Kenneth James Gibson

About the artist

Kenneth James Gibson is a boundary-blurring composer, producer, and sonic explorer whose work floats between ambient dreamstates, experimental electronics, and Americana-tinged psychedelia. Based in Los Angeles and raised in the borderlands of El Paso, Gibson’s career has been a slow-burning constellation of aliases and collaborations—each one a new chapter in an ever-evolving sound story. From the raw fuzz of '90s noise pop with Furry Things to the fractured electronics of Eight Frozen Modules and the sleek microhouse of [a]pendics.shuffle, Gibson has spent decades dissolving genre lines. His work under his own name leans into the atmospheric: spacious ambient albums for Kompakt, Meadows Heavy Recorders, and Important Records, rich with stillness and drift. He co-founded the orchestral psych post-rock duo Bell Gardens with the late Brian McBride (Stars of the Lid), and explores cosmic Americana through Toler Gibson. Gibson has collaborated with Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto and Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb, among many others. In 2025, he unveils Almost An Island, an ambient project with James Bernard and Marine Eyes, set for release on Past Inside the Present. Through his Idyllwild-based label Meadows Heavy Recorders, he continues to release his own work and produce other genre-defying artists. Beyond records, Gibson composes music for TV & Film—bridging the cerebral and the visceral with signature depth and warmth.