Rumpistol's Latest Album 'Nebula' is Out Now

Written by: chris.

I’ve only been aware of Rumpistol for a few years now. I first discovered him during Bluetech’s run of Holotropic Happy Hour streams during the COVID shutdown, and later had the privilege of curating visuals for one of his sets. I pretty much instantly felt like I had been missing something important. Since then, I’ve made a point to dig into everything I could find. He never misses.

There’s a certain kind of album that doesn’t ask for your attention so much as your presence. Nebula, the latest from Danish composer and producer Rumpistol, is one of those albums. It doesn’t demand anything from you. It just opens a space, sits with you, and waits to see if you’ll slow down long enough to notice what it’s holding.


But Nebula also surprises. It comes out swinging with “Ascension,” a dense, spacious opener that makes it clear this won’t just be a contemporary ambient record. There’s a heavy bassline, jazz-inflected phrasing, and a sense of propulsion that sets the tone. It cools down with “Stargazer,” before building back up into a radiant crescendo. The dynamics are thoughtfully paced without feeling formulaic.


Everything here feels warm and tactile. Looping piano lines, glowing synth pads, the occasional crackle of static or breath. You can hear the human in the machine, but it never feels forced. Nothing is ornamental. It all serves the emotional arc of the piece. Even the silences feel intentional.

What makes Nebula resonate, at least for me, is the sense of care in every track. Rumpistol isn’t chasing trends or trying to impress anyone. This is music made slowly and attentively, by someone who understands how sound can hold emotion without needing to spell anything out.


The singles like “Stargazer,” “Over The Horizon,” and “Silver Seed” do a great job introducing the album’s palette. But the deeper cuts like “Alpha Centauri” and the title track “Nebula” steal the show. They build entire worlds inside of themselves. Introspective, vast, and alive.


The ebb and flow between delicate modern classical piano and deep synthetic textures creates a journey that feels less like a tracklist and more like a passage through space and time.


This one won’t go viral. But I’ll be returning to it, quietly, for a long time.

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