hit play one more time.

Article from Ambient Music Chart March 2017

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