If experimental down-tempo music is what you're looking for, please feast your eyes and ears on the sounds coming from Eluvium and Julianna Barwick.

Eluvium's latest album, Similies, has gotten rave reviews and each song reminds me of Joy Division putting lyrics to Moby's song, "The Rain Falls And The Sky Shudders". All in all, a great album to do your work to on a rainy day when you don't need distractions.

Juliana Barwick has a similar sound but with a much more electronic overtone. The first track off of her latest EP, "Sunlight, Heaven", immediately brings to mind whale watching on the Discovery Channel.

Julianna Barwick's experimental soundscapes are in part informed by her experience growing up in Louisiana and Missouri, singing weekly with her church congregation and school choirs. Her loop-based compositions replicate the soaring textures of a large choral group using only her voice, a loop station and some occasional instrumentation. Barwick starts her songs quietly, usually with a single refrain, and then builds the pieces up until she's created a complicated, weaving sonic architecture. Her extraordinary range and vocal technique propels the music into a variety of different emotional spaces, from feverish to tranquil.

If you're in the mood for some low-key live music, check the two out together at the below dates:

05.13 - St. Augustine FL @ Cafe Eleven
05.14 - Atlanta GA @ The Earl *
05.15 - Asheville NC @ Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center *
05.16 - Carrboro NC @ Cat's Cradle *
05.17 - Washington DC @ DC9 *
05.19 - New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge *
05.20 - Allston MA @ Great Scott *
05.21 - Montreal @ Casa del Popo *
05.22 - Toronto @ The Drake *
05.24 - Chicago @ Schuba's *
05.25 - Indianapolis, IN @ Big Car Gallery
05.26 - Louisville @ 21C Museum
05.28 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Saloon
05.30 - Denver @ Larimer Lounge
05.31- Salt Lake City @ Kilby Court

* w/ Julianna Barwick