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Igloo Magazine · 2026
Where Waves Begin to Collide
“…as if sound itself were breathing—withdrawn, expansive, and quietly infinite.”
Ambient Visions · 2026
Where Waves Begin to Collide
“This is not music designed to sit in the background. It asks for attention, but it does so quietly, without demand.”
Igloo Magazine · 2025
Beautiful Chaos of Truth
“A longtime architect of introspection, Stembridge draws deeply from stillness, finding sound not only in what’s heard but in what’s withh…”
Igloo Magazine · 2025
Fading into What Remains
“A vibrant blend of rich textures and cybernetic, pulsating rhythms emerge from the depths, accompanied by altered vocals and hypnotic, fu…”
Igloo Magazine · 2025
Home
“Derrick Stembridge’s Home is a meditative ambient journey through memory and belonging, a five-part reflection suspended between sound an…”
Exposé Online · 2025
Winters Past
“Winters Past is calming and contains nothing that will interrupt your meditation or slumber or whatever it is you do when listening to it.”
Progressive Rock Central · 2024
Echos Beyond
“Their music is simultaneously evocative, thought-provoking, and relaxing.”
Igloo Magazine · 2024
North Sea
“North Sea is renewed with musically rich and engaging synthedelic experiences surrounded by sci-fi dystopian conceptual backgrounds and e…”
Igloo Magazine · 2024
Winters Past
“Winters Past is a very enjoyable mainline ambient drift album featuring wintery atmospheres and notably subtle emotional compositions.”
Amplify the Noise · 2024
Winters Past
“Winters Past is a haunting journey through ambient melodies that evoke emotions of solitude, peace, but mostly that of hope.”
Igloo Magazine · 2023
Facewithin EP
““Facewithin” sets the stage for a larger artistic narrative that explores the crossroads of time, technology, and the complexities of the…”
New Age Music Guide · 2023
Timeless
“It is his best yet, and a masterpiece in its own right.”
Igloo Magazine · 2023
Timeless
“The delicate, meandering and enveloping soft synth-lines never cease to impulse intersidereal mental projection in poetical vastness.”
Igloo Magazine · 2022
Pathways
“This EP is crowned in true magnificence with its small collection of sounds creating evocative illusions and that great sense of airy space.”
Igloo Magazine · 2021
Existence
“One simply cannot pigeonhole UnknownDivide, and maybe that’s the intention. When sparks like “Reverence” punctuate your soul and the titl…”
Take Effect · 2021
Existence
“Existence is yet another superbly creative venture for Stembridge, whose talents are clearly boundless and his vision exemplifies a balan…”
Take Effect · 2021
Illusion
“Other than light chanting, there is no singing to be found, and, quite honestly, it isn’t needed. Long The Night instead focus on field r…”
Onyx Music Reviews · 2021
Illusion
“This is an evocative album of musical sounds describing the dark without words and yet there can be no darkness without some light that g…”
Igloo Magazine · 2020
Desolate
“Dronescapes of blissful magnitude are enriched by extended layers that expand and contract and could very well go on forever—have a liste…”
Angry Metal Guy · 2019
Away
“Away is unassuming, decidedly pleasant to listen to, and purposefully designed to assist you in losing track of time.”
Igloo Magazine · 2019
Away
“A gorgeous record that is sometimes hypnotic, commanding your full attention, and at other times fades into a subconscious place—an ambia…”
Igloo Magazine · 2018
Instinct
“A pleasant sojourn through cascading peaks and valleys, Instinct is a blissful album filled with interwoven discoveries and broad musical…”
Igloo Magazine · 2016
Artificial
“Unapologetically grand and emotional, this album will please those who like their ambient sounds tidy and ready for the big screen.”
Igloo Magazine · 2014
Desire
“Stembridge evades pigeonholing himself within genre traps and instead fuses audible dark and light particulate matter seemingly fed throu…”
Exposé Online · 2014
Desire
“Here Derrick is finally able to fully develop his electronic music with these two wonderful ambient tracks.”
Igloo Magazine · 2013
Place In Time
“Often brooding and filled with unraveled texture, Drifting In Silence presents a string of various reflections that are unique, captivati…”
ReGen Magazine · 2012
Lifesounds
“Without a doubt, the individual tracks of Lifesounds are all exceptionally well done; each acting as an impressive showcase of Drifting i…”
Exposé Online · 2010
Facewithin
“But if you mourn for the glory days of techno, then Facewithin just might be for you.”
Exposé Online · 2008
Fallto
“I quite enjoy this album, and find its mixture of rhythm and texture intriguing.”
XLR8R · 2007
Fallto
“But on the whole, Fallto shows Stembridge navigating a passion for various styles with a very personal compass.”
Dungeon in Deep Space · 2024
Long The Night / Drifting In Silence
“One of the premiere artists to venture into both genres is Derrick Stembridge.”
Buzz Music · 2023
Long The Night / Drifting In Silence
“Through his Long The Night and Drifting in Silence ventures, he’s pushed the genre of the ambient realm forward by channeling the power o…”
Ambient Visions
Drifting In Silence
“The Same Listening, Just a Different Sky: An interview with Derrick Stembridge aka Drifting In Silence”
Labile Records — founded 2003. Ambient and experimental label distributed by The Orchard (Sony Music Entertainment). Publishing under Labile Records Inc. (ASCAP).
About Labile Records →Labile Records · 2026
Where Waves Begin to Collide
Drifting In Silence · 8 tracks · April 15, 2026 · Labile Records
Labile Records · 2025
Beautiful Chaos of Truth
Drifting In Silence · 15 tracks · August 11, 2025 · mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri
Labile Records · Oct 24, 2025
Pathways II
Drifting In Silence with E J R M · 5-track EP · October 24, 2025 · Labile Records
Igloo Magazine · 2022
Five questions with Labile Records
“When we started Labile Records, it was about giving artists a chance to have a good platform and voice to hear their music.”
Labile Records
Full Bandcamp catalog
Catalog and new releases on Bandcamp.
Labile Media Group — Nashville · London PR for audio, games, tech, fashion, web3, and music. Games clients include Activision, Sega, and Konami.
About Labile Media Group →Labile Media Group
Hype is borrowed. Earned media is yours to keep.
Agency home — services, industries, and how earned coverage actually gets built.
Labile Media Group · Games
Video game PR
Activision · Sega · Konami — launches, reveals, and media for studios and publishers.
Labile Media Group · Notes
PR Notes from the desk
Launches, earned media, CES, crowdfunding, and music PR — written by Derrick Stembridge.
Labile Media Group · Clients
Audio, skate, games, music
Past and present clients named on the agency site include Harman/JBL, Sony, Nike SB, Vans, Hex, Activision, Astro, and Griffin.
Unknown Divide is the magazine — design, gear, tech, and music inside the gap before everyone else knows. The music project lives on Bandcamp; the magazine stays on Ghost.
About Unknown Divide →Unknown Divide · Oct 24, 2026
Dave Pollot turns found paintings into pop culture scenes
From the magazine — thrift canvases rewritten with pop inserts.
Unknown Divide · Apr 15, 2026
Drifting In Silence: Where Waves Begin To Collide
Magazine release note — tracklist, credits, and where to listen.
Unknown Divide · 2026
Everything Beyond This Moment
Drifting In Silence single coverage from the magazine.
Unknown Divide
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Design, gear, tech & music — curated daily at unknowndivide.com