There's a specific kind of rain that makes you want to stop answering emails. This is the playlist for that.
When the weather turns stormy, the right music can transform a dull day into something quietly special. Here are five albums for stormy weather — music to sit with when the elements are in full force. Stay safe and warm.
We cherish the experience of listening to full albums. This selection offers a gentle introduction to each featured release. Happy listening.
Après coup — Laurie Torres
Tonal Union
Centered around piano, drums, synthesiser, and interwoven field recordings, Après coup is an expansive 11-track work. Translating from French as “afterwards” or “after the event,” the title subtly gestures toward unseen undercurrents. The compositions feel like intimate journal entries dissolving into dream states — both grounded and atmospheric.
Wave Nature — Daniel Rotem
Colorfield Records
Inspired by the natural flow of energy and consciousness, Daniel Rotem’s Wave Nature is a meditative exploration of movement, memory, and meaning. Described as “rhizomatic,” the album expands outward from central ideas — rooted yet constantly branching. Lush, emotional, and deeply grounded in jazz improvisation, it moves like light through water.
Music for a Cosmic Garden — Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti
WRWTFWW Records
A celestial collaboration between ambient pioneer Takashi Kokubo and trombonist Andrea Esperti, Music for a Cosmic Garden was created during the height of the pandemic. Blending environmental soundscapes with soft brass, subtle percussion, and synthesiser textures, it unfolds like a meditative walk through imaginary landscapes — a botanical journey to other dimensions.
Glow World — Rod Modell & Taka Noda
13/silentes
Born from the collaboration between Rod Modell and Taka Noda, Glow World balances refinement and erosion — elegant forms dissolved into noise and texture. Sounds arrive from afar, dissolving and reappearing like shifting weather systems, leaving behind a lingering sense of vast melancholy and distance.
Mirror in the Gleam — Kin Leonn
KITCHEN. LABEL
With Mirror in the Gleam, Kin Leonn crafts a sweeping ambient work that floats between memory and digital dream. Acoustic instruments, generative electronics, and field recordings merge into shifting reflections — each track glowing like light on water: fragmented, poetic, and quietly alive.
All titles currently available at Stack Records — stackrecords.co.nz
If any titles go out of stock, feel free to message us and we’ll try to track down more copies.
