Monastery is the solo project of Robb Kavjian (known from 1476) producing ambient / fantasy-synth music that mixes electronic, drone, folk and synth elements and is often paired with visual-art references.

Robb Kavjian is identified in reviews as the person behind Monastery and is also a member of 1476. Peculiar Storms and The Garden of Abandon are reviewed on DeBaser. Peculiar Storms cites Theodor Kittelsen as visual inspiration and pairs each track with a painting; The Garden of Abandon draws inspiration from Pre-Raphaelite art. Reviews describe the music as dreamy, pastoral, and best appreciated with careful listening.

Monastery is a music project by Robb Kavjian (of 1476) producing ambient / fantasy-synth albums. Reviews praise the dreamy, pastoral atmospheres, electronic and folk inserts, and strong visual-art inspirations. Noted albums include Peculiar Storms and The Garden of Abandon. Listening is presented as a careful, immersive experience.

For:Listeners of ambient, dungeon-synth / fantasy-synth, fans of nature-inspired and art-referenced music; followers of 1476.

 Behind the Monastery project is Robb Kavjian, the “other 50%” of 1476, a duo from Salem already featured on these pages.

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 Although critics classify the genre proposed by the Artist as “dungeon synth,” the dark and gloomy connotations that characterize much of this genre are completely absent: it would therefore be almost more correct to speak of “Fantasy Synth,” provided such a label exists.

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