Originally conceived of as a vehicle for his ambient guitar and loop work, Isabel’s Dream is the brainchild of Toronto- based musician Michael Ulrich. Beginning in 1997 as a series of experiments involving his cassette four-track and home computer, the project grdually took on a life of its own; soon programmed beats began to surface from beneath the steady wash of guitar.

Genre: Blissbeat, Dream-pop

Sounds Like: Polykrome, M83

“It’s a blurred wall of swirling, cascading guitars washing over dirty jungle/electronic beats, delicate angelic male/female vocals and rolling bass-lines that take the listener to far off places.”

Blue Morning

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Telesto

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It’s Better With You

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