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Ambient, Experimental, Glitch, Found-Sound, Drone, Drift & Ether-Jazz . . . with a slightly caustic edge.
elements__enigma | Jazz & Ether-Jazz | 82:08
Jazz, Ether Jazz, complex mathematics & . . . transcendence, distilled into something like ear-candy . . . only sweeter!
(pairs well with ‘elements_pause‘).
01 Stephan Micus – Black Hill
02 Kit Downes – M7
03 Thomas Strønen & Time is a Blind Guide – Fugitive Places
04 Florian Weber, Ralph Alessi, Linda May Han Oh & Nasheet Waits – Schimmelreiter
05 Julia Hülsmann Quartet – Weit Weg
06 Mal Waldron Trio – Balladina
07 Yaz Ahmed – La Saboteuse
08 Michele Rabbia, Gianluca Petrella & Eivind Aarset – Nimbus
09 Avishai Cohen & Yonathan Avishai – Two Lines
10 Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ambrose Akinmusire, Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier & Eric Harland – Descendants
11 Louis Sclavis, Benjamin Moussay, Sarah Murcia & Christophe Lavergne – Prison
12 Erik Friedlander – Aap Ki
13 Dylan Howe – Warszawa
14 Stefano Battaglia & Michele Rabbia – Tanztheater
15 Miles Davis – John McLaughlin
Info:
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2020/12/10/elements_enigma/
u r b a n_2025 | Ambient/Minimal-Techno/Noise/Glitch | 83:15
A re-post for a small group of new friends who wanted to sample our soft approach to Techno (original from 2020; reworked in '24/'25).
01 [00:00] Steve Roach & Robert Rich – Magma*
02 [03:02] Aes Dana – Beneath
03 [07:33] Simon Šerc – Greybody Fit (excerpt)
04 [11:46] Tonaliens – Vesta part 1 (excerpt)
05 [17:46] Miktek – Serene
06 [23:08] The Rain Dogs – Light
07 [29:19] *Rag Dun – The Echo that Swings
08 [36:16] Ebauche – Umbilical Transfer
09 [40:33] Dirk Serries – IIZF4R49*
10 [54:12] Robert Rich & B. Lustmord – Undulating Terrain
11 [59:26] *Dalot – A Name, a Phoenix*
12 [65:02] Shuttle 358 – Cavalry
13 [71:29] *Ümlaut – If the Eye Never Sleeps
14 [77:37] David Torn – Outsider (excerpt)
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/u-r-b-a-n-_-2025/
landscape podcast 10 [traces of crimson]
Ambient/Post-Rock/Rock/Noise | 87:11
Traces of [King] Crimson & a "shout out" to the heir apparent of the Fripp guitar sound: Markus Reuter (Fripp, Reuter & King Crimson each make 3 appearances, herein). This also serves as a nod to the Reuter, Motzer & Grohowski album 'Bleed' (see upcoming podcast nine for an additional track), with some of my favorite guitarists; Dirk Serries, Andy Summers, & David Torn, blended into the mix.
Pairs well with 2023's The Mars Transmission & 2015's Fripp_2015.
01 [00:00] Dirk Serries – Weathering
02 [06:19] Robert Fripp & Mike Keneally – Keneally
03 [11:06] Andy Summers - Mare Imbrium
04 [15:45] King Crimson - The Sheltering Sky
05 [23:58] The Grid & Robert Fripp – Loom
06 [31:26] David Torn - Reaching Barely, Sparely Fraught
07 [39:20] J. Peter Schwalm & Markus Reuter – Abbau
08 [46:00] Reuter, Motzer & Grohowski - Oracle Chamber
09 [52:24] King Crimson – VROOOM
10 [57:02] King Crimson – Red
11 [63:14] David Torn - Swayed
12 [71:24] Robert Fripp - Breathless
13 [75:52] Reuter, Motzer & Grohowski - Bleed
More:
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/landscape-podcast-10/
elements_enigma [redux] | Jazz and Ether Jazz | 85:37
When I retired the ‘elements‘ series last October, the trees cried out, rocks bled and my landlady doubled my rent)!
So I repented, made amends . . . and mixed this fine, young cannibal.
01 [00:00] Vassilis Tsabropoulos – Diamond Cut Diamond
02 [07:11] Tord Gustavsen Trio – Still There
03 [11:20] Christian McBride – Little Sunflower
04 [15:13] Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski & John Scofield – Woodstock
05 [21:07] Myra Melford, feat. Michael Formanek & Ches Smith – Chalk
06 [25:52] Hely – Expanse
07 [33:38] Ambrose Akinmusire – Bloomed
08 [40:53] Steve Lehman, Mark Turner, Matt Brewer & Damion Reid – 34a
09 [49:03] John Abercrombie, Dave Holland & Jack DeJohnette – Back Woods Song
10 [56:47] Pat Metheny Group – Eighteen
11 [61:27] James Brandon Lewis Quartet w/ Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones & Chad Taylor – Ware
12 [69:35] Myra Melford, feat. Michael Formanek & Ches Smith – Drift
13 [80:12] Tim Berne – Oddly Enough
On the blog -
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2025/08/02/elements_enigma-redux/
elements_vignettes | Jazz/Ether-Jazz/Experimental | 79:31
Part 2 (of 2) of the closing edition to this series.
Chronologically, these final 2 pieces are 4 years apart from a mixing perspective (see 'elements_gallery', mixed in 2020). This piece incorporates a medley of styles, culled primarily from the New Wave of Jazz & ECM labels, representing the variations within the 'elements' brand.
01 [00:00] Guilherme Rodrigues & Dirk Serries - Landing 1
02 [03:21] Sonar - Tritone Harmonics (extended edit)
03 [04:44] Tom Jackson, Neil Metcalfe, Benedict Taylor & Daniel Thompson - Third Improvisation
04 [11:55] Glåsbird - Björtskálar
05 [13:59] Erik K Skodvin - Cypress Reverb
06 [20:45] Nik Bärtsch (solo) - Modul TM (extended edit)
07 [24:11] Benedict Taylor & Anton Mobin- Love Song
08 [28:52] Vijay Iyer Trio - Countdown
09 [34:35] David Virelles - Stories Waiting to be Told
10 [42:38] Nik Bärtsch's Ronin - Modul 10
11 [52:40] Rabih Abou‐Khalil, Chano Domínguez & Alex Acuña - Just Three Miles
12 [62:14] Wynton Marsalis - Phryzzinian Man
13 [68:44] Medeski, Martin & Wood - Uncle Chubb
14 [75:45] Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Phoenix
[blog link to follow]
Jazz, Ether Jazz, Funk & Electronica . . . with a bit of LOUD & f-a-s-t (near the end). 79:29
This edition, which incorporates 3 artists included on elements.1 (2005), sees the subtle fusing of a "gallery" of Jazz styles, from hushed to clanging, soft to noisy . . . in little under eighty minutes.
01 00:00 Florian Weber - Getragen
02 05:47 David Virelles - Wind Rose (Antrogofoko mokoirén)
03 11:34 Kit Downes - Sunflower
04 13:31 Hydra Ensemble - Vista II (excerpt)
05 18:08 Ayumi Tanaka Trio - Red Thoughts
06 22:13 Arild Anderson Group - Two (Affirmation, part I)
07 28:20 Colin Vallon - Fade
08 33:26 Jan Garbarek Group - There Were Swallows
09 41:44 Andrew Cyrille Quartet - The News
10 46:54 Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin - Fyra
11 55:37 Nik Bärtsch (solo piano) - Modul 8_9
12 61:46 Dave Holland Quartet - Black Hole
13 71:53 Vantomme - Double Down
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2024/09/04/elements_gallery/
u n f o c u s e d [f l a m e] | Experimental/Glitch/Noise/Ambient | 80:41
One of the more experimental & glitchy editions of this series.
01 [00:00] Pepo Galán – Llega el Verano
02 [02:44] Good Weather for an Airstrike – Teal
03 [05:06] Betts (JP) – Yosde 01
04 [14:07] Andrew Heath – A Weight of Darkness
05[16:48] Anthéne – Amber (sleep mix)
06 [21:14] Black Brunswicker – Light Returning
07 [23:60] Dreone – Untethered
08 [31:38] Iluiteq – The Loss of Wilderness
09 [36:37] Betts (JP) – Yosde 05
10 [44:51] Dual Track:
……a. DreamCloud/Pacific 231 – Clog Town (excerpt)
……b. Richard Chartier – Arranging Between Patterns
11 [49:51] The Rain Dogs – Dark Over Light
12 [53:57] Andrew Heath – A Weight of Darkness
13 [60:00] Jason van Wyk – Near Dark
14 [64:13] Aes Dana – Period 02, Transverse Axis
15 [70:00] J. Peter Schwalm & Markus Reuter – Ein Riss
16 [72:12] Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm – Persis
17[79:36] Erik K. Skodvin – Flames
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2024/08/04/u-n-f-o-c-u-s-e-d-f-l-a-m-e/
the sonic wind | Ambient/Noise/Experimental | 84:34
Something different in an ambient, slow-to-fast/semi-turbulent vein . . . an ambient breeze that gradually morphs into a slightly quicker/robust pace.
This was a "no rules" project (praise be to the studio engineers for giving me free reign!) -- many of these tracks have been utilized on various podcasts over the past twenty years; and now join forces to deliver . . .
. . . an intentionally formed, codified and nuanced sonic wind.
01 Fuantei - Live@音音1 *
02 Brian Eno - Lizard Point
03 Dean DeBenedictis - The Mocking of Consequence
04 Vir Unis & Christopher Short - Stormy Seas
05 Dwight Ashley - Behold the Trampled Wheat
06 Tim Story & Hans-Joachim Roedelius - Under Mars We Were
07 David Torn - I Could Almost See the Room (edit)
08 Jon Hassell - Passage D.E
09 Mark Van Hoen + Seofon - Shrine
10 Erik K Skodvin - Corrin Den
11 Steve Roach & Robert Rich - Iguana
12 Vir Unis - Burning Champa
13 Brian Eno & Jah Wobble -Spinner
14 Tangent - Isolated Mechanisms
15 *Erik Levander - Någon, Något ('Someone, Something' [excerpt]) *
u n f o c u s e d [b l a c k] | Noise/Dark Ambient/Minimal Techno/Experimental | 77:40
An experimental turn within the series to the grittier, slightly caustic side of #ambient & minimal techno. (pairs well w/ ‘u n f o c u s e d_w h i t e’)
Listen/Stream via Sync.com (or Dropbox if Sync has reached its daily limit)
01 [00:00] Loire – My Own Cubic Stone
02 [03:59] Aperus – When the Mountains Wear Black Hats
03 [07:43] Keys for Eclipse – Haze
04 [09:49] xLWBxDRx – Through Creatures, Night Returns
05 [15:16] E.U.E.R.P. – I Ungrounded
06 [22:32] Andrea Porcu – La coesione tra i due mondi (alternate mix excerpt)
07 [28:24] Sam Rosenthal w/Shadow & Steve Roach – …and watch the galaxy turning
08 [31:47] Nunc Stans – Nightfall
09 [38:25] Perila – Blanket
10 [43:42] Leaves – Slow Break
11 [49:01] Svarte Greiner – Bleeding Lights
12 [53:20] Asura – Lumière Noire
13 [61:47] Aes Dana – Period 02 _ Transverse Axis
14 [67:33] Svarte Greiner – Sister Leaf
15 [71:41] J. Peter Schwalm & Markus Reuter – Von Anbeginn (treated outtro)
On the blog:
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2024/06/01/u-n-f-o-c-u-s-e-d-b-l-a-c-k/
A tribute to, & distillation of, the 2024 various artists ‘Somber‘ release (March 29th) on Sounds for the Soul records. Constructed between 4.11 & 4.13.2024, the week of the solar eclipse.
All tracks taken from “Somber” except track one, which was taken from “Forgotten Stories” by Daou.
This is a bit dark & edgy — I tried to imagine what it would be like on the edge of the sun’s surface during the eclipse, interspersing moments of darkness & light.
Best listened to via ear-buds (and official solar head-gear!)
01 [00:00] Daou – Ephemeral Reflections
02 [03:47] Phillipe Neau – So Much Purple in the Tree
03 [07:42] 円相 – 雨が城壁に降り注ぐ
04 [12:17] C-SHape – Grey Sea
05 [17:56] Marth Daul – Ultrapure
06 [20:22] Tyn – Exoplanet 5
07 [26:08] Klaus Von Mork – Beltane
08 [30:58] Daniele Tommasini – Future World
09 [38:20] Asha Patera – Melancholia
10 [44:17] The Big Empty – A Pile of Dirt
11 [50:55] Coppergear – The Beginning of the End
12 [55:24] Owrang – Whisper Gloom
13 [59:07] FourThousandBlackbirds x Paxillus Succubus – Acte 3/Scène Finale/Terres De Guerre
14 [64:58] Clevelode – Gordano
15 [71:43] Whalthisney – This is Sadness
c h a r o n | Experimental/Glitch/Ambient/Noise-Tech | 77:11
An imaginary broadcast from Charon, the largest of the five known natural satellites of the planet Pluto, to which it is gravitationally locked. It’s also the name of the mythological figure Charon (/ˈkɛərən/; Ancient Greek: Χάρων) the ferryman of the dead, closely associated with the god Pluto.
Unfortunately, Charon is unsuitable for long-term podcasting . . . as it is really, REALLY hard to hold your breath (loneliness & isolation notwithstanding)!01 [00:00] Giovanni Lami – sei e cinquanta
02 [07:13] Youga – Layer
03 [11:33] Jesús Acevedo – Ways to Nowhere (excerpt)
04 [20:52] Tapes & Topographies – Belated Thoughts on Aviation
05 [25:54] Dirk Serries – Granulate
06 [35:42] Thorny – Medulla_Ephemerata
07 [43:12] John von Seggern – Attunement
08 [45:45] Forrest – Magic Dark of Summer
09 [56:25] Dan Pound – Through the Fog (excerpt)
10 [64:12] Dronal – Softening
11 [69:55] Eudscher – HT317
12 [75:19] Postscript: Ensemble Ektòs – 5 (extended edit)
Blog:
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/broadcast-from-c-h-a-r-o-n/
elements_blackout | Ambient/Jazz/Ether-Jazz/Experimental | 83:34
And then . . . the lights went out!
Everything went black. So I poured 2 glasses of wine (for my wife & I) by the glow of the iPhone light, powered up my JBL Flip 5 Bluetooth speaker . . . and listened to this hybrid palette of experimental, ambient & ether-jazz fusion until the electricity once again breathed life back into our appliances . . .
. . . & then poured some MORE wine!
01 Biosphere & Deathprod – Muses-C (edit)
02 A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Metro, Pt. 3
03 Nadia Sirota & Liam Byrne – Letter EE
04 Triosk – Lazyboat
05 Jan Jelinek – Moiré [Strings]
06 Thomas Strønen/Time is a Blind Guide – Fugitive Places
07 Miles Davis – L’Assassinat De Carala
08 Lynne Arriale – I Hear a Rhapsody
09 Jan Garbarek – Desolate Mountains II
10 Thomas Strønen/Time is a Blind Guide – Tension
11 Nadia Sirota & Liam Byrne – Letter RR
12 Jan Jelinek – Do Dekor
13 Sun Ra – New Day
14 Brian Groder – Water Prayer
15 Wynton Marsalis – Think of One
16 Machine Mass feat. Dave Liebman – Centipede
17 The Wrong Object – Saturn
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2024/03/01/elements_blackout/
u n f o c u s e d [remnants] | experimental ambient/glitch/minimal/noise/ambient | 77:53
Fragments, artifacts & remnants from the series (thus far); tracks painfully set aside as the time-clock ticked away as regards the track-listing. This is slightly grittier than the balance of the series . . . but not by much (playlist re-sequenced several times before we were finally satisfied with the track flow)
01 [00:00] Scott Lawlor – Union on a Higher Plane (excerpt)
02 [10:32] the Adelaidean – Rain Tracks
03 [15:57] Still Harbours – Rime
04 [22:45] åpne sinn & Peter James – Weightless
05 [30:09] False Mirror – Drift Towards Zero
06 [36:37] Roy Mattson – Unfurling
07 [48:14] Tapes and Topographies – Resplendent
08 [52:44] Quiet Clapping – A Walk Through the Snow
09 [59:48] Enrico Coniglio – Calluna
10 [67:22] Matt Rösner – Anchorage
11 [72:40] Kate Carr – [extract 2] excerpt
12 [74:15] Walt Thisney – Neutrality
u n f o c u s e d [ g l o w ] | Ambient/Experimental/Minimal/Drone | 77:10
Highlighting but a portion of the vast catalog of ambient sound-shaper Steve Brand, – along with some ambient/experimental newcomers & a few old faves.
- [00:00] Steve Brand – At the Speed of Thought (edit)
- [06:07] Steve Brand – Near Silence (A-L_near edit)
- [11:27] loscil – ALTA (extract)
- [20:08] Poltrock – Belfast (Space CCI)
- [24:14] Dirk Serries – The Moral Stage
- [34:34] Steve Roach – Arc of Descent
- [45:16] Thorny – Inner Space
- [49:29] Tapes and Topographies – Five Year Plans and New Deals
- [54:00] John von Seggern – Vision
- [58:26] Steve Brand – A Life of Absence (edited excerpt)
- [64:10] Benjamin Dauer & Specta Ciera – Ice Train
- [68:29] Youga – Marginalize and Isolate
- [72:59] Iluiteq – The Road
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/u-n-f-o-c-u-s-e-d-g-l-o-w/
u n f o c u s e d [ X ] | Ambient/Ether-Jazz/Neo-Classical/Minimal | 80:33
Number 10 (X), chronologically, in the series; a mixed-genre mashup of ambient, experimental & ether-jazz tracks. This almost could have been an ‘elements’ edition, but I wanted to add a little more variety to this series.
- [00:00] Simon McCorry – The Point of Stillness
- [04:25] Fabio Perletta – DALP 1, Untitled (Modified extract)
- [04:58] Jeff Greinke – Icebreaker
- [11:30] Otto Lindholm – Isophare
- [18:50] Florian Weber – Getragen
- [24:43] J.Peter Schwalm & Arve Henriksen – Suchzeit
- [29:54] Anthéne & Simon McCorry – The Still Point
- [35:42] Brian Eno – Riverside
- [39:15] Jeff Greinke – Snow Across a Windswept Plain
- [47:49] Ayumi Tanaka Trio – Towards the Sea
- [51:27] Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen & Jorge Rossy – Beautiful Day
- [56:05] Anja Lechner & François Couturier – Memory of a Melody
- [59:58] Iceland Symphony Orchestra – Dreaming
- [74:52] Keller Quartett – Allegro con delicatezza – stets sehr mild
M-TECH | Minimal-Techno/Techno/Experimental/Noise | 82:31
“M” [minimal]
Mixed & mashed, as on a plate, to serve my aerobic needs on the running trail;
(builds slowly [go figure] to crescendo).
A BIG “Shout Out!” to n5MD for contributing 6 of the 15 tracks; and an honorable mention to Supple 9 for the Levander track.
- [00:00] Glenn Bach – When Painting Trees (excerpt)
- [03:49] Kodian Plus – Latching Effect (edited intro)
- [07:39] Brian Eno & Jah Wobble – Garden Recalled
- [10:55] Stray Theories – Distancing
- [13:01] Pan American – Esso
- [22:05] Jason van Wyk – Subdued
- [24:55] PCM – Macro
- [33:33] Erik Levander – Åvilan
- [40:57] Martin Nonstatic – Unlocked
- [46:38] Zahn, Hatami & Mcclure – absyrb
- [50:00] AES DANA & Lauge – Coriolis-Effect
- [55:48] Dryft – Crossing Stasis
- [61:51] J.Peter Schwalm & Stephan Thelen
(w. Eivind Aarset, Tim Harries & Manuel Pasquinelli) – GongGong - [69:04] VCAM – Versip
- [76:50] Lucy – The Self as Another
u n f o c u s e d [ white ] | Experimental/Ambient/Phonography/Minimal | 80:36
The artwork was completed, project named . . . and then I went shopping on Bandcamp via the “White” Lebrecs label, the artists from whom make up 80% of this mix . . .
Coincidence?
Maybe!
. . . resulting in compositional sonance without a place to lay its head (an audiological, reiterative, reverberating echo).
01 Demetrio Cecchitelli – Persistence
02 Andrew Heath & Anne Chris Bakker – How to Breathe Like a Stone (and Disappear)
03 Carlo Giustini – La Dissonanza
04 Hymn57 – Emotioncode Six
05 Arovane – Longt
06 Tropic of Coldness – Bethel
07 Andrew Heath & Anne Chris Bakker – November
08 Spheruleus – Memory 1
09 Tapes and Topographies – Reflections in a Glass Eye
10 Cryptic Scenery – Third Imaginary City (excerpt)
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2023/06/01/u-n-f-o-c-u-s-e-d-white/
p r o c e s s | minimal techno/experimental/ambient/noise | 78:47
A slightly caustic/granular Ambient & Experimental Ambient mix & tribute to the now ancient Foundry release, ‘Bibimbap‘.
Remixed for 2023.
Additional information:
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/p-r-o-c-e-s-s/
the scattering | experimental/ambient/minimal/glitch | 80:40
Scattering is a term used in physics to describe a wide range of physical processes where moving particles or radiation of some form, such as light or sound, are forced to deviate from a straight trajectory by localized non-uniformities (including particles and radiation) in the medium through which they pass.
In mixing the physical process is subjective, the moving particles are audible, the trajectory is semi-linear (slowest to fastest) and the deliverable . . . exquisite.
Mixed late March 2023 -- “Shout outs” to Dirk Serries, Bogdan (rand), Mike @ n5MD and Alex @ Supple9!!
01 Vittorio Guindani - Jisei 13 (morph-edit intro)
02 Aidan Baker - CNS
03 Dirk Serries - Displacement (edit)
04 Tapes and Topographies - Incrementals
05 KAGAMI Smile - Borrowed Moon
06 Benjamin Dauer & Specta Ciera - Shadows Emerging (morph-edit)
07 Dirk Serries - Nocturnal Discord
08 Donato Wharton - In A Mute Scape
09 Steve Roach - Indigo Moon
10 Erik Levander - En Dag I Taget
11 Stray Theories - These Mountains
12 Youga - Naya
13 Deadbeat, Jan Gerdes & Dr.Nojoke - San Gimignano Remix
14 Nathan Moody - Ambrosia
Blog: https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2023/04/02/the-scattering/
An ‘elements‘ (ether-jazz) edition that breaks all the rules*. Revolving around Dylan Howe‘s interpretation of David Bowie‘s ‘Low‘ & ‘Heroes‘ ambient tracks, Subterranean: New Designs on Bowie’s Berlin, the challenge was to make a stand-alone Jazz mix, while reflecting Howe’s interpretation & bringing it out within the scope of the other selected tracks.
Addt'l info: https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2015/01/10/elements_sub/
01 Toru Takemitsu – Rain-Tree Sketch 3
02 Colin Vallon – Rouge
03 Dylan Howe – Subterraneans
04 Eberhard Weber – Santiago
05 Dylan Howe – Art Decade
06 Marcin Wasilewski – Mosaic
07 Steve Tibbetts – Lochana
08 Dylan Howe – Moss Garden
09 Bill Frisell – Fields of Alfalfa
10 Dylan Howe – Neuköln – Night
11 Henry Butler – Reflections
12 Ginger Baker Trio – I Lu Kron
13 Dylan Howe – Weeping Wall
14 Christian McBride – EGAD
15 Metheny, Holland & Haynes – Law Years
16 Dylan Howe – All Saints
17 Steve Kuhn – A Likely Story
18 Pat Metheny & John Scofield – Everybody’s Party
19 David Bowie – Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)
Delicate Extract_2023 | Experimental/Ambient/Minimal | 55:46
Morphed audio from Steve Roach’s ‘Immersion Station‘ for iPad; updated (*) from the 2016 original podcast.
Track-listing & additional information:
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2023/01/22/delicate-extract-2023/
The Mars Transmission | Post Rock/Noise/Experimental | 80:32
After the Mars modified Lunar-Rover returned from collecting enough raw audio samples, our team reassembled them to come up with this aural eruption. . .
A slightly darker, more aggressive & brooding Fripp/Crimson-driven red planet monstrosity; made to be played at maximum volume!
(I’ve been playing in via my car’s audio system this week in anticipation of the release).
The final track is a custom edited extension of an extremely short ProjeKct Four (Robert Fripp w/ Trey Gunn, Tony Levin & Pat Mastelotto) piece unearthed by DGM Live as they sorted through various audio files (stuffed into old shoe boxes, no doubt): it clocked in @ just over 2 minutes (boo!) . . . now it’s a searing 5′ 50″ rocker!
Happy New Year to one & all; our 2023 podcast lineup is . . . killer.
Tracklist & info:
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2023/01/01/the-mars-transmission-01-01-23/
pattern interrupt | Experimental/Ambient/Minimal/Noise | 80:18
Experiments in aural pattern-shifting; by way of sonic syllogism, parsed prologism . . .
. . . and a deft segue or 2 (track 1 is a mashed up intro)
(* some titles have been changed to protect the environment)
Equaless. Enumbrious. Enchivenato.
Additional Information:
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2022/11/25/pattern-interrupt/
u n f o c u s e d [ formation ] | 79:52
Slightly gritty ambient & experimental aural meanderings . . . with some
mild turbulence near the end.
01 Numina - The Waking Breath (excerpt)
02 Steve Roach - Orbit Of Memory (excerpt)
03 SVR - XXXVI (excerpt)
04 Christopher Hanlon - Grey Weather Friend
05 Tunnelwater - Floating Weeds
06 Juan Pablo de Lucca - 2
07 Rand - San Gimignano
08 Minimo & Asuna - Behind Comprehension For (excerpt)
09 Conrad Praetzel - Sanctuary
10 Brian Eno & Robert Fripp - Meissa
11 Thorny - The End of Before
12 Matthew Whiteside - Quartet No. 5 (Remix)
13 Janek Schaefer - Unfolding Honey
14 Viridian Sun - Spinning Timeworks
15 Jonathan Hughes - Viscous Space
16 Rand - Smouldering
u n f o c u s e d_e l e m e n t s | Jazz & Ether Jazz | 79:21
Expressions of quietude . . . fusing Matthew Whiteside's 'Ulation' & a portion (new extract) of part one's 'Moss' long-form with ECM-based ether-jazz -- driven by the Ayumi Tanaka Trio. I was contemplating an ambient playlist for this edition when they released 'Subaqueous Silence' . . .
. . .and the deal was sealed.
01 Matthew Whiteside - Ulation_Remix + Moss (extract 4)
02 Marc Johnson - Yin and Yang
03 Ayumi Tanaka Trio - Black Rain
04 Michele Rabbia, Gianluca Petrella & Eivind Aarset - Fluvius
05 Ayumi Tanaka Trio - Ruins
06 Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang & Tigran Hamasyan - Traces VIII
07 Ayumi Tanaka Trio - Subaqueous Silence
08 Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen & Jorge Rossy - Slaraffenland
09 Stefano Battaglia & Michele Rabbia - Metaphysical Consolations
10 Heiner Goebbels - Fog+Salt (fused tracks)
11 J.Peter Schwalm & Arve Henriksen - Wellenzeit
12 Mats Eilertsen, Harmen Fraanje & Thomas Strønen - Then Comes The Night
13 Wolfert Brederode Trio - Conclusion
14 Nik Bärtsch - Modul 11 (solo piano)
15 Andrew Cyrille, Wadada Leo Smith & Bill Frisell - Lebroba
Arid Desert Flower | Avant-Garde/Ether-Jazz/Jazz/Noise | 79:19
Eclectic combinations of scratchy noise disguised as music (sometimes bordering on melody); extraneous machinations and utterances never before heard via strings & woodwinds!
Predominantly sourced from A New Wave of Jazz's recent (June ~ August) catalog releases; this also introduces works by Ensemble Ektòs, rand & Matthew Whiteside -- which fit in perfectly with the avant-garde sound for which I was striving.
(the title & art were driven by one of the albums represented herein: The Sage Flower, by Guilherme Rodrigues & Dirk Serries).
elements 7 (a + b) | 82:04 / 77:48
A 2 parter (remixed from the 2005 original & inspired by a recent interview by Rick Beato with Pat Metheny), that grew out of my use of Mr. Metheny within this current ‘elements’ series; though he often gets a skewed rap as a “Smooth Jazz” artist, I’d bet that (like track 13 from the Frankenstein Mix concept) more people are into his stuff than care to admit it…and…the man can play!
As I started digging through the stacks, I unearthed fifteen albums by either Metheny, his Group or side projects (some of which I haven’t played in several years). I attempted to keep the ratio of Jazz to South American-influenced beats fairly even…and started cutting so many songs that it eventually grew into a double set. Unfortunately I couldn’t use anything off ‘The Falcon & the Snowman’ soundtrack or ‘Zero Tolerance for Silence’, as they just didn’t fit the “feel” of this double-shot.
My favorite of all the albums represented herein has to be ‘Question & Answer’, recorded with Dave Holland on bass and Roy Haynes on drums; I can set that one on ‘repeat’ @ the office and go just about all day long.
Mixed, including spaces between many of the compositions, so as to enhance f-l-o-w (vs. chronology) with a new track added to the project from the 2005 original mix.
01 Pat Metheny – Last Train Home (acoustic solo)
(One Quiet Night/Warner Brothers-2003)
02 Pat Metheny/Charlie Haden – Cinema Paradiso
(Beyond the Missouri Sky/Verve-1997)
03 Pat Metheny Group – If I Could
(First Circle/ECM-1984)
04 Pat Metheny Group – Across The Sky
(Imaginary Day/Warner Brothers-1997)
05 Pat Metheny (acoustic solo) – My Song (Jarrett)
(One Quiet Night/Warner Brothers-2003)
06 Pat Metheny Group – Are You Going With Me?
(Offramp/ECM-1981)
07 Pat Metheny Group -Into the Dream
(Imaginary Day/Warner Brothers-1997)
08 Pat Metheny Group – Spring Ain’t Here
(Letter From Home/Geffen-1989)
09 Pat Metheny Group – So it May Secretly Begin
(Still Life Talking/Geffen-1987)
10 Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius & Bob Moses – Bright Sized Life (Bright Sized Life/ECM 1976)
11 Pat Metheny/Steve Rodby – Rain River
(Secret Story/Geffen-1992)
12 Metheny, Holland & Haynes – Question & Answer
(Question & Answer/Geffen-1990)
13 Pat Metheny/John Scofield – S.C.O.
(I Can See Your House From Here/Blue Note-1994)
14 Pat Metheny/Kenny Garrett – Lonnie’s Lament
(Pursuance/Warner Brothers-1996)
15 Pat Metheny Group – Last Train Home
(Still Life Talking/Geffen-1987)
the territory | 2022 | Ambient Landscape | 78:27
Cracks, fissures & glitches within a dense aural landscape, revealing geo-formative
causticity, molecular droning & micro-sonic aberration . . .
. . .(w/ a little ambient thrown in).
;-)
01 Loscil - Baychimo (edit)
02 Caveat Auditor - The Rising Tide (edit)
03 Neuro...No Neuro - When I Wake Up & See You
04 Kirk Watson - Scarecrow
05 Numina - The Thirteenth Moon
06 Theodore Cale Schafer - Mansfield
07 Herne - Laguz
08 Aperus - Ephemeral River
09 Colorist - Electricity
10 Jon E.K. - I Sit
11 Sketch - Zargosso
12 Encym - New River
13 Nine Inch Nails - Hope We Can Again
14 Zahn, Hatami & Mcclure - Synfolt
15 Daniel McCagh - Leviathan Spine
f r O s t | experimental ambient/phonography/ambient/noise | 79:21
This mix originally appeared under the title 'Arctika' in 2008 on Art of the Mix.
The song sequence was strategically reordered & tweaked with five different tracks
swapped out; and mixed via Audacity rather than the very limited Roxio;
(rendering digital comparisons, audits & overall assessments null & void).
;- )
01 Anne Guthrie – Conservatoire, pt 2
02 Brian Eno & Joanna MacGregor - Lachrrymae
03 Harold Budd & John Foxx - Underwater Flowers
04 Steve Roach & Loren Nerell - A Cavity of Liquids
05 Steve Brand - The Language of Moon & Tides (excerpt)
06 SCKE - Airplane 1981
07 Off the Sky - Beneath the Ice Shelf
08 The Winterhouse - Gathering Autumn
09 Saul Stokes - Zo Pilots (excerpt)
10 Christopher Bissonnette - Downwards
11 Nikita Golyshev - Excan003, pt. 2 (excerpt)
12 Droneforest - Cupressant
u n f o c u s e d [again] | 78:52
More audio file derivations set to non-metrical dissonance . . .
Beginning with a bedrock of four tracks from part 1 (though different excerpted portions),
the goal was a part-two to play back-to-back with part-one.
01 Brian Eno - LUX 2 (excerpt)
02 Ben Vida + Marina Rosenfeld – Leaving (excerpt)
03 Renato Grieco + Bruno Duplant - La Disparition Pt 2 (excerpt)
04 Nicola Di Croce - Tone I
05 Illuha - Diagrams of the Physical Interpretation of Resonance (excerpt)
06 Moss - Moss (excerpt 3)
07 Monogoto - A Partial Deletion of Everything (excerpt 2)
08 Steve Roach - Painting at the Edge
09 Igneous Flame - Pandora
10 Oöphoi & Paul Vnuk Jr - North Field; Axis
11 Stray Theories - In the Shadow of You
12 Perila - Cradle
13 Shuttle358 - Broom
14 The Circular Ruins & Off the Sky - Some Final Things
f r a g m e n t e d | Experimental/Glitch/Noise/Ambient | 79:22
Back from the brink, with quiet-to-slightly-loud aural aberrations that occupy cranial space; feeding sonic information for the duration of the amplification for our ambient nation!
Thanks to Mike @ n5MD, Lee @ RareNoise, Kim @ Silent Records,, Sandrine & Vincent @ Ultimae & Gareth @ The Rain Dogs for the compositional assist!
01 Good Weather for an Airstrike - Teal
02 Pepo Galán - Llega el Verano
03 Betts (JP) - Yosde 01
04 Andrew Heath - A Weight of Darkness
05 Anthéne - Amber (sleep mix)
06 Black Brunswicker - Light Returning
07 Dreone - Untethered
08 Iluiteq - The Loss of Wilderness
09 Betts (JP) - Yosde 05
10 DreamCloud/Pacific 231 - Clog Town (excerpt)
11 The Rain Dogs - Dark Over Light
12 Jason van Wyk - Near Dark
13 Aes Dana - Period 02, Transverse Axis
14 J. Peter Schwalm & Markus Reuter - Ein Riss
15 Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm - Persis
16 An Moku & Syefan Schmidt - Form
17 Daniel McCagh - Round the Decay
Part 1 of a year-long series (posting every other month).
u n f o c u s e d | Ambient/Experimental/Phonography/Minimal | 79:54
untethered ambience, floating amid aurally slipstreamed sonance & shapes . . .
This project began & was driven by the cover artwork (along with tracks predominantly from 12k & 901 editions) – a totally random picture taken inside my shorts pocket while on a bike ride with my wife. We were touring the flash-flood ravaged areas in the neighboring towns, last Labor Day (2021) – taking some “after” photos of land that had, just days earlier, been under to 8 to 30 feet of water! When I was reviewing the photos, I noticed this one & thought:
“Hmm . . . podcast/mix album cover!”
Playlist can be found here:
https://ambientlandscape.wordpress.com/2022/01/02/u-n-f-o-c-u-s-e-d/
'elements' is our #EtherJazz series; drawn heavily from the ECM Record label, the goal is a "close to ambient with excursions into real Jazz" sound.
elements_painted | Jazz/Ether-Jazz/Experimental Ambient/Noise | 83:02
A subtle ether-jazz tapestry for your Sunday morning meanderings: watercolor swashes, Jazz-textures & full colour bleeds of ether-jazz, painted across an audiological canvas.
01 Andrew Cyrille, Ben Monder, Paul Motian & Pete Rende - Tumid Cenobite
02 Jan Garbarek - Still
03 Harry Traksmann/Leho Karin/Marrit Traksmann/Florian Donderer/Tanja Tetzlaff & Signum Quartett - Synergie
04 Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen & Jorge Rossy - Reconstructing A Dream
05 Tomasz Stanko, Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin & Tony Oxley - No Bass Trio
06 J.Peter Schwalm & Arve Henriksen - Unzeit
07 Andy Summers - Lonely Woman
08 Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - The Moon Song
09 Wolfert Brederode Trio - Rewind
10 Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet - Sound Space
11 Arve Henriksen, Jorge Rossy & Jakob Bro - Housework
12 Rubicon Quartet - Rubicon
13 Nik Bärtsch's Mobile - Modul 18