Forbidden Questions In Space (PITP, 2025)
Forbidden Questions In Space is a haunting, koan-inspired journey of ambient, vocal, and drone improvisations. Born from Zen riddles and cosmic wonder, Angela Winter transforms existential dread into spacious, contemplative soundscapes. It asks: How do we meet the world as it is? The result is meditative and stirring, an invitation to let go of certainty and awaken to beauty in the unknown.
Forbidden Questions In Space was featured by Shawn Reynaldo in First Floor; selected by Stephan Kunze for his Best New Ambient (September 2025) round-up in zensounds; and played on The Moderns by Kevin Press. Headphone Commute premiered the track “Saturn, lightly.” More press lifts and kind words are here.
Released 8/27/25 on Past Inside the Present:
Record/Vinyl LP + Digital Album [Limited Edition] in Galactic Petal Pink and Interstellar Night Black
FQIS Mystery Disk + Digital Album [Limited Edition]
Digital Album
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“Through eight meditative soundscapes, Winter creates a mesmerizing, shimmering web of synths, drones, static noise and ethereal, ritualistic wordless vocalizations. This is not the type of ambient that will dissolve easily into the background – the music invites active listening and rewards open minds with a breath-taking journey into a rich and awe-eliciting sound world.” —Stephan Kunze, zensounds
“Delving into a drone-heavy strain of ambient, the North Carolina-based artist will inevitably draw comparisons to Enya, but Winter’s music is both darker and more introspective, most notably during the mesmerizing eight-plus minutes of slow-brewing LP opener “erthe.” Elegantly gliding atop the low rumble of the song’s underlying thunderclouds, her voice takes on an almost ceremonial quality, as though she’s summoning an ancient force that’s better suited to help her make sense of the universe.” —Shawn Reynaldo, First Floor
